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An inventory of particulate matter and air toxic emissions from prescribed fires in the USA for 1989
This report documents a prescribed fire emissions inventory developed using consistent methodology for each of the 50 states of the USA for calendar year 1989. Emissions of particulate matter, selected toxic compounds, and a few other carbon-containing compounds are estimated.…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: emissions inventory, particulate matter, fuel complexes, toxic compounds, emission factors
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, experimental areas, pollution, site treatments, slash, smoke management, Washington
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, site treatments, slash, smoke behavior, smoke management, topography
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Person:
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, site treatments, slash, smoke management
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, fuel moisture, smoke management
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, broadcast burning, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, conifers, experimental areas, fire intensity, gases, hydrocarbons, particulates, Pseudotsuga menziesii, site treatments, slash, wind
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Australia, chemistry, cropland fires, ecosystem dynamics, litter, microclimate, organic matter, population density, precipitation, Queensland, Saccharum officinarum, seasonal activities, size classes, smoke effects, statistical analysis, weather observations, wind
From the text...'Big gaps still exist in the understanding of fire ecology, especially the seasonal aspects. Fire can have profoundly different effects on soil, plants and animals depending on when it occurs. Oftentimes the most ecological gain comes from burning during the…
Person:
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Weather, Fire Ecology, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: backfires, catastrophic fires, cones, coniferous forests, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire adaptations (plants), fire equipment, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, firing techniques, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, general interest, grasslands, headfires, invasive species, land management, liability, mopping up, Native Americans, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, pine forests, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, public information, Sequoiadendron giganteum , smoke effects, surface fires, Tall Timbers Research Station, tallgrass prairies, topography, vegetation surveys
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, ash, Asia, biomass, boreal forests, Canada, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, chaparral, China, ecosystem dynamics, fire case histories, fire management, forest management, gases, greenhouse gases, human caused fires, CH4 - methane, ozone, post fire recovery, Russia, statistical analysis, tropical forests, wetlands, woody fuels
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, air quality, biomass, boreal forests, carbon dioxide, chaparral, chemical compounds, fire management, laboratory fires, national parks, ozone, pesticides, savannas, smoke management, South Africa, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: annual plants, artificial regeneration, chaparral, char, competition, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, fire management, fire size, floods, foliage, introduced species, Lolium multiflorum, mortality, native species (plants), plant communities, plant growth, post fire recovery, range management, regeneration, roots, sedimentation, seed dormancy, shrubs, species diversity (plants), wildfires
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Person:
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, flowering, fynbos, roots, smoke effects, South Africa
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, fire injuries (plants), fire management, flame length, rate of spread, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, temperature, wind
The National Weather Service Fire Weather Program provides weather forecasting and meteorological support services to state and federal wildland fire management agencies. An Intergovernmental Fire Weather User's Summit, sponsored by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the…
Person:
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, education, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire management, fire suppression, land management, smoke management, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Created through the Wildfire Disaster Recovery Act of 1989 (PL 101-286), in response to the destructive western fire season of 1987 and the Yellowstone fires of 1988, the Commission was asked to consider the environmental and economic effects of disastrous wildfires through…
Person:
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics, Fire Ecology, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, arid regions, biomass, catastrophic fires, chaparral, ecosystem dynamics, education, erosion, fire case histories, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, fishes, forest management, forest products, fuel accumulation, fuel management, general interest, hardwood forests, histories, Idaho, land management, land use, liability, logging, mosaic, natural resource legislation, Nevada, nongame birds, Oncorhynchus, Oregon, pine forests, Pinus ponderosa, public information, rangelands, small mammals, smoke management, Strix occidentalis, thinning, threatened and endangered species (animals), understory vegetation, watershed management, West Virginia, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
We develop a simple analytical model to estimate the thickness of a smoke layer formed by a plume of a large area fire and to account for crosswinds. We take advantage of the dominant flow features in the upper part of the rising plume and in the smoke layer far from the plume…
Person:
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, decay, dust, humidity, nuclear winter, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, temperature, wind
The National Weather Service Fire Weather Program provides weather forecasting and meteorological support services to state and federal wildland fire management agencies. An Intergovernmental Fire Weather User's Summit, sponsored by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the…
Person:
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Mapping, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, biomass, ecosystem dynamics, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, land management, particulates, Pinus, smoke management, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, US Forest Service, wildfires
Pre-industrial human activities which changed the atmospheric greenhouse gas or aerosol loading, or which modified the properties of the earth's surface, such as albedo, roughness, or vegetation cover, had the potential to modify the regional or even global climate. The primary…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Eastern, Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, biomass, cover, deforestation, Europe, European settlement, fuel management, climate change, human caused fires, India, presettlement fires, regeneration, topography
Firefighters have always had to contend with the nuisances and discomfort caused by smoke they inhale while trying to suppress wildland fires. Until special equipment is developed to exclude all smoke, firefighters will continue to have symptoms from irritations caused by…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, fire equipment, fire suppression, gases, particulates, season of fire, smoke effects, smoke management, toxicity, wildfires, wildland fuels
The capture of fire by the genus Homo changed forever the natural history of the Earth. Even today fire appears at the core of many popular scenarios for an environmental apocalypse. Yet the larger history of fire - the varied ways human society have sought to use and control…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Economics, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Alaska, California, Great Basin, International
Keywords: aborigines, agriculture, air quality, Australia, biomass, charcoal, combustion, Europe, everglades, Finland, fire adaptations (plants), fire exclusion, forest management, fuel appraisal, Greece, histories, human caused fires, ignition, lightning caused fires, Mediterranean habitats, prehistoric fires, Scandinavia, season of fire, slash and burn, statistical analysis, Sweden, wildlife habitat management
An airborne infrared line scanner sensitive to the 3- to 5-micron spectral region mapped 38 forest fires during the 1963, 1964, and 1966 fire seasons. The imagery obtained provideed information about the fire perimeter, relative intensity of burning areas, and spot fire location…
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Mapping
Region(s): California
Keywords: fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firebreaks, fuel types, mopping up, photography, rate of spread, spot fires, topography, wildfires
From the text...'The new Mississippi statute on prescribed burning activities is welcome by the forestry community. The act recognizes prescribed burning as an important property right and land management tool that greatly benefits society, the environment and the economy of the…
Person:
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning permits, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, land management, liability, Mississippi, natural resource legislation, pine forests, private lands, regeneration, site treatments
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: Acer glabrum, air quality, Amelanchier, catastrophic fires, cavity nesting birds, Colorado, cover type conversion, cutting, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel moisture, herbicides, Larix occidentalis, lightning caused fires, logging, mammals, mosaic, Oregon, pine forests, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, plant diseases, public information, Purshia tridentata, season of fire, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, site treatments, slash, smoke behavior, smoke management, threatened and endangered species (plants), understory vegetation, Washington, wildfires
Large, free-burning fires do not burn steadily. As most experienced fire personnel know, fire behavior varies significantly with time. It frequently can be described as pulsating. This pulsing is caused by a process called layer-replacement. As the burning creates a zone of hot…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: combustion, convection, experimental fires, gases, smoke behavior, wilderness fire management
Among the difficult land management problems Floridians face due to explosive population growth and extensive remaining wildland acreage is ensuring highway safety near and downwind of prescribed fires. A climataology of relevant parameters is useful for mitigating potentially…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Florida, forest management, humidity, land management, pine forests, roads, smoke behavior, smoke management, state parks, temperature, wind