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Smoke management plan focusing on reducing the impacts of Flint Hills burning on air quality in downwind areas. The plan includes contingency measures to be evaluated for potential adoption in the event that further actions are needed. 
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
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The following smoke management guidelines are recommendations. The guidelines are not inclusive of all smoke management techniques and are not meant to limit prescribed burning activities. Rather, these guidelines are intended as interim recommendations until such time as the U.…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords:

The intent of the Montana/Idaho Airshed Group smoke management program is to minimize or prevent smoke impacts while using fire to accomplish land management objectives. The Group‟s Operating Guide identifies the responsibilities of member regulatory agencies as well as those of…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords:

Many large grass fires occurred in north Texas and southern Oklahoma on 9 April 2009, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and burning thousands of acres of grasslands, producing large smoke and debris plumes that were visible from various remote sensing platforms. At the…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: satellite observations, radar observations, remote sensing, fire detection, grass fire

[From the Summary] The development and field testing of fuel-consumption algorithms to predict woody-fuel and duff consumption by combustion stage for prescribed fires in western Washington and Oregon is nearing completion. The total woody-fuel consumption nomograph requires one…
Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: fuel consumption, algorithms, woody fuel consumption, duff consumption, Oregon, Washington, fuel moisture, flaming consumption, combustion stage

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Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Canada, pollution, remote sensing, wildfires

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Person:
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: computer programs, smoke management, weather observations

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Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Asio flammeus, birds, Buteo albicaudatus, Caracara cheriway, Cathartes aura, Circus cyaneus, Elanus caeruleus, Falco sparverius, fire intensity, grasslands, predation, raptors, Texas, wetlands, wildlife food habits, wildlife refuges

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Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Abies concolor, Calocedrus decurrens, Colletotrichum trifolii, conifers, Erysiphe graminis, Fomes annosus, fungi, Fusarium, Fusarium solani, Hordeum, laboratory fires, plant diseases, plant growth, Pythium, Pythium ultimum, Rhizoctonia solani, roots, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, seedlings, smoke effects, statistical analysis, toxicity, Triticum sativum

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Person:
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, coastal vegetation, fire management, grasslands, natural areas management, pollution, post fire recovery, prairies, rangeland fires, rangelands, shrubs, Texas, threatened and endangered species (animals), Tympanuchus, weed control, wildlife, wildlife habitat management

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Person:
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, combustion, energy, gases, hydrocarbons, organic matter, particulates, S - sulfur, volatilization, wood

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Person:
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: Abies spp., agriculture, air quality, annual plants, Artemisia, biogeochemical cycles, biomass, boreal forests, burning intervals, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, chemical compounds, Colorado, coniferous forests, crown fires, dead fuels, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fuel types, gases, grasses, heat effects, human caused fires, Juniperus, litter, national forests, nutrient cycling, organic matter, ozone, perennial plants, Picea spp., Pinus edulis, post fire recovery, precipitation, sampling, savannas, season of fire, shrubs, site treatments, slash, smoke behavior, smoke effects, tropical forests, understory vegetation, wildfires, woody plants

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Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, firing techniques, site treatments, smoke management

Three questions regarding fire research needs were asked of 355 respondents at 68 western USDA Forest Service locations. Responses have been analyzed, summarized, and categorized. Results provide guidance for defining and setting priorities in wildfire research in the western…
Person:
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: fire danger rating, forest management, fuel management, land management, land use, multiple resource management, nutrient cycling, smoke effects, smoke management, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires

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Person:
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Andropogon cabanisii, Aristida stricta, Avicennia germinans, Big Cypress National Preserve, birds, Cladium jamaicense, coastal forests, competition, fire danger rating, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, firing techniques, Florida, fuel types, game birds, grasses, hardwood hammocks, hardwoods, human caused fires, incendiary fires, lightning caused fires, mammals, marshes, particulates, peat fires, pine forests, Pinus elliottii densa, post fire recovery, Sabal palmetto, salt marshes, Serenoa repens, small mammals, south Florida, succession, swamps, Taxodium distichum, wetlands, wildlife habitat management

The levels of benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) were determined in downtown Caracas in order to have a first approach to the problem related to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in this city. Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela is located 10.30°N and 66.7°E in a valley at an altitude of…
Person:
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, fire management, hydrocarbons, mountains, pollution, smoke effects, smoke management, South America, temperature, tropical regions, Venezuela, wildfires

Wildfire emissions are challenging to measure and model, but simple and realistic estimates can benefit multiple disciplines. We evaluate the potential of MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) data to address this objective. A total of 11,004 fire pixels detected…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, British Columbia, Canada, fire danger rating, fire management, fire size, GIS - geographic information system, remote sensing, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires, area burned, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, aerosol emissions

The presence of glycosides of smoke-derived volatile phenols in smoke-affected grapes and the resulting wines of Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon was investigated with the aid of high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). All volatile phenols…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Australia, phenology, smoke effects, smoke management, southern Australia, wildfires, volatile phenols, glycosides, smoke exposure, smoke taint, grapes, wine, bushfire, HPLC-MS, MS

Karrikins (2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-ones) are potent smoke-derived germination promoters for a diverse range of plant species but, to date, their mode of action remains unknown. This paper reports the structure activity relationship of numerous karrikin analogues to increase…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, germination, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, western Australia, karrikinolide, karrikin, seed germination, seed dormancy, germination stimulant

• Background and Aims Tersonia cyathiflora (Gyrostemonaceae) is a fire ephemeral with an obligate requirement for smoke to germinate. Whether it is stimulated to germinate by 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one (karrikinolide, KAR1), the butenolide isolated from smoke that…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, fire sensitive plants, germination, Grevillea, seed germination, seeds, smoke effects, smoke management, Stylidium, Tersonia, western Australia, butenolide, germination, karrikinolide, 3-methyl-2H-furo[2, 3-c]pyran-2-one, Grevillea, Stylidium, Tersonia cyathiflora, Gyrostemonaceae

High-frequency thermocouple measurements were made during an experimental grass fire conducted during ideal weather with overcast and windy conditions. Analysis of the thermodynamic structure of the fire plume showed that a maximum plume temperature of 295.2°C was measured…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air temperature, combustion, crown fires, experimental fires, fire management, flame length, grasses, grasslands, heat, rate of spread, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature, Texas, wildfires, wind, grass fire, thermocouples, fire plumes

Prescribed fires can be used as a forest management tool to reduce the severity of wildfires. Thus, over prolonged and repeated periods, firefighters are exposed to toxic air contaminants. This work consisted in collecting and analyzing smoke released by typical Mediterranean…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: chemical compounds, Corsica, Europe, fire intensity, fire management, firefighting personnel, forest management, France, fuel loading, health factors, hydrocarbons, pine forests, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, toxicity, wildfires, wind, air quality, BTEXs, firefighter exposure, forest fire smoke, SVOC - semi-volatile organic compounds, VOC - volatile organic compounds, Mediterranean, firefighter health

From the text ... 'Today, land managers use controlled or 'prescribed' burning to improve wildlife habitat and reduce the risk of dangerous fires. Wildfire, on the other hand, can threaten life and property of both people and wildlife especially when it occurs with little notice…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air temperature, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire management, fire size, firebreaks, firefighting personnel, forest management, humidity, lightning caused fires, smoke management, soil moisture, wildfires, wildlife, wind

On the morning of 2 June 2002, an abandoned campfire grew into a wildfire in the Double Trouble State Park in east-central New Jersey, USA. The wildfire burned 526 ha (1300 acres) and forced the closure of the Garden State Parkway for several hours due to dense smoke. In…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: air temperature, backfires, dead fuels, evolution, fire case histories, fire control, fire damage (property), fire growth, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, fuel moisture, humidity, New Jersey, rate of spread, recreation related fires, state parks, statistical analysis, wildfires, wind, fire-weather forecasting, Double Trouble State Park, meteorological factors

A survey of the biodiversity of wild macrofungi, including edible species yields, was carried out from 1 May to 30 September 2007 at four different forest types (in mainly Miang tea forest). The plots 100 m2, comprised a tea garden with a few planted canopy tree species (37.2%…
Person:
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Asia, cover, fire injuries (plants), fire management, forest management, forest types, fungi, humidity, litter, overstory, Thailand, trees, wildfires, Basidiomycetes, burning, diversity, sustainable forestry, Thailand