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Managing for fire and smoke in a changing climate: is it a moving or a fixed target?

Most of climate change is understood in terms of global-scale warming caused by carbon dioxide released from anthropogenic combustion of fossil fuels. Climate models predict slow but steady warming over the next five to ten decades. Developing fire and smoke management…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Models, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: fire management, smoke management, climate change, arctic warming

Assessment of WRF/Chem simulated vertical distributions of particulate matter from the 2009 Minto Flats South Wildfire in Interior Alaska by CALIPSO total backscatter and depolarization measurements

This feasibility study examined whether total backscatter and depolarization measurements from Cloud Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) in combination with sparse surface meteorological data and other information permitted qualitative…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Mapping, Models, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: CALIPSO, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, WRF-Chem, air quality, smoke plume

Minimizing Smoke Impacts of Prescribed Fire

Describes the mission and methods of the US Forest Service's Air Resource Management Program. A six-part series that is also available in a single video.
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Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire exclusion, PM2.5, public involvement, smoke impacts, smoke management, fuel management, fire suppression effects

Phragmites and Prescribed Fire: Seasonal Prescriptions and Risk (Part 2)

Prescribed fire can be an important tool in the successful management of many invasive plants. This two-part webinar series will focus on the invasive plant Phragmites australis. Prescribed fire is often recommended as part of an integrated management regime. However, large…
Person: Osterland
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: fire management, fuel loading, fuel moisture, Michigan, burn plans, public perception, smoke management, Phragmites, Phragmites australis