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Radar observations of wild fire plumes in Oklahoma carried out with the prototype of dual polarization S-band WSR-88D weather radar are presented. The observations show that the copolar correlation coefficients between horizontally and vertically polarized returns in the plumes…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire detection, fire plumes, remote sensing
Polarization lidar observations from the interior of Alaska have revealed unusual supercooled altocumulus cloud conditions in the presence of boreal forest fire smoke from local and regional fires. At temperatures of about -15ºC, the lidar data show ice nucleation prior to…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): Alaska, Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aerosols, boreal forests, fire management, grasslands, smoke effects, smoke management, soot, statistical analysis, temperature, tundra, water, wildfires, indirect aerosol, cloud effects, boreal smoke, polarization lidar
Several boreal insect species respond to smoke and heat generated by forest fires and use recent burns to reproduce in high numbers. Some of these species are rare or uncommon in undisturbed forests, and the contribution of recently burned habitats to their population dynamics…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Models, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: age classes, boreal forests, Canada, conservation, distribution, fire adaptations (animals), fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, forest management, habitat suitability, heat, insects, logging, population density, Quebec, reproduction, salvage, snags, statistical analysis, suppression, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, wood, boreal forest, forest fire, habitat connectivity, population dynamics, pyrophilous insects
With evidence of increasing wildfire risks in wildland-urban interface zones in the U.S. West and elsewhere, understanding intended evacuation behavior is a growing issue for community planners. This research investigates intended evacuation behavior due to wildfire risks, using…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: distribution, fire damage (property), fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, Mexico, national forests, New Mexico, population density, public information, statistical analysis, wildfires, evacuation, wildfire
A newly developed method, which involves the use of satellite measurements of energy released by fires, was used to estimate smoke emissions in the United States (US) Southern Great Plains (SGP). This SGP region was chosen because extensive agricultural and planned burning…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, biomass burning, croplands, energy, fire frequency, fire management, grasslands, Great Plains, particulates, radiation, range management, remote sensing, season of fire, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, FRE - Fire Radiative Energy, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
On February 28, 2007, a severe smoke event caused by prescribed forest fires occurred in Atlanta, GA. Later smoke events in the southeastern metropolitan areas of the United States caused by the Georgia-Florida wild forest fires further magnified the significance of forest fire…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, ecosystem dynamics, fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, fuel loading, Georgia, ozone, particulates, Picoides borealis, pollution, smoke management, statistical analysis, threatened and endangered species (animals), wildfires, wildlife habitat management
From the text ... 'The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division conducts prescribed burns on state lands as well as some privately owned lands. The process is an important technique used by wildlife and forestry managers to stimulate the growth of…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Logistics, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire equipment, fire management, fire size, flame length, forbs, forest management, Georgia, grasses, logging, pine forests, Pinus palustris, private lands, shrubs, threatened and endangered species, trees, wildfires, wildlife
From the text ... 'Burning is seasonal, especially as it relates to quail management. You can't burn too late or you get into the brood rearing season for bobwhites. Burning too early and you might hurt population remnants from the winter season. Pairs form at the end of…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Colinus virginianus, fire control, fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, forest management, fuel accumulation, game birds, humidity, legumes, liability, North Carolina, pine forests, season of fire, wildlife habitat management, wind
From the text ... 'Fire in the habitst is probably the best cure for what ails your habitat. It is a process that was removed from habitat management decades ago and it is necessary to help you restore native bobwhites as part of your recovery plan.'
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, Colinus virginianus, fire dependent species, fire management, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel moisture, game birds, land management, pine forests, post fire recovery, smoke management, South Carolina, Tall Timbers Research Station, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), wildlife habitat management, wind
From the text ... 'Providing nationwide leadership in the development, testing, analysis, standardization, and evaluation of equipment, materials, and procedures for the protection and management of national forests and grasslands is the mission of the Forest Service Technology…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Logistics, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire equipment, fire management, fire suppression, grasslands, invasive species, national forests, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires
The impact of smoke from forest burning on air quality is a threat to the use of prescribed fire to manage woodlands in the eastern United States. Population shifts from urban centers to the wildland/urban interface have increased human exposures to smoke. Tighter national…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire management, forest management, fuel loading, land management, oak, particulates, Piedmont, pine hardwood forests, pine, Pinus, Quercus, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires, wind
Of Georgia's 37 million acres, 24.8 million acres are forestland. On an average, 1.2 million acres are prescribed burned each year. Georgia faces two main challenges with their prescribed fire program, air quality and urban sprawl. These two will make it more difficult to obtain…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Mapping, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, BlueSky, education, fire management, fire protection, Florida, forest management, fuel management, Georgia, public information, smoke management, Tall Timbers Research Station
Air quality concerns are on the increase for a growing population of 9 million Georgians. Metropolitan Atlanta is the epicenter of Georgia's air issues but urbanization along the fall line of the Georgia Piedmont region is affecting air quality for metropolitan statistical areas…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire management, Florida, forest management, Georgia, histories, ozone, particulates, Piedmont, pollution, Polyborus plancus, public information, rural communities, smoke management, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tennessee, Washington
Characterization of the true extent of the effects of smoke from prescribed fires and wildland fires on ambient air quality is incomplete due to the deficiency of air quality monitoring sites in rural areas. Also, particulate standards are based on 24-hour and annual averages,…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire management, fire size, Florida, Georgia, smoke effects, smoke management, Tall Timbers Research Station, wildfires
Biomass burning is a major source of aerosols that affect air quality and the Earth's radiation budget. Current estimates of biomass burning emissions vary markedly due to uncertainties in biomass density, combustion efficiency, emission factor, and burned area. This study…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Arizona, Arkansas, biomass, biomass burning, combustion, coniferous forests, cover, cover type, deciduous forests, fire frequency, fire management, fire size, Florida, forest management, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, grasses, grasslands, hardwood forests, heavy fuels, Idaho, leaves, litter, Louisiana, moisture, Montana, needles, Oregon, particulates, radiation, remote sensing, shrubs, statistical analysis, vegetation surveys, wildfires, biomass burning emissions, particulate matter, multiple satellite instruments, GOES, near real time
Prescribed burning is a large aerosol source in the southeastern United States. Its air quality impact is investigated using 3-D model simulations and analysis of ground and satellite observations. Fire emissions for 2002 are calculated based on a recently developed VISTAS…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Alabama, biomass burning, CO - carbon monoxide, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, Florida, forest management, Georgia, ozone, pollution, season of fire, South Carolina, telemetry, wildlife habitat management
Forest fires remain a devastating phenomenon in the tropics that not only affect forest structure and biodiversity, but also contribute significantly to atmospheric CO2. Fire used to be extremely rare in tropical forests, leaving ample time for forests to regenerate to pre-fire…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: biomass, Borneo, carbon dioxide, cover, diameter classes, ecosystem dynamics, ENSO, fire frequency, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire size, forest management, fruits, fuel accumulation, Indonesia, leaves, low intensity burns, mast, pioneer species, plant growth, population density, post fire recovery, rainforests, regeneration, seed production, seedlings, species diversity, species diversity (plants), stand characteristics, tropical forests, understory vegetation, wildfires, burned forest regeneration, El Nino drought, fire damage, pioneer species, recruitment
Historic and current use pesticides (HUPs and CUPS), with respect to use in the United States and Canada, were identified in trans-Pacific and regional air masses at Mt Bachelor Observatory (MBO), a remote high elevation mountain in Oregon's Cascade Range located in the United…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Asia, Canada, Cascades Range, chemical compounds, croplands, elevation, erosion, hydrocarbons, Oregon, pesticides, sampling, smoke management, soils, wildfires, wind
Biomass burning is an important primary source of particles containing biomarker compounds, which are introduced into smoke primarily by direct volatilization/steam stripping and by thermal alteration based on combustion conditions. This study presents comprehensive organic…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, biomass, biomass burning, cellulose, chemical compounds, combustion, coniferous forests, fire management, forest management, hydrocarbons, leaves, lignin, litter, Oregon, organic matter, particulates, pine hardwood forests, Pinus ponderosa, Quercus, resins, savannas, smoke management, vegetation surveys, volatilization, wildfires, wood
Plume dispersion models may improve assessment of the health effects associated with forest fire smoke, but they require considerable expertise in atmospheric and fire sciences to initialize and evaluate. Products from MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, decay, fire management, fire size, forest management, health factors, Idaho, Montana, pollution, remote sensing, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, Washington, wildfires, forest fire smoke, dispersion modeling, MODIS products, public health
Recent investigations indicate that wildfires provide a significant flux of mercury (Hg) from terrestrial ecosystems to the atmosphere. However, little is known about how geographic location, climate, stand age, and tree species affect Hg accumulation prior to burning and loss…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Intelligence
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: Abies lasiocarpa, age classes, air quality, biomass burning, Cascades Range, coniferous forests, decomposition, ecosystem dynamics, fire case histories, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, foliage, forest management, gases, litter, Hg - mercury, mountains, overstory, particulates, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, precipitation, soil management, soil nutrients, soil organic matter, soil temperature, soils, statistical analysis, volatilization, Washington, wildfires, Hg - mercury, soil, forest, release, Rex Creek Fire
Communities impacted by fine-particle air pollution (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 mm; PM2.5) from forest fires and residential wood burning require effective, evidence-based exposure-reduction strategies. Public health recommendations during smoke…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Canada, fire management, particulates, pollution, sampling, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires, wood, particulate matter, air quality, indoor air quality, infiltration, air cleaning
From the text (p.19) ... 'There natural periodic fires help keep the turkey population in a good condition well before over-hunting and fire suppression caused its fall. Turkeys respond very quickly, sometimes overnight, to areas that have been burned. I hope you can use burning…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: backfires, fire management, fire suppression, firebreaks, game birds, habits and behavior, hunting, Meleagris gallopavo, post fire recovery, smoke management, suppression, thinning, Turkey, wildlife habitat management, wildlife management
From the text ... 'How do some of us get through those dark days, learn from our mistakes, and continue to do our jobs as best we can? What makes some of us 'bounce back' from a serious accident, a fatality, or on escaped prescribed fire and continue to do the work on the land…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin, Southern
Keywords: Apalachicola National Forest, education, fire case histories, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, firing techniques, ignition, national forests, north Florida, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, season of fire, smoke effects, spot fires, Utah, wildfires
From the text (p.2) ... 'These proceedings are the culmination of that initial effort: not the final word. This Summit will be followed in short order by a series of meetings to develop a strategic future where the use of prescribed fire is a welcomed certainty.'
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: ecosystem dynamics, fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, Florida, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, Georgia, litter, nutrient cycling