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A Resource from the Western Regional Air Partnership's (WRAP) Fire Emissions Joint Forum (FEJF)In December 2002 the FEJF issued a request for proposal for a bibliography and summary table on Emission Reduction Techniques for agricultural burning and wildland fire in support of…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Fire Behavior
Region(s): National, Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest
Keywords: WRAP - Western Regional Air Partnership, emission factors, agricultural burning, emissions reduction, agricultural residues, burning index, wildland fire
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) document to assist burners in determining what SMP level a planned burn project falls under, the emissions equivalency conversion tables below are provided. These tables represent, by vegetation type, what acreage or pile volume amounts…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
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Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) document to assist burners in determining what SMP level a planned burn project falls under, the emissions equivalency conversion tables are provided.
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: coastal forests, coastal plain, evapotranspiration, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, habitat conversion, hydrology, nutrient cycling, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, plantations, pollution, runoff, season of fire, site treatments, smoke management, soil nutrients, streamflow, swamps, water, water quality, watershed management
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: Oregon, site treatments, slash, smoke management
A 1.3 hectare field containing hawthorn and alder was burned in April 1973. Post-burn analysis of 20 hawthorns and 20 alders determined the fire susceptibility of these species. Of those sampled, 80 percent of the trees less than 3 centimeters in basal diameter were killed. The…
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Economics
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: age classes, air quality, Alnus rugosa, burning intervals, cover, Crataegus, diameter classes, disturbance, escape cover, fire injuries (plants), firebreaks, fuel moisture, game birds, grasses, grazing, herbicides, invasive species, land management, mortality, New York, old fields, plant growth, post fire recovery, Scirpus, season of fire, seasonal activities, small mammals, smoke effects, Solidago, sprouting, trees, wetlands, wildlife, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, woody plants
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Economics, Hazard and Risk, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning intervals, competition, cover type, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, everglades, fine fuels, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, Florida, grasses, grasslands, grasslike plants, human caused fires, humus, ignition, invasive species, lightning caused fires, mortality, mosaic, multiple resource management, national parks, organic soils, peat fires, pine forests, plant communities, post fire recovery, prescribed fires (chance ignition), presettlement fires, runoff, season of fire, smoke effects, soil moisture, soil organic matter, south Florida, water, wildfires
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Abies balsamea, Abies lasiocarpa, air quality, conifers, foliage, Juniperus communis, Juniperus scopulorum, leaves, needles, Picea engelmannii, Picea glauca, pine, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, Pseudotsuga menziesii, resins, shrubs, S - sulfur, SO2 - sulfur dioxide, Terrapene, volatilization
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, national parks, natural resource legislation, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, mountainous terrain, smoke behavior, wind
A simple, inexpensive, and relatively accurate photographic method for date collection is described. Objects of interest are triangulated from films taken simultaneously at two camera positions. Accumulated synchronization and measurement errors amounted to 0.2 - 0.5 meter. The…
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Year: 1976
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: photography, smoke behavior
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, conifers, laboratory fires, particulates, Pseudotsuga menziesii, site treatments, slash
Fynbos is the dominant vegetation of the Cape Floristic Region (CFR), one of world's richest regions in terms of its biodiversity and a region in which over two-thirds of the plant species and seven of the plant families are endemics. Many fynbos species from the major families…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: smoke effects, seed germination, seed production, South Africa, Africa, smoke management, fynbos
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, smoke management
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fuel management
During early July 2002, wildfires burned ∼1 × 106 ha of forest in Quebec, Canada. The resultant smoke plume was seen in satellite images blanketing the U.S. east coast. Concurrently, extremely high CO mixing ratios were observed at the Atmospheric Investigation, Regional…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Eastern, International
Keywords: Quebec, air pollution, CO - carbon monoxide, AIRMAP, aerosol
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, evolution, forest management, histories, particulates, pollution, smoke management
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, chemistry, firefighting personnel, health factors, liability, smoke effects
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, biomass, Botswana, carbon dioxide, fire dependent species, grasses, moisture, plant growth, precipitation, savannas, weather observations, Zambia
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerosols, Arizona, carbon dioxide, Colorado, convection, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire dependent species, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, fuel management, fuel models, human caused fires, humidity, Idaho, land use, lightning caused fires, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, precipitation, succession, temperature, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind, Wyoming
From the text ... 'The key consideration for the IC: always make the connection between observed and forecasted weather and observed and forecasted fire behavior.... When IC''s believe the observed instability conditions may significantly increase fire behavior, they should…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, smoke behavior, temperature, Washington, weather observations, wilderness fire management, wind
From the text ... 'Unstable air masses increase chances of big fires. Relative humidity seems to play a smaller role than thought before. Atmospheric stability forecasts, projecting stability for 36 to 48 hours, can warn fire control personnel when to expect erratic fire…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: Alabama, Arkansas, blowups, catastrophic fires, convection, fire control, fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, Georgia, humidity, Louisiana, Mississippi, smoke behavior, Tennessee, Washington, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: blowups, convection, fire control, fire management, fire whirls, firefighting personnel, smoke behavior, storms, Washington, wildfires, wind
Old-growth savannas and forests dominated by longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) are of great conservation and research interest. Comprehensive inventories of old-growth communities, however, are lacking for most of longleaf pine's natural range. We searched the literature,…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: age classes, Alabama, amphibians, bibliographies, biogeography, carnivorous plants, cavity nesting birds, coastal plain, Colinus virginianus, conservation, conservation easements, Cumberland Plateau, Dasypus novemcinctus, diameter classes, distribution, disturbance, duff, fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, Georgia, Gopherus polyphemus, ground cover, ground fires, histories, Imperata cylindrica, introduced species, invasive species, invertebrates, keystone species, land use, landscape ecology, light, Liqustrum sinese, logging, Longleaf Alliance, longleaf pine, Lonicera japonica, Louisiana, Lygodium, military lands, Mississippi, mountains, national forests, native species (plants), natural areas management, nongame birds, North Carolina, old growth forests, partial cutting, Picoides borealis, Piedmont, pine forests, Pinus palustris, plant communities, plantations, presettlement vegetation, private lands, Red Hills, reptiles, sandhills, Sapium sebiferum, savannas, South Carolina, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), stand characteristics, state forests, surface fires, Tall Timbers Research Station, Texas, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), vegetation surveys, Virginiana, vulnerable species or communities, Wade Tract, wildfires, wildlife refuges, Wisteria
Heavy smoke from forest fires in the Amazon was observed to reduce cloud droplet size and so delay the onset of precipitation from 1.5 kilometers above cloud base in pristine clouds to more than 5 kilometers in polluted clouds and more than 7 kilometers in pyro-clouds.…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Amazon, biogeochemical cycles, biomass, Brazil, chemical compounds, deforestation, fire management, GIS, particulates, pollution, precipitation, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, South America, storms, wildfires