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Smoke management program manual that provides an overview for fire management officers, including site inspection expectations and "big league" burn programs.
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords:
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Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire equipment, firebreaks, Illinois, manuals, Melilotus albus, prairies, season of fire, seed germination, weed control
Observation shows that three types of horizontal vortices may form during intense wildland fires. Two of these vortices are longitudinal relative to the ambient wind and the third is transverse. One of the longitudinal types, a vortex pair, occurs with extreme heat and low to…
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Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): California, Eastern, Great Basin, Southwest, International
Keywords: Arizona, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, convection, crown fires, Europe, field experimental fires, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firebrands, flame length, France, fuel types, heat, heat effects, heavy fuels, ignition, laboratory fires, Michigan, Minnesota, mountains, national forests, Nevada, Pinus edulis, rate of spread, slash, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, temperature, vortices, wilderness areas, wildfires, wind, Wisconsin
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Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air temperature, Georgia, humidity, particulates, smoke management, wildfires, wind
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Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, Florida, public information, smoke management
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Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, Oregon, particulates, slash
Seeds of three species of dwarf mistletoe, Arceuthobium americanum Nutt. Ex Engelm., A. cyanocarpum Coulter & Nelson, and A. vaginatum subsp. cryptopodum (Engelm.) Hawksw. & Wiens, were exposed to smoke from burning forest fuels. Premeasured amounts of coniferous needles…
Person:
Year: 1987
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, Arceuthobium, coniferous forests, conifers, duff, fuel moisture, heat effects, needles, parasitic plants, plant growth, seed germination, smoke effects, statistical analysis, temperature, woody fuels
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Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): International
Keywords: aborigines, aerial ignition, Australia, bark, combustion, droughts, eucalyptus, European settlement, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire resistant plants, fuel accumulation, fuel appraisal, heat, presettlement fires, wildfires, wind
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Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: ash, biomass, chemical elements, combustion, coniferous forests, duff, fine fuels, fire danger rating, fire injuries (plants), flammability, heat effects, Larix occidentalis, lightning caused fires, litter, mineral soils, moisture, Montana, mortality, overstory, peat fires, Picea engelmannii, Pinus banksiana, Pseudotsuga menziesii, rate of spread, sampling, smoke management, soil moisture
Multiple trace-gas instruments were deployed during the fourth Fire Lab at Missoula Experiment (FLAME-4), including the first application of proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-TOFMS) and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-flight…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: biomass burning, FTIR - Fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy , laboratory experiments
A presentation recorded at the 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
Person: Gamble
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Outreach
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Florida, 1998 fire season
Reliable estimates of pre-burn biomass and fuel consumption are important to estimate wildland fire emissions and assist in prescribed burn planning. We present empirical models for predicting fuel consumption in natural fuels from 60 prescribed fires in ponderosa pine-dominated…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest, Southern
Keywords: biomass, fuel consumption, Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, loblolly pine, Pinus taeda, longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, southern pine forests, smoke management, wildland fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, moderate rate of spread, flanking fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, activity fuels, prescribed burn, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, moderate rate of spread, flanking fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, activity fuels, prescribed burn, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, moderate rate of spread, flanking fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, activity fuels, prescribed burn, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, light wind, low rate of spread, surface fire, high severity fire, low severity fire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, light wind, low rate of spread, surface fire, high severity fire, low severity fire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, light wind, low rate of spread, surface fire, high severity fire, low severity fire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, high rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, passive crown fire, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, high rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, passive crown fire, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, high rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, passive crown fire, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
The subtitle ... 'The American dream of a home in the woods is going up in smoke for more and more people. Here's how to keep it from happening to you.' Published by American Forests. Abstract reproduced by permission.
Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire damage (property), fire size, fire suppression, mortality, wildfires, wood
This document presents the study plan for the Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE). FASMEE is a large-scale interagency effort to (1) identify the critical measurements necessary to improve operational wildland fire and smoke prediction systems, (2) collect…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, FASMEE - Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment, plume dynamics, air quality, fire energy
[from the text] Mercury is a pollutant of concern due to its negative impacts on human health. Although the most common route of exposure to humans is through fish consumption, both atmospheric and terrestrial systems are important in the mercury cycle, and influence mercury in…
Person:
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: Hg - mercury, soil, fish
On January 4, 2014, during the summer period in South America, an intense forest and dry pasture wildfire occurred nearby the city of Santiago de Chile. On that day the biomass-burning plume was transported by low-intensity winds towards the metropolitan area of Santiago and…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: Chile, biomass burning, air quality, fire plumes, South America, WRF-Chem, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, plume rise, atmospheric modeling