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From the text...'In the same paper Phillips briefly discussed the effects of fire, a subject of great complexity, and most of the results listed by him are deleterious. In Karamoja, the fires which are started on the mountains by the honey collectors, who use smoke to overcome…
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Year: 1943
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Effects, Fuels, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, birds, Butyrospermum parkii, distribution, East Africa, forest management, grass fires, grasses, grasslands, grazing, insects, mountains, seeds, shrubs, soils, trees, Uganda
'The smoke generated when wood is heated in air contains a considerable range of compounds resulting from the distillation and degradation of celluloses, lignins, resins and tannins. Visible particles which are formed when the smoke cools appear to equilibriate rapidly with the…
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Year: 1960
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, cellulose, chemical compounds, combustion, distribution, extractives, lignin, particulates, pollution, resins, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, wildlife habitat management, wood, wood chemistry
In this paper it is shown how earlier results for buoyant vortex rings may be extended to describe the corresponding two-dimensional case, which arises in the theory of bent-over plumes. It is again assumed that in uniform surroundings the circulation remains constant while the…
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Year: 1960
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Weather
Region(s): Unknown
Keywords: plume, buoyancy, vortex