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Prescribed burning costs are extemely variable, even if conditions are similar. This variability complicates planning and evaluation of prescribed burning programs and budgets, resulting in imprecise projecions of their economic benefits. Evaluating the worth of prescribed…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, fire size, Idaho, Montana, mopping up, Oregon, statistical analysis
A computerized fire weather model coupled with a synoptic model is a powerful means of describing the weather part of the fire environment.
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, ash, fire danger rating, GIS - geographic information system, GPS - global positioning system, smoke behavior, wilderness fire management, wildfires
The trade-offs between wildfire and prescribed fire for smoke emission and forest health often are dependent upon prevailing weather and climate patterns. Unfortunately, measurements of atmospheric variables are scarce, especially in complex terrain where many fire and health…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, coniferous forests, distribution, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, elevation, fire frequency, forest management, GIS, ignition, lightning, lightning caused fires, mountains, Oregon, precipitation, weather observations, wildfires, wind
The Fire Behavior Research Work Unit (RWU) of the Intermountain Research Station has been developing the Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS) since 1994. The WFAS will eventually combine the functionality of the current fire-danger rating system (Deeming et al. 1977) and the…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire potential, WFAS - Wildland Fire Assessment System, fire danger rating, climatology, crown fires, fire frequency, fire intensity, fuel moisture, live fuels, Oklahoma, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Anthropogenic activities of the past century have caused a dramatic increase in global air pollution. This process has accelerated in the past few decades, and emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, or chlorofluorocarbons caused serious changes in the earth's climate, e.g…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): California, Northwest, International
Keywords: air pollution, climate change, nutrient cycles, plant response, forest fires, forests
A First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) was developed to predict the direct consequences of prescribed fire and wildfire. FOFEM computes duff and woody fuel consumption, smoke production, and fire-caused tree mortality for most forest and rangeland types in the United States.…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FOFEM - First Order Fire Effects Model, tree mortality, duff, fuel consumption, air quality, bibliographies, computer program, cover, cover type, fire danger rating, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management planning, fire models, fuel moisture, mortality, particulates, smoke management, succession, US Forest Service, wildfires