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Fire behavior video from the 2014 King 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Eldorado National Forest, California, Placer County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, burnout operation, unmanaged fuels, 2014 King Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 King 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Eldorado National Forest, California, Placer County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, burnout operation, unmanaged fuels, 2014 King Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 King 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Eldorado National Forest, California, Placer County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, burnout operation, unmanaged fuels, 2014 King Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 King 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Eldorado National Forest, California, El Dorado County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, high severity fire, unburned, activity fuels, unmanaged fuels, 2014 King Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 King 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Eldorado National Forest, California, El Dorado County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, high severity fire, unburned, activity fuels, unmanaged fuels, 2014 King Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 King 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Eldorado National Forest, California, El Dorado County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, high severity fire, unburned, activity fuels, unmanaged fuels, 2014 King Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 French 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sierra National Forest, California, Madera County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, surface fire, torching, moderate severity fire, low severity fire, unmanaged fuels, 2014 French Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 French 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sierra National Forest, California, Madera County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, surface fire, torching, moderate severity fire, low severity fire, unmanaged fuels, 2014 French Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 French 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sierra National Forest, California, Madera County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, surface fire, torching, moderate severity fire, low severity fire, unmanaged fuels, 2014 French Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 Beaver 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Klamath National Forest, California, Siskiyou County, light wind, high rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, burnout operation, unmanaged fuels, 2014 Beaver Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 Beaver 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Klamath National Forest, California, Siskiyou County, light wind, high rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, burnout operation, unmanaged fuels, 2014 Beaver Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 Beaver 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Klamath National Forest, California, Siskiyou County, light wind, high rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, burnout operation, unmanaged fuels, 2014 Beaver Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 Beaver 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Klamath National Forest, California, Siskiyou County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, flanking fire, surface fire, torching, low severity fire, low severity fire, activity fuels, plantation, 2014 Beaver Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 Beaver 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Klamath National Forest, California, Siskiyou County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, flanking fire, surface fire, torching, low severity fire, low severity fire, activity fuels, plantation, 2014 Beaver Fire

Fire behavior video from the 2014 Beaver 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: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Klamath National Forest, California, Siskiyou County, moderate wind, low rate of spread, flanking fire, surface fire, torching, low severity fire, low severity fire, activity fuels, plantation, 2014 Beaver Fire

During a prescribed fire experiment, CO2 and particle number concentrations, light scattering and absorption coefficients were measured from a Cessna 172 airplane. Peak number concentrations were (3 ± 1) x 106 cm-3 and they decreased faster than what can be explained by…
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: experimental fires, smoke behavior, aerosols, carbon dioxide, particulates, slash, Finland, Europe, fire management, forest management, smoke management, boreal forests

This paper presents observational results of wind and plume thermodynamic structures measured during low-intensity subcanopy fires. In-situ meteorological data were collected during the two experiments in the Calloway Forest in North Carolina during the early spring 2010 and…
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: backing fires, experimental fires, headfires, low intensity burns, smoke behavior, surface fires, air quality, overstory, temperature, wind, Aristida stricta, wiregrass, Ilex glabra, gallberry, Picoides borealis, red-cockaded woodpecker, Pinus palustris, longleaf pine, Quercus laurifolia, turkey oak, North Carolina, fire management, forest management, pine hardwood forests, canopy flow, fire-atmosphere interactions, heat flux, low-intensity fire, plume rise

The 2006 Esperanza Fire in Riverside County, California, was simulated with the Coupled Atmosphere-Wildland Fire Environment (CAWFE) model to examine how dynamic interactions of the atmosphere with large-scale fire spread and energy release may affect observed patterns of fire…
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Safety, Weather
Region(s): California
Keywords: fire case histories, fire injuries (humans), fire size, fuel loading, fuel models, heat, rate of spread, wildfires, Foehn winds, remote sensing, temperature, wind, southern California, fire management, forest management, airborne remote sensing, coupled atmosphere-fire model, horizontal roll vortices, Santa Ana winds, Esperanza Fire

From the introduction ... 'Announcing the release of new software packages for application in wildland fire science and management, two fields that are already fully saturated with computer technology, may seem a bit too much to many managers. However, there have been some…
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FEIS, fire intensity, fire regimes, LANDFIRE, wildfires, air quality, computer programs, fire management

From the text ... 'Extreme dry conditions and a forest full of fuel, including thousands of acres of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle, fed Montana's Pine Creek Fire in late summer 2012. The fire ended up burning more than 8,000 acres.'
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Fire Prevention, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: catastrophic fires, fire case histories, fire injuries (animals), fire intensity, fire size, heat, rate of spread, wildfires, climate change, disturbance, wind, Yellowstone National Park, Montana, Wyoming, fire management, forest management, coniferous forests

The following list of fire research topics and questions were generated by personnel from agencies and organizations within AWFCG during 2014 Fall Fire Review and through other solicitations. The topics were initially ranked by the AWFCG Fire Research, Development and…
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: research needs

The resistance of redwood to fire has developed a deeply rooted apathy toward fire protection in the region of its growth. The heavy stands obscure the actual damage done by fire but its extent is great and far reaching in its effects. Already the remaining virgin areas and the…
Person:
Year: 1931
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: Abies concolor, aesthetics, age classes, bark, broadcast burning, catastrophic fires, cutting, decay, dendrochronology, education, escape cover, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, hunting, light, logging, mortality, old growth forests, openings, plant growth, post fire recovery, Pseudotsuga menziesii, public information, recreation, reproduction, season of fire, seedlings, seeds, Sequoia sempervirens, shrubs, slash, smoke effects, soil nutrients, species diversity (plants), sprouting

The Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program (FFS) of the U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, focuses on fundamental and applied research in wildland fire, from fire physics and fire ecology to fuels management and smoke emissions. Located at the Missoula Fire…
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: climate change, research, fuel management, research accomplishment report

The slideshow for this project was presented at the 2014 Spring Alaska Fire Science Workshop.
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Weather
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: boreal forest, fire exclusion, fire intensity, fire regime, fire severity, fuel loading, climate change, forest succession, permafrost, wildfire, annual area burned, mean annual temperature

Smoke from wildfires has adverse biological and social consequences, and various lines of evidence suggest that smoke from wildfires in the future may be more intense and widespread, demanding that methods be developed to address its effects on people, ecosystems, and the…
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: climate change, smoke transport, wildfire regime, feedbacks, coupled models