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The maintenance of natural ecosystems: smoke as a factor

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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

Fire-weather in the planning and application of a prescribed burn

Weather conditions are among the most important elements to be considered in the planning and execution of a prescribed burn. Temperature and relative humidity have a direct effect on the moisture content of fuels. Together with wind they determine fire hazard and the ability of…
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, bibliographies, fire damage (property), fire damage protection, fire danger rating, fire management, flammability, fuel appraisal, fuel moisture, humidity, moisture, pollution, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, Utah, wind