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[1] Southern African wildfires are a globally significant source of trace gases and aerosols. Estimates of southern African wildfire fuel consumption have varied from hundreds to thousands of teragrams (Tg), and better-constrained estimates are required to properly assess the…
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): International
Keywords: southern Africa, FRP - Fire Radiative Power, FRE - Fire Radiative Energy, biomass burning, SEVIRI - Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager, combustion rate

These guidelines are intended to assure adherence to air quality regulations and to manage smoke from forestry prescribed burning operations in such a way as to keep the smoke’s impact on the environment within acceptable limits.
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Southern
Keywords:

This Smoke Management Program (SMP) establishes a basic framework of procedures and requirements for managing smoke from fires for resource benefits. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry administers the SMP, partnering with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality…
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Southern
Keywords:

Fires in croplands, plantations, and rangelands contribute significantly to fire emissions in the United States, yet are often overshadowed by wildland fires in efforts to develop inventories or estimate responses to climate change. Here we quantified decadal trends, interannual…
Person:
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Intelligence, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: cropland fires, fire regimes, wildfires, air quality, climate change, plantations, remote sensing, fire management, range management, croplands, rangelands, agriculture, air quality, carbon cycle, wildfire, aerosols

From the text ... 'In the summer of 1994, Colorado suffered its worst drought in decades. Severe fire weather was certain to come. On July 2, a major storm hit the State with dry lightning strikes, igniting thousands of wildland fires. Suddenly, the fire blew up. Witnesses at…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: blowups, catastrophic fires, Colorado, crown fires, droughts, fire case histories, fire control, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, hardwood forests, health factors, herbaceous vegetation, lightning, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, Pinus edulis, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus gambelii, rate of spread, smoke behavior, smoke management, spot fires, topography, vegetation surveys, Washington, wildfires

Smoke particulate matter from deciduous trees (angiosperms) subjected to controlled burning, both under smoldering and flaming conditions, was sampled by high volume air filtration on precleaned quartz fiber liters. The filtered particles were extracted with dichloromethane and…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: Acer macrophyllum, aerosols, air quality, Alnus rubra, Betula glandulosa, Betula pendula, biomass, cellulose, chemical compounds, chemistry, combustion, deciduous forests, Eucalyptus dalrympleana, fire management, forest management, fuel types, hydrocarbons, lignin, litter, Mexico, Oregon, particulates, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, trees, vegetation surveys

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Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: Abies amabilis, Abies procera, aerosols, air quality, biomass, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, chemical compounds, chemistry, coniferous forests, conifers, fire management, forest management, fuel types, hydrocarbons, litter, Mexico, Oregon, particulates, Picea sitchensis, Pinus contorta, Pinus engelmannii, Pinus monticola, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus strobus, Pseudotsuga menziesii, sampling, Sequoia sempervirens, smoke effects, smoke management, temperate forests, Tsuga mertensiana, vegetation surveys

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Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Asia, clearcutting, Digitaria, eucalyptus, fire frequency, fire management, forest management, grasslands, grazing, hydrology, logging, nutrients, peat fires, Pinus, precipitation, rainforests, runoff, soil leaching, soil permeability, soils, Southeast Asia, streams, succession, tropical forests, water quality, wildfires

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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, fine fuels, fire frequency, fire management, fuel loading, gases, particulates, remote sensing, smoke management, biomass burning emissions modeling, remote sensing, fuel consumption

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Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, artificial regeneration, ecotones, fynbos, geology, grazing, herbicides, litter, Medicago sativa, Mediterranean habitats, native species (plants), natural areas management, old fields, overstory, perennial plants, plowing, population density, seed germination, seeds, sloping terrain, smoke effects, soils, South Africa, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, succulents, wilderness areas, nature reserve, plough plus seed treatments

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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, disturbance, fire management, germination, Grevillea, heat, Mediterranean habitats, Poaceae, post fire recovery, range management, reproduction, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, statistical analysis, temperature, western Australia, dormancy classification, fire ephemeral, seed germination

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Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies spp., air quality, boreal forests, Canada, deciduous forests, ecosystem dynamics, evolution, fire regimes, forest management, genetics, Glaucomys volans, climate change, Great Lakes, greenhouse gases, Ontario, Picea engelmannii, Populus balsamifera, Populus tremuloides, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), subalpine forests, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Tsuga mertensiana, tundra, wetlands, climate change, ecodiversity, forest, ecosystem diversity, species diversity, genetic diversity, ECOSYSTEM HIERARCHY, ECOLOGICAL LAND CLASSIFICATION TERMINOLOGY, ALPINE ECOSYSTEMS, aspen parkland

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Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: Actinotis, artificial regeneration, Australia, Banksia, fire management, germination, moisture, post fire recovery, range management, seed dormancy, seed germination, site treatments, smoke effects, statistical analysis, temperature, Tersonia, western Australia, wildfires, dormancy cycling, fire ephemeral, germination stimulants, scarification, smoke water, soil burial, storage temperature, Actinotus leucocephalus, Tersonia cyathiflora, Banksia woodland

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Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, Avena, Avena fatua, char, combustion, disturbance, germination, organic soils, Queensland, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, water, weeds, Avena fatua, germination, seed dormancy, smoke water, weeds

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Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, Corymbia, Digitaria, eucalyptus, fire management, forbs, forest management, grasses, heat, Heteropogon, Indigofera, introduced species, native species (plants), population density, Queensland, savannas, season of fire, seed dormancy, seed germination, seeds, soil management, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, Themeda triandra, tropical forests, fire regime, savanna, seed dormancy, soil seed bank

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Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, chemical compounds, chemistry, combustion, distribution, Europe, Finland, fire management, forest management, health factors, particulates, pollution, precipitation, radiation, remote sensing, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, urban habitats, wildfires, wind, long-range transport, wildfire smoke, mass size distribution, chemical analysis, source analysis, biomass combustion markers

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