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The National Wildfire Coordinating Group's (NWCG) Fire Use Working Team has assumed overall responsibility for sponsoring the development and production of this revised Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed and Wildland Fire (the 'Guide'). The Mission Statement for the Fire Use…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fuel consumption, fuel loadings, wildland fire, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, fuel moisture content, fuel structure, phases of combustion, smoke, particulate matter (PM) emissions, smoke characteristics
Wildland firefighting presents many hazards to fireline workers, including inhalation exposure to smoke (Sharkey 1998; Reinhardt and Ottmar 1997; Sharkey 1997). Many experienced fireline personnel consider this to be only an inconvenience, occasionally causing acute cases of…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, firefighter safety, smoke effects, firefighter health, smoke exposure, CO - carbon monoxide
The success of a fire use program is in large part dependent on a solid foundation set in clear and concise planning. The planning process results in specific goals and measurable objectives for fire application, provides a means of setting priorities, and establishes a…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fuels, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire use, air quality, backing fire, burning permits, education, fire equipment, fire management, firebreak, firefighting personnel, forest management, fuel management, headfires, ignition, land use, mopping up, liability, multiple resource management, public information, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management
In this section we outline both ecological and societal aspects of wildland and prescribed fire. We review the historical role and extent of fire and the effects of settlement and land use changes. The influence of fire exclusion policies on historical disturbance processes is…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality
In the past, smoke from prescribed burning was managed primarily to avoid nuisance conditions objectionable to the public or to avoid traffic hazards caused by smoke drift across roadways. While these objectives are still valid, today's smoke management programs are also likely…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards, Clean Air Act, smoke management
Once smoke enters the atmosphere, its concentration at any one place or time depends on mechanisms of transport and dispersion. By transport, we mean whatever carries a plume vertically or horizontally in the atmosphere. Dispersion simply is the scattering of smoke. Vertical…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: wildland fire, atmospheric moisture, atmospheric stability, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, lapse rate, smoke dispersion, smoke management, wind
Smoke dispersion prediction systems are becoming increasingly valuable tools in smoke management. There are a variety of potential applications that can help current management issues. These include screening, where methods and models are used to develop 'worst-case' scenarios…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Models, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: wildland fire, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, numerical modeling, smoke dispersion, ventilation index, prediction models, CALPUFF
The stock, rates of sequestration and allocation of carbon were estimated for trees in 14 0.1-ha plots at Kapalga in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, using new allometric relationships of carbon stock to stem cross-sectional area and measured growth rates of trees.…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire regimes, wildfires, C - carbon, national parks, statistical analysis, Northern Territory of Australia, Australia, fire management, range management, savannas, tropical regions
This study outlines the development of an approach to evaluate the sources, sinks, and magnitudes of greenhouse gas emissions from a grazed semiarid rangeland dominated by mulga (Acacia aneura) and how these emissions may be altered by changes in management. This paper describes…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Acacia spp., Acacia aneura, air quality, Australia, C - carbon, European settlement, fire management, fire suppression, gases, climate change, grazing, greenhouse gases, land management, population density, Queensland, range management, rangelands, statistical analysis, suppression, wildfires, climate change, greenhouse, woodlands, grasslands, C - carbon, grazing
The impact of the Central American fires on PM2.5 mass concentration and composition in the Tennessee Valley region during portions of May, 1998, has been quantified. Elevated concentrations of smoke aerosol tracers -- fine potassium, (and to a lesser extent, calcium and silicon…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Alabama, biomass, calcium, C - carbon, Central America, dust, Kentucky, Mexico, particulates, photography, K - potassium, remote sensing, smoke effects, smoke management, Tennessee, wildfires, wind, PM2.5 mass, long distance transport, Central American fires, fine particle standards, potassium tracer of biomass combustion
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Intelligence, Mapping, Models
Region(s): Eastern, Southern, International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, Canada, C - carbon, chemical compounds, chemistry, distribution, fire case histories, fire management, forest management, GIS, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Ontario, particulates, Pennsylvania, pollution, Quebec, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, wildfires, receptor models, potential source contribution function, PM2.5, long-range transport, forest fire, biomass burning, PSCF (Potential Source Contribution Function) ANALYSIS, smoke plume, TEOM - Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance, PHILADELPHIA
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Asia, biomass, boreal forests, C - carbon, chemical elements, combustion, coniferous forests, field experimental fires, fire management, forest management, gases, organic matter, particulates, pine forests, Pinus sylvestris, post fire recovery, Russia, Siberia, smoke effects, smoke management
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Planning
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Asia, Canada, C - carbon, China, distribution, histories, remote sensing, smoke management, wildfires, LANDSET
Simultaneous in situ measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) and the principal gases linked to biomass burning at the Mace Head Observatory, Ireland, reveal a strong correlation in 1998–99 and 2002–03, both periods with intense global fires. CO2, carbon monoxide (CO), methane (CH4…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, biomass, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, Europe, fire frequency, fire management, gases, climate change, greenhouse gases, hydrogen, Ireland, CH4 - methane, ozone, season of fire, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires, carbon dioxide, biomass burning, greenhouse gases
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, air quality, bibliographies, burning intervals, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, croplands, deciduous forests, deforestation, distribution, evergreens, fire management, grasslands, land use, Madagascar, mosaic, rainforests, savannas, soil conservation, soil nutrients, soil organic matter, South Africa, Sudan, tropical forests, SOM - soil organic matter, soil degradation, global warming, soil restoration, agroforestry, farming systems, ecoregions, sub-Saharan Africa, carbon sequestration in soil, carbon sequestration, FALLOW SYSTEM, SOC - soil organic carbon
The goal of the regional haze mitigation program in the United States is to attain 'natural conditions' in national parks and wilderness areas by 2064. Results of research investigations on background concentrations of sea salt and biogenic organic matter, of episodic Saharan…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): Eastern, Southern, International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Alabama, biomass, Canada, C - carbon, Central America, coniferous forests, distribution, disturbance, dust, Florida, Georgia, Great Smoky Mountains, humidity, Kentucky, lightning, Mississippi, national parks, North Carolina, organic matter, particulates, pollution, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, South Carolina, statistical analysis, Tennessee, tropical forests, Virginia, West Virginia, wilderness areas, wildfires, wind
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, Africa, air quality, backfires, biomass, C - carbon, fire intensity, fire management, fuel loading, gases, headfires, photography, radiation, range management, remote sensing, savannas, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, wildfires, C - carbon, global emission budgets, intensity, radiative energy, FLI (Fire Line Intensity)
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning
Region(s): International
Keywords: Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, clearcutting, Columba, deforestation, digital data collection, dipterocarp forests, distribution, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation, forest management, grazing, histories, Indonesia, land use, land use planning, livestock, logging, peat fires, peatlands, Peru, plantations, precipitation, reforestation, regeneration, remote sensing, South America, statistical analysis, S - sulfur, SO2 - sulfur dioxide, swamps, tropical forests, anthropogenic, BASE LINES, carbon emissions, CDM - Clean Development Mechanism, CERs (Certified Emissions Reductions), COMPENSATED REDUCTIONS, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas, UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The effects of management on soil carbon efflux in different ecosystems are still largely unknown yet crucial to both our understanding and management of global carbon flux. To compare the effects of common forest management practices on soil carbon cycling, we measured soil…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Eastern, Great Basin, Southern, International
Keywords: Abies concolor, Abies magnifica, Amphicarpaea bracteata, Arctostaphylos nevadensis, Arctostaphylos patula, Calocedrus decurrens, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, Carya, Ceanothus cordulatus, Chrysolepis sempiverens, coniferous forests, Cornus florida, Corylus cornuta, Desmodium nudiflorum, diameter classes, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, experimental areas, fire management, forbs, forest management, hardwood forests, herbaceous vegetation, Lupinus, Missouri, Monardella, national forests, nutrient cycling, Nyssa sylvatica, old growth forests, Ozarks, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Pinus echinata, Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus lambertiana, post fire recovery, Prunus emarginata, Quercus alba, Quercus coccinea, Ribes spp., Ribes roezlii, Sassafras albidum, Sierra Nevada, soil moisture, soil nutrients, soil temperature, soils, statistical analysis, Symphoricarpos mollis, thinning, understory vegetation, vines, Vitis aestivalis, soil respiration rates
The accuracy of wildfire air pollutant emission estimates was assessed by comparing observations of carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM) concentrations in wildfire plumes to predictions of CO and PM concentrations, based on emission estimates and air quality models.…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Intelligence, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, C - carbon, CO - carbon monoxide, chemistry, coniferous forests, eastern Texas, fire case histories, fire frequency, fire management, fire size, fuel loading, fuel management, light, ozone, particulates, population density, smoke effects, smoke management, Texas, vegetation surveys, wildfires, wildfires, wildfire inventory, wildfire emissions, emissions inventory, emissions modeling, TexAQS, photochemical modeling, CAMx, plume rise, plumes
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: burning intervals, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, forbs, gases, grasses, grasslands, Kansas, native species (plants), natural areas management, photosynthesis, plant communities, precipitation, roots, soil moisture, soil nutrients, soil temperature, soils, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, tallgrass prairies
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Amazon, biogeochemical cycles, Brazil, C - carbon, deforestation, distribution, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, ENSO, evapotranspiration, flammability, forest fragmentation, forest management, forest products, fuel accumulation, human caused fires, land management, land use, land use planning, logging, roads, savannas, smoke effects, South America, tropical forests
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: adaptation, biogeochemical cycles, Blue Mountains, C - carbon, coniferous forests, disturbance, ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation, floods, forest management, fragmentation, gases, climate change, mosaic, Oregon, Pinus ponderosa, population ecology, statistical analysis, topography, Washington, wildfires
From the text...'Whether you are concerned with particulate matter, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, or hydrocarbons, all smoke components from wildland fires are generated from the incomplete combustion of fuel. The amount of smoke produced can be derived from knowledge of area…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, Artemisia, bibliographies, broadcast burning, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, Ceanothus, chaparral, combustion, computer programs, coniferous forests, conifers, fuel loading, fuel models, hardwoods, health factors, heat, heat effects, hydrocarbons, Juniperus, logging, national parks, particulates, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, rural communities, slash, smoke behavior, smoke management, Tsuga, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
To produce a new daily record of gross carbon emissions from biomass burning events and post-burning decomposition fluxes in the states of the Brazilian Legal Amazon (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE), 1991. Anuario Estatistico do Brasil, Vol. 51. Rio de…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Amazon, biomass, Brazil, C - carbon, combustion, computer programs, decomposition, deforestation, distribution, evapotranspiration, fire frequency, fire management, forest management, forest types, pollution, radiation, remote sensing, savannas, soil moisture, soils, South America, statistical analysis, telemetry, tropical forests