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The levels of benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) were determined in downtown Caracas in order to have a first approach to the problem related to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in this city. Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela is located 10.30°N and 66.7°E in a valley at an altitude of…
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Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, fire management, hydrocarbons, mountains, pollution, smoke effects, smoke management, South America, temperature, tropical regions, Venezuela, wildfires
'In improving a system, one has to design the improvements, experiment and redesign, implement the new system, and evaluate it. I am going to discuss the concepts and constraints we encounter in designing improvements to our systems of appraising fire impact on resource values.'
Person:
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Canada, coniferous forests, fire equipment, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, forest products, grazing, hardwood forests, logging, mortality, nutrient cycling, pollution, rangelands, recreation, season of fire, smoke effects, watershed management, wildfires, wildlife
The particulate plume from the power plant of Great Canadian Oil Sands, Ltd. was observed using a mobile laser radar (LIDAR). Thirteen Eulerian average cross sections were obtained from which the horizontal and vertical dispersion coefficients, plume rise and plume bearing were…
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Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Alberta, Canada, chemistry, distribution, Ontario, particulates, pollution, weather observations, wind
The effects of fires on the Australian landscape are considered with respect to: lands of the urban-wildland interface; timber lands (especially State Forests); rural landscapes; and areas set aside as national parks, reserves and wilderness. The effects of both planned and…
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Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: landscape management, Australia, agriculture, ash, bibliographies, biomass, burning intervals, catastrophic fires, community ecology, conservation, croplands, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire management planning, fire regimes, fire suppression, fire whirls, forest management, fuel accumulation, grazing, habitat types, human caused fires, land management, land use, land use planning, landscape ecology, litter, livestock, logging, national parks, plant communities, plant growth, plantations, post-fire recovery, regeneration, roots, rural communities, season of fire, site treatments, slash, soil nutrients, state forests, understory vegetation, trees, weed control, wildfires, wilderness areas