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Air quality forecasts generated with chemical transport models can provide valuable information about the potential impacts of fires on pollutant levels. However, significant uncertainties are associated with fire-related emission estimates as well as their distribution on…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Models, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: wildfires, air quality, particulates, Georgia, fire management, smoke management, urban habitats, CMAQ - Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling System, air quality, PM2.5, sensitivity analysis
Question: What is the impact of the fire cues smoke and ash on seed germination of important functional groups in the heathland system, namely ericads, herbs and graminoids? We predict that if germination from heathland seed banks is in part regulated by fire cues, there should…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: human caused fires, smoke effects, ash, conservation, grasses, seed dormancy, seed germination, succession, Norway, Europe, fire management, range management, heathlands, anthropogenic disturbance, conservation management, heathland ecology, seed bank, succession
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…
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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
Changing climatic conditions are influencing large wildfire frequency, a globally widespread disturbance that affects both human and natural systems. Understanding how climate change, population growth, and development patterns will affect the area burned by and emissions from…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California
Keywords: fire frequency, fire size, wildfires, air quality, climate change, population density, fire management, forest management
A study was carried out to investigate the effects of fire related cues (heat and smoke) and sulphuric acid treatments on the germination of four woody savanna species, namely, Terminalia avicennioides, Piliostigma thonningii, Piliostigma reticulatum and Prosopis africana. The…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: heat effects, smoke effects, seed germination, seed production, West Africa, Africa, fire management, smoke management, savannas, heat, seed pretreatments, propagation by seeds, sudanian savanna, West Africa
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…
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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
Of particular concern to fire and air-quality management communities, particularly in the eastern portion of the U.S., are the behavior and air-quality impacts of low-intensity prescribed fires for fuels management. For example, smoke from prescribed fires, which often occur in…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: smoke dispersion, smoke transport, New Jersey Pine Barrens
Wildfire is among the most common forest disturbances, affecting the structure, composition, and functions of many ecosystems. The complex role that wildfire plays in shaping forests has been described in terms of vegetation responses, which are characterized as dependent on,…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire frequency, fire weather, climate change, KBDI - Keetch-Byram Drought Index, mitigation, wildfire, future fire activity
Changing climatic conditions are influencing large wildfire frequency, a globally widespread disturbance that affects both human and natural systems. Understanding how climate change, population growth, and development patterns will affect the area burned by and emissions from…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Planning, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California
Keywords: climate change, disturbance, development, mitigation, human population density, air quality, air pollution, fire frequency, fire models, fire size, fire management, forest management, population density
[From description] Earth is the only planet known to have fire. The reason is both simple and profound: fire exists because Earth is the only planet to possess life as we know it. Fire is an expression of life on Earth and an index of life's history. Few processes are as…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
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This website gives you access to the rich tools and resources available for the text 'Fire on Earth: An Introduction' by Andrew C. Scott, David M.J.S. Bowman, William J. Bond, Stephen J. Pyne and Martin E. Alexander. It includes: powerpoints of all figures from the book for…
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Year: 2014
Type: Website
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
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Climate driven changes to fuel loads, fire regimes, and the potential for uncharacteristically large and severe wildfires in forests of the western United States have created the need for active management to mitigate fire hazards. Prescribed fire is an important tool in…
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Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: forest management, public opinion, public perception, information sharing
From the Prescribed Fire in the Mid-South conference held June 4-5, 2014 in Crossville, TN
Person: Varner
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: biodiversity, disturbance, fire frequency, fire regime, grazing, public acceptance, collaboration, hazard reduction, invasive species, prescribed fire councils, wildlife habitat, fire-dependent species, Mid-South
This webinar touched on stakeholder values and perceptions of restoration. It included a presentation by University of Wyoming professor Jessica Clement about methods for garnering public feedback and incorporating it into decisions. We also learned about two case studies, one…
Person: Clement, Blades, Alldredge
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science
Region(s): Eastern, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: public opinion, values, public perceptions
Smoke generated from low-intensity prescribed fires used for fuels management can have an adverse impact on local air quality, raising human health and safety concerns especially in wildland-urban-interface areas. Local smoke behavior is a complex process and is highly dependent…
Person: Heilman
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: low intensity burns, meteorology and smoke, smoke dispersion, New Jersey Pine Barrens, fire-induced atmospheric conditions
Randall Roy of the Missouri Department of Conservation discussed the use of prescribed fire on the Drury-Mincy conservation area during a Missouri State University Biology Department seminar.
Person: Roy
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: Missouri, burn plans, fuels reduction, habitat, plant diversity, smoke management, topography, fuel loads, glade
Extensive forest fires occurred during the summer of 2012 in Siberia. This work presents the influence of long-range atmospheric smoke on the aerosol properties at urban, suburban and background sites, which are located 400-800 km from the fire source. The higher levels of…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, aerosols, air quality, C - carbon, particulates, pH, Russia, Siberia, Asia, fire management, forest management, smoke management, urban habitats, Siberian wildfires, aerosol chemical composition, acidity, urban, suburban and background sites