Type
Topic
Region
Year
Displaying 101 - 125 of 137
Boreal forest in Siberia contains approximately one-fourth of the world's terrestrial biomass. It is essential to quantify the amount of trace gases, especially carbon-containing compounds, emitted from biomass burning in Siberia in order to understand its contribution to the…
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: Siberia
Description not entered.
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Weather
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: smoke behavior, smoke management, smoke plumes
The southeastern United States - states extending from Virginia to Texas and from the Ohio River southward - (hereafter called the 'South') compromise one of the most productive forested areas in the United States. Although the South represents only 24 percent of the U.S. land…
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality
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.…
Person:
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
[no description entered]
Person:
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
[no description entered]
Person:
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
[no description entered]
Person:
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…
Person:
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
[no description entered]
Person:
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…
Person:
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
[no description entered]
Person:
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)
[no description entered]
Person:
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…
Person:
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.…
Person:
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
[no description entered]
Person:
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
In their rebuttal, Fotheringham and Keeley (2005) (F&K, hereafter) assert that misinterpretations of previous research, errors in the presentation of the chemistry of nitrogen oxides and devious presentation of experimental results led to the conclusion of Preston et al. (…
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): California
Keywords: post fire recovery, smoke effects, annual plants, N - nitrogen, seed germination, seeds, Emmenanthe penduliflora, Nicotiana attenuata, smoke management, chaparral
The intramolecular distribution of stable isotopes in nitrous oxide from biomass burning plumes was measured for analysis of nitrous oxide behavior. Biomass burning experiments carried out for collecting the burning plumes used a grate-type test furnace. Dried rice straw was…
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, experimental fires, agriculture, air quality, hydrogen, N - nitrogen, Japan, Asia, fire management, smoke management, biomass burning, N2O - nitrous oxide, intramolecular distribution of isotopes, isotopic fractionation, Agricultural Residue
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: age classes, Artemisia tridentata, Atriplex, bacteria, biomass, Bromus, Bromus tectorum, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, disturbance, fire frequency, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, grasslands, herbivory, invasive species, leaves, Nevada, N - nitrogen, Pseudoroegneria, range management, rangelands, rate of spread, roots, statistical analysis, vegetation surveys, weeds, carbon dioxide, cheatgrass, fire frequency, invasive weeds
From the Summary (p.525) ... '• This paper is the first global study of the extent to which fire determines global vegetation patterns by preventing ecosystems from achieving the potential height, biomass and dominant functional types expected under the ambient climate (climate…
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Models, Mapping
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, Australia, biogeography, biomass, Brazil, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, coniferous forests, cover, deciduous forests, deserts, distribution, dominance (ecology), ecosystem dynamics, evergreens, evolution, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire regimes, forest management, Ghana, grasses, grasslands, habitat types, land use, mineral soils, N - nitrogen, savannas, shrublands, shrubs, South Africa, South America, species diversity (plants), tundra, vegetation surveys, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe, climate-vegetation relationships, dynamic global vegetation models, global biomes, plant biogeography, SCGVM(Sheffield Dynamic Global Vegetation Model), FIRE-CONTROLLED vs CLIMATE-CONTROLLED GLOBAL BIOME, Kruger National Park, aboveground net woody biomass, REGIONAL BIOME, GLOBAL BIOME SIMULATIONS, LONG-TERM FIRE-EXCLUSION STUDIES IN SAVANNAS, WOODED GRASSLANDS, ORIGIN OF FIRE-DEPENDENT BIOMES
Currently, there is a growing awareness that smoke produced during forest fires can expose individuals and populations to hazardous concentrations of air pollutants. Aiming to contribute to a better understanding of the air pollution phenomenon associated with forest fires, this…
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, chemical compounds, combustion, Europe, field experimental fires, fire management, fire size, Florida, forest management, ignition, N - nitrogen, particulates, pollution, Portugal, rate of spread, sampling, statistical analysis, S - sulfur, vegetation surveys, wildfires, wind
The role of black carbon (BC) soot in the Arctic as an agent of climate warming through forcing/feedback of sea ice/glacier albedo is an uncertainty in need of addressing. In-situ measurements of BC-aerosols and gas byproducts from the FROSTFIRE experiment burn, 8-11 July 1999,…
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: black carbon aerosols, climate change, climate warming, deposition, forest, snow, spectral albedo, trajectory model, transport, Frostfire prescribed burn
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on the NASA Terra satellite has been used to monitor aerosol optical thickness (AOT, ?) daily at 10km+10km resolution worldwide since August 2000. This information, together with the locations of active fires…
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: remote sensing, aerosols, land cover, NASA land cover, pollution, trend analysis, Africa, photometry, fires, seasonal variations
Description not entered.
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): Unknown
Keywords: fire disturbance, greenhouse gas emissions, permafrost
The structure and dynamics of buoyant plumes arising from surface-based heat sources in a vertically sheared ambient atmospheric flow are examined via simulations of a three-dimensional, compressible numerical model. Simple circular heat sources and asymmetric elliptical ring…
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: numerical simulation, plumes, circular heat sources, asymmetric elliptical ring heat sources , coherent vortical structures, air quality, convection, ecology, fire intensity, fire management, Florida, smoke behavior, heat, smoke management, statistical analysis, wind, wildfires
In Sept. 2003, a prescribed burn on the Uinta National Forest escaped, costing nearly $3 million to extinguish while choking Utah cities with smoke for a week. When the incident drew harsh criticism from local officials and news media, fire managers worried that prescribed…
Person:
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: social acceptance, Uinta National Forest, disturbance, education, fire case histories, property damage, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forest management, fuel loading, fuel management, logging, national forests, natural areas management, escaped prescribed fires, public information, sampling, statistical analysis, thinning, Utah, vegetation surveys, wildfires, wildland fuels