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Prescribed Burn 2-57 was the second of four prescribed burns studied in 1957. In this burn we were particularly interested in studying air flow on the lee side of a ridge oriented approximately at right angles to the prevailing wind. Experience has shown that erratic fire…
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Year: 1959
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: brush, distribution, fire whirls, grasses, ground cover, range management, rangelands, rate of spread, smoke behavior, smoke effects, topography, weather observations, wind
From the text ... 'This paper describes an investigation of the turbulent forced plumes generated by steady release of mass, momentum and buoyancy from a source situated in an extensive region of uniform or stably stratified fluid. The treatment, which is an extension of earlier…
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Year: 1959
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: flame length, physics, smoke management, weather observations
'Control burning of brush is now a common practice in range improvement in California. Frequently, before burning, some or all of the brush is mashed down with mechanical equipment or killed by chemical sprays. To learn how destructive such fires are to wildlife, a study was…
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Year: 1959
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: brush, brush fires, Ceanothus, fire protection, firebreaks, forage, fuel types, grass fires, habits and behavior, heat effects, ignition, incendiary fires, mortality, population density, radiation, range management, soils, species diversity (animals), temperature, trapping, water, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, woody plants
Description of botanical collecting trip to south Florida in 1921.
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Year: 1923
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Acer rubrum, deserts, distribution, droughts, everglades, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire resistant plants, Florida, hardwood hammocks, histories, humus, lakes, land management, marshlands, mortality, Native Americans, native species (plants), Nyssa biflora, organic soils, pine forests, Pinus, plant communities, prairies, Quercus nigra, Quercus virginiana, rivers, Sabal palmetto, sand dunes, scrub, soil moisture, soil nutrients, south Florida, species diversity (plants), succession, Taxodium distichum, vegetation surveys, xeric soils
'Severe fires sometimes surround and destroy grown animals and birds and kill them outright; but the greatest damage occurs through the destruction of eggs and young, and the ruin of coverts, without which game falls an easy prey to vermin and hunters. Fire also important…
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Year: 1923
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: birds, coniferous forests, conservation, disturbance, education, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fishes, forest management, game birds, grasslands, ground fires, incendiary fires, pine forests, pollution, prairies, public information, season of fire, wildfires, wildflowers, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, wind