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Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, firing techniques, Florida, smoke management
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Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, gases, hydrocarbons, particulates
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, smoke behavior, smoke management, wind
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Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, recreation, soil erosion, water quality
The history of the Clean Air Act is reviewed from 1955 to 1980. The 1980 Visibility Regulation is cited as the first federal clean air policy which specifically addresses prescribed burning. Thirty-six states containing National Parks and Wilderness areas are now required to…
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, histories, land management, logging, national parks, smoke management, wilderness areas, wildlife
The results of chemical analyses of precipitation samples collected in Singapore between August 1997 and July 1998 are presented. Major inorganic and organic ions were determined in 169 rain samples collected using an automated wet-only sampler. The daily sample pH values ranged…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, biomass, chemical compounds, chemistry, gases, particulates, pH, precipitation, sampling, season of fire, Singapore, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires
It is shown that similarity solutions in strong buoyant plumes (plant or axisymmetric) exist if a local characteristic turbulent diffusion coefficient varies inversely proportional to the square of the local gas density in the plume. The similarity formulation implies that the…
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: axis, flame length, gases, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature
From the text...'The terms listed below were either taken from existing glossaries or developed specifically for this Guide. Where terms were taken from an existing glossary or document, the source reference is indexed in brackets (e.g. [source number]), with full reference…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, bibliographies, computer programs, ecosystem dynamics, fuel types, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires
From the text...'Smoke management program administration can range from activities conducted at the local burn program level to a multi-state coordinated effort to manage smoke. The EPA Interim Air Quality Policy on Wildland and Prescribed Fires (Interim Policy) (EPA 1998)…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, education, public information, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, US Forest Service, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
From the text...'An inventory or estimate of total statewide (or some other geographically distinct unit) annual emissions of criteria pollutants is a necessary part of understanding the burden on the air resource in an area and taking appropriate control actions. Emission…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, broadcast burning, duff, fire danger rating, fire size, fuel inventory, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, heavy fuels, humus, live fuels, national parks, pollution, slash, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, US Forest Service, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, woody fuels
From the Introduction...'There are several reasons why wildland fire managers may want to conduct an ambient air quality-monitoring program. These include: • smoke management program evaluation purposes, • to fulfill a public information need, • to verify assumptions used in…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire equipment, health factors, particulates, public information, sampling, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wilderness fire management, wildfires
From the Summary...'For many projects a simple model often provides as good information as a more complex model. Regulations, however, may dictate the level of modeling required for each project. Other times, community values will determine the level of effort needed to…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, bibliographies, burning permits, CO - carbon monoxide, fire size, fuel loading, fuel types, health factors, particulates, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management
From the Summary...'Managing smoke in ways that prevent serious impact to sensitive areas from single burns or multiple burns occurring simultaneously requires knowledge of the weather conditions that will affect smoke emissions, trajectories, and dispersion. Not only is it…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, bibliographies, biomass, cover, lakes, moisture, sloping terrain, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, storms, temperature, topography, weather observations, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
From the text...'Federal agencies are subject to certain laws and requirements that are not necessarily applicable to states or private entities in the same manner or at all. Federal agencies are required to do long-range planning for management of the lands they manage through…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, burning permits, CO - carbon monoxide, forest management, fuel management, land management, national forests, particulates, recreation, smoke behavior, smoke management, US Forest Service, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management
From the Conclusions...'Because smoke from fire can cause negative effects to public health and welfare, air quality protection regulations must be understood and followed by responsible fire managers. Likewise, air quality regulators need an understanding of how and when fire…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Alabama, Arizona, CO - carbon monoxide, Colorado, education, fire management, Florida, fuel loading, fuel management, health factors, Idaho, land use, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, national parks, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, ozone, pollution, public information, smoke effects, smoke management, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management
From the text...'Evidence to date suggests that fireline workers exceed recommended exposure limits during prescribed burns and wildfires less than 10 percent of the time (Reinhardt and others 2000; Reinhardt and Ottmar 2000). The concept that few fireline personnel spend a…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: CO - carbon monoxide, firefighting personnel, health factors, smoke effects, smoke management, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
From the text...'Advanced smoke management programs evaluate individual and multiple burns; coordinate all prescribed fire activities in an area; consider cross-boundary (landscape) impacts; and weigh decisions about fires against possible health, visibility, and nuisance…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, burning permits, education, fuel management, health factors, liability, national parks, natural resource legislation, public information, smoke management, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, bibliographies, health factors, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will implement new regulations for the management of atmospheric particulate matter 2.5 Fm and less in diameter (PM2.5), tropospheric ozone, and regional haze in the next few years. These three air quality issues relate…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, combustion, education, fire management, gases, health factors, human caused fires, ozone, particulates, pollution, public information, remote sensing, site treatments, smoke management, thinning, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
Fire effects are modeled for a variety of reasons including: to evaluate risk, to develop treatment prescriptions, to compare management options, and to understand ecosystems. Fire effects modeling may be conducted at a range of temporal and spatial scales. First-order fire…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: combustion, crown scorch, duff, erosion, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fuel inventory, fuel models, heat, mortality, soil temperature, succession, vegetation surveys
Measurements of cloud condensation nuclei were made from small samples of stratospheric air taken from a U-2 aircraft at altitudes ranging from 13 to 19 kilometers. The measured concentrations of nuclei both in and outside the plume from the May and June 1980 eruptions of Mount…
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Montana, sampling, volcanoes, Washington
New methods for retrieving tropospheric ozone column depth and absorbing aerosol (smoke and dust) from the Earth Probe—Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (EP/TOMS) are used to follow pollution and to determine interannual variability and trends. During intense fires over Indonesia…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Mapping, Models, Mapping
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, biomass, dust, ENSO, fire intensity, GIS, India, Indonesia, Oceania, ozone, particulates, pollution, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: computer programs, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, gases, human caused fires, ignition, light, photography, radiation, rate of spread, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature
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Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, combustion, elevation, gases, Indonesia, Kalimantan, minerals, particulates, peat, K - potassium, radiation, smoke effects, soil management, S - sulfur, tropical forests, wildfires, aerosol particles, biomass burning, Indonesia, ECX analysis, elemental composition, peat combustion
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will implement new regulations for the management of atmospheric particulate matter 2.5 µm and less in diameter (PM2.5), tropospheric ozone, and regional haze in the next few years. These three air quality issues relate…
Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: smoke management, PM2.5 emissions, air quality regulations