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Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire equipment, firebreaks, Illinois, manuals, Melilotus albus, prairies, season of fire, seed germination, weed control
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Abies balsamea, Abies lasiocarpa, air quality, conifers, foliage, Juniperus communis, Juniperus scopulorum, leaves, needles, Picea engelmannii, Picea glauca, pine, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, Pseudotsuga menziesii, resins, shrubs, S - sulfur, SO2 - sulfur dioxide, Terrapene, volatilization
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, national parks, natural resource legislation, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, mountainous terrain, smoke behavior, wind
A simple, inexpensive, and relatively accurate photographic method for date collection is described. Objects of interest are triangulated from films taken simultaneously at two camera positions. Accumulated synchronization and measurement errors amounted to 0.2 - 0.5 meter. The…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: photography, smoke behavior
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fuel management
Seeds of three species of dwarf mistletoe, Arceuthobium americanum Nutt. Ex Engelm., A. cyanocarpum Coulter & Nelson, and A. vaginatum subsp. cryptopodum (Engelm.) Hawksw. & Wiens, were exposed to smoke from burning forest fuels. Premeasured amounts of coniferous needles…
Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, Arceuthobium, coniferous forests, conifers, duff, fuel moisture, heat effects, needles, parasitic plants, plant growth, seed germination, smoke effects, statistical analysis, temperature, woody fuels
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: ash, biomass, chemical elements, combustion, coniferous forests, duff, fine fuels, fire danger rating, fire injuries (plants), flammability, heat effects, Larix occidentalis, lightning caused fires, litter, mineral soils, moisture, Montana, mortality, overstory, peat fires, Picea engelmannii, Pinus banksiana, Pseudotsuga menziesii, rate of spread, sampling, smoke management, soil moisture
The subtitle ... 'The American dream of a home in the woods is going up in smoke for more and more people. Here's how to keep it from happening to you.' Published by American Forests. Abstract reproduced by permission.
Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire damage (property), fire size, fire suppression, mortality, wildfires, wood
This report reviews the current state of analytical methodology for sulfate in airborne particles. Methods for determination of total aerosol sulfate and total soluble sulfate are assessed. A more detailed review of the relatively new techniques for quantitative speciation of…
Person:
Year: 1976
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, distribution, gases, particulates, sampling, statistical analysis, S - sulfur
From the Summary ... 'Prescribed surface fire in southern pine forests controls brown spot (Scirrhia acicola) of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) and fusiform rust (Cronartium fusiforme) of southern pines. Rhizina root rot and many wood rots are favored by fire. Additional…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Fire Ecology, Fire Ecology
Region(s): California, Eastern, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Southern, International
Keywords: agriculture, Agrostis tenuis, air quality, Arceuthobium, Australia, burning permits, Canada, Claviceps purpurea, Cronartium fusiforme, croplands, Cynodon dactylon, diseases, Festuca arundinacea, Festuca rubra, fire equipment, fire frequency, fire management, firing techniques, fuel management, fungi, Gloeotinia temulenta, grass fires, grasses, human caused fires, Idaho, insects, Lolium perenne, longleaf pine, Minnesota, Oregon, pine forests, pine, Pinus palustris, plant diseases, Rhizina, Rhizina undulata, Scirrhia acicola, site treatments, slash, Washington, wood
From the Introduction ... 'The Lubrecht Forest fire study in which understory burning was done in mature larch/Douglas-fir has been described earlier in this proceeding. This paper discusses the effect of atmospheric conditions and fuel consumption on smoke. The research to date…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: air quality, coniferous forests, duff, experimental areas, field experimental fires, forest management, forest types, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, gases, habitat types, heat, land management, Larix occidentalis, light burning, low intensity burns, moisture, Montana, montane forests, Pseudotsuga menziesii, sampling, smoke management, snags, understory vegetation, wood
From the Discussion and Summary ... 'The data and observations presented here are fragmentary and are not adequate to establish that smoke from wildfires or prescribed burns markedly affects microbial activity in wildland plant communities. They suggest, however, that such…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Botrytis, competition, disturbance, experimental fires, field experimental fires, Fomes annosus, fungi, Fusarium lateritium, germination, laboratory fires, land management, leaves, microorganisms, nutrients, Penicillium, Peridermium, Pholiota adiposa, plant communities, plant diseases, reproduction, seedlings, seeds, smoke effects, soil nutrients, succession, wildfires
The Department of Interior is actively engaged in the smoke management business from two apparently opposite viewpoints. In one case we are trying to prevent or extinguish wildfires and minimize adverse effects on air quality as well as other resources. On the other hand we are…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forest management, logging, particulates, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, biomass, chemical compounds, distribution, gases, particulates, physics, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature, water
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: age classes, air quality, bark, biomass, char, combustion, dead fuels, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, heavy fuels, particulates, slash, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1976
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: air quality, carbon dioxide, chemical compounds, gases, hydrocarbons, particulates, pollution, smoke management, statistical analysis, SO2 - sulfur dioxide
'We have read the recent review article 'Primary and Secondary Particulates as Pollutants' by P. F. Fennelly with considerable interest, but yet, concern. Our interest is based on an awareness of the need to examine particulate pollution in terms of particle size and chemical…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, experimental fires, fire intensity, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, gases, laboratory fires, litter, particulates, pollution, slash and burn, wildfires
Long-term effects of air pollutants in Finland have been studied by analyzing needle litter of pine (Pinus silvestris L.) and spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) in 13 stands from the years 1958 to 1982. A considerable annual increase in elemental concentrations was observed in the…
Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies spp., air quality, Asteraceae, Canada, chemical elements, coniferous forests, Finland, litter, needles, nutrients, Picea, Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris, pollution, K - potassium, sampling, Scandinavia, site treatments, soil nutrients
The present-day northern Rocky Mountain vegetation is the product of a long history of geologic and climatic events that have interacted with the species populations composing the regional flora. General concepts relating to the organization, classification, and dynamic nature…
Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Mapping, Fire History
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies grandis, Abies lasiocarpa, agriculture, Agropyron spicatum, air quality, Artemisia tridentata, biogeography, bogs, British Columbia, Canada, Colorado, community ecology, coniferous forests, cover, distribution, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, Festuca idahoensis, fire adaptations (plants), fire regimes, fire suppression, geology, glaciers, grasslands, grazing, histories, Idaho, introduced species, invasive species, Larix occidentalis, logging, marshes, mining, Montana, montane forests, mosses, mountains, national forests, national parks, old growth forests, Picea engelmannii, pine forests, Pinus albicaulis, Pinus contorta, Pinus flexilis, Pinus monticola, Pinus ponderosa, plant communities, Populus tremuloides, prairies, riparian habitats, shrublands, subalpine forests, swamps, Thuja plicata, topography, Tsuga heterophylla, tundra, Utah, vegetation surveys, water, water quality, wetlands, wind, Wyoming
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Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: 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, National
Keywords: flame length, photography, smoke behavior, statistical analysis
Our paper points out certain problems in current predictive methods on which most smoke management programs are based. These problems complicate research efforts to improve predictability of air quality impacts of forest burning. In addition, we offer a hypothesis, based on…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, 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, PM - particulate matter, smoke management, slash fire, burning permits, C - carbon, CO - carbon monoxide, chemical compounds, ecology, fire intensity, fire regimes, firing techniques, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel types, gases, herbaceous vegetation, hydrocarbons, mosaic, needles, peat, pollution, slash, statistical analysis, wildfires, wood
Recent estimates of particulate production from forest fires in the United States have ranged from 500,000 to 54,000,000 tons annually. This has been due partly to disparities in estimates of fuel that is consumed during the combustion process, but more to the choice of emission…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: emission factor, PM - particulate matter
Chemicals from glowing fires in highly decayed conifer logs may be useful for detection of small fires by spectroscopic methods. Two major chemical constituents were tentatively identified as methanol and furfural (2-furaldehyde). Additional materials tentatively identified were…
Person:
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire detection, methanol, combustion products
This paper presents a vision of the future rooted in consideration of the past 20 years in the smoke and air resource management field. This future is characterized by rapid technological development of computers for computation, communications, and remote sensing capabilities…
Person:
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: GIS - geographic information system, smoke management