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Smoke particulate matter from deciduous trees (angiosperms) subjected to controlled burning, both under smoldering and flaming conditions, was sampled by high volume air filtration on precleaned quartz fiber liters. The filtered particles were extracted with dichloromethane and…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: Acer macrophyllum, aerosols, air quality, Alnus rubra, Betula glandulosa, Betula pendula, biomass, cellulose, chemical compounds, chemistry, combustion, deciduous forests, Eucalyptus dalrympleana, fire management, forest management, fuel types, hydrocarbons, lignin, litter, Mexico, Oregon, particulates, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, trees, vegetation surveys
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: Abies amabilis, Abies procera, aerosols, air quality, biomass, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, chemical compounds, chemistry, coniferous forests, conifers, fire management, forest management, fuel types, hydrocarbons, litter, Mexico, Oregon, particulates, Picea sitchensis, Pinus contorta, Pinus engelmannii, Pinus monticola, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus strobus, Pseudotsuga menziesii, sampling, Sequoia sempervirens, smoke effects, smoke management, temperate forests, Tsuga mertensiana, vegetation surveys
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, Avena, Avena fatua, char, combustion, disturbance, germination, organic soils, Queensland, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, water, weeds, Avena fatua, germination, seed dormancy, smoke water, weeds
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, heat, heat effects, legumes, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, western Australia, heat, seedbank, seed dormancy, seed germination, western Australia
The exotic longhorn beetle Arhopalus tristisis a pest of pines, particularly those damaged by fire, and a major export quarantine issue in New Zealand. Actinograph recordings of caged individuals showed that males and females were most active from dusk to midnight. Olfactometer…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: bark, experimental fires, fire injuries (plants), forest management, habits and behavior, insects, New Zealand, pine forests, Pinus radiata, plant diseases, population density, reproduction, trapping, attractant, Pinus radiata, Arhopalus tristis, trap, Cerambycidae, oviposition, bark, repellent
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Anigozanthos, Australia, fire dependent species, flowering, heat effects, jarrah, post fire recovery, seed dormancy, seed germination, seed production, smoke effects, smoke management, western Australia, Anigozanthos manglesii, populations, geographical cline, inflorescence level, germination, heat, seed development
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Anigozanthos, Australia, germination, Hibbertia, Leucopogon, Leucopogon conostephioides, Mediterranean habitats, native species (plants), seed dormancy, seed germination, seeds, smoke effects, smoke management, soil moisture, soil temperature, soils, Stirlingia, Stylidium, western Australia, burial, germination, Anigozanthos manglesii, Conastylis neocymosa, Stylidium affine, Stylidium crossocephalum, Hibbertia commutata, Leucopogon conostephioides, Conospermum triplinervium, Stirlingia latifolia
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Asia, mountainous terrain, particulates, K - potassium, smoke management, soot, S - sulfur, Tibet, urban habitats, Tibet, vegetation burning, soot, transport
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, char, eucalyptus, Eucalyptus baxteri, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, germination, heat, heat effects, heathlands, Mediterranean habitats, national parks, native species (plants), plant communities, population density, sampling, sclerophyll forests, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, seeds, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, Victoria, Wahlenbergia, wood
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Asperula, Australia, Centaurium, Crassula, Desmodium, Elymus, Eragrostis, Eucalyptus obliqua , fire management, Geranium, Gnaphalium, grasses, grazing, heat, heat effects, herbaceous vegetation, Hypericum, Juncus, native species (plants), New South Wales, perennial plants, Plantago, Poa, population density, sampling, sclerophyll forests, seed dormancy, seed germination, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, Sporobolus, statistical analysis, Trifolium, Trifolium repens, vegetation surveys, Wales
Significant associations between firefighting and cancer have been reported; however, studies finding toxic products of combustion at municipal fires have been limited by (1) technical difficulties encountered at the scene of working fires, (2) the lack of a coherent sampling…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: experimental fires, firefighting personnel, smoke effects, air quality, chemical compounds, health factors, hydrocarbons, pollution, toxicity, Quebec, Canada, fire management, smoke management
The South-East Asian region experienced a haze episode in 1994 which was widely believed to be due to widespread forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indonesia). Broadband measurements of the surface level solar ultraviolet-B, UV-A and Global radiation at Penang (Malaysia)…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Intelligence
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, slash and burn, wildfires, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, ozone, radiation, remote sensing, Indonesia, Sumatra, Asia, fire management, forest management, haze, forest fires, radiation, ultraviolet, ozone
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…
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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
The 1997 Indonesia forest fires was an environmental disaster of exceptional proportions. Such a disaster caused massive transboundary air pollution and indiscriminate destruction of biodiversity in the world. The immediate consequence of the fires was the production of large…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Asia, biomass, droughts, fire intensity, gases, climate change, health factors, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Malaysia, pollution, precipitation, remote sensing, savannas, seasonal activities, Singapore, smoke effects, smoke management, Southeast Asia, species diversity, storms, Sumatra, tropical forests, wildfires, wind
Invasion by woody alien plants, construction, and mining operations are among the major disturbances degrading vegetation in the Cape Floristic Kingdom, South Africa. The aim of this study was to assess whether native fynbos shrubland vegetation could be restored following dense…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: Acacia spp., Africa, cover, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, Eucalyptus diversicolor, fragmentation, fynbos, grasses, grasslands, Hakea, herbaceous vegetation, invasive species, Leucadendron, mining, mortality, overstory, Pinus pinaster, plant growth, population density, post fire recovery, Protea lepidocarpodendron, range management, regeneration, seed germination, seeds, serotiny, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, South Africa, statistical analysis, trees, vegetation surveys, woody plants
Twelve 60-m2 plots were cut and weighed in a clearing at a cattle ranch near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Aboveground dry weight biomass averaged 369 metric tons (Mg ha−1) (SD=187). This corresponds to ≈483 Mg ha−1 total biomass. Pre- and post-burn aboveground biomass loading was…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass, burning intervals, deforestation, greenhouse gases, tropical forest, Brazil, rainforest, CO2 - carbon dioxide, Amazon, axis, C - carbon, charcoal, cutting, fire management, diameter classes, forest management, gases, human caused fires, litter, livestock, palms, post-fire recovery, sampling, vines, wood
Predicted daily fluxes from an ecosystem model for water, carbon dioxide, and methane were compared with 1994 and 1996 Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) field measurements at sites dominated by old black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) (OBS) and boreal fen vegetation…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: boreal forest, Canada, ecosystem modeling, black spruce, BOREAS - Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study, Manitoba, methane flux, CO2 flux, NPP - net primary production, boreal fen vegetation
Vast areas of the West African savannas are burned annually (Menaut et al., 1991). Natural, lightning-caused fires have existed for millions of years, but today 99% of the fires are of anthropogenic origin. The trace-gas emissions from these fires have not been addressed with as…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire regime, vegetation, gas emissions, savannas, Africa, biomass burning, human impacts, West Africa
The forest canopy was an important contributor to fluxes of methyl mercury (MeHg) and total mercury (THg) to the forest floor of boreal uplands and wetlands and potentially to downstream lakes, at the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), northwestern Ontario. The estimated fluxes of…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: boreal forest, Canada, canopy, litter, boreal ecosystem, methyl mercury flux, wetlands
Agricultural and silvicultural biomass burning is practiced in many undeveloped portions of the Amazon basin. In Rond nia, Brazil, such burning is restricted to a brief period in the dry season of August and September to minimize the duration of air quality impacts and to…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, agricultural burning, controlled burn, pollution, risk analysis, Brazil, aerosol
Forestry, conservation, wildfire risk reduction, and agricultural uses of planned or prescribed fires as a tool for meeting the needs of wildland managers are increasingly in collision at the air pollution control and climate change cross-roads. The inevitable conflict resulting…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air pollution, clouds, Canada, Ontario, aerosols, air quality, biomass, catastrophic fires, climatology, conservation, fire case histories, fire management, fire weather, firing techniques, land management, particulates, pollution, precipitation, size classes, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Direct emissions of carbon from Canadian forest fires were estimated for all Canada and for each ecozone for the period 1959-1999. The estimates were based on a database of large fires for the country and calculations of fuel consumption for each fire using the Canadian Forest…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: boreal forests, Canada, fuel consumption, carbon emissions, carbon sink, taiga, air quality, arthropods, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, climatology, coniferous forests, crown fires, deciduous forests, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, energy, fire danger rating, fire injuries (animals), fire management, fire size, fire suppression, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel types, gases, insects, particulates, pine forests, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus resinosa, Pinus strobus, post-fire recovery, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Douglas-fir, season of fire, statistical analysis, succession, wildfires
Biomass consumption and carbon release rates during the process of forest clearing by fire in five test plots are presented and discussed. The experiments were conducted at the Caiabi Farm, near the town of Alta Floresta, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, in five square plots of 1…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass consumption, carbon release, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, Brazil
This study outlines the development of an approach to evaluate the sources, sinks, and magnitudes of greenhouse gas emissions from a grazed semiarid rangeland dominated by mulga (Acacia aneura) and how these emissions may be altered by changes in management. This paper describes…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Acacia spp., Acacia aneura, air quality, Australia, C - carbon, European settlement, fire management, fire suppression, gases, climate change, grazing, greenhouse gases, land management, population density, Queensland, range management, rangelands, statistical analysis, suppression, wildfires, climate change, greenhouse, woodlands, grasslands, C - carbon, grazing
The impact of the Central American fires on PM2.5 mass concentration and composition in the Tennessee Valley region during portions of May, 1998, has been quantified. Elevated concentrations of smoke aerosol tracers -- fine potassium, (and to a lesser extent, calcium and silicon…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Alabama, biomass, calcium, C - carbon, Central America, dust, Kentucky, Mexico, particulates, photography, K - potassium, remote sensing, smoke effects, smoke management, Tennessee, wildfires, wind, PM2.5 mass, long distance transport, Central American fires, fine particle standards, potassium tracer of biomass combustion