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Smoke haze, caused by vegetation and peat fires in Southeast Asia, is of major concern because of its adverse impact on regional air quality. We apply two different methods (a chemical transport model and a Lagrangian atmospheric transport model) to identify the locations of…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): International
Keywords: ground fires, peat fires, wildfires, aerosols, air quality, particulates, pollution, vegetation surveys, Singapore, Sumatra, Asia, fire management, smoke management, air quality, particulate matter, vegetation fires, aerosol, Southeast Asia, air pollution, smoke transport
An ensemble approach is used to examine the sensitivity of smoke loading and smoke direct radiative effect in the atmosphere to uncertainties in smoke emission estimates. Seven different fire emission inventories are applied independently to WRF-Chem model (v3.5) with the same…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, smoke effects, aerosols, air quality, air temperature, Africa, fire management, smoke management, fire emission inventory, Sahel and northern sub-Saharan African region, smoke radiative effect, mesoscale modeling, air quality
Open burnings (forest fires, agricultural, and garbage burnings) are the major sources of air pollution in Chiang Mai, Thailand. A time series prospective study was conducted in which 3,025 participants were interviewed for 19 acute symptoms with the daily records of ambient air…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, diseases, ozone, Thailand, Asia, fire management, smoke management
Fire frequency for below historic norms is threatening eastern oak ecosystem integrity. Increasingly, private family forest landowners are interested in using prescribed fire as a tool for maintaining oak dominance and associated wildlife habitat and wildfire protection. The…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Prescribed Fire, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: fire frequency, prescribed fires (escaped), smoke effects, air quality, private lands, Quercus, oak, Illinois, fire management, land management, range management, wildlife habitat management, hardwood forests, rangelands, community forestry, land management, family forest, Quercus
From the introduction ... 'Announcing the release of new software packages for application in wildland fire science and management, two fields that are already fully saturated with computer technology, may seem a bit too much to many managers. However, there have been some…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FEIS, fire intensity, fire regimes, LANDFIRE, wildfires, air quality, computer programs, fire management
The following list of fire research topics and questions were generated by personnel from agencies and organizations within AWFCG during 2014 Fall Fire Review and through other solicitations. The topics were initially ranked by the AWFCG Fire Research, Development and…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: research needs
From the text: 'Since the program began actual field operations in October, 1981, almost a million acres have been brought under vegetation management plans. About 160,000 acres have been burned to date, despite two of the wettest winters and springs in 90 years (1981/82 and…
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Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Aviation, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, brush, environmental impact analysis, fire equipment, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, forage, ignition, private lands, runoff, soil erosion, vegetation surveys, wildfires, wildlife refuges
Prescribed fire is accepted as an integral part of managing various ecosystems. Natural fire has played a dominant role in these everchanging ecosystems and is essential to the maintenance of some. Increasing demands on our forests, scenic and natural areas, wildlife areas, and…
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Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, backing fires, Chamaedaphne calyculata, duff, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire dependent species, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel loading, fuel moisture, headfires, ignition, litter, Minnesota, pH, Picea mariana, scorch, soil nutrients, statistical analysis, watersheds, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
From the Conclusions ... 'The coordination of the helitorch operations, such as support services, unit ignition procedures, and timing, is of a critical nature. It is imperative that a smooth flow of effort be immediately established and maintained throughout a burn. Oversights…
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Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, firing techniques, fuel management, fuel types, ignition, rate of spread, smoke management
This report discusses the potential usefulness of thermal infrared sensors onboard NOAA polar-orbiting satelites for detecting fires. In particular, the 3.8-micron channel is sensitive to high temperature sources such as fires. This paper will demonstrate how the 3.8-micron…
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Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, Arizona, coastal forests, coastal plain, computer programs, experimental fires, fire danger rating, fire management, fire size, hardwood forests, heat, Idaho, lightning, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Piedmont, pine forests, remote sensing, season of fire, slash, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature, Texas, tundra, Utah, Washington
From the text 'Fire has had an important place in the development of Southern forests. It has been particularly important in the perpetuation of the pine forests of the Coastal Plain, as well as many other pine areas. Nevertheless, the destructive effects of fire are better…
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Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, backfires, brush, coastal plain, crown scorch, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, firebreaks, firing techniques, flank fires, Fomes annosus, forest management, fuel management, Georgia, germination, hardwood forests, hardwoods, headfires, humidity, lightning, litter, logging, openings, pine forests, pine, Pinus, plant diseases, rate of spread, regeneration, Scirrhia acicola, season of fire, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, species diversity (plants), temperature, thinning, trees, understory vegetation, vegetation surveys, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, wind, wood
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Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Economics
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, Borneo, catastrophic fires, clearcutting, droughts, ENSO, fire case histories, fire injuries (plants), Idaho, ignition, Indonesia, litter, logging, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, mortality, Oregon, partial cutting, rainforests, rate of spread, remote sensing, slash, slash and burn, smoke effects, topography, tropical forests, Washington, wildlife food plants
The characteristics and spatial distribution of fuels are critical for assessing fire hazard, fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and other fire effects. However, fuel maps are difficult to generate and update, because many regions of the world lack fuel descriptions or…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping
Region(s): International
Keywords: FCCS - Fuel Characteristic Classification System, remote sensing, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, fire potential, South America, fuelbeds, wildfires, cover, overstory, fire management, fuel management, croplands, deciduous forests, grasslands, shrublands, savannas, tropical forest
Prescribed burning is a valuable shrubland management tool, but the resulting emissions may have adverse effects on air quality. Visibility impairment is often a most sensitive issue. The most significant hazards to human health are inhalation of carbon monoxide and particles…
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Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California
Keywords: air quality, air pollution, woody plants, shrublands, health hazards
A high-intensity wildfire burnt through a dry Eucalyptus forest in south-eastern Australia that had been fuel reduced with fire 3 months prior, presenting a unique opportunity to measure the effects of fuel reduction (FR) on forest carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): International
Keywords: charcoal, fuel reduction, biomass, greenhouse gases, Australia, emission factors, C - carbon, modified combustion action, fine fuels, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fuel accumulation, heavy fuels, surface fuels, wildfires, air quality, ground cover, litter, shrubs, size classes, snags, understory vegetation, eucalyptus, Victoria, fire management, forest management, fuel management, sclerophyll forests
The analysis of large forest and peat fires, the peculiarities of their development and the impact on the environment is conducted. The main characteristics of forest fires are considered. The thermal characteristics and evaluation of the heat generation of large forest fires…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): International
Keywords: peat fires, air pollution, Russia, forest fires, combustion products, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire size, wildfires, air quality, pollution, fire management, forest management
Wildland fires have increased in extent and severity in recent years. At the same time, the number of people living in harm's way has increased dramatically. This has not only resulted in more people and private property potentially at risk from future fire events, but also an…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: smoke management, public perceptions, social acceptability
We simulated public health forecast-based interventions during a wildfire smoke episode in rural North Carolina to show the potential for use of modeled smoke forecasts toward reducing the health burden and showed a significant economic benefit of reducing exposures. Daily and…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Safety
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: North Carolina, wildfires, public health, smoke forecasting, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, health risk, economic impacts, mortality, asthma, interventions, SFP - Southern Fire Portal, smoke effects, air quality, health factors, pollution, remote sensing, fire management, forest management, smoke management
[From description] Earth is the only planet known to have fire. The reason is both simple and profound: fire exists because Earth is the only planet to possess life as we know it. Fire is an expression of life on Earth and an index of life's history. Few processes are as…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords:
To sum up, policy, strategy, personnel and equipment employed to suppress forest and range fires has changed dramatically over the past 70-year history of the Forest Service. Most of this change has come during the past 25 years, with the establishment of research laboratories…
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Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire control, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire suppression, histories, lightning, wildfires
This website gives you access to the rich tools and resources available for the text 'Fire on Earth: An Introduction' by Andrew C. Scott, David M.J.S. Bowman, William J. Bond, Stephen J. Pyne and Martin E. Alexander. It includes: powerpoints of all figures from the book for…
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Year: 2014
Type: Website
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords:
From the Prescribed Fire in the Mid-South conference held June 4-5, 2014 in Crossville, TN
Person: Varner
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: biodiversity, disturbance, fire frequency, fire regime, grazing, public acceptance, collaboration, hazard reduction, invasive species, prescribed fire councils, wildlife habitat, fire-dependent species, Mid-South
Several U.S. state and tribal agencies and other countries implement a methodology developed in the arid intermountain western United States, where short-term (1-3 hr) particulate matter (PM) concentrations are estimated from human-observed visual range (Vr) sightings. These PM2…
Person: Malm
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, PM - particulate matter, visual range, observer error, health impacts
Haiganoush Preisler talks about her work modeling very large fires over very large areas. She is a research scientist and statistician with the USFS PSW Research Station and lead author on the attached paper. You can find out more about her work at: http://www.wfas.net/index.…
Person: Preisler
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire size, frequency of occurrence, logistic regression, probability of ignition, large fire occurrence, spatial and temporal distribution, probability model, MTBS - Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, FPI - Fire Potential Index
The current research study aims at investigating the atmospheric implications of a major fire event in the Mediterranean area. For this purpose, a regional aerosol model coupled online with meteorology (COSMO-ART) is applied over Greece during late summer 2007. Fire risk model…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, aerosols, air quality, C - carbon, remote sensing, Greece, Europe, fire management, forest management, wildfires, fire weather indices, organic carbon, elemental carbon, aerosol radiative forcing, Greece