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It was August 30, 1987; the summer was drawing to a close. After 3 years of drought and a hot summer, fuel conditions in northern California and southern Oregon were primed for fires. That evening, dry thunderstorms pounded that region with more than 1,600 lightning strikes. I…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention
Region(s): California, Northwest
Keywords: firefighting personnel, C - carbon, fire case histories, fire size, fire suppression, wildfires, Oregon, climate change, education, fire management, forest management, smoke management
'First load to the box.' Calmly, but with urgency, these words rolled through the intercom while I was in the loft working on a project for the afternoon. As the alarm sounded through the building, I knew that meant we had a fire call, and without hesitation, I dropped…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: smokejumpers, firefighting, wildfires, Arctic, education, fire management, smoke management
Forest wildfires are recognized as sources of CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHG) that, altering the dynamics between terrestrial and atmospheric carbon (C) exchange, influence global climate. In central Andean Patagonia, Argentina, severe wildfires affect temperate lenga…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: Argentina, Patagonia, Nothofagus pumilio, C - carbon, lenga beech, fire intensity, post-fire recovery, air quality, wildfires, biomass, CO2 - carbon dioxide, litter, greenhouse gases, fire management, forest management
Wildfires release substantial quantities of carbon (C) into the atmosphere but they also convert part of the burnt biomass into pyrogenic organic matter (PyOM). This is richer in C and, overall, more resistant to environmental degradation than the original biomass, and,…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: boreal forest, Canada, charcoal, black carbon, carbon emissions, experimental fire, FireSmart, biochar, pyrogenic carbon
This study examines the sensitivity of mean and turbulent flow in the planetary boundary layer and roughness sublayer to a low-intensity fire and evaluates whether the sensitivity is dependent on canopy and background atmospheric properties. The ARPS-CANOPY model, a modified…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
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: forest fire, boundary layer, mesoscale model, turbulence, ARPS - Advanced Regional Prediction System, instability, vertical motion
Smoke from slash burns in the Cascade Mountains during a 3-day period of stable air conditions at lower elevations in October 1969 added little to existing air pollution in the Willamette Valley, in western Oregon. Aerial observations and weather data analysis determined that…
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air pollution, Cascade Mountains, Oregon, slash burn, slash disposal, smoke dispersion, Willamette Valley
The spatial and temporal distributions of the carbon monoxide (CO) concentration were calculated with the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System and Hybrid Particle and Concentration Transport model (RAMS/HYPACT) in the provinces near Moscow during the abnormally hot summer of…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: remote sensing, CO - carbon monoxide, pollution, Russia, RAMS - regional Atmospheric Modeling System
Prescribed burning is practiced to benefit ecosystems but the resulting emissions can adversely affect air quality. A better understanding of the uncertainties in emission estimates and how these uncertainties affect smoke predictions is critical for model-based decision making…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, Eglin Air Force Base, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, Florida, fuel loading, smoke behavior, smoke effects, military lands, statistical analysis, Andropogon virginicus, broomsedge, Pinus palustris, longleaf pine, Quercus laevis, turkey oak, Schizachyrium scoparium, little bluestem, Serenoa repens, saw palmetto, fire management, forest management, smoke management, pine hardwood forests
Forest burning, which emits large amounts of trace gases and particulate matter into the atmosphere, produces great impacts on air quality and climate change. In this study, the MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) burned area product (MCD45A1) and GlobCover…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: area burned, China, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, model accuracy, fire frequency, fire size, season of fire, wildfires, air quality, climate change, statistical analysis, Asia, fire management, forest management
Background: Climate change is likely to increase the threat of wild fires, and little is known about how wild fires affect health in exposed communities. A better understanding of the impacts of the resulting air pollution has important public health implications for the present…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: pollution, Australia, smoke exposure, public health, wildfires, health impacts, respiratory illness, cardiovascular disease, air quality, diseases, health factors, research, fire management, smoke management
Globally, the amount of carbon stored in peats exceeds that stored in vegetation and is similar in size to the current atmospheric carbon pool. Fire is a threat to many peat-rich biomes and has the potential to disturb these carbon stocks. Peat fires are dominated by smouldering…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: peat fires, carbon cycle, carbon stock, climate change, peatland, smoldering, soil carbon, carbon loss
Agricultural fires in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) are a major cause of air pollution. In this study, we evaluate fire regimes and quantify the potential of agricultural residues in generating bioenergy that otherwise are subject to burning by local farmers in the region. For…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Intelligence
Region(s): International
Keywords: sustainability, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, bioenergy, agricultural fires, India, crop residues, cropland fires, fire regimes, wildfires, agriculture, air quality, energy, pollution, remote sensing, fire management, range management, croplands
Indonesia has experienced rapid land use change over the last few decades as forests and peatswamps have been cleared for more intensively managed land uses, including oil palm and timber plantations. Fires are the predominant method of clearing and managing land for more…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, land use, climate variability, deforestation, Indonesia, Sumatra, wildfires, climatology, Asia, fire management
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Economics
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, grasses, light burning, Oregon, smoke effects, smoke management, surface fires, topography, wind
The present state of knowledge an current research efforts on forest burning and air quality are discussed. Possible air pollution control measures are presented, including meteorological smoke management and fire behavior management. Slash disposal methods other than burning…
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, chemical compounds, field experimental fires, forest products, fuel moisture, gases, hydrocarbons, logging, mountains, natural resource legislation, Oregon, particulates, pollution, precipitation, rate of spread, site treatments, slash, smoke management, spot fires, topography, Washington, wind, woody plants
A presentation recorded at the Restoring the West Conference 2015: Restoration and Fire in the Interior West.
Person: Olsen
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: public perceptions, PM2.5, air quality
On May 19, 2014, during unusually dry weather, a fire started in a popular recreational area near Funny River Road in the Kenai, near Newberry's home. The wind pushed it through dry grasses and into insect-killed stands of spruce. By the end of the day, fire had consumed 2,500…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: Funny River Fire, UAS - Unmanned Aircraft System, fire fighting, fire case histories, aerial fire suppression, wildfires, drones, fire management, forest management
In the United States, wildfires burn millions of acres every year, releasing large amounts of gases and particles to the atmosphere.
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, climate change, fire activity
Mega-fire events, in which large high-intensity fires propagate over extended periods, can cause both immense damage to the local environment and catastrophic air quality impacts to cities and towns downwind. The extensive 2010 fires in western Russia are only the most recent…
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Year: 2015
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, megafires
Wildland fire managers need information about public tolerance for smoke emissions from prescribed and naturally ignited fires. Understanding the factors that contribute to (in)tolerance will help managers anticipate public responses, communicate effectively, and plan fires that…
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Year: 2015
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest
Keywords: air quality, public opinion, CWPP - Community Wildfire Protection Plan, survey, public perceptions, public response
The degree and manner in which different fires affect climate is a complete unknown, but is expected to vary substantially and may in fact represent a currently untapped climate mitigation service. In this webinar, Rogers will provide background on these issues, and describe his…
Person: Rogers
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Mapping
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: fire regime, black carbon, carbon emissions, fire climate, greenhouse gases, AFSC - Alaska Fire Science Consortium, ABoVE - NASA Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment
Global climate change will lead to shifts in climate patterns and fire regimes in the Southwest over coming decades. The intent of this webinar is to summarize the current state of scientific knowledge about climate change predictions in the Southwest as well as the pathways by…
Person: Yocom
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Weather
Region(s): Southwest
Keywords: fire regime, fuel loading, fuel moisture, climate change, fire season length, ignitions, precipitation, uncertainty, temperature change
Describes the mission and methods of the US Forest Service's Air Resource Management Program. A six-part series that is also available in a single video.
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Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire exclusion, PM2.5, public involvement, smoke impacts, smoke management, fuel management, fire suppression effects
Have you ever wanted to do more with smoke but figured learning the tools would take too long or the programs would be too difficult to run? Attend this webinar and learn how easy the tools are to learn and use. Specific tools covering smoke from the planning phase of a project…
Person: Wickman
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: AQI - Air Quality Index
Brian Potter, a research meteorologist with the USDA Forest Service, presented a webinar on February 26, 2015 regarding the state of science with respect to the airflow associated with fire convection plumes. This includes the concepts of plume dominated fires, adverse wind…
Person: Potter
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: atmospheric stability, extreme fire behavior, wind profile, fire plumes, downdraft, wind driven fires, inflow, updraft, fire columns, plume dynamics, plume dominated fires, instability