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PB-Piedmont, a time-dependent numerical model to simulate and predict smoke movement near the ground at night over terrain characteristic of the Piedmont of the Southeastern United States is undergoing beta testing. During the 2003 winter burn season, the Fish and Wildlife…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, elevation, fire management, geography, GPS - global positioning system, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land management, Piedmont, roads, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, topography, US Forest Service, weather observations, wildlife, wind
Local scale meteorology, vegetation fuel type, fuel arrangement and distribution, complex firing ignition patterns, fire intensity and it's effect on fire behavior, fire effects, and smoke plume loft and dispersion is critical to prescribed fire management and Go No/Go decision…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, chaparral, coastal vegetation, computer programs, dead fuels, distribution, fine fuels, fire danger rating, fire intensity, fire management, flammability, fuel arrangement, fuel moisture, fuel types, heat, ignition, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, live fuels, military lands, moisture, prescribed fires (chance ignition), rate of spread, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, weather observations, wind
Smoke from wildland fires releases dramatic amounts of PM, CO, SO2, NOx, VOC and other chemical species. Meanwhile, high level of O3 can build up as a result of the emissions. These air pollutants can cause serious consequence to regional and local air quality by reducing…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Eastern, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: air quality, chemical elements, computer programs, ecosystem dynamics, environmental impact analysis, fire intensity, fire management, fuel loading, geography, health factors, histories, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land management, moisture, pollution, precipitation, remote sensing, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, soil moisture, statistical analysis, temperature, wilderness fire management, wildfires
This paper presents preliminary results of an effort to assess impacts caused by forest fires on regional air quality and visibility. Regional air quality is the result of many, many different sources of air pollution being transported, dispersed, chemically transformed, wet and…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, chemistry, community ecology, computer programs, fire danger rating, fire management, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, pollution, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, US Forest Service, wildfires
The objective of this study is to improve the ability to model the air quality impacts of biomass burning on the surrounding environment. The focus is on prescribed burning emissions from a military reservation, Fort Benning in Georgia, and their impact on local and regional air…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: adaptation, air quality, biomass, community ecology, computer programs, ecosystem dynamics, environmental impact analysis, fire danger rating, fire management, Georgia, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, landscape ecology, military lands, ozone, remote sensing, smoke management, statistical analysis
This talk describes development of a physics-based mathematical and computational model to predict fire spread among structures and natural fuels (trees, shrubs and ground litter). This tool will be used to understand how fires spread in a community where both structures and…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Planning, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, combustion, computer networks, computer programs, distribution, elevation, fine fuels, fire growth, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, firefighting personnel, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel types, herbaceous vegetation, ignition, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, leaves, litter, needles, overstory, physics, plant physiology, rate of spread, shrubs, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, topography, trees, understory vegetation, wildfires, wildland fuels, wind
Airshed characterizations were developed to provide a mid-scale air quality assessment in support of programmatic and project level land management planning processes. These airshed assessments were developed to serve as a consistent and systematic approach for evaluating air…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, computer programs, cover, fire management, fire regimes, GIS, Idaho, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land management, landscape ecology, Montana, mountains, national forests, Nevada, Oregon, remote sensing, smoke management, statistical analysis, Utah, Washington, wilderness areas, wildfires
The Florida Fire Management Information System (FMIS) is a tightly integrated set of applications that handle the data input, processing and reporting needs of work undertaken by the Florida Division of Forestry (DOF), including: 1) open burning authorizations; 2) responding to…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: computer networks, computer programs, fire danger rating, fire management, firefighting personnel, Florida, GIS, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, remote sensing, roads, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, suppression, weather observations, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Fire spread, the outcome of complex interactions between fire, fuels, terrain, and weather, is difficult to model mathematically. Alternatively, it is possible to recast the problem as a set of simple rules. These rules can be framed as simple computer programs to model the…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: combustion, computer programs, fire growth, fire management, firebreaks, flank fires, headfires, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, Piedmont, rate of spread, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, topography
In the late summer of 2002 a fire occurred in the foothills of northern Colorado, northwest of Lyons. A mobile DOW radar was deployed near this fire and measured air motions in and near the fire. This was a test of the feasibility of using mobile radars to characterize the fire…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Models, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: Colorado, computer programs, ecosystem dynamics, fire case histories, fire management, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, mountains, remote sensing, statistical analysis, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
Observations of the dynamics of wildland fires are limited, particularly at the fine temporal and spatial scales at which fireline dynamics occurs. Moreover, a good understanding of the fire behavior requires a clear picture of the three-dimensional winds in the fire, including…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: air temperature, Colorado, combustion, computer programs, convection, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire danger rating, fire growth, fire intensity, fire management, firebreaks, flame length, flammability, grass fires, grasses, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, rate of spread, remote sensing, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, surface fires, temperature, trees, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
The combustion of woody materials releases significant amounts of moisture into the atmosphere. The energy required to evaporate this moisture is accounted for in the computation of fire energy release, as a loss from overall combustion energy. The moisture and energy are not…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: blowups, combustion, computer programs, energy, evapotranspiration, fire case histories, fire management, fuel moisture, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, moisture, statistical analysis, transpiration, wind, woody fuels, woody plants
Rex Creek, located on the northwest shore of Lake Chelan on the east side of the Cascade Mountain Range, was the site of Eastern Washington's largest fire in the summer of 2001. Ignited by lightning, the wildfire burned a total of 54,298 acres and exposed the communities of…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, catastrophic fires, computer programs, fire case histories, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, ignition, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, lightning, lightning caused fires, rangeland fires, rangelands, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
The 2000 fire season brought to the forefront the issue of severe wildland fires in the United States. To address the need for new research and for the development of predictive tools for managing wildland fires, Congress allocated funding under the National Fire Plan (NFP) to…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, computer programs, droughts, evolution, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire equipment, fire growth, fire intensity, fire management, firefighting personnel, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, National Fire Plan, New Jersey, rate of spread, season of fire, smoke effects, state parks, statistical analysis, topography, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
A compressible, non-hydrostatic model is used to investigate atmospheric circulations induced by annular surface heat sources in a vertically sheared crossflow. Annular heat sources are used to approximate the influence of a wildland fire on the atmospheric flow. A series of…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, heat, heat effects, hydrology, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, smoke behavior, vortices, wildfires
This study focuses on evaluating two stability indices commonly used in fire weather with regard to their predictive ability for the potential for large wildfires. The Haines Index is a common component in fire weather forecasts and provides an indication of the potential for…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, computer programs, droughts, fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire management, Florida, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, wilderness fire management, wildfires
The effects of vertically sheared winds on the behavior of wildland fires are examined via simulations of a coupled atmosphere-fire model. Specifically, the HIGRAD/FIRETEC model developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory is employed to explore the dependence of fire…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: computer programs, fire danger rating, fire intensity, fire management, ignition, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, Los Alamos, New Mexico, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, vortices, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
The 2000 fire season brought to the forefront the issue of severe wildland fires in the United States. To address the need for new research and for the development of predictive tools for managing wildland fires, Congress allocated funding under the National Fire Plan (NFP) to…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, education, energy, evolution, fire danger rating, fire growth, fire intensity, fire management, firefighting personnel, forest management, Great Lakes, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, lakes, Michigan, National Fire Plan, season of fire, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, weather observations, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Reliable forecasting of regional weather and wind flow patterns is critical for effective fighting of wildland fires and operational management of prescribed burns. Accurate forecast of future wind fields, relative humidity, and stability are essential for predicting fire…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: biogeography, computer programs, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, GIS, health factors, heat, histories, humidity, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, temperature, water, weather observations, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
The Hazard Mapping System (HMS) is a multiplatform remote sensing approach to detecting fires and smoke over the US and adjacent areas of Canada and Mexico. This system is an integral part of the Satellite Services Division's near realtime hazards detection and mitigation…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Canada, computer programs, fire control, fire management, GIS, heat, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land use, Mexico, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature, US Forest Service, weather observations, web page, wildfires
The fire management policy at Glacier National Park strives to allow fire to play its natural role to the maximum extent possible while protecting human life and property. Various fire models have greatly contributed to the success of the program by serving as decision aids for…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: computer programs, crown fires, fire management, fire protection, fuel appraisal, fuel inventory, fuel loading, fuel models, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, Montana, national parks, remote sensing, sampling, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, surface fires, wilderness areas, woody fuels
Modeling capabilities of the FARSITE fire area simulator have been expanded to include post-frontal combustion and smoke production. FARSITE previously simulated only fire growth, with the focus on the fire perimeter. The BURNUP model was adapted to account for smoldering and…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, combustion, computer programs, dead fuels, fire growth, fire management, fire size, flammability, fuel moisture, heavy fuels, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, low intensity burns, moisture, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis
The wildland urban interface of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is characterized by a complex mix of vegetation types that includes mixed oak woodlands, chaparral, mixed conifer, and knobcone pine vegetation types. Just outside of the park, the expansion of homes and other…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, biomass, brush, chaparral, conifers, cover, duff, ecosystem dynamics, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, flame length, fuel accumulation, fuel management, habitat types, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land management, landscape ecology, litter, National Fire Plan, national parks, Pinus attenuata, post fire recovery, Quercus, rate of spread, recreation, season of fire, site treatments, soils, surface fires, temperature, thinning, understory vegetation
Wildfire spread in living vegetation, such as chaparral in southern California, often causes significant damage to infrastructure and ecosystems. A physically-based semi-empirical model to predict surface fire spread rate is used in the United States to assist in a variety of…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: Adenostoma, Adenostoma fasciculatum, aesthetics, Arctostaphylos, brush, Ceanothus, chaparral, ecosystem dynamics, fire equipment, fire intensity, fire management, flame length, fuel management, fuel types, gases, heat, heat effects, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, live fuels, manzanita, overstory, Quercus, rate of spread, remote sensing, scrub, shrubs, smoke behavior, southern California, statistical analysis, surface fires, surface fuels, temperature, understory vegetation, wildfires
The buildup and continuity of fuels on National Forest Lands in southwest Utah pose a serious fire risk to surrounding subdivisions on private lands within the Duck Creek, UT., wildland urban interface area. A high intensity wildfire could cause significant damage to these…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: biomass, computer programs, crown fires, crowns, ecosystem dynamics, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, flame length, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, fuel management, human caused fires, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, mortality, national forests, overstory, private lands, recreation, recreation related fires, site treatments, stand characteristics, statistical analysis, thinning, understory vegetation, Utah, watersheds, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires