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Large fires or 'megafires' have been a major topic in wildland fire research and management for over a decade. There is great debate regarding the impacts of large fires. Many believe that they (1) are occurring too frequently, (2) are burning abnormally large areas, (3) cause…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: fire management, social consequences, political consequences
The Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program (FFS) of the U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station focuses on fundamental and applied research in wildland fire, from fire physics and fire ecology to fuels management and smoke emissions. Located at the Missoula Fire…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, fuel dynamics, wildland fire, climate change, research, fuel management, research accomplishment report, fire physics
Fire is an intrinsic element of many forest ecosystems; it shapes their ecological processes, determines species composition and influences landscape structure. However, wildfires may: have undesirable effects on biodiversity and vegetation coverage; produce carbon emissions to…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: climate change, climate variability, forest fire, tool
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
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
This data package contains raw lidar data and derived raster products from the 2008, 2011, and 2012 Prescribed Fire Combustion and Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiment (RxCADRE). Data include LAZ lidar files and derived rasters including terrain, canopy height, mean…
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Year: 2015
Type: Data
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Eglin Air Force Base, fire suppression, remote sensing, canopy base height, fire detection, Georgia, intensity, Florida, RxCADRE, airborne lidar, biota, Joseph Jones Ecological Research Center
We characterized distributions of 23 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (S23PAH) and nine oxygenated PAHs (S9OPAH) in four remote forests. We observed highest S23PAH and S9OPAH concentrations in a coniferous forest in Florida, particularly in organic layers which we attributed to…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Eastern, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: fire dependent species, air quality, C - carbon, hydrocarbons, litter, mineral soils, pollution, Picea rubens, red spruce, Pinus elliottii, slash pine, Pinus palustris, longleaf pine, Pinus sabiniana, foothill pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Douglas-fir, Quercus douglasii, blue oak, Quercus wislizeni, interior live oak, Tsuga canadensis, eastern hemlock, Florida, Maine, Washington, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, forest management, coniferous forests, air pollution, ecosystem processes, Oxy-PAH, ASEPs - atmosphere-surface exchangeable pollutants