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Fire is the single most important ecological disturbance process throughout the interior Pacific Northwest (Mutch and others 1993; Agee 1994). It is also a natural process that helps maintain a diverse ecological landscape. Fire suppression and timber harvesting have drastically…
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: fire regimes, forest ecosystems, forest restoration, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, Pacific Northwest, smoke considerations
The Ventilation Climate Information System (VCIS) was completed with Joint Fire Science Program support in 2000 under a 1998-2000 project called, 'Assessing Values of Air Quality and Visibility at Risk from Wildland Fires.' It is a twice-daily, 30- year database of surface wind…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Outreach
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: VCIS - Ventilation Climate Information System, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, mixing height, surface wind, ventilation index, wind speed
This program calculates the consumption of fuel, emission of particles, and dispersion of thesepollutants produced by prescribed burning of forest and range vegetation.
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fuel consumption, particles, SASEM - Simple Approach Smoke Estimation Model
This appendix describes the models and related methodologies used in the analyses presented in this Final EIS including the following: Rare Event Risk Assessment Process (RERAP), FlamMap, Fire Effects Tradeoff Model (FETM), First-order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM), and Air Quality…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: FETM - Fire Effects Tradeoff Model, fuel treatments, BWCAW - Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, environmental impact statements, blowdown
This document summarizes a study to evaluate the feasibility of using the Fire Effects Tradeoff Model (FETM) to assist in implementing four Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) policies on fire, described below. This report provides the Fire Emissions Joint Forum (FEJF) with…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Mapping, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FETM - Fire Effects Tradeoff Model, FFE-FVS - Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator, SIMPPLLE - SIMulating Vegetative Patterns and Processes at Landscape scaLEs, VDDT - Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool, landscape model
Many areas of the boreal forest of Alaska contain deep layers of moss, duff, and peat, resulting in a large pool of biomass that potentially can burn and smolder for long periods of time creating hazardous smoke episodes for local residents and communities and causing…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: boreal forest, duff consumption, fire management, fuel consumption, wildfire, biomass, Consume 3.0, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, moss, fuelbeds
Research to quantify fuel consumption and flammability in shrub-dominated ecosystems has received little attention despite the widespread occurrence of fire-influenced, shrub-dominated landscapes across the arid lands of the western United States. While some research has…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: CONSUME, fire management, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, land management planning, fuel flammability, fuel consumption, shrub dominated ecosystems
Over the last several decades, the overall air quality goal in the United States has been to protect public health and clear skies by reducing emissions. At the same time, however, the risk of catastrophic fire has been rising in forests around the country as overly dense trees…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, BlueSky Modeling Framework, smoke concentration, smoke effects, smoke management, smoke estimation tools, smoke forecasting
Little information is available on how shifts in forest composition and structure over time resulting from natural succession, disturbance, and human intervention have changed landscapes with respect to fuel build-up, wildfire and prescribed fire smoke production, and…
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fuels, Mapping, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: crown fire, forest structure, fuel loading, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, forest composition, vegetation patterns, smoke production, interior Columbia River basin
Smoke emissions from wildland fire can be harmful to human health and welfare, impair visibility, and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. The generation of emissions and heat release need to be characterized to estimate the potential impacts of wildland fire smoke. This…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, wildland fire, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, fuel characteristics, greenhouse gas emissions, heat release, smoke impacts, fuel consumption
Major wildfires have affected millions of acres of forest lands in the continental United States during recent years. Many believe the increase in wildfire activity may be the result of fuel accumulations caused by 80 years of fire suppression, combined with drought and trees…
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: wildfire, Cascades Range, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, air quality, Shady Beach Fire, Willamette National Forest, logging slash, broadcast burning, fire severity, clearcuts, woody fuel loading, duff loading, Blue Mountains, Siskiyou National Forest, Silver Fire, Ochoco National Forest, Malheur National Forest, Umatilla National Forest, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, PM2.5
The Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP), as the successor to the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission (GCVTC), is charged with implementing the GCVTC Recommendations as well as addressing broader air quality issues, such as the Regional Haze Rule. The Regional Haze…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, anthropogenic fire, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, natural fire, policy, smoke impacts, visibility, Regional Haze Rule, FEJF - Fire Emissions Joint Forum, WRAP - Western Regional Air Partnership
The Fire Emissions Production Simulator (FEPS) is an open source, user-friendly computer program designed for a wide range of users. The software manages data about consumption, emissions, and heat release characteristics of wildland fires and prescribed burns on an hourly basis…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: CONSUME, FEPS - Fire Emissions Production Simulator, FOFEM - First Order Fire Effects Model, FCCS - Fuel Characteristic Classification System, NFDRS - National Fire Danger Rating System, software, EPM - Emissions Production Model, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, smoke management
Whether the goal is to improve wildlife habitat, gauge the effects of prescribed burns or wildfire, or assess the unaccustomed conditions and hidden dangers of fallen trees in the aftermath of hurricanes, a suite of tools developed by the Fire and Environmental Research…
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Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: CONSUME, FCCS - Fuel Characteristic Classification System, fuel loading, Natural Fuels Photo Series, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, Digital Photo Series
We compared the potential fire behavior and smoke production of historical and current time periods based on vegetative conditions in forty-nine 5100- to 13 5OO-hectare watersheds in six river basins in eastern Oregon and Washington. Vegetation composition, structure, and…
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Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, fire management, fire risk assessment, fuel loading, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, smoke management, PM10 emissions, landscape-level assessment
Proceedings from the 1992 annual meeting of Pacific Northwest international section of the Air and Waste Management Association. This was published on electronic media and is not paginated.
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, plume rise, smoke models, plume monitoring
Proceedings from the 1992 annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest international section of the Air and Waste Management Association. This was published on electronic media and is not paginated.
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Mapping
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: GIS - geographic information system, wildfire, biomass emissions, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team
Brochure on smoke exposure at prescribed burns.
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Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: smoke emissions, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, firefighter safety, smoke exposure
The rate and magnitude of emissions from prescribed burns and wildfires in wildland areas throughout the world are related to biomass consumption, which is controlled by total biomass, fuel moisture, fuel distribution (fuel size and arrangement), and ignition pattern.…
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: heat release rate, biomass consumption, biomass emissions, EPM - Emissions Production Model, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, Oregon, Washington, Amazon, Brazil, biomass burning, smoke production
Proceedings from the 2nd Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Unknown
Keywords: biomass emissions, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, smoke management, biomass burning
Smoke management is becoming increasingly complex as the use of fire to preserve or maintain forest health and reduce hazardous fuels is increasing and as smoke from forest and rangeland burning is combining with smoke from traditional agricultural fires to compete for airshed…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, CONSUME, FARSITE - Fire Area Simulator, Northwest, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, smoke impacts, smoke modeling, FASTRACS - Fuel Analysis, Smoke Tracking, and Report Access Computer System, BlueSky Modeling Framework
A smoke emissions production model (EPM) was developed by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station about 10 years ago. Since then, the model has been coded into a computer module and integrated into a variety of other computer programs. The module, EPM,…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: broadcast burning, EPM - Emissions Production Model, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, smoke dispersion, smoke models, smoldering phase
Fires in the northern interior have long been known to smolder for long periods. Because emission rates from smoldering smoke are small in comparison to rates of emissions during flaming, however, and because it is difficult to monitor smoldering fires, there are few…
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, Frostfire, CO emissions, smoldering fires
To assist in the management of fire and smoke in the Pacific Northwest (PN\Af) of the United States, a consortium of state and federal agencies are collaborating to support real time, mesoscale, weather and air quality forecasting. The consortium began with agencies concerned…
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Weather
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air pollution, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, MM5 mesoscale model, NFSPUFF, Oregon, real-time weather data, Washington, weather forecast
Several smoke-dispersion models, which currently are available for modeling smoke from biomass burns, were evaluated for ease of use, availability of input data, and output data format. The input and output components of all models are listed, and differences in model physics…
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire, biomass burning, dispersion, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team