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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Weather
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: smoke behavior, smoke management, smoke plumes
The southeastern United States - states extending from Virginia to Texas and from the Ohio River southward - (hereafter called the 'South') compromise one of the most productive forested areas in the United States. Although the South represents only 24 percent of the U.S. land…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality
The Southern High-Resolution Modeling Consortium (SHRMC) is one of five regional Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke (FCAMMS) consortia established as part of the National Fire Plan. FCAMMS involves research and development activities collaborating…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords:
Forest and agricultural burning release chemical compounds and particulate matter into the atmosphere. Although most of this material contributes to visibility reductions through haze and provides chemical constituents available for reactions with other atmospheric pollutants,…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: drift smoke, ground fog, smoke behavior
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: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: ground fog
PB-Piedmont is a numerical model designed to simulate near-ground smoke movement at night under clear skies and near calm winds over irregular terrain characterized by ridge/valley elevation differences of the order of 50 m. Although the model was developed for monitoring smoke…
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords:
Residents of Canada and other northern circumpolar countries are concerned with the scenarios of climate change since Global Circulation Models predict that global warming over the next 30-50 years will be most evident in the northern regions (Bolin et at. 1986; Roots 1989;…
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: boreal forests, Alberta, boreal, carbon storage, climate change, taiga, Asia, Canada, CO2 - carbon dioxide, C - carbon, China, climatology, decomposition, energy, Europe, Finland, fire management, fuel moisture, fuel management, Manitoba, Norway, organic matter, roots, Russia, soil organic matter, soils, Sweden, vegetation surveys, wildfires
An introduction to the spatial and temporal diversity of fire is given for northern circumpolar ecosystems. Both physical and biological parameters make northern ecosystems different from those in temperate regions; these parameters, such as long day length through the summer…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: boreal forest, fire, fire management, regeneration, resource management, climate change, fire interval, northern ecosystems, permafrost, smoke management, biomass burning
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Outreach, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: education, fire education, fire terminology
Other than land clearing for urban development (Wear and others 1998), no disturbance is more common in southern forests than fire. The pervasive role of fire predates human activity in the South (Komarek 1964, 1974), and humans magnified that role. Repeating patterns of fire…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords:
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Person:
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: wildland fire, emission reduction, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, smoke management
The National Wildfire Coordinating Group's (NWCG) Fire Use Working Team has assumed overall responsibility for sponsoring the development and production of this revised Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed and Wildland Fire (the 'Guide'). The Mission Statement for the Fire Use…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fuel consumption, fuel loadings, wildland fire, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, fuel moisture content, fuel structure, phases of combustion, smoke, particulate matter (PM) emissions, smoke characteristics
Biomass burning, one of the most important global sources of particulate matter, produces both airborne particles that may influence global and regional climate, and particles incorporated into sediments that provide records of past local, regional, and global impacts of biomass…
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Year: 1997
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: combustion, biomass, burning, global change, biomass burning
Wildland firefighting presents many hazards to fireline workers, including inhalation exposure to smoke (Sharkey 1998; Reinhardt and Ottmar 1997; Sharkey 1997). Many experienced fireline personnel consider this to be only an inconvenience, occasionally causing acute cases of…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, firefighter safety, smoke effects, firefighter health, smoke exposure, CO - carbon monoxide
As part of the Russian FIRE BEAR (Fire Effects in the Boreal Eurasia Region) Project, replicated 4-ha experimental fires were conducted on a dry Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris)/lichen (Cladonia sp.)/feathermoss (Pleurozeum schreberi) forest site in central Siberia. Observations…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: boreal forest, carbon, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire return interval, aerosols, emissions, experimental burn, fire monitoring, Pinus sylvestris, Siberia, Scots pine, FIRE BEAR Project
In this study we examine the molecular organic constituents (C8 to C40 lipid compounds) collected as smoke particles from a Canadian boreal forest prescribed burn. Of special interest are (1) the molecular identity of polar organic aerosols, and (2) the amount of polar organic…
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: boreal forest, Canada, carbon, fire, smoke emissions, aerosols, atmospheric science, biomass burning
Patterns of undisturbed nutrient cycling in northern ecosystems and the impact of fire on nutrient cycling are reviewed and discussed. The various effects of fire on ecosystem nutrient cycling may be broadly subdivided into (1) nutrient redistribution during fire, and (2)…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: nutrient cycling, soils, biomass consumption, nitrogen loss, northern ecosystems, soil chemistry, Canada, ash, biomass, boreal forests, convection, decomposition, fire frequency, fire intensity, leaching, light, microorganisms, N - nitrogen, nutrients, pH, volatilization
Scaling biogeochemical processes to regions, continents, and the globe is critical for understanding feedbacks between the biosphere and atmosphere in the analysis of global change. This includes the effects of changing atmospheric carbon dioxide, climate, disturbances, and…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: carbon, forest management, carbon sequestration
Wildland fire is a major disturbance in most ecosystems worldwide (Crutzen and Goldammer 1993). The interaction of fire with climate and vegetation over long time spans, often referred to as the fire regime (Agee 1993; Clark 1993; Swetnam and Baisan 1996; Swetnam 1997), has…
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Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: carbon, fire regimes, climate change, spatial models, ecosystems, fire models, vegetation models
In summary, the sensitivety study presented in this chapter supports the overall theme of this book (i.e., that fires in the boreal forest play a central role in the exchange of carbon between this biome and the atmosphere). Through a series of processes, the continuing rise in…
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: boreal forests, Canada, carbon cycle, carbon storage, climate change, global warming, biomass, C - carbon, climatology, fire frequency, forest management, gases, organic soils, post-fire recovery, prairie, soil management, soils, statistical analysis, taiga, temperature
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Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Models
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: Canada, Arctic, boreal ecosystem, carbon cycle, climate change, boreal forest, C - carbon, catastrophic fires, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, lightning caused fires, nutrient cycling, peatlands, tundra, wildfires
The landmark paper of Seiler and Crutzen (1980) clearly laid out the scientific rational as to why the study of biomass burning was essential in terms of completely understanding greenhouse gasses emissions from the land surface to the atmosphere. While this analysis fueled…
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: boreal forest, soil respiration, carbon budget, forest succession, greenhouse gas emissions, biomass burning
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Person:
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: carbon, remote sensing, carbon dioxide production, global change, biomass burning
The success of a fire use program is in large part dependent on a solid foundation set in clear and concise planning. The planning process results in specific goals and measurable objectives for fire application, provides a means of setting priorities, and establishes a…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fuels, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire use, air quality, backing fire, burning permits, education, fire equipment, fire management, firebreak, firefighting personnel, forest management, fuel management, headfires, ignition, land use, mopping up, liability, multiple resource management, public information, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management
One of the most important factors impacting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems is the atmospheric environment. Climatic and weather events play a significant role in governing the natural processes that occur in these ecosystems. The current characteristics of the vast number of…
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: deposition