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Emissions of particulate matter from prescribed fire in Georgia were sampled from an airplane and from various points on the ground. The source strength for the tire was determined, and an average emission factor for particulate matter of 10.3 g…
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Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Georgia, PM - particulate matter, smoke plumes, smoke behavior, air quality, particulates, state forests, fire management, forest management, smoke management, SFP - Southern Fire Portal
Relationships between boreal wildfire emissions and day-to-day variations in meteorological variables are complex and have important implications for the sensitivity of high-latitude ecosystems to climate change. We examined the influence of environmental conditions on boreal…
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Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: wildfires, air quality, weather observations, fire models, fuel consumption, biomass burning, boreal forest
This study shows a simplified approach for calculating emissions associated with forest fires in Mexico, based on different satellite observation products: the biomass, burnt area, emission factors, and burning efficiency. Biomass loads were…
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Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: gas emissions, remote sensing, machine learning, Mexico, satellite observations, topography
This paper is directed to those interested in emissions from forest fires as they may impact on air quality. There are several different types of forest fires, each with distinct sets of emission characteristics. Emission factors for combustion…
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, backing fires, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, chemical elements, combustion, evapotranspiration, fire intensity, fire management, flammability, Florida, fuel management, fuel moisture, fuel types, gases, Georgia, hardwood forests, headfires, hydrocarbons, ignition, Ilex glabra, needles, nitrogen, organic matter, particulates, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, pollution, residence time, Serenoa repens, smoke behavior, smoke management, water, wildfires
Because of the importance of emissions from fires in biomass fuels globally, we developed a highly portable Fire Atmosphere Sampling System (FASS) for sampling smoke emissions. Emissions were sampled with the FASS packages from a variety of fuel and combustion conditions in…
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Canada, smoke emissions, biomass consumption, sampling, smoke measurements, Brazil, FASS - Fire Atmosphere Sampling System, air quality, biomass, boreal forests, CO2 - carbon dioxide, combustion, fire management, fire weather, fuel types, gases, hardwood forest, heat, particulates, radiation, sampling, savannas, smoke behavior, smoke management, temperature, tropical forest, wind
Total particulate matter (PM) emissions were estimated for recent fires (1979-1990) and the presettlement period (prior to 1935) in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (SEW) in Idaho and Montana. Recent period emissions were calculated by l0-day periods for surface fire and crown…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies
Keywords: Abies grandis, air quality, coniferous forests, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel models, Idaho, Montana, natural resource legislation, Pinus ponderosa, presettlement fires, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires
This proposal responds to JFSP FON #16-04 Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment, Task 4: Smoke Emissions, Chemistry, and Transport. Over the past decade, significant progress has been gained in characterizing the composition, transport, and processing of wildland fire…
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Year: 2017
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FASMEE - Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment, smoke transport, smoke behavior, chemistry
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
Smoke may present the most intractable barrier of all to implementing more enlightened fire management. The benefits of a prescribed fire program can only be realized if the public and regulatory agencies agree that the air quality impacts are acceptable. Currently, land…
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, Great Basin, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: air quality, chemical compounds, chemistry, combustion, computer programs, duff, fire management, fuel moisture, fuel types, gases, Idaho, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, moisture, North Carolina, organic soils, ozone, particulates, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, wind
The Fire and Environmental Research Applications (FERA) Team has developed an online tutorial package that teaches land managers how to use the Natural Fuels Photo Series, Consume v 3.0, Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS), and Fire Emissions Production Simulator (…
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Year:
Type: Website
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models, Outreach, 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, CONSUME, duff consumption, FEPS - Fire Emissions Production Simulator, FOFEM - First Order Fire Effects Model, FCCS - Fuel Characteristic Classification System, fuel moisture, PM2.5, training, woody fuel consumption, air pollution, broadcast burning, CH4 - methane, CO2 - carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, emission factor, emission rate, flaming combustion, PM - particulate matter, plume rise, residual combustion, smoldering combustion, transport wind speed, tutorial