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Although biomass burning of savannas is recognised as a major global source of greenhouse gas emissions, quantification remains problematic with resulting regional emissions estimates often differing markedly. Here we undertake a critical assessment of Australia's National…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Mapping, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire mapping, Australia, emission factors, fuel loads, burning efficiency, Arnhem Land, National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Northern Territory of Australia
Wildland fires are major sources of trace gases and aerosol, and these emissions are believed to significantly influence the chemical composition of the atmosphere and the earth's climate system. The wide variety of pollutants released by wildland fire include greenhouse gases,…
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Year: 2009
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: wildland fire, air pollution, biomass burning, aerosol, trace gases, chemical composition
An analysis on the number of forest fires and burned area distribution as retrieved by the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) database is presented. On average, from 2000 to 2005 about 95,000 fires occurred annually in 23 European countries, burning almost 600,000…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Mapping
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, burned area, CO2 - carbon dioxide, fuel loads, burning efficiency, EU - European Union
We characterized the gas- and speciated aerosol-phase emissions from the open combustion of 33 different plant species during a series of 255 controlled laboratory burns during the Fire Laboratory at Missoula Experiments (FLAME). The plant species we tested were chosen to…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: aerosols, biomass, trace gases, open combustion
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
The occurrence of wildland fires results in substantial emissions of air pollutants. These emissions have resulted in increased conflicts with the need to attain air quality standards, especially for particulate matter (PM) and visibility, as mandated by the Clean Air Act. To…
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Year: 2009
Type: Project
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, Clean Air Act, particulate matter (PM) emissions
Contemporary human activities such as tropical deforestation. Land clearing for agriculture, pest control and grassland management lead to biomass burning, which in turn leads to land-cover changes. However, biomass burning emissions are not correctly measured and the methods to…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, agriculture, air quality, biomass, biomass burning, Brazil, carbon, CO - carbon monoxide, cerrado, deforestation, energy, evolution, fire management, forest management, fuel loading, fuel moisture, gases, grasslands, moisture, pest control, radiation, rainforests, remote sensing, smoke effects, South America, statistical analysis, tropical forests, FRP - Fire Radiative Power, smoke aerosol emission coefficient, aerosol optical depth, biomass burning