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Wildland fire and weather information data warehouse
Bunton
The USDA Forest Service stores fire occurrence data in a relational data base for planning, analysis, and other purposes. Weather observations are stored in the same data base for all five federal land management agencies and some state wildland…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Fire, climate change, and carbon cycling in the boreal forest: introduction
Kasischke, Stocks
From the text (p.3) ... 'The purpose of this book is to present an overview of our current understanding on the interrelationship between fire, climate, and carbon cycling in boreal forest. The chapters are organized into four sections. The chapters…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

The great western wildfires: predicting the future by looking at the past
Rothermel
From the text ... 'It should be clear to everyone concerned that weather conditions and the availability of fuel largely control the behavior of fires. Since projections of actual fire growth depend on weather forecasts, and the weather beyond three…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Paleoecology and its application to fire and vegetation management in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia
Hallett, Walker
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Year: 2000
Type: Document

Changes in terrestrial carbon storage in the United States. 2: The role of fire and fire management
Houghton, Hackler, Lawrence
1 Areas burned annually in the United States between 1700 and 1990 were derived from published estimates of pre-European burning rates and from wildfire statistics of the US Forest Service. Changes in live and dead vegetation following fire and fire…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Spatial variation in fire frequency in the Interior Columbia River Basin
McKenzie, Peterson, Agee
We developed multiple regression models and tree-based (CART -- classification and regression tree) models to predict fire return intervals across the Interior Columbia River basin at 1-km resolution, using geo-referenced fire history potential…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Modeling fire hazards with remotely sensed data from recent fires
Medler
Many factors effect the behavior of forest fires, resulting in complex spatial patterns after each fire. To manage growing fuel loads and associated fire hazards, as well as prioritize prescription efforts, it is essential to improve our…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Modeling and mapping wildfire potential in Mexico based on vegetation and drought conditions using remote sensing and GIS technology
Mora, Hernandez-Cardenas
An increasing severity in the occurrence of wildfires in Mexico has been recently associated with the activity of 'El Nino' Southern Oscillation (ENSO). A spatio-temporal analysis of fire potential indicated that indeed, catastrophic fires could…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

The workshop summary report: general recommendations to the Joint Fire Science Governing Board and Director
Sampson, Gollberg
The workshop began with the workshop facilitator, Neil Sampson, summarizing 17 invited papers presented on the opening day of the conference. These papers provided a state-of-the-science overview of pre-selected topics including Overview (3 papers…
Year: 2000
Type: Document

Fuel model and forest type mapping for FARSITETM input
Bertolette, Spotskey
A methodology is outlined for mapping Fuel Model Indexes/Forest Types (FMI/FT), to provide input for the fire area simulator FARSITE. USGS Digital Orthophoto Quads, together with contour and stream themes from USGS topographic maps, were digitally…
Year: 2000
Type: Document