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An inventory of particulate matter and air toxic emissions from prescribed fires in the USA for 1989
Ward, Peterson, HaoThis report documents a prescribed fire emissions inventory developed using consistent methodology for each of the 50 states of the USA for calendar year 1989. Emissions of particulate matter, selected toxic compounds, and a few other carbon-…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
McAlpine, Wotton
Fire managers currently use simple elliptical models to predict the perimeter of a fire when the fire starts from a single point. However, when examined closely wildland fire perimeters are highly irregular. We tested the hypothesis that a fire is…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Rechel
The more that is known about weather, the more successfully forest fires can be fought. Hence, a workshop focusing on the issues and interaction of fire, weather, and spatial analysis, cosponsored by USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Brotak
Knowledge of fire behavior is critical for those who control wildfires. Fire managers must know spread rates and intensity-not just to eventually contain and extinguish the fire but also to keep their fire control personnel safe. Managers realize…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Mees, Strauss, Chase
We describe a mathematical model for the probability that a fireline succeeds in containing a fire. The probability increases as the fireline width increases, and also as the fire's flame length decreases. More interestingly, uncertainties in width…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Orozco, Carrillo
Traditionally, in the Southwest, ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) red slash has not been treated with fire to meet resource objectives until all slash has fully cured, usually a 2-to-4-year wait. Waiting for slash to cure is still the widespread…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Oswald, Brown
Vegetation development, including both planted and natural tree seedlings, was examined over a 5-year period on an area in the ESSFmw subzone of the Nelson Forest Region which was clearcut, skid logged, burned, and planted with 2+0, 313, Engelmann…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Alexander, Maffey
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Latham, Rothermel
Fire managers in the Northwestern United States are often confronted by the problem of determining when precipitation might stop an ongoing fire. The possibility that a useful probability for fire-stopping precipitation could be developed from…
Year: 1993
Type: Document