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Brown, Johnston
Fuel loading, fireline intensity, and expected fire size were determined after harvesting small-stem lodgepole pine stands. Curves relating predicted fireline intensity to slash fuel loading and windspeed are presented. Removing about 15 tons per…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Harrington
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Year: 1987
Type: Document
Warren, Scifres, Teel
Grassland burning elicits a diverse array of responses by arthropods, depending upon many interactive factors. Empirical models were develoed, based on the literature, to qualitatively order selected behavioral characteristics of fire, arthropod…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Knight
From the Introduction ... 'The vegetation mosaic in any landscape is a function of environmental variation and historic disturbances, whether caused by humans or other factors. Many studies have focused on species composition in relation to…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Latham
Describes design and construction of a system for creating a vertical, unbounded arc discharge in air. The arc is initiated by an exploding tungsten wire and is turned on and off by a silicon-controlled rectifier switching system. As a safety…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Fellman
'...'The development of beautiful diagnostic methods enables us to slice through and unpeel a flame,' says Howard B. Palmer, professor of energy science at Penn State University and president of the Combustion Institute, the largest professional…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Schlobohm, Rochna
The ability of fire suppressant foams to improve ground-applied fire control efforts was evaluated. Foaming agents and foam-generating systems were examined. Performance evaluations were made for direct attack, indirect attack, and mop-up. Foam was…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Reinhardt
Managers use prescribed fire to accomplish a variety of resource objectives. The knowledge needed to design successful prescriptions is both quantitative and qualitative. Some of it is available through publications and computer programs, but much…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Murphy, Cole
The Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, uses prescribed fire for habitat improvement on over 400 National Wildlife Refuges across the United States. Wildfire is a problem on some refuges. Escaped fires have resulted in…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Riebau, Fox
This paper presents a vision of the future rooted in consideration of the past 20 years in the smoke and air resource management field. This future is characterized by rapid technological development of computers for computation, communications, and…
Year: 1987
Type: Document