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An enhanced contextual fire detection algorithm for MODIS
Giglio, Descloitres, Justice, Kaufman
Experience with the first 2 years of high quality data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) through quality control and validation has suggested several improvements to the original MODIS active fire detection algorithm…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

Low-level weather conditions preceding major wildfires [reprinted from 1992-93]
Brotak
From the text ... '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…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

The tool that is more: an inquiry into fire, the original promethean invention
Pyne
From the Text (p.13) ... 'At the conclusion of our survey of the ways in which human intelligence calls art to its aid in counterfeiting nature, we cannot but marvel at the fact that fire is necessary for almost every operation. It takes the sands…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

Teetering on the edge or too late? Conservation and research issues for avifauna of sagebrush habitats
Knick, Dobkin, Rotenberry, Schroeder, Vander Haegen, Van Riper
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Year: 2003
Type: Document

Social and ecological synergism in the wildland-urban interface
Hesseln, Rideout
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Year: 2003
Type: Document

Effects of burning without thinning on ponderosa pine in Grand Canyon National Park
Opperman, Leonard
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Year: 2003
Type: Document

A new era in fire management [keynote address]
Thomas
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Year: 2003
Type: Document

Historical meadow dynamics in southwest British Columbia: a multidisciplinary analysis
Lepofsky, Heyerdahl, Lertzman, Schaepe, Mierendorf
The recent encroachment of woody species threatening many western North American meadows has been attributed to diverse factors. We used a suite of methods in Chittenden Meadow, southwestern British Columbia, Canada, to identify the human,…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

The Forest Watershed and Riparian Disturbance study: a multi-discipline initiative to evaluate and manage watershed disturbance on the boreal plain of Canada
Smith, Prepas, Putz, Burke, Meyer, Whitson
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Year: 2003
Type: Document

Modeling tree mortality following wildfire in the southeastern Canadian mixed-wood boreal forest
Hély, Flannigan, Bergeron
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Year: 2003
Type: Document