The Southwest Fire Science Consortium is partnering with FRAMES to help fire managers access important fire science information related to the Southwest's top ten fire management issues.
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Episode 3 of the Fire Danger Learning System describes the dataflow of weather data into the various databases and processors that provide fire danger calculations for the US National Fire Danger Rating System.
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Episode 2 of the Fire Danger Learning Series discussing the forthcoming 2016 revision to the US National Fire Danger Rating System.
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Episode #1 of the Fire Danger Learning Series presents the components and indices that compose the US National Fire Danger Rating System.
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Lata
The Ecology of Smoke is something that has been considered by very few in the United States, despite extensive and intensive interest and research into frequent fire systems. This presentation will review some of the existing science; present some…
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Iniguez, Hedwall, Sieg, Hunter
Do high severity burns lead to conversion to new forest types or a shift from forests to shrublands or grasslands? How do wildlife respond to changing habitats? And, finally, what do these changes tell us about how these ecosystems will respond to…
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Evans
Each year wildfires damage homes, businesses, communities, watersheds, and forests on millions of acres across the U.S. However there are effective ways to reduce the impact of wildfire. A new report, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Wildfire…
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Wagenbrenner
Near-surface wind is the driving environmental factor for wildland fire spread and behavior. Local-scale terrain and vegetation can significantly alter wind over small scales that are not captured by standard weather prediction models and are not…
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Learn basic fire behavior terminology, including the parts of the fire, types of fire, and associated fire behavior. In this video you will learn: 1) How is fire behavior related to the fire environment? 2) What are the basic measures of fire…
Year: 2016
Type: Media
What is dead fuel moisture, how does it changes over time, why it is important for fire management. In this video you will learn: 1) What is dead fuel moisture? 2) Why is this important information for fire managers? 3) What is moisture of…
Year: 2016
Type: Media
A series of presentations in which experts explore the trade-offs between wildfire, prescribed fire, forest health, and public health in a one day public forum. This seminar event was hosted by the University of British Columbia on April 18th, 2016.
Year: 2016
Type: Website