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Current Titles in Wildland Fire, May 2012 Author(s): Guitart, Prat, N., Valor, T., Kristov, V. Title: Efectes Postincendi En Una Torbera D'escocia Source: In: Treballs De La Societat Catalana De Geografia 26(71-72), Editat Amb La Col Laboracio De La Diputacio De Barcelona, Monografic, Sobre Incendis Forestalls, 2011, Pages 93-114 Year: 2011 Keywords: Soils How to Locate: Download at Http://publicacions.iec.cat/repository/pdf/00000180/00000086.pdf How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81802 Author(s): Harris, Sarah, Wendy Anderson, Musa Kilinc and Liam Fogarty Title: the Relationship Between Fire Behaviour Measures and Community Loss: An Exploratory Analysis for Developing A Bushfire Severity Scale Source: Natural Hazards, Available Online, April, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Australia Severity Behavior Abstract: Current Fire Danger Scales Do Not Adequately Reflect the Potential Destructive Force of A Bushfire in Australia And, Therefore, Do Not Provide Fire Prone Communities With An adequate Warning for the Potential Loss of Human Life and Property. To Determine Options for Developing A Bushfire Severity Scale Based on Community Impact and Whether A Link exists Between the Energy Release Rate (power) of A Fire and Community Loss, This Paper Reviewed Observations of 79 Wildfires (from 1939 to 2009) Across Victoria and Other southern States of Australia. A Methodology for Estimating Fire Power Based on Fuel Loading, Fire Size and Progression Rate is Presented. Mcarthur's Existing Fire Danger indices (fdis) as Well as Fuel- and Slope-adjusted Fdis Were Calculated Using Fire Weather Data. Analysis of Possible Relationships Between Fire Power, Fdis, Rate of Spread and byram's Fireline Intensity and Community Loss Was Performed Using Exposure as A Covariate. Preliminary Results Showed that A Stronger Relationship Exists Between community Loss and the Power of the Fire Than Between Loss and Fdi, Although Fuel-adjusted Fdi Was Also A Good Predictor of Loss. The Database Developed for This Study and the Relationships Established Are Essential for Undertaking Future Studies that Require Observations of Past Fire Behaviour and Losses and Also to Form the Basis of Developing A New Severity Scale. How to Locate: Contact Sarah.harris@monash.edu Author(s): Hartl, K. A. And A. J. Smits Title: Qualitative Study of Fire Whirls Source: 1000 Islands Fluid Mechanics Meeting, 2012 Year: 2012 Keywords: Whirls Vortex How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81912 Author(s): Henderson, Sarah B., Brauer, Michael, Macnab, Ying C., Kennedy, Susan M. Title: Three Measures of Forest Fire Smoke Exposure and Their Associations With Respiratory and Cardiovascular Health Outcomes in A Population-based Cohort Source: Environmental Health Perspectives 119(9): 1266-1271 Year: 2011 Keywords: Smoke Health How to Locate: Download at Http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetcharticle.actionarticleuri=info%3adoi%2f10.1289%2feh p.1002288 How to Locate: Fire Research Institute, Pdf Number 81900 32
Current Titles in Wildland Fire, May 2012 Author(s): Henderson, Sarah B., Johnston, Fay H. Title: Measures of Forest Fire Smoke Exposure and Their Associations With Respiratory Health Outcomes Source: Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, in Press Year: 2012 Keywords: Smoke Health Abstract: Exposure to Forest Fire Smoke is Episodic, Which Makes Its Health Effects Challenging to Study. We Review the Newest Contributions to A Growing Literature on Acute Respiratory outcomes.smoke Exposure Was Associated With Increases in Self-reported Symptoms, Medication Use, Outpatient Physician Visits, Emergency Room Visits, Hospital Admissions, and mortality. The Associations Were Strongest for the Outcomes Most Specific to Asthma.studies With Varied Approaches to Exposure Assessment and Varied Measures of Respiratory Outcomes were Consistent Among Themselves, and Consistent With Most Previous Work. Author(s): Hessl, Amy E. Title: Pathways for Climate Change Effects on Fire: Models, Data, and Uncertainties Source: Progress in Physical Geography June 2011 35(3 393-407 Year: 2011 Keywords: Ecology Climate Abstract: Fire is A Global Process Affecting Both the Biosphere and the Atmosphere. As A Result, Measuring Rates of Change in Wildland Fire and Understanding the Mechanisms responsible for Such Changes Are Important Research Goals. A Large Body of Modeling Studies Projects Increases in Wildfire Activity in Future Decades, but Few Empirical Studies have Documented Change in Modern Fire Regimes. Identifying Generalizable Pathways Through Which Climate Change May Alter Fire Regimes is A Critical Next Step for understanding, Measuring, and Modeling Fire Under A Changing Climate. In This Progress Report, I Review Recent Model-, Empirical-, and Fire History-based Studies of Fire and climate Change and Propose Three Pathways Along Which Fire Regimes Might Respond to Climate Change: Changes in Fuel Condition, Fuel Volume, and Ignitions. Model- and empirical-based Studies Have Largely Focused on Changes in Fuel Condition With Some Models Projecting Up to 50% Increases in Area Burned Under A 2 X Co2 Climate. Fire history Data Derived From Tree-rings, Sediment Charcoal, and Soil Charcoal Have Helped Identify Past Trajectories of Change in Fire Regimes and Can Point to Possible Future conditions. However, Most Fire History Research Has Focused on Changes in Area Burned and Fire Frequency. Changes in Fire Severity May Be Equally Important for the Earth system and Require Further Attention. Critical Research Needs Include Next Generation Dynamic Vegetation Models (dgvms) that Consider Changes in Vegetation Alongside changes in Human Activities and Long Fire History Records From A Variety of Vegetation Types Suitable for Validating These Dgvms. How to Locate: Contact Amy.hessl@mail.wvu.edu Author(s): Heyerdahl, Emily K., Lertzman, Ken, Wong, Carmen M. Title: Mixed-severity Fire Regimes in Dry Forests of Southern Interior British Columbia, Canada Source: Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 88-98 Year: 2012 Keywords: Fire Severity, Fire Regimes, Dry Forests, Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga Menziesii, Ponderosa Pine, Pinus Ponderosa Abstract: Historical Fire Severity is Poorly Characterized for Dry Forests in the Interior West of North America. We Inferred A Multicentury History of Fire Severity From tree Rings in Douglas-fir (pseudotsuga Menziesii Var. Glauca (beissn.) Franco) - Ponderosa Pine 33
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