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A multi-year active fire dataset for the tropics derived from the TRMM VIRS
Giglio, Kendall, Mack
A pan-tropical active fire dataset derived from observations made with the Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS), onboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, is described. The dataset consists of monthly 0.5° resolution fire…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

Influence of forest fires on climate change studies in the central boreal forest of Canada
Valeo, Beaty, Hesslein
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Year: 2003
Type: Document

The weather of large fires in the Canadian boreal forest
Amiro, Logan, Wotton, Flannigan, Stocks, Todd, Martell
The weather experienced during large fires (> 200 ha in area) was analyzed for Canada from 1959 to 1999. Maximum values of Canadian Fire Weather Index parameters were calculated using interpolated daily weather data for each fire. Depending on…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

Historical wildland fire use: ponderosa pine forest structure after a 25-year experiment in restoring fire regimes in southwestern landscapes
Holden, Morgan, Rollins
We evaluated ponderosa pine forest structure after 25 years of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) in the Gila Wilderness (Gila National Forest, New Mexico) and the Rincon Wilderness (Saguaro National Park, Arizona). We compared areas burned 0, 1, and 2 or more…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

Fire-induced decrease in forest cover on a small rock outcrop in the Abitibi region of Quebec, Canada
Larocque, Bergeron, Campbell, Bradshaw
Rocky outcrops represent about 30% of the boreal forest of Abitibi, Québec, Canada. Although these outcrops have similar edaphic and climatic conditions, their vegetation can vary. Some are composed of a closed forest of black spruce (Picea mariana…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

Non-equilibrium succession dynamics indicate continued northern migration of lodgepole pine
Johnstone, Chapin
Because species affect ecosystem functioning, understanding migration processes is a key component of predicting future ecosystem responses to climate change. This study provides evidence of range expansion under current climatic conditions of an…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

Management implications of fire and climate changes in the western Americas
Morgan, Defossé, Rodriguez
From the text ... 'This chapter focuses on the practical, management implications of the fire and climate change research that is reported in the earlier chapters of this volume. We start with an overview of fire management goals and strategies, and…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

Fires and climate in forested landscapes of the US Rocky Mountains
Baker
From the Summary and Conclusions ... 'The broad-scale view links climate, fuels, and elevation. Winter snowpack in the rockies is linked via teleconnections to the Pacific, while summer drought is also linked to the North Pacific, the El Nino-…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

Tree-ring reconstructions of fire and climate history in the Sierra Nevada and southwestern United States
Swetnam, Baisan
From the Conclusion ... 'Regional synchroly of ecological procss is the hallmark of climatic influence and is an emergent property evident in fire occurrence time series aggregated over regions to continents (e.g., Swetnam and Betancourt 1998;…
Year: 2003
Type: Document

The simulation of landscape fire, climate, and ecosystem dynamics
Keane, Finney
From the Conclusion ... 'A comprehensive, mechanistic simulation of wildland fire and ecosystem dynamics across a landscape may not be possible because of computer limitations, inadequate research, inconsistent data, and extensive parameterization.…
Year: 2003
Type: Document