UID:
almahu_9949697729202882
Format:
1 online resource (687 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-60823-5
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9786613920683
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0-08-056049-0
Series Statement:
Developments in environmental science ; 8
Content:
The interaction between smoke and air pollution creates a public health challenge. Fuels treatments proposed for National Forests are intended to reduce fuel accumulations and wildfire frequency and severity, as well as to protect property located in the wild land-urban interface. However, prescribed fires produce gases and aerosols that have instantaneous and long-term effects on air quality. If fuels treatment are not conducted, however, then wild land fires become more severe and frequent causing worse public health and wellfare effects. A better understanding of air pollution and smoke int
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front cover; Wildland Fires and Air Pollution; Copyright page; Dedication to Dr. Sue A. Ferguson; Contents; List of Contributors; Biographies; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Section I: General Information and Emissions; Chapter 1. Impacts of Vegetation Fire Emissions on the Environment, Human Health, and Security: A Global Perspective; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Fundamentals; 1.3. VFS emissions from various vegetation types; 1.4. Smoke dispersion; 1.5. Environmental impacts; 1.6. Peatland fires; 1.7. Impacts of VFS on visibility; 1.8. Human health impacts of Vegetation Fire Smoke
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1.9. Conclusions and recommendations1.10. Challenges ahead: Public policies addressing wildland fire smoke; References; Chapter 2. Climatic and Weather Factors Affecting Fire Occurrence and Behavior; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Climate; 2.3. Weather; 2.4. Fire, climate, and weather; 2.5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Characterizing Sources of Emissions from Wildland Fires; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Area burned; 3.3. Burning period; 3.4. Fuel characteristics; 3.5. Fire behavior; 3.6. Fuel consumption; 3.7. Emission factors; 3.8. Total emissions, source strength, and heat release
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3.9. ImplementationAcknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Chemical Composition of Wildland Fire Emissions; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Wildland fuel combustion process and emissions; 4.3. Emission data; 4.4. Emissions factors for global and continental scale modeling; 4.5. Conclusions; References; Appendix A. Emission factors for North America ecosystems; Chapter 5. Effects of Wildland Fire on Regional and Global Carbon Stocks in a Changing Environment; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The importance of fire regime for carbon dynamics; 5.3. Fire dynamics; 5.4. Fire effects on carbon dynamics
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5.5. Role of weather and climate on wildfire occurrence and effects5.6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6. Airborne Remote Sensing of Wildland Fires; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Estimating fire properties by remote sensing; 6.3. FireMapper applications; 6.4. Future missions; 6.5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Section II: Ambient Air Quality, Visibility and Human Health-Regional Perspectives; Chapter 7. Effects of Forest Fires on Visibility and Air Quality; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. The U.S. Clean Air Act and regional haze regulations
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7.3. Relating pollution to visibility7.4. How does fire contribute to regional visibility and aerosol loadingquest; 7.5. Modeling fire emissions; 7.6. Assessing fire impacts on visibility; 7.7. Conclusions and next steps; References; Chapter 8. Assessment of Forest Fire Impacts and Emissions in the European Union Based on the European Forest Fire Information System; 8.1. Forest fires in Europe; 8.2. Data sets; 8.3. Computation of burned biomass and atmospheric emissions; 8.4. Results and discussion; 8.5. Conclusions; References
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Chapter 9. Forest Fires and Air Quality Issues in Southern Europe
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-08-055609-4
Language:
English
Keywords:
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