The NCLFA's publications list encompasses traditional academic publications, tools and resources we've developed, and reports and other documents we've produced. Publications about a specific project may be found on that project's page in the What We Do, Projects & Activities area.
2009 Annual Report [ 1.08 MB ]
A summary of the NCLFA's accomplishments in 2009
2008 Yearly Report [ 811.38 KB ]
A summary of the NCLFA's accomplishments in 2008
Changes in Fire Season Precipitation in Idaho and Montana from 1982-2006 [ 2.95 MB ]
Ann Hadlow investigated fire season precipitation trends using daily rainfall data from 76 RAWS stations in Montana and Idaho and analyzed monthly preciptation during core fire season (July through September). She also analyzed biweekly precipitation for the start of fire season (June) and end of season in October by looking at season slowing rain events. Her research finds that June precipitation has generally increased during the period, but core fire season is drier and longer. Season-slowing events are occurring 15 days later, on average, than they did in 1982.
Communication Barriers to Applying Federal Research in Support of Land Management in the United States [ 73.09 KB ]
An overview of the barriers to effective communication of scientific research to land managers.
Deploying a Remote Data and Communications Network in Denali National Park [ 1.3 MB ]
An overview of this demonstration project utilizing high bandwidth data radios to support fire management and park operations.
Estimating near-surface air temperature with NOAA AVHRR [ 484.52 KB ]
Provides a useful technique for relatively simple derivation of near-surface air temperatures in a variety of remote sensing applications
Estimating plot-scale biomass in a western North American mixed-conifer forest from lidar-derived tree stems [ 185.49 KB ]
A paper presented at Silvilaser 2009 on using data derived from lidar measurements to estimate biomass of tree plots. Those biomass measurements can be used to evaluate carbon stocks, to model crown fire behavior, to measure carbon fluxes after natural and human disturbance, and to understand the exchange of carbon between terrestrial and atmospheric sinks.
Fire Intelligence Module Accomplishments [ 3.56 MB ]
Details of the assignments fulfilled by the Fire Center's Fire Intelligence Module
FireWxNet: A MultiTiered Portable Wireless System for Monitoring Weather Conditions in Wildland Fire Environments [ 998.87 KB ]
An article about the NCLFA's wireless weather sensor network project from MobiSys'06, June 19-22, 2006, Uppsala, Sweden.
Geodatabase Use in Fire Sciences Research: The Development Lifecycle [ 4.08 MB ]
A comprehensive exploration of the development of the Rapid Response Geodatabase, from the thesis of Lee Macholz, NCLFA GIS Program Manager
Georgia Prescribed Fire Practicum 2009 Research Report [ 7.12 MB ]
Fire Center staff, College of Forestry and Conservation students, and researchers from the USFS Fire Sciences Laboratory conducted research on fire behavior and duff mound consumption in southeastern Georgia in January, 2009.
GIS and Wildland Fire Case Study [ 4.33 MB ]
A case study of the NCLFA's Base Map project, published in the Montana Geospatial Strategic Plan: 2006-2010. Page 8 of document [pg. 13 of .pdf]. Created with funding from the Federal Geographic Data Committee to the Montana Department of Administration, on behalf of the Montana Land Information Advisory Council
GNIS in Montana [ 1.18 MB ]
The final report from the NCLFA to the USGS on a data model for incorporating GNIS data into Montana framework datasets.
Integrating Data from NASA Missions into NOAA's Pacific Region Integrated Climatology Information Products (PRICIP) Project [ 3.73 MB ]
NCLFA Remote Sensing Image Analyst Casey Teske worked on a project at NASA in summer 2007 to integrate weather data acquired by NASA missions into tropical storm event geovisualizations.
Investigation of Geospatial Support of Incident Management [ 1.94 MB ]
A report on the effectiveness of geospatial technology in supporting fire management; based on field research with seven Type I Teams, two Type II Teams, and three Area Commands.
Mapping tree species using lidar in mixed-coniferous forests [ 483.36 KB ]
A paper presented at Silvilaser 2009 showing that airborne laser scanning data can be used to classify and map Douglas-fir, western larch, ponderosa pine, and lodgepole pine in western Montana.
Modeling forest fire effects on watershed hydrology using DHSVM [ 3.12 MB ]
A poster summarizing research on the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model (DHSVM), a GIS-based, spatially explicit hydrologic model. Currently, there are few known applications of DHSVM focused on quantifying the impacts of forest fire on the hydrology of a watershed. Here, DHSVM was used to assess the cumulative effects of a high intensity forest fire on the hydrology of a mountainous, forested, snow-dominated basin in western Montana.
Quest for Fire [ 15.93 MB ]
An overview of the Fire Intelligence Module, from Vision magazine, a publication of the University of Montana University Relations department
Rapid Response Geodatabase poster [ 2.55 MB ]
A poster describing the NCLFA's Rapid Response Geodatabase project
Relay Race [ 821.49 KB ]
An overview of the remote communications and surveillance networks installed by the Fire Intelligence Module. Published in Wildfire Magazine, March/April 2006.
Using Laser Altimetry-based Segmentation to Refine Automated Tree Identification in Managed Forests of the Black Hills,South Dakota [ 1.53 MB ]
An overview of the NCLFA's laser altimetry research to refine automated tree identification from Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing Vol. 72, No. 12, December 2006, pp. 1379-1388.
