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Evaluating a model for predicting active crown rate of spread using wildfire observations. 2006. Alexander, M.E.; Cruz, M.G. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36(11): 3015-3028.
Alexander, M.E.; Cruz, M.G.
Year: 2006    Catalog ID: 26711
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Recent advances in modeling the onset of crowning and crown fire rate of spread (Abstract). 2009. Alexander, M.E.; Cruz, M.G. Page 19 in R.E. Masters, K.E.M. Galley, and D.G. Despain, editors. Conference proceedings. The '88 fires: Yellowstone and beyond, September 22-27, 2008, Jackson, Wyoming. Tall Timbers Miscellaneous Publication No. 16, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 1 p.
Alexander, M.E.; Cruz, M.G.
Year: 2009    Catalog ID: 31327
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CFIS: A software tool for simulating crown fire initiation and spread. 2006. Alexander, M.E.; Cruz, M.G.; Lopes, A.M.G. Page unnumbered in D.X. Viegas, editor. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Forest Fire Research, November 27-30, 2006, Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Alexander, M.E.; Cruz, M.G.; Lopes, A.M.G.
Year: 2006    Catalog ID: 26666
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Fire behavior in jack pine stands as related to the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) System (FOLDED POSTER WITH TEXT) 1988. Alexander, M.E.; de Groot, W.J. Canadian Forestry Service, Northwest Region, Edmonton, Alberta.
Alexander, M.E.; de Groot, W.J.
Year: 1988    Catalog ID: 24310
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A decision aid for characterizing fire behavior and determining fire suppression needs. 1989. Alexander, M.E.; de Groot, W.J. Agriculture Canada, Ministry of State for Forestry and Mines, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta. Technology Transfer Note A-008. 4 p.
Alexander, M.E.; de Groot, W.J.
Year: 1989    Catalog ID: 29905
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Use of posters for interpreting fire behavior and danger research. 1989. Alexander, M.E.; de Groot, W.J.; Hirsch, K.G.; Lanoville, R.A. Fire Management Notes 50(2): 41-44.
Alexander, M.E.; de Groot, W.J.; Hirsch, K.G.; Lanoville, R.A.
Year: 1989    Catalog ID: 11080
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People, ecosystems and wildland fires - working in harmony. Abstracts and program of the 2000 Interior West Fire Council annual meeting and workshop held October 3-5, 2000 in Edmonton, Alberta. 2000. Alexander, M.E.; Driscoll, D.; Heathcott, M.; George, E., technical coordinators. Parks Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Alberta Environment, Edmonton, Alberta, and Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta. 82 p.
Alexander, M.E.; Driscoll, D.; Heathcott, M.; George, E.
Year: 2000    Catalog ID: 23501
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Fire management in wilderness areas, parks, and other nature reserves. 1983. Alexander, M.E.; Dubé, D.E. Pages 273-279 in R.W. Wein and D.A. MacLean, editors. SCOPE 18: the role of fire in northern circumpolar ecosystems. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
Alexander, M.E.; Dubé, D.E.
Year: 1983    Catalog ID: 21393
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Ecological role of fire in the uncut boreal mixedwood forest. 1981. Alexander, M.E.; Euler, D.L. Pages 42-64 in Proceedings of the Boreal Mixedwood Symposium, September 16-18, 1980, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Environment Canada, Canadian Forestry Service, Great Lakes Forest Research Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, COJFRC Symposium Proceedings O-P-9. 22 p.
Alexander, M.E.; Euler, D.L.
Year: 1981    Catalog ID: 19305
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A pocket card for predicting fire behaviour in grasslands under severe burning conditions. 2002. Alexander, M.E.; Fogarty, L.G. Forest Research, Rotorua, New Zealand, and National Rural Fire Authority, Wellington, New Zealand. Fire Technology Transfer Note Number 25. 8 p.
Alexander, M.E.; Fogarty, L.G.
Year: 2002    Catalog ID: 22777
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Analysis of extreme wildfire behavior in east-central Alberta: a case study. 1983. Alexander, M.E.; Janz, B.; Quintilio, D. Pages 38-46 in Proceedings of the Seventh Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology, April 25-28, 1983, Fort Collins, Colorado. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Alexander, M.E.; Janz, B.; Quintilio, D.
Year: 1983    Catalog ID: 11406
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Wildfires as a source of fire behavior data: a case study from Northwest Territories, Canada. 1987. Alexander, M.E.; Lanoville, R.A. Pages 86-93 in Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology, April 21-24, 1987, San Diego, California. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Alexander, M.E.; Lanoville, R.A.
Year: 1987    Catalog ID: 11407
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Predicting fire behavior in the black spruce-lichen woodland fuel type of western and northern Canada (POSTER/PAMPHLET WITH TEXT) 1989. Alexander, M.E.; Lanoville, R.A. Canadian Forestry Service, Northwest Region, Edmonton, Alberta, Government of Northwest Territories, Department of Renewable Resources, Territorial Forest Fire Centre, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.
Predicting fire behavior in the black spruce-lichen woodland fuel type of western and northern Canada (POSTER/PAMPHLET WITH TEXT)
Alexander, M.E.; Lanoville, R.A.
Year: 1989    Catalog ID: 23093
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An introduction to the international crown fire modelling experiment. 2000. Alexander, M.E.; Lanoville, R.A.; Wotton, B.M.; Stocks, B.J. Page 7 in Proceedings of the 2000 International Wildfire Safety Summit, October 10-12, 2000, Edmonton, Alberta. International Association of Wildland Fire, Montana City, Montana, USA.
Alexander, M.E.; Lanoville, R.A.; Wotton, B.M.; Stocks, B.J.
Year: 2000    Catalog ID: 33332
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User guide to the Canadian forest fire behavior prediction system: rate of spread relationships. 1984. Alexander, M.E.; Lawson, B.D.; Stocks, B.J.; Van Wagner, C.E. Environment Canada, Canadian Forestry Service, Northern Forest Research Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Interim edition 1984.
Alexander, M.E.; Lawson, B.D.; Stocks, B.J.; Van Wagner, C.E.
Year: 1984    Catalog ID: 26083
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Hourly calculation of the Fine Fuel Moisture Code, Initial Spread Index, and Fire Weather Index with the Texas Instruments model 59 hand-held calculator. 1984. Alexander, M.E.; Lee, B.S.; Lee, C.Y. Department of Agriculture, Ministry of State for Forestry, Canadian Forestry Service, Northern Forest Research Centre, Edmonton, Alberta. Study NOR-5-191, File Report 7. 19 pages.
Alexander, M.E.; Lee, B.S.; Lee, C.Y.
Year: 1984    Catalog ID: 33812
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Predicting fire behavior in Canada's aspen forests. 1992. Alexander, M.E.; Maffey, M.E. Fire Management Notes 53/54(1): 10-13.
Alexander, M.E.; Maffey, M.E.
Year: 1992    Catalog ID: 11081
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Bibliography supplement to the CFS prescribed burn handbook. 1984. Alexander, M.E.; McRae, D.J. Revised. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aviation Fire Management Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Fire Management Bulletin 88.
Alexander, M.E.; McRae, D.J.
Year: 1984    Catalog ID: 21394
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Wildland fires: dangers and survival. 2007. Alexander, M.E.; Mutch, R.W.; Davis, K.M. Pages 286-335 (Vol. Chapter 12, Part 3) in P.S. Auerbach, editor. Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition. Elsevier/, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Alexander, M.E.; Mutch, R.W.; Davis, K.M.
Year: 2007    Catalog ID: 26817
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What were the Canadian fire danger indices? Follow-up to the Spokane area Firestorm '91 report. 1992. Alexander, M.E.; Pearce, H.G. Wildfire News Notes 6(4): 6-7.
Alexander, M.E.; Pearce, H.G.
Year: 1992    Catalog ID: 11083
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The Canadian fire danger ratings associated with the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Hills Fire. 1993. Alexander, M.E.; Pearce, H.G. Wildfire News Notes 7(2): 1,5.
Alexander, M.E.; Pearce, H.G.
Year: 1993    Catalog ID: 11082
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Experimental fires in radiata pine logging slash within Kinleith Forest during early 1993. 1993. Alexander, M.E.; Pearce, H.G.; Farrow, R.G.; Smart, P.N. Pages 40-41 in Proceedings of Forest and Rural Fires Association of New Zealand 3rd Annual Conference, August 4-6, 1993, Wellington, New Zealand. Forest and Rural Fire Assocociation, Rotorua, New Zealand.
Alexander, M.E.; Pearce, H.G.; Farrow, R.G.; Smart, P.N.
Year: 1993    Catalog ID: 11408
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Perspectives on experimental fires in Canadian forestry research. 1990. Alexander, M.E.; Quintilio, D. Mathematical and Computer Modelling 13(12): 17-26.
Alexander, M.E.; Quintilio, D.
Year: 1990    Catalog ID: 19169
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Fire behavior and effects in aspen-northern hardwood stands. 1989. Alexander, M.E.; Sando, R.W. Pages 263-274 in D.C. MacIver, H. Auld, and R. Whitewood, editors. Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology, April 17-21, 1989, Ottawa, Ontario. Forestry Canada, Headquarters, Ottawa, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Alexander, M.E.; Sando, R.W.
Year: 1989    Catalog ID: 11409
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A diagrammatic guide to elliptical shapes of wildland fires. 1988. Alexander, M.E.; Smith, R.M.; Mann, C.L. Agriculture Canada, Ministry of State for Forestry and Mines, Northwest Region, Edmonton, Alberta. Technology Transfer Note A--002. 4 p.
Alexander, M.E.; Smith, R.M.; Mann, C.L.
Year: 1988    Catalog ID: 29918
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