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Lightning-caused Ignitions

Lightning-Caused Ignitions is a wildfire ignition construct defined as the spontaneous initiation of fire resulting from electrical discharges in the atmosphere, distinguished from human-caused ignitions by its natural origin and dependence on meteorological conditions conducive to dry thunderstorms.

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Lightning as a major driver of recent large fire years in North American boreal forests

Sander Veraverbeke, Brendan M. Rogers, Mike Goulden et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2017 · 504 citations · Full text

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Fuel moisture, forest type, and lightning-caused fire in Yellowstone National Park

Roy Renkin, Don G. Despain · Canadian Journal of Forest Research · 1992 · 159 citations

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Spatial and temporal variation in lightning ignitions in Sweden

Anders Granström · Journal of Vegetation Science · 1993 · 153 citations

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Synoptic climatology of lightning-caused forest fires in subalpine and boreal forests

Caedmon H. Nash, Edward A. Johnson · Canadian Journal of Forest Research · 1996 · 153 citations

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Influences of forest roads on the spatial patterns of human- and lightning-caused wildfire ignitions

Ganapathy Narayanaraj, Michael C. Wimberly · Applied Geography · 2011 · 148 citations

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Authors

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  1. JT
    John T. Abatzoglou

    University of Idaho, United States

    8 publications · 423 citations

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  2. NP
    Nicolau Pineda

    Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, Spain

    4 publications · 191 citations

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  3. TD
    Trent D. Penman

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    4 publications · 265 citations

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  4. SV
    Sander Veraverbeke

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    3 publications · 599 citations

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  5. SA
    Sue A. Ferguson

    The Ohio State University, United States

    3 publications · 144 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. University of California, Merced

    Merced, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    182 citations

  3. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    527 citations

  4. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    700 citations

  5. Agencia Estatal de Meteorología

    Madrid, Spain

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    408 citations

  6. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

    Barcelona, Spain

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    321 citations

  7. Canadian Forest Service

    Ottawa, Canada

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    402 citations

  8. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    540 citations

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  1. International Journal of Wildland Fire

    15 publications · 828 citations

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  2. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

    9 publications · 471 citations

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  3. Canadian Journal of Forest Research

    8 publications · 625 citations

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  4. Fire

    5 publications · 156 citations

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  5. Environmental Research Letters

    ERL · 4 publications · 286 citations

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