Lightning that ignites forest fires in Finland

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 171-180

  Larjavaara, M ^a   Pennanen, J ^a   Tuomi, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Ignition probability; Lightning; Thunderstorm

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; LIGHTNING; PROBABILITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 27644533756     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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