Precipitation associated with lightning-ignited wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 242-254

  Hall, Beth L ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry thunderstrom; Natural wildfire ignitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247863666     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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