Isolating the lightning ignition regime from a contemporary background fire regime in east-central Florida, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 286-297

  Duncan, Brean W ^a,b   Adrian, Frederic W ^c   Stolen, Eric D ^a  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATIONS; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE REGIMES; FLORIDA; FLORIDA , USA; IGNITION SOURCE; KENNEDY SPACE CENTERS; LAND-COVER TYPES; MISSING DATA; NATURAL FIRE; NEGATIVE POLARITY; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; WILDLIFE REFUGE;

IGNITION; LIGHTNING; NASA; SPACE PLATFORMS;

FIRES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; NATIVE SPECIES; PARAMETERIZATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77049124281     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-193     Document Type: Article

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