Relating lightning data to fire occurrence data

Frank H. H. Koch

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Relating lightning data to fire occurrence data

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Frank H. H. Koch

Year:

2009

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Forest health monitoring: 2006 national technical report. General Technical Report SRS-117. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

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Abstract

Lightning disturbance can affect forest health at various scales. Lightning strikes may kill or weaken individual trees. Lightning-damaged trees may in turn function as epicenters of pest outbreaks in forest stands, as is the case with the southern pine beetle and other bark beetles (Rykiel and others 1988).

Parent Publication

Forest health monitoring: 2006 national technical report

Citation

Koch, Frank H. 2009. Relating lightning data to fire occurrence data. In: Forest health monitoring: 2006 national technical report. General Technical Report SRS-117. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. (pages 15-25)