Thunderstorm analysis in the northern Rocky Mountains

DeVer Colson

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Thunderstorm analysis in the northern Rocky Mountains

Informally Refereed

Authors:

DeVer Colson

Year:

1957

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. 49 [Pre1963]. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 10 p.

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Abstract

Lightning-caused fires are a continuing serious threat to forests in the northern Rocky Mountain area. More than 70 percent of all forest fires in this area are caused by lightning. In one 10-day period in July 1940 the all-time record of 1,488 lightning fires started on the national forests in Region l of the U.S. Forest Service.

Keywords

lightning-caused fires, thunderstorms

Citation

Colson, DeVer. 1957. Thunderstorm analysis in the northern Rocky Mountains. Res. Pap. 49 [Pre1963]. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 10 p.