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Type: Report
Publication Date: 1973
Existing records show that five wildfires burned more than 1,600 hectares of tundra on Alaska's Arctic Slope. Environmental conditions suitable for lightning, ignition, and burning occur more often than previously recognized at this northern latitude.
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Citation: Barney, Richard J.; Comiskey, Albert L. 1973. Wildfires and thunderstorms on Alaska's north slopes. Research Note PNW-RN-212. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 8 p.
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- boreal forest
- lightning
- North Slope
- storms
- thunderstorms
- tundra
- wildfire
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FRAMES Record Number: 5525