The 1977 tundra fire in the Kokolik River area of Alaska

Presumably caused by lightning, a large fire occurred due east of Point Lay several kilometers southwest of the Kokolik River, the farthest north a fire was ever fought by Bureau of Land Management personnel in Alaska. The progress and area extent of the fire were determined by analysis of LANDSAT M...

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permafrost
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spelling ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19810013165 2023-05-15T17:57:39+02:00 The 1977 tundra fire in the Kokolik River area of Alaska Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Mar 1, 1981 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19810013165 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19810013165 Accession ID: 81N21695 No Copyright CASI 47 Goddard Lab. for Atmospheric Sci., Collected Reprints 1978 - 1979, Vol. 2; p 671-675 1981 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T14:30:43Z Presumably caused by lightning, a large fire occurred due east of Point Lay several kilometers southwest of the Kokolik River, the farthest north a fire was ever fought by Bureau of Land Management personnel in Alaska. The progress and area extent of the fire were determined by analysis of LANDSAT MSS band 5 and 7 imagery. Low altitude observations from helicopter showed the fire burned a range of vegetation and relief types which included low polygonized and upland tussock tundras. The burned area appeared wetter on the surface than the unburned area, due to a lack of moisture absorbing organic matter and the possible release of moisture from the deeper thawed zone. Suggestions for future investigations of the effects of fire on tundra and permafrost terrains are discussed. Other/Unknown Material permafrost Tundra Alaska NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
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The 1977 tundra fire in the Kokolik River area of Alaska
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description Presumably caused by lightning, a large fire occurred due east of Point Lay several kilometers southwest of the Kokolik River, the farthest north a fire was ever fought by Bureau of Land Management personnel in Alaska. The progress and area extent of the fire were determined by analysis of LANDSAT MSS band 5 and 7 imagery. Low altitude observations from helicopter showed the fire burned a range of vegetation and relief types which included low polygonized and upland tussock tundras. The burned area appeared wetter on the surface than the unburned area, due to a lack of moisture absorbing organic matter and the possible release of moisture from the deeper thawed zone. Suggestions for future investigations of the effects of fire on tundra and permafrost terrains are discussed.
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title_short The 1977 tundra fire in the Kokolik River area of Alaska
title_full The 1977 tundra fire in the Kokolik River area of Alaska
title_fullStr The 1977 tundra fire in the Kokolik River area of Alaska
title_full_unstemmed The 1977 tundra fire in the Kokolik River area of Alaska
title_sort 1977 tundra fire in the kokolik river area of alaska
publishDate 1981
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Alaska
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Alaska
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