Large-scale climatic patterns control large lightning fire occurrence in Canada and Alaska forest regions

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Fauria, M, Johnson, E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JG000181; https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7c0b2f57-3371-408a-bb91-266eefe989a5

Large lightning wildfires in Canada and Alaska account for most of the area burnt and are main determiners of the age mosaic of the landscape. Such fires occur when positive midtroposphere height anomalies persist > 10 days during the fire season. Midtroposphere anomalies are part of teleconnecti...