The 1977 Tundra Fire in the Kokolik River Area of Alaska
Widespread fires occurred on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, during the summer of 1977. During this period there was also one large natural fire in the northern part of the state. Presumably caused by lightening, it occurred due east of Point Lay and several kilometres southwest of the Kokolik River (...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65691 2023-05-15T14:19:18+02:00 The 1977 Tundra Fire in the Kokolik River Area of Alaska Hall, Dorothy K. Brown, Jerry Johnson, Larry 1978-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65691 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65691/49605 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65691 ARCTIC; Vol. 31 No. 1 (1978): March: 1–68; 54-58 1923-1245 0004-0843 Tundra fires Fire ecology Tundra ecology Plant growth Winds Satellite photography Detection Kokolik River region Alaska info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1978 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:45Z Widespread fires occurred on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, during the summer of 1977. During this period there was also one large natural fire in the northern part of the state. Presumably caused by lightening, it occurred due east of Point Lay and several kilometres southwest of the Kokolik River (69 30 N, 161 50 W) on the boundary between the coastal plain and the northern foothills . This was the farthest north a fire had ever been fought by the personnel of BLM in Alaska. No tundra fires had previously been reported from this area, . Climatic conditions in northern and western Alaska during the summer of 1977, . were apparently ideal for tundra fires. The information on the spread of the fire, as presented in this short paper, was gathered from Landsat imagery, meteorological observations, facts concerning the natural containment of the fire, and investigations of the affected area following the fire. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Seward Peninsula Tundra Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting Northern Foothills ENVELOPE(163.917,163.917,-74.733,-74.733) ARCTIC 31 1 |
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Tundra fires Fire ecology Tundra ecology Plant growth Winds Satellite photography Detection Kokolik River region Alaska Hall, Dorothy K. Brown, Jerry Johnson, Larry The 1977 Tundra Fire in the Kokolik River Area of Alaska |
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Widespread fires occurred on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, during the summer of 1977. During this period there was also one large natural fire in the northern part of the state. Presumably caused by lightening, it occurred due east of Point Lay and several kilometres southwest of the Kokolik River (69 30 N, 161 50 W) on the boundary between the coastal plain and the northern foothills . This was the farthest north a fire had ever been fought by the personnel of BLM in Alaska. No tundra fires had previously been reported from this area, . Climatic conditions in northern and western Alaska during the summer of 1977, . were apparently ideal for tundra fires. The information on the spread of the fire, as presented in this short paper, was gathered from Landsat imagery, meteorological observations, facts concerning the natural containment of the fire, and investigations of the affected area following the fire. |
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The 1977 Tundra Fire in the Kokolik River Area of Alaska |
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The 1977 Tundra Fire in the Kokolik River Area of Alaska |
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The 1977 Tundra Fire in the Kokolik River Area of Alaska |
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The 1977 Tundra Fire in the Kokolik River Area of Alaska |
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The 1977 Tundra Fire in the Kokolik River Area of Alaska |
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1977 tundra fire in the kokolik river area of alaska |
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The Arctic Institute of North America |
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