Lightning as a source of forest fires

A. A. Dulzon

Tomsk Polytechnical University, 634004, Tomsk

Abstract: Parameters of lightning strokes to earth that cause forest fires are considered. The main results of studies of the spatial-temporal characteristics of lightning activities over the area of Siberia and Kazakhstan are reported.

UDC: 630.432+551.594

Received: 25.03.1996

 English version: Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves, 1996, 32:5, 587–594

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