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Understanding Changes in Modeled Land Surface Characteristics Prior to Lightning-Initiated Holdover Fire BreakoutLightning initiated wildfires are only 16% of the total number of wildfires within the United States, but account for 56% of the acreage burned. One of the challenges with lightning-initiated wildfires is their ability to "holdover" which means smolder for up to 2+ weeks before breaking out into a full fledged fire. This work helps characterize the percentage of holdover events due to lightning, and helps quantify changes in the land surface characteristics to help understand trends in soil moisture and vegetation stress that potentially contribute to the fire breaking out into a full wildfire.
Document ID
20180000612
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Schultz, Christopher J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Case, Jonathan L.
(ENSCO, Inc. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Hain, Christopher R.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
White, Kristopher
(National Weather Service Huntsville, AL, United States)
Wachter, J. Brent
(Forest Service Albuquerque, NM, United States)
Nauslar, Nicholas
(Oklahoma Univ. Norman, OK, United States)
MacNamara, Brittany
(Florida State Univ. Tallahassee, FL, United States)
Date Acquired
January 17, 2018
Publication Date
January 7, 2018
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
MSFC-E-DAA-TN51351
Meeting Information
Meeting: American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
Location: Austin, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: January 7, 2018
End Date: January 11, 2018
Sponsors: American Meteorological Society
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: MIAA1403
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNM17AA29T
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
wildfire
lightning
land surfac
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