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Lightning as a source of forest fires

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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.

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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 134–142, September–October, 1996.

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Dul'zon, A.A. Lightning as a source of forest fires. Combust Explos Shock Waves 32, 587–594 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01998581

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