Unrecorded Tundra Fires of the Arctic Slope, Alaska USA

Few fires are known to have burned the tundra of the Arctic Slope north of the Brooks Range in Alaska, USA. A total of 90 fires between 1969 and 2022 are known. Because fire has been rare, old burns can be detected by the traces of thermokarst and distinct vegetation they leave in otherwise uniform...

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Published in:	Fire (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 6; no. 3; p. 101
Main Authors:	Miller, Eric A., Jones, Benjamin M., Baughman, Carson A., Jandt, Randi R., Jenkins, Jennifer L., Yokel, David A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2023
Subjects:	Aerial photography aircraft Aircraft pilots Alaska Archives & records Arctic region Burns Coastal plains ecoregions Environmental aspects Eriophorum vaginatum fire frequency fire regime Fires Foothills Forest & brush fires Landsat Landsat satellites Pilots Polar environments Prehistoric era Remote sensing Seasons Surveillance Taiga & tundra thermokarst Tundra tussock Vegetation wildfire Wildfires United States Alaska Brooks Range United States > US Arctic region
ISSN:	2571-6255, 2571-6255
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