
TY  - JOUR
A1  - McRae, RHD 
T1  - Prediction of Areas Prone to Lightning Ignition
JF  - International Journal of Wildland Fire
JO  - Int. J. Wildland Fire
Y1  - 1992
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
SP  - 123
EP  - 130
KW  - Lightning ignition; GIs; Hazard; Modelling; Australia
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WF9920123 
N2  - A method for handling lightning-caused ignitions as part of a comprehensive fire hazard assessment procedure is presented. The locations at which lightning ignitions tend to occur have always been difficult to predict, and do not correlate with usual environmental factors. The model described here uses geographic information system techniques to remove large-scale trends in elevation. The meso-scale residual can be used to predict sites that are prone to lightning ignitions. The model is compared to historic records of lightning ignitions for the ACT, and is found to work very well. A range of other uses for the technique in fire management are discussed. 
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