Fire Behavior, Weather, and Burn Severity of the 2007 Anaktuvuk River Tundra Fire, North Slope, Alaska
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*Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, U.S.A. {Alaska Fire Service, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 35005, Fort Wainwright, Alaska 99703, U.S.A. {Department of Meteorology, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, U.S.A. 1Earth Surface Processes Team, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, U.S.A. #Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, U.S.A. @Corresponding author: [email protected] Abstract
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