Lightning is the main precursor of natural wildfires and Long-Continuing-Current (LCC)
lightning flashes are proposed to be the main igniters of lightning-ignited wildfires (LIW) …

The identification of fire causes and characteristics is of fundamental importance to better
understand fire regimes and drivers. Particularly for Brazil, there is a gap in the quantification …

Lightning-induced fire is the primary disturbance agent in boreal forests. Recent large fire
years have been linked to anomalously high numbers of lightning-caused fire starts, yet the …

Lightning is the most important natural wildfire ignition source worldwide. However,
identifying the specific lightning causing a forest fire is a challenging task. The goal of this …

Holdover fires are usually associated with lightning-ignited wildfires (LIWs), which can
experience a smoldering phase or go undetected for several hours, days or even weeks …

Lightning is the major cause of natural ignition of wildfires worldwide and produces the
largest wildfires in some regions. Lightning strokes produce about 5% of forest fires in the …

Cloud‐to‐ground lightning with minimal rainfall (“dry” lightning) is a major wildfire ignition
source in the western United States (WUS). Although dry lightning is commonly defined as …

Wildfires are one of the major disasters among many and are responsible for more than 6
million acres burned in the United States alone every year. Accurate, insightful, and timely …

Lightning occurring with less than 2.5 mm of rainfall—typically referred to as' dry lightning'—
is a major source of wildfire ignition in central and northern California. Despite being rare …

In the present work, we analysed fuel moisture conditions during ignition, holdover, and
detection of flaming combustion of lightning-ignited wildfires in Catalonia (north-eastern …