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Previous studies (e.g. Duffy et al. 2005) have shown a strong relationship between antecedent and in-season temperature and area burned in [interior] Alaska. Results from the present study support these findings to the effect that wildfires in the ALFD [Alaska Large Fire Database] occur preferentially during years with anomalously warm May– August temperatures. However, our results suggest that antecedent conditions have negligible influence in determining the growth and eventual area burned by individual wildfires (e.g. Figs 2, 3), and thus our findings can be considered complementary to the findings of Duffy et al. (2005).

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Previous studies (e.g. Duffy et al. 2005) have shown a strong relationship between antecedent and in-season temperature and area burned in [interior] Alaska. Results from the present study support these findings to the effect that wildfires in the ALFD [Alaska Large Fire Database] occur preferentially during years with anomalously warm May– August temperatures. However, our results suggest that antecedent conditions have negligible influence in determining the growth and eventual area burned by individual wildfires (e.g. Figs 2, 3), and thus our findings can be considered complementary to the findings of Duffy et al. (2005).

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Abatzoglou, J. T. & Kolden, C. A. (2011). Relative importance of weather and climate on wildfire growth in interior Alaska. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20, 479 – 486.	Search for Publication

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Abatzoglou, J. T. & Kolden, C. A. (2011). Relative importance of weather and climate on wildfire growth in interior Alaska. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20, 479 – 486.

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