Fire is an integral natural disturbance in the moist temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest
of the United States, but future changes remain uncertain. Fire regimes in this climatically …

Dry lightning is a prevalent episodic natural ignition source for wildfires, particularly in
remote regions where such fires can escalate into uncontrollable events, burning extensive …

Twenty-six years of lightning data were paired with over 68 000 lightning-initiated wildfire
(LIW) reports to understand lightning flash characteristics responsible for ignition in between …

Abstract Cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning is the primary cause of major boreal forest wildfires.
Characterizing igniting lightning and the weather conditions favoring ignition is essential for …

The semi-arid climate of the Southwestern United States ('Southwest') presents unique
challenges for quantifying drought conditions due to annual potential evapotranspiration …

Previous studies of lightning detection by radar mostly consisted of observations with
reflector‐antenna systems yielding slow volume scan times. Phased array radars offer much …

Lightning is a major source of wildfire ignition in the western United States (WUS). We build
and train convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to predict the occurrence of cloud‐to …

An increase in extreme rainfall frequency across the midwestern United States has been
accompanied by an increase in damaging floods. The US has over 90,000 dams, more than …

Wildfires pose a significant natural disaster risk to populations and contribute to accelerated
climate change. As wildfires are also affected by climate change, extreme wildfires are …

Recent decades have given rise to increases in flood damage across the globe. As intense
rainfall becomes more frequent, traditional flood fighting methods like levees and reservoirs …