@conference {bnh-1614, title = {The Effects of Fire-Plume Dynamics on the Lateral and Longitudinal Spread of Long-Range Spotting Conference Paper 2014}, booktitle = {Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Wellington Conference 2014}, year = {2015}, month = {02/2015}, abstract = {

The lofting of firebrands from bushfires into a background atmospheric flow can lead to spotting downwind\ of the fire front. Spotting is a hazardous phenomenon because it leads to both unpredictable\ and accelerated fire spread, as winds aloft are often in a different direction from and faster than the\ near-surface winds. Here we use a two-stage modelling process to address some of the uncertainty\ associated with spotting, by quantifying the lateral and longitudinal spread in the landing location of\ potential firebrands and how this spread is affected by the dynamics of the fire plume.

}, author = {W. Thurston and KJ Tory and Jeffrey Kepert and Robert Fawcett} }