Key topics

fire

Fire is the product of a chemical reaction between fuel, oxygen and heat. Heat is necessary to start the reaction and once ignited, fire produces its own heat and becomes self-supporting.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Physics-based simulation of firebrand and heat flux on structures in the context of AS3959	Biblio	save (1.68 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Black Summer - how the NSW community responded to the 2019-20 bushfire season	Biblio	save (2.89 MB)	communication, communities, fire
Fighting fires and fatigue	Project		fire
A lightning-caused wildfire ignition forecasting model for operational use	Biblio		fire, fire weather
The contribution of turbulent plume dynamics to long-range spotting	Biblio		fire, fire weather, propagation
Physics-Based Simulations of Flow and Fire Development Downstream of a Canopy	Biblio	save (9.63 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Simulated Self-Paced Wildfire Suppression Work in Different Thermal Conditions	Biblio	save (13.55 MB)	decision making, exposure, fire
From hectares to tailor-made solutions for risk mitigation: annual project report 2018-19	Biblio	save (834.62 KB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
Wind-terrain effects on firebrand dynamics	Biblio	save (2.05 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite - annual report 2019-2020	Biblio	save (859.87 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
A theoretical framework for negotiating the path of emergency management multi-agency coordination	Biblio		emergency management, fire
The utility of point clouds to estimate fuel hazards	Project		fire, fire impacts, risk analysis
Meteorological drivers of extreme fire behaviour during the Waroona bushfire, Western Australia, January 2016	Biblio		fire, fire weather, severe weather
Non-Additive Effects of Forest Litter on Flammability	Biblio	save (518.9 KB)	fire, land management, modelling
Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Biblio	save (414.7 KB)	emergency management, fire, fire severity
Intercomparison of Himawari-8 AHI-FSA with MODIS and VIIRS active fire products	Biblio		fire, modelling, remote sensing
The effect of firefighter-delivered fire safety education on young people who misuse fire	Biblio		communities, education, fire
Implementation of spatially-varying wind adjustment factor for wildfire simulations	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Effective communication of household wildfire risk through WebGIS: considerations in content, representation and design	Project		communication, communities, fire
Using earth observation to better understand the effects of aerial firefighting	Project		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Fire surveillance and hazard mapping	Project		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Enhanced estimation of background temperature for fire detection using new geostationary sensors	Biblio	save (538.96 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Social, economic, and environmental impacts of the 2012/13 Victorian fire season	Project		decision making, economics, fire
Climate change effects on the frequency, seasonality and interannual variability of suitable prescribed burning weather conditions in south-eastern Australia	Biblio		climate change, fire, prescribed burning
A radiative transfer model-based method for the estimation of grassland aboveground biomass	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Simulation of flows through canopies with varying atmospheric stability	Biblio	save (739.35 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
User interface platform for the Victorian historical fire weather gridded dataset	Project		fire, fire impacts
Identification and quantitative analysis of smoldering and flaming combustion of Radiata Pine	Biblio		fire, modelling, propagation
An Assessment of Pre- and Post Fire Near Surface Fuel Hazard in an Australian Dry Sclerophyll Forest Using Point Cloud Data Captured Using a Terrestrial Laser Scanner	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Estimating grassland curing with remotely sensed data	Biblio		fire, fire severity, modelling
Frequency of Dynamic Fire Behaviours in Australian Forest Environments	Biblio	save (985.4 KB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
Satellite Remote Sensing Contributions to Wildland Fire Science and Management	Biblio		fire, remote sensing, risk management
A comparison between TLS and UAS LiDAR to represent eucalypt crown fuel characteristics	Biblio		fire, modelling, remote sensing
Large-eddy simulations of pyro-convection and its sensitivity to mositure	Biblio		fire, fire weather, forecasting
Assessing Metrics for Estimating Fire Induced Change in the Forest Understorey Structure Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning	Biblio	save (9.28 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Changing Fire Regimes in Tropical and Subtropical Australia	Biblio	save (7.08 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands
Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves through the improvements of land dryness measures and forecasts - annual report 2018-2019	Biblio		emergency management, fire, land management
Can air quality management drive sustainable fuels management at the temperate wildland–urban interface?	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction
Domestic architecture and the perception of risk in bushfire-prone areas	Biblio		fire, land management, risk management
Representing vapour and capillary rise from the soil improves a leaf litter moisture model	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, modelling