Dr Alex Holmes completed his PhD in 2018 at the University of Melbourne on the effects of soil moisture, temperature and precipitation extremes on fire risk and intensity in an Australian context. His research has provided agencies with a better understanding of the mechanics behind soil moisture deficits and their influence on fire intensity. Before starting his PhD, Alex completed his Masters in atmospheric sciences and meteorology in Switzerland.
He now works as a research officer at NSW Rural Fire Service where he is responsible for producing computer programs and code to manipulate and create datasets as well as analyse their physical properties.
Student project
Resources credited
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Presentation-Slideshow | 27 Aug 2019 | Detecting Active Fires using Himawari-8: a report from the NSW trial |
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fire, fire impacts |
Presentation-Slideshow | 27 Aug 2019 | Fire weather and prototype fire danger ratings for the Gell River fire, Tasmania |
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fire, fire weather |
HazardNoteEdition | 14 Jun 2017 | Soil moisture prototype improves forecasts |
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forecasting, land management, soil moisture |
25 Sep 2015 | Alex Holmes PhD Progress Report 2015 |
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