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Queensland Rural Fire Service responding to forest fire. Photo credit: Queensland Rural Fire Service.

Deconstructing factors contributing to the 2018 fire weather in Queensland, Australia

TitleDeconstructing factors contributing to the 2018 fire weather in Queensland, Australia
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsLewis, S, Blake, S, Trewin, B, Black, M, Dowdy, AJ, Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S, King, A, Sharples, JJ
Series TitleExplaining Extreme Events of 2018 from a Climate Perspective
PaginationS15-S21
Date Published02/2020
KeywordsFire, Fire weather, Queensland
Abstract

Factors including the circulation pattern and antecedent conditions contributed to 2018 northeast Australian fires. High background temperatures also played a role for which model evidence suggests an anthropogenic influence.
URLhttps://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/explaining-extreme-events-from-a-climate-perspective/
DOI10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0144.1
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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climate change
fire
fire weather

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Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics

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Report

Report

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Year of Publication 2020