@article {BF-2419, title = {A simple index for assessing fire danger rating}, journal = {Environmental Modelling \& Software}, volume = {24}, year = {2009}, month = {06/2009}, pages = {764 - 774}, abstract = {Fire danger rating systems are used to assess the potential for bushfire occurrence, fire spread and difficulty of fire suppression. Typically, fire danger rating systems combine meteorological information with estimates of the moisture content of the fuel to produce a fire danger index. Fire danger indices are used to declare fire bans and to schedule prescribed burns, among other applications. In this paper a simple fire danger index F that is intuitive and easy to calculate is introduced and compared to a number of fire danger indices pertaining to different fuel types that are used in an operational setting in Australia and the United States. The comparisons suggest that F provides a plausible measure of fire danger rating and that it may be a useful pedagogical tool in the context of fire danger and fire weather.}, doi = {10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.11.004}, author = {Jason J. Sharples and Rick McRae and Weber, Rodney and Gill, A. Malcolm} } @article {BF-2351, title = {Linking Landscape Fires and Local Meteorology-A Short Review}, journal = {JSME International Journal Series B}, volume = {49}, year = {2006}, month = {2006}, pages = {590 - 593}, abstract = {Fires burning on 18th January 2003 generated a series of cumulonimbus clouds that probably exacerbated a fire that reached suburban Canberra. Powerful whirlwinds were generated, at least one of which might have been a genuine tornado. We briefly review the development of plume theory over the last fifty years and a potential atmospheric stability index that may assist in the identification of conditions that are conducive to extreme fire behaviour in the environment. This information can assist in deciding the location of future monitoring stations.}, doi = {10.1299/jsmeb.49.590}, author = {Weber, Rodney and Dold, J} } @article {BF-2334, title = {Nonlocal flow effects in bushfire spread rates}, journal = {Forest Ecology and Management}, volume = {234}, year = {2006}, month = {11/2006}, pages = {S93 - S93}, doi = {10.1016/j.foreco.2006.08.129}, author = {Dold, J and Zinoviev, A and Weber, Rodney} } @article {BF-1067, title = {Nonlocal flow effects in bushfirenext term spread rates}, journal = {Forest Ecology and Management}, year = {2006}, url = {http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~jwd/articles/06-NFEiBSR.pdf}, author = {Dold, J and Zinoviev, A and Weber, Rodney} } @inbook {BF-1065, title = {Modelling Heating Effects}, booktitle = {Natural Disturbances in Ecology}, year = {2004}, publisher = {Academic Press}, organization = {Academic Press}, author = {Mercer, GN and Weber, Rodney} }