@article {bnh-5775, title = {Coupled fire atmosphere modelling annual report 2018-2019}, number = {501}, year = {2019}, month = {08/2019}, institution = {Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC}, address = {Melbourne}, abstract = {

The project goal is to improve understanding of fire and atmosphere interactions and feedback processes through running a coupled fire-atmosphere simulation model. Planned project outcomes include: preparation of meteorological and simulation case studies of significant fire events, installation and testing of the ACCESS-Fire coupled model on the National Computing Infrastructure (NCI) and preparation of training material to support operational implementation of research findings.

The project started in March 2016, and progress over the past three years has been on several fronts; 1) publication of a case study of the Waroona fire and related outreach activities 2) implementing, developing and testing the coupled fire-atmosphere model ACCESS-Fire 3) operational support during high-impact events and 4) draft of the paper {\textquoteright} Lessons learned from coupled fire-atmosphere research and implications for operational fire modelling{\textquoteright}.

}, keywords = {bushfire prediction, coupled-fire, fire behavour. fire impacts, modelling}, issn = {501}, author = {Mika Peace and Jeffrey Kepert and Harvey Ye} } @conference {bnh-5504, title = {Simulated transport of short-range embers in an idealised bushfire}, booktitle = {6th International Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference}, year = {2019}, month = {04/2019}, abstract = {

Mega-bushfires like the 2009 Black Saturday, Australia, the 2016 Fort McMurray fire, Canada, and the 2018 Carr fire, USA cause billions of dollars in damage and result in loss of life. The sources of ignition of the fires are often natural or accidental such as lightning, campfire, cigarette butts, or machinery and tools (Miller, Plucinski et al. 2017). The frequency of bushfires isset to increase due to the positive feedback effect of climate change (Jolly, Cochrane et al. 2015). There is an increasing trend of settlement of people at wildland-urban-interface (WUI) (Radeloff, Helmers et al. 2018) which increases the impact of bushfire. Accurate and quick prediction of the evacuation of communities and the behaviour of a bushfire will make a difference in reducing the impact of bushfire (Mell, McDermott et al. 2010, Ronchi, Gwynne et al. 2017).

}, keywords = {bushfire management, fire behavour. fire impacts, modeling}, url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332142658_Simulated_transport_of_short-range_embers_in_an_idealised_bushfire}, author = {Rahul Wadhwani and Khalid Moinuddin and Duncan Sutherland} }