Key topics

fire weather

Fire weather are the conditions which influence fire ignition, behaviour, and suppression.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Science in operations: QFES response to the 2018 Queensland fires	Biblio	save (686.74 KB)	capability, fire weather, response
Large-eddy simulations of pyro-convection and its sensitivity to environmental conditions - peer viewed	Biblio	save (1.24 MB)	fire weather, modelling
Spotfire utilisation project: implementation of the VLS filter	Biblio	save (2.93 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
A systematic exploration of the potential for bushfire risk mitigation with prescribed burning	Biblio	save (776.62 KB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
Climate Change Increases the Potential for Extreme Wildfires	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Large-eddy simulations of bushfire plumes in the turbulent atmospheric boundary layer	Biblio		fire, fire weather, forecasting
National Fire Danger Rating System Probabalistic Framework: year three report	Biblio	save (1.19 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
Evolution of an extreme Pyrocumulonimbus-driven wildfire event in Tasmania, Australia	Biblio	save (844.71 KB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
Coupled fire-atmosphere simulations of the Rocky River fire using WRF-SFIRE	Biblio		fire weather, modelling, scenario analysis
Historical background and current developments for mapping burned area from satellite Earth observation	Biblio	save (1.35 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
Managing Severe Weather - Progress and Opportunities Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (2.16 MB)	fire weather, severe weather
The contribution of turbulent plume dynamics to long-range spotting	Biblio		fire, fire weather, propagation
Using Digital Earth Australia Waterbodies to support aerial firefighting	Biblio	save (2.69 MB)	fire, fire weather, remote sensing
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact	Biblio	save (2.82 MB)	communication, fire weather, severe weather
Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (598.9 KB)	fire weather, modelling, scenario analysis
Investigation of firebrand production during prescribed fires conducted in a pine forest	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Climatology of wind changes and elevated fire danger over Victoria, Australia	Biblio	save (1.67 MB)	fire severity, fire weather, severe weather
Curvature effects in the dynamic propagation of wildfires	Biblio		fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
Lessons learned from coupled fire-atmosphere research and implications for operational fire prediction and meteorological products provided by the Bureau of Meteorology to Australian fire agencies	Biblio		fire weather, modelling, physics
The real-time trial of the Pyrocumulonimbus Firepower Threshold	Biblio	save (3.33 MB)	fire weather, severe weather
Long-range spotting by bushfire plumes: The effects of plume dynamics and turbulence on firebrand trajectory	Biblio		fire, fire weather, forecasting
Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling – final project report	Biblio	save (2.09 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
Thermodynamic considerations of pyrocumulus formation	Biblio	save (1.32 MB)	fire, fire weather, severe weather
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: midterm report 2014-17	Biblio	save (14.37 MB)	fire weather, forecasting, severe weather
Meteorological drivers of extreme fire behaviour during the Waroona bushfire, Western Australia, January 2016	Biblio		fire, fire weather, severe weather
A lightning-caused wildfire ignition forecasting model for operational use	Biblio		fire, fire weather
A characterisation of synoptic weather features often associated with extreme events in southeast Australia: Stage 1 – common features of recent events	Biblio	save (21.94 MB)	emergency management, fire weather, severe weather
Implementation of spatially-varying wind adjustment factor for wildfire simulations	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Understanding the variability of Australian fire weather between 1973 and 2017	Biblio		climate change, fire, fire weather
Literature review: modelling and simulation of flow over tree canopies	Biblio	save (943.19 KB)	environments, fire, fire weather
National Fire Danger Rating System Probabalistic Framework: year two report	Biblio	save (3.41 MB)	fire weather, severe weather
Methods for background temperature estimation in the context of active fire detection	Biblio	save (22.24 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling project: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (806.63 KB)	fire weather, modelling, severe weather
ACCESS-Fire: coupled fire-atmosphere modelling	Biblio	save (896.96 KB)	fire weather, forecasting, modelling
Improvements to wind field generation in physics-based models to reduce spin-up time and to account for terrain, heated earth surface	Biblio	save (1.21 MB)	fire, fire weather
Mapping bushfire hazards and impacts annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (1.71 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
The Sydney 2014 forecast demonstration project - a step from research to operations - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (501.84 KB)	fire weather, forecasting
Connecting Weather and Hazard: A partnership of physical scientists in connected disciplines	Biblio		fire weather, modelling, severe weather
A lidar-derived fuel map for the ACT	Biblio	save (2.82 MB)	emergency management, fire weather, fuel reduction
Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite - annual report 2018-19	Biblio	save (952.36 KB)	fire weather, forecasting, scenario analysis