Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain for bushfire modelling

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14 Aug 2016

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Rachel Quill Conference Poster 2016
Rachel Quill Conference Poster 2016

With the emergence of ensemble-based fire modelling, it is necessary to recast wind fields in probabilistic terms

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modelling
remote sensing

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Dr Rachael Quill
Completed PhD student
rachael.quill@adelaide.edu.au

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