The Australian Fire Danger Rating System

Research outputs and artefacts

27 Aug 2019

The Australian Fire Danger Rating System Program is building a new fire danger rating system.

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fire
fire weather
modelling

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Paul Fox-Hughes
End-user
p.fox-hughes@bom.gov.au
Sam Sauvage
s.auvage@bom.gov.au
Dr Alex Holmes
Completed PhD student
alexander.holmes@monash.edu.au
Dr Stuart Matthews
stuart.matthews@rfs.nsw.gov.au
Dr Saskia Grootemaat
saskia.grootemaat@rfs.nsw.gov.au
Belinda Kenny
End-user
beinda.kenny@environment.nsw.gov.au
Jennifer Hollis
jennifer.hollis@rfs.nsw.gov.au

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