Key topics

fire weather

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

Item	Type		Key Topics
The bushfire convective plume experiment: mobile radar observations of pyro-convection from the Mt Bolton fire, 2016	Biblio	save (199.8 KB)	fire impacts, fire weather, modelling
Determination of smoldering time and thermal characteristics of firebrands under laboratory conditions	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Pyrocumulonimbus forecasting: needs and issues	Biblio	save (1.94 MB)	fire weather, modelling, severe weather
Historical background and current developments for mapping burned area from satellite Earth observation	Biblio	save (1.35 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
Identifying water sources using satellite imagery	Project		fire, fire weather, remote sensing
Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics	Project	save (0 bytes)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
Effects of Oxygen Concentration on Radiation-Aided and Self-sustained Smoldering Combustion of Radiata Pine	Biblio		fire, fire weather, fuel reduction
Using Digital Earth Australia Waterbodies to support aerial firefighting	Biblio	save (2.69 MB)	fire, fire weather, remote sensing
Mesoscale features related to the Blue Mountains fires of 17 October 2013 revealed by high resolution Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) modelling	Biblio		fire, fire weather, forecasting
Evolution of an extreme Pyrocumulonimbus-driven wildfire event in Tasmania, Australia	Biblio	save (844.71 KB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
Modelling the Fire Weather of the Coonabarabran Fire of 13 January 2013	Biblio	save (1 MB)	fire weather
Climatology of wind changes and elevated fire danger over Victoria, Australia	Biblio	save (1.67 MB)	fire severity, fire weather, severe weather
Plume and air quality modelling	Project		fire, fire impacts, fire weather
Simulations of the effect of canopy density profile on sub-canopy wind speed profiles	Biblio	save (1.08 MB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
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
A new quantitative smoke forecasting system for Victoria	Biblio	save (911.66 KB)	fire weather, forecasting, modelling
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact	Biblio	save (2.82 MB)	communication, fire weather, severe weather
Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling – final project report	Biblio	save (2.09 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
Large-eddy simulations of pyro-convection and its sensitivity to mositure	Biblio		fire, fire weather, forecasting
A lightning-caused wildfire ignition forecasting model for operational use	Biblio		fire, fire weather
Australian Flammability Monitoring System Version 1.0: User feedback and priorities for further development	Biblio	save (688.21 KB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
Natural hazards in Australia: extreme bushfire	Biblio		fire impacts, fire severity, 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
Extreme weather: improved data products on bushfires, thunderstorms, tropical cyclones and east coast lows	Biblio	save (764.8 KB)	fire weather, multi-hazard, severe weather
Implementation of spatially-varying wind adjustment factor for wildfire simulations	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics - experimentation, modelling and simulation: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.91 MB)	fire, fire weather, propagation
Pyroconvective interactions and dynamic fire propagation	Biblio	save (1.14 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
Methods for background temperature estimation in the context of active fire detection	Biblio	save (22.24 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
Understanding the variability of Australian fire weather between 1973 and 2017	Biblio		climate change, fire, fire weather
What are the drivers of dangerous fires in Mediterranean France?	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, fire weather
Fire Danger Indices: Current Limitations and a Pathway to Better Indices	Biblio	save (849.01 KB)	fire weather
Mapping bushfire hazards and impacts annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (1.71 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
Connecting Weather and Hazard: A partnership of physical scientists in connected disciplines	Biblio		fire weather, modelling, severe weather
ACCESS-Fire: coupled fire-atmosphere modelling	Biblio	save (896.96 KB)	fire weather, forecasting, modelling
Performance of fire detection algorithms using himawari-8	Biblio	save (1.27 MB)	emergency management, fire, fire weather
Fire coalescence and mass spot fire dynamics: experimentation, modelling and simulation – annual project report 2019-2020	Biblio	save (1.98 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
Empirical analysis of spot fire and ember behaviour during extreme fire weather conditions	Project		fire weather, forecasting, modelling
A Statistical Approach to Understanding Canopy Winds over Complex Terrain	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Bushfire climatology in Victoria	Project		fire, fire weather