Key topics

fire weather

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

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
29 Jun 2017	Experimental investigation of junction fire dynamics, with and without wind	Resource	save (1.21 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
27 Aug 2019	The PyroCb Firepower Threshold: A pyrocumulonimbus prediction tool	Resource	save (9.16 MB)	fire weather, severe weather
18 Aug 2015	Victoria Fire Weather Climatology Dataset - Overview and Outputs	Resource	save (8.31 MB)	fire weather
19 Sep 2018	Coupled fire-atmosphere simulations of the Sir Ivan Fire	Resource	save (3.23 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
31 Aug 2020	Incorporating firebrands and spot fires into vorticity-driven wildfire behaviour models	Resource	save (688.05 KB)	fire weather, fuel reduction
25 Feb 2021	Overview - Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: March – May 2021	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
20 Jul 2017	Northern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2017	Resource	save (781.88 KB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
11 Sep 2015	Large-eddy simulations of pyro-convection and its sensitivity to environmental conditions	Resource	save (1.24 MB)	environments, fire weather, modelling
09 Oct 2019	Full media conference - launch of the Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2019	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire severity, fire weather
18 Jul 2018	Northern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2018	Resource	save (1.11 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
13 Jun 2019	Pyroconvective interactions and spot fire dynamics	Resource	save (626.55 KB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
27 Oct 2014	ARPS simulation of pyro-convection under the influence of jet wind profiles	Resource		fire weather, modelling
27 Aug 2019	The Australian Fire Danger Rating System	Resource	save (1.28 MB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
18 Aug 2015	Meteorology of the Sampson Flat Fire in January 2015	Resource	save (1.63 MB)	fire, fire weather
02 Jul 2020	The PyrcoCb Firepower Threshold (PFT): a tool for pyrocumulonimbus prediction by Kevin Tory	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire weather, severe weather, storm surge
19 Sep 2018	Long-distance spot-fires: An empirical analysis	Resource	save (2.08 MB)	fire weather, forecasting, modelling
30 Aug 2016	Wind speed reduction induced by post-fire vegetation regrowth - Rachael Quill	Resource	save (4.44 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
07 Jul 2017	Lightning presentation: improved predictions of severe weather	Resource	save (2.59 MB)	communication, fire weather, severe weather
17 Oct 2019	Fire Spread Across Fuel Types	Resource	save (3.21 MB)	fire weather, fuel reduction
07 Sep 2017	Extreme weather: improved data products on bushfires, thunderstorms, tropical cyclones and east coast lows	Resource	save (1.3 MB)	fire weather, multi-hazard, severe weather
02 Sep 2015	The Sydney 2014 Forecasting Demonstration Project A Step from Research to Operations	Resource	save (1.27 MB)	fire impacts, fire weather, severe weather
03 Apr 2020	Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: April 2020	Resource	save (1.5 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
29 Jun 2018	Review of seasonal bushfire outlook	Resource	save (1.1 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
14 Aug 2016	Empirical analysis of spot-fire and ember behaviour during extreme fire weather conditions	Resource	save (276.67 KB)	fire weather
05 Dec 2017	Lessons learned from the Waroona fire: AFAC webinar	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire weather, modelling
24 Oct 2016	Fire coalescence and mass spot fire dynamics	Resource	save (4.18 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
27 Aug 2019	Physics based simulations of grassfire propagation on up-sloped terrain – A parametric study	Resource	save (831.32 KB)	environments, fire, fire weather
05 Sep 2017	Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2017	Resource	save (367.02 KB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
18 Aug 2015	Smoke Plume Injection into the Atmosphere and Subsequent Pyrocumulus 'Blow-Up'	Resource	save (216.83 KB)	fire weather
07 Dec 2015	Rachael Quill Three Minute Thesis - bushfires, wind and statistics	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire weather, modelling, risk analysis
20 May 2020	Questions and comments from the audience: 20 May 2020 - The practice of hazard reduction: what are the potentials and limitations?	Resource	save (175.44 KB)	fire, fire weather, prescribed burning
30 Aug 2016	A high resolution land dryness analysis system for Australia - Imtiaz Dharssi	Resource	save (3.93 MB)	fire weather, flood, severe weather
12 Dec 2016	Fire escalation by downslope winds	Resource	save (1.08 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
18 Jun 2019	Interactions between climate, vegetation and fuel	Resource	save (3.16 MB)	environments, fire weather, severe weather
29 Jun 2017	Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain for bushfire modelling	Resource	save (2.33 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
07 Sep 2017	An assessment of the viability of prescribed burning under a changing climate	Resource	save (1.37 MB)	fire weather, fuel reduction, optimisation
29 Jun 2018	NAFM at 20 - challenges of fire management at QFES	Resource	save (525.46 KB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
20 Oct 2016	Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics - project overview	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
28 Aug 2019	Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: August 2019	Resource	save (1.02 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
18 Aug 2015	Weather Science to Societal Impact: Opportunities for Australia in the World Meteorological Organisation's High Impact Weather Project	Resource	save (925.8 KB)	communication, fire weather, resilience