Key topics

fire

Fire is the product of a chemical reaction between fuel, oxygen and heat. Heat is necessary to start the reaction and once ignited, fire produces its own heat and becomes self-supporting.

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Disaster Landscape Attribution: Fire Surveillance and Hazard Mapping, Data Scaling and Validation Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (987.79 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Wind-terrain effects on firebrand dynamics	Biblio	save (2.05 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Quantification of inter-regional differences in risk mitigation from prescribed burning across multiple management values	Biblio		climate change, fire, risk management
Science in Motion: integrating scientific knowledge into bushfire risk mitigation in southwest Victoria	Biblio	save (211.26 KB)	fire, mitigation, planning
Exploring the key drivers of forest flammability in wet eucalypt forests using expert-derived conceptual models	Biblio	save (1.48 MB)	fire, fire impacts, land management
Long-range fire weather predictions developed and service established as new capability for Australia	Biblio	save (1.55 MB)	capability, fire, fire weather
Determining Threshold Conditions for Extreme Fire Behaviour Annual Report 2017-2018	Biblio	save (833.68 KB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
Up-scaling fuel hazard metrics derived from terrestrial laser scanning using a machine learning model	Biblio	save (15.05 MB)	fire, prescribed burning, remote sensing
A bushfire evacuation planning service utilising multiple simulation systems - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (292.86 KB)	fire, planning
Human error during the multilevel responses to three Australian bushfire disasters	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, fire
Modeling Vorticity-Driven Wildfire Behavior Using Near-Field Techniques	Biblio	save (2.97 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Risks and opportunities for sustainable savanna fire management	Biblio	save (2.07 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands
Simulations of the effect of canopy density profile on sub-canopy wind speed profiles	Biblio	save (1.08 MB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
Youth justice conferencing for youth misuse of fire: a case study of collaboration	Biblio	save (566.7 KB)	child-centred, education, fire
Climate change effects on the frequency, seasonality and interannual variability of suitable prescribed burning weather conditions in south-eastern Australia	Biblio		climate change, fire, prescribed burning
Calculation of critical water flow rates for wildfire suppression	Biblio	save (1.69 MB)	fire, firefighter, response
Deriving comprehensive forest structure information from mobile laser scanning observations using automated point cloud classification	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Frequency of Dynamic Fire Behaviours in Australian Forest Environments	Biblio	save (985.4 KB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
Examining bushfire policy in action: Preparedness and behaviour in the 2009 Black Saturday fires	Biblio	save (438.46 KB), save (513.82 KB)	communities, fire, policy
Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves through the improvements of land dryness measures and forecasts - annual report 2018-2019	Biblio		emergency management, fire, land management
Consistent and conflicting information in floods and bushfires impact risk information seeking, risk perceptions, and protective action intentions	Biblio		fire, flood, risk management
Fire-driven decline of endemic Allosyncarpia monsoon rainforests in Northern Australia	Biblio		environments, fire, land management
Domestic architecture and the perception of risk in bushfire-prone areas	Biblio		fire, land management, risk management
How does remotely sensed degree of curing and fuel load vary in grasslands and effect modelled fire spread?	Biblio	save (5.01 MB)	fire, remote sensing
A report on WRF software development (preliminary)	Biblio	save (855.76 KB)	fire, land management, modelling
Savanna fire management and bushfire and natural hazard scenario planning for northern Australia: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (2.72 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands
A Seasonal-Window Ensemble-Based Thresholding Technique Used to Detect Active Fires in Geostationary Remotely Sensed Data	Biblio		emergency management, fire, remote sensing
Determining firebrand generation rate using physics-based modelling from experimental studies through inverse analysis	Biblio	save (8.12 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Utilization of remote sensing techniques for the quantification of fire behavior in two pine stands	Biblio		environments, fire, remote sensing
The Stress of Firefighting Report	Biblio	save (620.18 KB)	fire, response
Surviving bushfire: the role of shelters and sheltering practices during the Black Saturday bushfires	Biblio		communities, decision making, fire
High-Resolution Estimates of Fire Severity - An Evaluation of UAS Image and LiDAR Mapping Approaches on a Sedgeland Forest Boundary in Tasmania, Australia	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction, remote sensing
Direct Numerical Simulation of Confined Wall Plumes	Biblio		engineering, fire, modelling
Global vegetation gross primary production estimation using satellite-derived light-use efficiency and canopy conductance	Biblio		environments, fire, remote sensing
A unified approach to fire spread modelling	Biblio	save (678.84 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
A handbook of wildfire engineering: guidance for wildfire suppression and resilient urban design	Biblio	save (3.78 MB)	engineering, fire, resilience
Using a worldview lens to examine complex policy issues: a historical review of bushfire management in the South West of Australia	Biblio		fire, governance, policy
Investigating bird responses to fire in the Heathy Dry Forests of Victoria, Australia	Biblio	save (8.52 MB)	animals, fire, fire impacts
Working outside ‘the rules’: Opportunities and challenges of community participation in risk reduction	Biblio		communities, fire, resilience
Navigating scientific uncertainty in wildfire and flood risk mitigation: A qualitative review	Biblio	save (435.47 KB)	fire, flood, mitigation