Key topics

fire weather

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

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
27 Aug 2019	The PyroCb Firepower Threshold: A pyrocumulonimbus prediction tool	Resource	save (9.16 MB)	fire weather, severe weather
07 Dec 2015	Rachael Quill Three Minute Thesis - bushfires, wind and statistics	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire weather, modelling, risk analysis
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
31 Aug 2020	Incorporating firebrands and spot fires into vorticity-driven wildfire behaviour models	Resource	save (688.05 KB)	fire weather, fuel reduction
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
29 Jun 2018	NAFM at 20 - challenges of fire management at QFES	Resource	save (525.46 KB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
09 Oct 2019	Full media conference - launch of the Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2019	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire severity, fire weather
20 Oct 2016	Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics - project overview	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire 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
25 Feb 2021	Overview - Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: March – May 2021	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire impacts, 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
31 Oct 2017	Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling project: ACCESS-Fire	Resource	save (580.38 KB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
27 Aug 2019	The Australian Fire Danger Rating System	Resource	save (1.28 MB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
09 Nov 2015	Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2015-16: November update	Resource	save (472.96 KB)	fire severity, fire weather, fuel reduction
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
13 Jun 2019	Pyroconvective interactions and spot fire dynamics	Resource	save (626.55 KB)	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
14 Jun 2018	Extreme fire behaviour: reconstructing the Waroona fire pyrocumulonimbus and ember storms	Resource	save (420.52 KB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
17 Oct 2019	Fire Spread Across Fuel Types	Resource	save (3.21 MB)	fire weather, fuel reduction
06 Jul 2016	Northern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2016	Resource	save (463.23 KB)	fire impacts, fire weather, fuel reduction
19 Sep 2018	Incorporation of spotting and fire dynamics in a coupled atmosphere - fire modelling framework	Resource	save (1.35 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
03 Apr 2020	Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: April 2020	Resource	save (1.5 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
23 Jul 2014	Northern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2014	Resource	save (901.87 KB)	fire weather, forecasting, fuel reduction
29 Jun 2017	Access-fire: Australia's coupled fire-atmosphere model	Resource	save (772.96 KB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
05 Dec 2017	Lessons learned from the Waroona fire: AFAC webinar	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire weather, modelling
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
06 Sep 2018	Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2018	Resource	save (1.39 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
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
22 Nov 2017	Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2017-18: November update	Resource	save (343.72 KB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
19 Sep 2018	A case study of South Australia's severe thunderstorm and tornado outbreak (28 September 2016)	Resource	save (2.27 MB)	communication, fire weather, severe weather
30 Aug 2016	The effects of turbulent plume dynamics on long-range spotting - Will Thurston	Resource	save (2.56 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
29 Jun 2017	Empirical analysis of spot‐fire and firebrand behaviour during extreme fire weather conditions	Resource	save (3.15 MB)	fire severity, fire weather, modelling
18 Jun 2019	Interactions between climate, vegetation and fuel	Resource	save (3.16 MB)	environments, fire weather, severe weather
18 Aug 2015	Long-Range Spotting by Bushfire Plumes: The Effects of In-Plume Turbulence on Firebrand Trajectory	Resource	save (227.12 KB)	communication, fire weather, severe weather
28 Aug 2019	Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: August 2019	Resource	save (1.02 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather
11 Sep 2015	Victoria Fire Weather Climatology Dataset	Resource	save (2.15 MB)	fire weather
29 Jun 2018	3D fire simulation for Northern Australia	Resource	save (1.18 MB)	fire, fire weather, savanna grasslands
16 Dec 2019	Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: December 2019	Resource	save (609.07 KB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fire weather