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The HighFire Risk Project |
| Theme | Journal Papers | Conference Presentations | Others |
| Mountain Fire Weather | Sharples, J.J. (2009). An overview of mountain meteorological effects relevant to fire behaviour and fire risk. International Journal of Wildland Fire 18: 737-754. Download | - | |
| Foehn Winds and fire in Australia |
Sharples, J.J., G.A. Mills, R.H.D. McRae, and R.O. Weber (2009b).
Fire danger anomalies associated with foehn-like winds in southeastern Australia.
Proceedings 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. July 2009, pp. 268-274. Download | ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH
FOEHN-LIKE WINDS IN EASTERN VICTORIA. Poster at AFAC/BCRC 2007 Conference Download | |
| Forced Channelling of fire | Sharples, J.J., McRae, R.H.D., Weber, R.O. (submitted). Wind-terrain effects on the propagation of large wildfires in rugged terrain: fire channelling. International Journal of Wildland Fire. | WIND-TERRAIN EFFECTS ON RUGGED LANDSCAPE FIRE
PROPAGATION: LEE-SLOPE CHANNELLING. Poster at AFAC/BCRC 2007 Conference Download | |
| Mountain Wind Waves | - | ||
| Subsidence inversions | --- | HighFire Risk: Weather Anomalies in the high country
II Subsidence inversions. Poster at AFAC/BCRC 2008 Conference Download | |
| Low level Jets | --- | HighFire Risk: Weather Anomalies in the high country I Nocturnal low-level jets. Poster at AFAC/BCRC 2008 Conference Download | |
| The Thermal Belt | A paper is being written. | HighFire risk: The Thermal Belt in Australia Poster at AFAC/BCRC 2008 Conference Download | |
| Effects of Rugged Landscapes | HighFire Risk: The role of Rugged Landscapes. Poster at AFAC/BCRC 2008 Conference Download Considerations on operational wildfire spread modelling. Paper at 1997 Australian Bushfire Research Conference, Darwin. Download | ||
| Wind-Terrain Interactions | Sharples, J.J. (2008). Review of formal methodologies for wind-slope correction of wildfire rate of spread. International Journal of Wildland Fire 17: 179-193. Download Sharples, J.J., R.H.D. McRae, and R.O. Weber (2009a). An empirical probabilistic study of wind direction over complex terrain. Proceddings 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, July 2009, pp. 4446-4452. Download Sharples, J.J., McRae, R.H.D., Weber, R.O. (in press). Wind characteristics over complex terrain with implications for bushfire risk management. Environ. Model. Softw., doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.03.016 Download | HighFire Risk: Analysis of lee-slope eddies. Poster at AFAC/BCRC 2008 Conference Download | BushfireCRC FireNote Download |
| Fuel Moisture Content & Fire Danger Index |
Sharples, J.J., McRae, R.H.D., Weber, R.O., Gill, A.M. (2009a) A simple index
for assessing fuel moisture content. Environmental Modelling and
Software, 24, 637-646. Download Sharples, J.J., McRae, R.H.D., Weber, R.O., Gill, A.M. (2009b) A simple index for assessing fire danger rating. Environmental Modelling and Software, 24, 764-774. Download Sharples, J.J., R.H.D. McRae, R.O. Weber & Gill, A.M. (2009c). A simple method for assessing fuel moisture content and fire danger rating. Proceddings 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, July 2009. Download | HighFire Risk: A simple approach for assessing fuel
moisture content and fire danger rating Poster at AFAC/BCRC 2008 Conference Download | Draft BushfireCRC FireNote Download |
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| Violent Pyro-Convection | Fromm. M, Tupper, A, Rosenfeld, D, Servrancx, R & McRae, R, (2006).
Violent pyro-convective storm devastates Australia’s capital and pollutes the stratosphere.
Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, L05815. Download | HighFire Risk: Violent Pyro-Convection - an International Study. Poster at AFAC/BCRC 2008 Conference Download | Unpublished review paper Download |
| Unusual Fire Behaviour | --- | Dold, J, Weber, R, Gill, M, Ellis, P, McRae, R & Cooper, N. (2005).
Unusual Phenomena in an Extreme Bushfire.
5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, The University of Adelaide. Download | --- |