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.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Recirculation regions downstream of a canopy on a hill	Biblio	save (1.57 MB)	fire, land management, planning
Experiments on the influence of spot fire and topography interaction on fire rate of spread	Biblio	save (1.63 MB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
Terrestrial Laser Scanning: an operational tool for fuel hazard mapping?	Biblio		fire, prescribed burning, remote sensing
Determination of smoldering time and thermal characteristics of firebrands under laboratory conditions	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Downscaling of soil dryness estimates: a short review	Biblio	save (1.56 MB)	fire, modelling, remote sensing
Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications	Biblio		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
Models for lightning-caused wildfire ignition	Project		fire, modelling
Threshold Behaviour in Dynamic Fire Propagation Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (1.3 MB)	fire, propagation
Physical and fire behaviour characterisation of bushland fuels	Project		fire, modelling, propagation
Analysis of the physical processes associated with junction fires at laboratory and field scales	Biblio		emergency management, fire, planning
Hazards, culture and indigenous communities: socio-institutional modules for utilisation	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	fire, indigenous communities, modelling
Fire spread across different fuel types: research and utilisation – final project report	Biblio	save (5.48 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Bushfire climatology in Victoria	Project		fire, fire weather
Modelling the dynamic behaviour of junction fires with a coupled fire-atmosphere model	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Multi-scaled calibration of high-resolution burnt area and fire severity mapping - workshop report	Biblio	save (1.39 MB)	fire, fire impacts, land management
Development of an interface using penalisation method for improving computational performance of bushfire simulation tools	Project		fire, modelling, physics
Sleep restriction across a simulated firefighting deployment: The impact on acute stress responses	Biblio	save (24.15 MB)	fire, response
Simulated self-paced wildfire suppression work in different thermal conditions	Project		decision making, exposure, fire
Fire Risk Assessment of Combustible Exterior Cladding Using a Collective Numerical Database	Biblio	save (3.03 MB)	fire, infrastructure, risk management
Established and emerging uses of predictive services in Victoria	Biblio	save (895.93 KB)	emergency management, fire, firefighter
Simulations of the effect of canopy density profile on sub-canopy wind speed profiles	Biblio	save (988.48 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
A Broad-Area Method for the Diurnal Characterisation of Upwelling Medium Wave Infrared Radiation	Biblio	save (3.37 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Methods for background temperature estimation in the context of active fire detection	Biblio	save (22.24 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
Meteorological drivers of extreme fire behaviour during the Waroona bushfire, Western Australia, January 2016	Biblio		fire, fire weather, severe weather
Long-range spotting by bushfire plumes: The effects of plume dynamics and turbulence on firebrand trajectory	Biblio		fire, fire weather, forecasting
LiDAR Application in Forest Fuel Measurements for Bushfire Hazard Mitigation	Biblio	save (3.34 MB)	fire, modelling, remote sensing
Fire and heavy metals: when wild and controlled fires transform un-rehabilitated mining waste	Biblio	save (10.75 MB)	fire, fire impacts, land management
Wildland fire	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, fire severity
How does remotely sensed degree of curing and fuel load vary in grasslands and effect modelled fire spread?	Project		fire, remote sensing
Mapping bushfire hazards and impacts: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (2.09 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Risk and protection factors for bushfire resilience and recovery - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (203.71 KB)	fire, recovery, resilience
The Heatwaves of the 2013/14 Australian Summer Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (1.59 MB)	fire, forecasting
Why don't bushfire warnings work as intended? Responses to official warnings during bushfires in New South Wales, Australia	Biblio		communities, fire, warnings
Experiences in the in-field utilisation of fuels3D	Biblio	save (601.76 KB)	emergency management, fire, fuel reduction
Savanna fire management and bushfire and natural hazard scenario planning for northern Australia: annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (2.82 MB)	fire, fire severity, fuel reduction
Using videos in floods and bushfires to educate, signal risk, and promote protective action in the community	Biblio		communication, fire, flood
Australian Flammability Monitoring System Version 1.0: User feedback and priorities for further development	Biblio	save (688.21 KB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
Tree recruitment dynamics in fire-prone eucalypt savanna	Biblio	save (3.67 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands
Impact of Australia's catastrophic 2019/20 bushfire season on communities and environment. Retrospective analysis and current trends	Biblio	save (1.34 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
Identifying water sources using satellite imagery	Project		fire, fire weather, remote sensing