Prediction of fire spread in grasslands

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Cheney, N P ^a   Gould, J S ^a   Catchpole, W R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032399208     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF9980001     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Anderson, H.E. and Rothermel, R.C. (1965). Influence of moisture and wind upon the characteristics of free-burning fires. Tenth Symposium (International) on Combustion. The Combustion Institute, Pennsylvania, 1009-1019.
2. Anon. 1967. Wildfire investigations. Commonwealth Forestry and Timber Bureau, Annual Report, page 28.
3. Anon. 1976. Prescribed burning in exotic pine plantation: Prescribed Burning Guide Mk3, Queensland Forestry Department : Operations Manual. 9 pages.
4. Anon. 1983. The major fires originating 16th February, 1983. Country Fire Authority Vic Report. 38 pages.
5. Anon. 1993. S-PLUS for Windows User's Manual, Version 3.1 Statistical Science Inc. Seattle.
6. Beer, T. 1991. The interaction of wind and fire. Boundary Layer Meteorology 54: 287-308.
7. Beer, T. 1993. The speed of a fire front and its dependence on wind speed. International Journal of Wildland Fire 3(4): 193-202.
8. Beer, T. 1995. Fire propagation in vertical stick arrays: the effects of wind. International Journal of Wildland Fire 5(1) 43-49.
9. Burrows, N., Ward, B. and Robinson, A. 1991. Fire behaviour in spinifex fuels on the Gibson Desert Nature Reserve, Western Australia Journal of Arid Environments 20: 189-204.
10. Catchpole, T. and de Mestre, N. 1986. Physical models for a spreading line fire Australian Forestry 49(2): 102-111.
11. Cheney, N.P. and Gould, J.S. 1995. Fire growth to a quasi-steady rate of forward spread. International Journal of Wildland Fire 5(4): 237-247.
12. Cheney, N.P. and Gould, J.S. 1997. Fire growth and acceleration. International Journal of Wildland Fire 7(1) 1-5.
13. Cheney, N.P., Gould, J.S. and Catchpole, W.R. 1993. Influence of fuel, weather and fire shape variables on fire spread. International Journal of Wildland Fire 3(1): 31-44.
14. Cheney, N.P., McCaw, L. and Wilson, A.A.G. 1991. Development of an Australian fire danger rating system. Rural Industries Research and Development, Report, Project No CSF-35A. 24 pages.
15. Curry, J.R. and Fons, W.L. 1938. Rate of spread of surface fires in the Ponderosa pine type of California. Journal of Agricultural Research 57 (4) : 239-267.
16. Douglas, D.R. 1970. Wind changes and your tactics. EFS Manual, page 7-10.
17. Durré, A.M. and Beer, T. 1989. Wind information prediction study, Annaburroo Meteorological data analysis. CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, Technical Report No 17. 30 pages.
18. Finocchiaro, N., Lindforth, D.J. and Shields, B.T. 1970. Report on the Meteorological aspects of the extensive grassfires in Victoria on 8 January 1969. Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Working Paper No. 127 17 pages. + App.
19. Fons, W.L. 1946. Analysis of fire spread in light forest fuels. Journal of Agriculture Research 72: 93-121.
20. Forestry Canada Fire Danger Group. 1992. Development and structure of the Canadian forest fire behaviour prediction system. Forestry Canada, Ottawa Ontario. Information Report ST-X-3. 63 pp.
21. Griffin, G.F. and Allan, G.E. 1984. Fire behaviour In, Anticipating the inevitable: a patch burn strategy for fire management at Maru (Ayers Rock - Mt Olga) National Park Saxon, E.C. (ed). Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. 55-68.
22. Keeves, A. and Douglas, D.R. 1983. Forest fires in South Australia on 16 February 1983 and consequent future forest management aims. Australian Forestry 46: 148-162.
23. Luke, R.H. and McArthur, A.G. 1978. Bushfires in Australia. Australian Government Publishing Service. 359 pp.
24. Maynes, K.J. and Garvey, M.F. (1985). Report on selected major fires in country areas of Victoria on 14th January, 1985. Country Fire Authority of Victoria, Melbourne, Report. 36 pages.
25. McArthur, A.G. 1960. Fire danger rating tables for annual grasslands. Commonwealth Forestry and Timber Bureau, Canberra. 15 pages.
26. McArthur, A.G. 1962. Fire behaviour in annual grasslands. Commonwealth Forestry and Timber Bureau Canberra, Annual Report, page 7.
27. McArthur, A.G. 1964. Fire behaviour studies, (d) Grasslands. Commonwealth Forestry and Timber Bureau, Annual Report. page 17.
28. McArthur, A.G. 1966. Weather and grassland fire behaviour. Department of National Development, Forestry and Timber Bureau, Canberra. Leaflet 100. 23 pages.
29. McArthur, A.G. 1967. Fire behaviour in Eucalypt forests. Department of National Development Forestry and timber Bureau. Leaflet 107 36 pp.
30. McArthur, A.G. 1968. The Tasmanian bushfires of 7th February, 1967, and associated fire behaviour characteristics Conference Papers. Second Australian National Conference on fire Australian Fire Protection Association, Melbourne, Victoria. 25-48.
31. McArthur, A.G. 1973. Grassland fire danger meter MkIV. Forest Research Institute, Forestry and Timber Bureau, Canberra (published as a circular slide rule).
32. McArthur, A.G. 1977 (a). Grassland fire danger meter Mk V. CSIRO Division of Forest Research Annual Report 1976-1977. page 58.
33. McArthur, A.G. 1977(b). Grassland fire danger meter MkV. Country Fire Authority of Victoria, Melbourne (published as a linear slide rule).
34. McArthur, A.G., Cheney, N.P. and Barber, J. 1982. The fires of 12 February 1977 in the Western District of Victoria. CSIRO Division of Forestry Research, Canberra and Country Fire Authority of Victoria, Melbourne. 73 pages.
35. Myers, R.H. 1989. Classical and modern regression with applications. Second Edition. PWS-Kent Publishing Company Boston. 488 pages.
36. Noble, I.R., Bary, G.A.V., and Gill, A.M. 1980. McArthur's fire danger meters expressed as equations. Australian Journal of Ecology 5: 201-3.
37. Noble, J.C. 1991. Behaviour of a very fast grassland wildfire on the Riverine Plain of south-eastern Australia. International Journal Wildland Fire 1(3): 189-196.
38. Norusis, M.J. 1992. SPSS for Windows, Advanced Statistics. SPSS Inc, Chicago, USA. 578 pages.
39. Peet, G.B. 1965. A fire danger rating and controlled burning guide for the northern jarrah (Euc. marginata Sm.) forest of Western Australia. Western Australia Forest Department Bulletin 74. 37 pages.
40. Rawson, R.P., Billing, P.R. and Duncan, S.F. 1983. The 1982-83 forest fires in Victoria. Australian Forestry 46: 163-172.
41. Rothermel, R.C. 1972. A mathematical model for predicting fire spread in wildland fuels. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Research Paper INT-115. Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station Ogden Utah. 40 pages.
42. Rothermel, R.C. and Rinehart, G.C. 1983. Field procedures for verification and adjustment of fire behaviour predictions. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, General Technical Report INT-142 Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, Utah. 25 pages.
43. Sneeuwjagt, R.J. and Frandsen, W.H. 1977. Behaviour of experimental grass fires vs. Predictions based on Rothermel's fire model. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 7:357-367.
44. Thomas, P.H. and Pickford, R.W. 1961. Fire spread in forest and heathland material. Fire Research Station, Boreham Wood Hertfordshire. Report on Forest Research. P. 105-109.
45. Van Didden, G.W. 1978. A review of fire suppression operations resulting from cyclone "Alby" April 1978. Forests Department, Western Australia Internal Report. 21 pages + App.
46. Wolff, M.F., Carrier, G.F., and Fendell, F.E. 1991. Wind-aided firespread across arrays of discrete fuel elements. II. Experiments. Combustion Science & Technology 75: 261-289.