Wind characteristics over complex terrain with implications for bushfire risk management

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1099-1120

  Sharples, J J ^a,b   McRae, R H D ^b,c   Weber, R O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ACT Emergency Services Agency   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfire; Bushfire risk modelling; Fire spread modelling; Joint distribution; Topography; Wind; Wind terrain interaction

Indexed keywords

BUSHFIRE; BUSHFIRE RISK MODELLING; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DETERMINISTIC APPROACH; DIRECTIONAL CHANGES; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE SPREAD; FIRE SPREAD MODELLING; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; MODIFIED SURFACES; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; RUGGED TERRAIN; STEEP SLOPE; STOCHASTIC NATURE; SURFACE WINDS; TERRAIN SYSTEMS; WIND CHARACTERISTICS; WIND FIELD; WIND SPEED;

FIRES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WIND;

LANDFORMS;

BUSHLAND; COMPLEX TERRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WIND; WILDFIRE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FARM; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY;

EID: 77957754677     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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