An empirical probabilistic study of wind direction over complex terrain

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4446-4452

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Emergency Services Agency   (Australia)

^c BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfire risk management; Channelling; Complex terrain; Fire spread; Fire weather; High country fire; Lee slope eddy; Thermal winds; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIRES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TABLE LOOKUP; WIND EFFECTS;

CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; DETERMINISTIC APPROACH; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; JOINT PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS; WIND-TERRAIN INTERACTIONS;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 85086243035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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