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Author Conference on Bushfire Modelling and Fire Danger Rating Systems (1988 : Canberra, A.C.T.)

Title Conference on Bushfire Modelling and Fire Danger Rating Systems : proceedings, 11-12 July 1988, CSIRO, Canberra / edited by N.P. Cheney & A.M. Gill
Published Yarralumla, A.C.T. : CSIRO, Division of Forestry, [1991]
©1991

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 W'PONDS  634.9618015118 Con/Cob 1988  AVAILABLE
Description v, 198 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Use of the Rothermel fire spread model for fire danger rating and fire behaviour prediction in the United States / P.L. Andrews - The Canadian system of forest fire danger rating / B.J. Stocks ... [et al.] - Models used for fire danger rating in Australia / N.P. Cheney - Fire danger rating and the professional forest manager / J.B. Johnston - Fire bans and public perception of fire danger / M.P. Dawson - Buoyant convection: a physical process as the basis for fire modelling / R.O. Weber and N.J. de Mestre - Validation of the Rothermel fire spread model and related fuel parameters in grassland fuels / J.S. Gould - McArthur's forst fire danger meter and the forest fire behavious tables for Western Australia: derivation, applications and limitations / N.D. Burrows and R.J. Sneeuwjagt - Macroscale forecasts of weather inputs for fire danger ratings / C.J. Ryan and A.Watson - Mesoscale extension of station observations to field locations / T. Beer and M. Durre - The effect of topography on the wind field / P.G. Baines - Fuel quantity: the time dimension for forest litter / A.M. O'Connell - Modelling fine, dead, surface fuel moisture / T.J. Hatton and N.R. Viney - Live fuel water content / B. Tunstall - Fire measurement / A.M. Gill and I.K. Knight - Measurement of fuel quantity and structure for bushfire research and management / L. McCaw - Weather parameters and fuel moisture content: standards for fire model inputs / A.C.F. Trevitt - Nationwide geographic information systems for modelling fire behaviour: background and possibilities / N.J.H. Gellie, S. Ferrier and M. Stephens - Fuel curing and fuel quantity from remotely sensed data / H.D. Williamson - Fire management planning using geographic information systems / D. Goodwins and N. Collins.ities and 1996
Analysis Bushfire prevention
Federal issue
Fire bans
State issue
Weather forecasting
Notes "Sponsored by Standing Committee of the Australian Forestry Council and CSIRO."--T.p
Bibliography Includes bibliographies
Notes CSIRO 1991
Subject Fire risk assessment -- Congresses.
Forest fire forecasting -- Congresses.
Forest fire forecasting -- Mathematical models -- Congresses.
Forest fire forecasting -- Australia -- Mathematical models -- Congresses.
Forest fires -- Prevention and control -- Congresses.
Forest fires -- Australia -- Mathematical models -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Cheney, N. P. (Noel Phillip), 1940-
Gill, A. M. (Arthur Malcolm)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Division of Forestry
ISBN 0643052380
Other Titles Conference on Bushfire Modelling and Fire Danger Rating Systems