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: Received: 19 July 2023 / Approved: 19 July 2023 / Online: 19 July 2023 (10:10:26 CEST)
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Ozaki, M.; Williamson, G.; Fox-Hughes, P.; Love, P.; Aryal, J. Riveaux Road Fire Driven by Dynamic Winds in Tasmania, Australia. Preprints2023, 2023071323. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1323.v1
Ozaki, M.; Williamson, G.; Fox-Hughes, P.; Love, P.; Aryal, J. Riveaux Road Fire Driven by Dynamic Winds in Tasmania, Australia. Preprints 2023, 2023071323. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1323.v1
Ozaki, M.; Williamson, G.; Fox-Hughes, P.; Love, P.; Aryal, J. Riveaux Road Fire Driven by Dynamic Winds in Tasmania, Australia. Preprints2023, 2023071323. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1323.v1
APA Style
Ozaki, M., Williamson, G., Fox-Hughes, P., Love, P., & Aryal, J. (2023). Riveaux Road Fire Driven by Dynamic Winds in Tasmania, Australia. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1323.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Ozaki, M., Peter Love and Jagannath Aryal. 2023 "Riveaux Road Fire Driven by Dynamic Winds in Tasmania, Australia" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1323.v1
Abstract
Background: We studied Riveaux Road Fire, which was ignited by multiple lightning strikes in January 2019 and burnt more than 637.19 km2 in southern Tasmania, Australia. Aims: We focused on fire weather, such as identification of dynamic wind and vegetation type, in a valley of the study area. Methods: We employed two methods: numerical weather model vertical sounding (NWMVS) and the use of a fire simulator, to quantify and examine the contribution of dynamic winds to fire behaviour. The NWMVSs allow rapid diagnosis of changes in wind, temperature, dew point temperature and cloud coverage. Prototype 2 is a fire simulator based on the specification of Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS). Key results: We found fires to be guided by terrain-forced channelling primarily and by downslope wind conditionally in the valleys. In addition, the fire intensity periodically changed with the magnitude of surface wind, in buttongrass moorland, in which the fire often smoulders, during the fire period according to the satellite image. Conclusions and Implications: Therefore, there should be caution for not only terrain and dynamic wind but also vegetation type during fire spread in rugged terrain.
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
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