The Australian Flammability Monitoring System. Yebra, M., Van Dijk, A., Quan, X., Cary, G., & Rozas, P. In Brisbane 2016: Annual Conference, 2016.
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Live fuel moisture content (LFMC) is one of the primary variables affecting bushfire flammability. We have developed the first Australia-wide flammability monitoring system for operational prediction of LFMC and flammability using satellite data. [Excerpt: Conclusion and future work] [::] We developed the prototype of the first Australia-wide Flammability Monitoring System for operational prediction of LFMC and flammability using satellite observations. [::] LFMC is not the only variable that is related to fire occurrence, and therefore the importance of other factors (e.g. fire weather and total biomass) should also be considered for a comprehensive characterization of fire risk conditions. [::] We plan to assimilate the estimates of LFMC and flammability in the High-resolution Fire Risk and Impact (HiFRI) model-data fusion software (Van Dijk et al. 2015) to forecasts FMC and flammability at a resolution between 25 and 5000m, depending on management requirements. [::] These tools can support the development of the new National Fire Danger Rating System and, with further development, be made available as software tools for fire managers
@inproceedings{yebraAustralianFlammabilityMonitoring2016,
  title = {The {{Australian}} Flammability Monitoring System},
  booktitle = {Brisbane 2016: Annual Conference},
  author = {Yebra, Marta and Van Dijk, Albert and Quan, Xingwen and Cary, Geoff and Rozas, Pablo},
  year = {2016},
  abstract = {Live fuel moisture content (LFMC) is one of the primary variables affecting bushfire flammability. We have developed the first Australia-wide flammability monitoring system for operational prediction of LFMC and flammability using satellite data.

[Excerpt: Conclusion and future work] [::] We developed the prototype of the first Australia-wide Flammability Monitoring System for operational prediction of LFMC and flammability using satellite observations. [::] LFMC is not the only variable that is related to fire occurrence, and therefore the importance of other factors (e.g. fire weather and total biomass) should also be considered for a comprehensive characterization of fire risk conditions. [::] We plan to assimilate the estimates of LFMC and flammability in the High-resolution Fire Risk and Impact (HiFRI) model-data fusion software (Van Dijk et al. 2015) to forecasts FMC and flammability at a resolution between 25 and 5000m, depending on management requirements. [::] These tools can support the development of the new National Fire Danger Rating System and, with further development, be made available as software tools for fire managers},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-14136875,australia,biomass,disturbances,live-fuel-moisture-content,meteorology,monitoring,risk-assessment,wildfires},
  lccn = {INRMM-MiD:c-14136875}
}

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