Tasmania and Antarctic Regional Office, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

Forest fire danger indices are calculated for a number of Tasmanian locations over an extended period. Significant features of the resulting climatology include: the existence of a springtime peak in fire danger in eastern and southeastern Tasmania (although with substantial interannual variability)...

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Main Author: Paul Fox-hughes
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.222.8382
http://www.bom.gov.au/amm/docs/2008/fox-hughes.pdf
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Summary:Forest fire danger indices are calculated for a number of Tasmanian locations over an extended period. Significant features of the resulting climatology include: the existence of a springtime peak in fire danger in eastern and southeastern Tasmania (although with substantial interannual variability); an apparent trend of increased severity of southeast Tasmanian springtime fire weather events; and differences in diurnal behaviour between the elevated location examined and those at lower levels.