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Research article
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27 May 2020
Research article |
| 27 May 2020
| 27 May 2020
Evolution of a pyrocumulonimbus event associated with an extreme wildfire in Tasmania, Australia
Mercy N. Ndalila
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
7001, Australia
Grant J. Williamson
School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
7001, Australia
Paul Fox-Hughes
Bureau of Meteorology, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
Jason Sharples
School of Science, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
David M. J. S. Bowman
School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
7001, Australia
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- Atmospheric turbulence and wildland fires: a review W. Heilman
- Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia N. Abram et al.
- Comparison of Wildfire Meteorology and Climate at the Adriatic Coast and Southeast Australia I. Tomašević et al.
- Geographical analysis of the factors influencing pyrocumulonimbus and their regional differences over temperate southeast Australia W. Ma et al.
- Enhancing the fire weather index with atmospheric instability information M. Pinto et al.
- Meteorological analysis of an extreme pyroconvective wildfire at Dunalley-Forcett, Australia I. Čavlina Tomašević et al.
- A review of early severe weather applications of high‐resolution regional reanalysis in Australia P. Fox‐Hughes et al.
- Convergence in critical fuel moisture and fire weather thresholds associated with fire activity in the pyroregions of Mediterranean Europe V. Resco de Dios et al.
- Increasing intensity and frequency of cold fronts contributed to Australia’s 2019–2020 Black Summer fire disaster D. Cai et al.
- Molecular and physical composition of tar balls in wildfire smoke: an investigation with complementary ionisation methods and 15-Tesla FT-ICR mass spectrometry A. Ijaz et al.
- The Australian regional atmospheric reanalysis system, version 2 – BARRA2 C. Su et al.
- Atmospheric profiles associated with pyrocumulonimbus in southeast Australia C. Wilson et al.
- Comparison of Meteorological Drivers of Two Large Coastal Slope-Land Wildfire Events in Croatia and South-East Australia I. Čavlina Tomašević et al.
- Assessment of Burn Severity and Monitoring of the Wildfire Recovery Process in Mongolia B. Vandansambuu et al.
- Global rise in forest fire emissions linked to climate change in the extratropics M. Jones et al.
- Crown fire initiation of a thunderstorm N. McCarthy et al.
- The importance of combustion science to unravel complex processes for informal settlement fires, urban fires, and wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires S. Manzello & S. Suzuki
- Machine learning characterization of fuel temperature and moisture dynamics in wildland-urban interface for urban fire management J. Liu et al.
- Carbon dioxide and particulate emissions from the 2013 Tasmanian firestorm: implications for Australian carbon accounting M. Ndalila et al.
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Short summary
We analyse the evolution of a pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb), or fire-induced thunderstorm, during the Forcett–Dunalley fire on 4 January 2013 and relate it to the prevailing fire weather and fire severity patterns. We show that the pyroCb reached an altitude of 15 km, was associated with elevated fire weather, and formed over a severely burned area. Additionally, we show that eastern Tasmania is prone to elevated fire weather which has implications for fire weather forecasting and fire management.
We analyse the evolution of a pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb), or fire-induced thunderstorm, during...
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