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2022
Kepert, J. et al. Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact – final project report. (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2022).
2017
Thurston, W., Kepert, J., Tory, K. J. & Fawcett, R. The contribution of turbulent plume dynamics to long-range spotting. International Journal of Wildland Fire 26, 317-330 (2017).
Kepert, J. et al. Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: midterm report 2014-17. (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2017).
Tory, K. J., Thurston, W. & Kepert, J. Thermodynamic considerations of pyrocumulus formation. AFAC17 (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2017).
2016
Thurston, W., Tory, K. J., Fawcett, R. & Kepert, J. The effects of turbulent plume dynamics on long-range spotting. AFAC16 (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2016).
Kepert, J. et al. Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: Annual project report 2015-2016. (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2016).
Thurston, W., Tory, K. J., Fawcett, R. & Kepert, J. Large-eddy simulations of pyro-convection and its sensitivity to mositure. 5th International Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference (International Association of Wildland Fire, 2016).
Thurston, W., Tory, K. J., Fawcett, R. & Kepert, J. Long-range spotting by bushfire plumes: The effects of plume dynamics and turbulence on firebrand trajectory. 5th International Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference (International Association of Wildland Fire, 2016).
Ching, S., Fawcett, R., Thurston, W., Tory, K. J. & Kepert, J. Mesoscale features related to the Blue Mountains fires of 17 October 2013 revealed by high resolution Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) modelling. 5th International Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference (International Association of Wildland Fire, 2016).
Tory, K. J., Peace, M. & Thurston, W. Pyrocumulonimbus forecasting: needs and issues. (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2016).
2015
Thurston, W., Tory, K. J., Kepert, J. & Fawcett, R. The Effects of Fire-Plume Dynamics on the Lateral and Longitudinal Spread of Long-Range Spotting Conference Paper 2014. Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Wellington Conference 2014 (2015).
Kepert, J., Tory, K. J., Thurston, W., Ching, S. & Fawcett, R. Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: Annual project report 2014-2015. (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2015).
Kepert, J., Thurston, W., Ching, S., Tory, K. J. & Fawcett, R. Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community risk. (2015).
Thurston, W., Tory, K. J., Fawcett, R. & Kepert, J. Large-eddy simulations of pyro-convection and its sensitivity to environmental conditions - peer viewed. Adelaide Conference 2015 (2015).
Fawcett, R., Yeo, C., Thurston, W., Kepert, J. & Tory, K. J. Modelling the Fire Weather of the Coonabarabran Fire of 13 January 2013. Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Wellington Conference 2014 (2015).
Tory, K. J. & Thurston, W. Pyrocumulonimbus: A Literature Review. (2015).
Thurston, W., Fawcett, R., Tory, K. J. & Kepert, J. Simulating boundary-layer rolls with a numerical weather prediction model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 1-14 (2015). at <http://www.cawcr.gov.au/staff/jdk/Kepert_papers/Thurston_etal_2015_qjrms_acc.pdf>
2013
Kepert, J., Fawcett, R., Tory, K. J. & Thurston, W. Applications of Very High Resolution Atmospheric Modelling for Bushfires. 2013 Research Forum (2013). at <http://www.bushfirecrc.com/resources/research-report/applications-very-high-resolution-atmospheric-modelling-bushfires>
Fawcett, R., Wain, A., Thurston, W., Kepert, J. & Tory, K. J. A comparison of the fire weather characteristics of the Melbourne dust storm (1983) and Black Saturday (2009): a high-resolution ACCESS case study. 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation 167-172 (2013). at <http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2013/A3/fawcett.pdf>
Fawcett, R., Thurston, W., Kepert, J. & Tory, K. J. The Eyre Peninsula Fire of 11 January 2005: an ACCESS case study. 2013 Research Forum (2013). at <http://www.bushfirecrc.com/resources/research-report/eyre-peninsula-fire-11-january-2005-access-case-study>
Thurston, W., Tory, K. J., Fawcett, R. & Kepert, J. Large-eddy simulations of bushfire plumes in the turbulent atmospheric boundary layer. 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (2013).