Data: Fireline intensity potential
A map of Australia shaded in colours to represent Fireline intensity potential for a 1:20 return time interval based on baseline (ERA5) weather data. Note that Western Australian mapping is currently unavailable to view
Fireline intensity potential for a 1:20 return time interval based on baseline (ERA5) weather data. Note that Western Australian mapping is currently unavailable to view
Fireline intensity (FLI) potential relates to the rate of energy released from an advancing fire front, indicating the severity of a bushfire’s behaviour.
Fireline intensity potential is expressed as the rate of heat output per unit length (kW/m2) along the fire’s front.
Understanding the severity of a bushfire’s behaviour provides valuable information to firefighters, fire managers, fire behaviour analysts and land use planners.
Data
Fireline intensity (FLI) potential was generated across continental Australia, using baseline and future projections.
A suite of modelled data was produced, accounting for climate projections and relevant return time intervals (a prediction of future extremes), representing fire behaviour in the form of fire rate of spread (ROS) and fireline intensity (FLI).
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