By Mr Rick McRae

Journal articles

Peterson DA; Fromm MD; McRae RHD; Campbell JR; Hyer EJ; Taha G; Camacho CP; Kablick GP; Schmidt CC; DeLand MT, 2021, 'Australia’s Black Summer pyrocumulonimbus super outbreak reveals potential for increasingly extreme stratospheric smoke events', npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00192-9

Badlan RL; Sharples JJ; Evans JP; McRae RHD, 2021, 'Factors influencing the development of violent pyroconvection. Part I: Fire size and stability', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 30, pp. 484 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF20040

Badlan RL; Sharples JJ; Evans JP; McRae RHD, 2021, 'Factors influencing the development of violent pyroconvection. Part II: Fire geometry and intensity', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 30, pp. 498 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF20041

Di Virgilio G; Evans JP; Blake SAP; Armstrong M; Dowdy AJ; Sharples J; McRae R, 2019, 'Climate Change Increases the Potential for Extreme Wildfires', Geophysical Research Letters, 46, pp. 8517 - 8526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083699

McRae RHD; Sharples JJ; Fromm M, 2015, 'Linking local wildfire dynamics to pyroCb development', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 15, pp. 417 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-417-2015

McRae R; Sharples J, 2014, 'Forecasting conditions conducive to blow-up fire events', CAWCR Research Letters, 11, pp. 14 - 19

McRae R; Sharples JJ; Wilkes S; Walker A, 2013, 'An Australian pyro-tornadogenesis event', Natural Hazards, 65, pp. 1801 - 1811, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-012-0443-7

Sharples JJ; Mills GA; McRae RHD, 2012, 'Extreme drying events in the Australian high-country and their implications for bushfire risk management', Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 62, pp. 157 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.22499/2.6203.004

Fromm M; McRae R; Sharples JJ; Kablick G, 2012, 'Pyrocumulonimbus Pair in Wollemi and Blue Mountains National Parks, 22 November 2006', Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 62, pp. 117 - 126, http://www.bom.gov.au/amoj/docs/2012/fromm.pdf

Sharples JJ; McRae R; Wilkes S, 2012, 'Wind-terrain effects on the propagation of wildfires in rugged terrain: fire channelling', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 21, pp. 282 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF10055

McRae R; Sharples J, 2011, 'A conceptual framework for assessing the risk posed by extreme bushfires', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, 26, pp. 49 - 55, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213618000014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

McRae R; Sharples JJ, 2011, 'A conceptual framework for assessing the risk posed by extreme bushfires', Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 26, pp. 47 - 53

Sharples JJ; McRae R, 2011, 'Evaluation of a very simple model for predicting the moisture content of eucalypt litter', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20, pp. 1000 - 1005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF11006

Sharples JJ; Mills G; McRae R; Weber RO, 2010, 'Foehn-like winds and elevated fire danger conditions in southeastern Australia', Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 49, pp. 1067 - 1095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2010JAMC2219.1

Sharples JJ; McRae R; Weber RO, 2010, 'Wind characteristics over complex terrain with implications for bushfire risk management', Environmental Modelling and Software, 25, pp. 1099 - 1120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.03.016

Sharples JJ; McRae R; Weber RO; Gill AM, 2009, 'A simple index for assessing fire danger rating', Environmental Modelling and Software, 24, pp. 764 - 774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.11.004

Sharples JJ; McRae R; Weber RO; Gill AM, 2009, 'A simple index for assessing fuel moisture content', Environmental Modelling and Software, 24, pp. 637 - 646

McRae R, 2001, 'Community mapping - an aid to emergency management.', The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 15, pp. 22 - 27

McRae R, 1995, 'Analysis of rural ignition patterns on Canberra's urban/rural interface', CALM Science, Supplementary 4

McRae RHD, 1992, 'Prediction of Areas Prone to Lightning Ignition', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2, pp. 123 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf9920123

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