Select Publications

Journal articles

Raposo JR; Viegas DX; Xie X; Almeida M; Figueiredo AR; Porto L; Sharples J, 2018, 'Analysis of the physical processes associated with junction fires at laboratory and field scales', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 27, pp. 52 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF16173

Burrows N; Gill M; Sharples J, 2018, 'Development and validation of a model for predicting fire behaviour in spinifex grasslands of arid Australia', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 27, pp. 271 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF17155

Lahaye S; Sharples J; Matthews S; Heemstra S; Price O; Badlan R, 2018, 'How do weather and terrain contribute to firefighter entrapments in Australia?', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 27, pp. 85 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF17114

Lahaye S; Curt T; Fréjaville T; Sharples J; Paradis L; Hély C, 2018, 'What are the drivers of dangerous fires in Mediterranean France?', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 27, pp. 155 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF17087

Zhang Y; Lim S; Sharples JJ, 2017, 'Effects of climate on the size of wildfires in the Eucalyptus camaldulensis forests and the dry lands of the Riverina Bioregion, Australia', Forest Ecology and Management, 401, pp. 330 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.07.009

Zhang Y; Lim S; Sharples JJ, 2017, 'Wildfire occurrence patterns in ecoregions of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory, Australia', Natural Hazards, 87, pp. 415 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-017-2770-1

Chaivaranont W; Evans JP; Liu YY; Sharples JJ, 2017, 'Estimating Grassland Curing with Remotely Sensed Data', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2017-101

Thomas CM; Sharples JJ; Evans JP, 2017, 'Modelling the dynamic behaviour of junction fires with a coupled atmosphere-fire model', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 26, pp. 331 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF16079

Zhang Y; Lim S; Sharples JJ, 2016, 'Modelling spatial patterns of wildfire occurrence in South-Eastern Australia', Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 7, pp. 1800 - 1815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2016.1155501

Sharples JJ; Cary GJ; Fox-Hughes P; Mooney S; Evans JP; Fletcher MS; Fromm M; Grierson PF; McRae R; Baker P, 2016, 'Natural hazards in Australia: extreme bushfire', Climatic Change, 139, pp. 85 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1811-1

Hilton JE; Miller C; Sharples JJ; Sullivan AL, 2016, 'Curvature effects in the dynamic propagation of wildfires', International Journal of Wildland Fire, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF16070

Simpson CC; Sharples JJ; Evans JP, 2016, 'Sensitivity of atypical lateral fire spread to wind and slope', Geophysical Research Letters, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL067343

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

Raposo JR; Cabiddu S; Viegas DX; Salis M; Sharples J, 2015, 'Experimental analysis of fire spread across a two-dimensional ridge under wind conditions', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 24, pp. 1008 - 1022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF14150

Sullivan AL; Sharples JJ; Matthews S; Plucinski MP, 2014, 'A downslope fire spread correction factor based on landscape-scale fire behaviour', Environmental Modelling and Software, 62, pp. 153 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.08.024

Simpson CC; Sharples JJ; Evans JP, 2014, 'Resolving vorticity-driven lateral fire spread using the WRF-Fire coupled atmosphere-fire numerical model', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 14, pp. 2359 - 2371, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-2359-2014

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

Gill AM; Sharples JJ; Johnstone G, 2013, 'Edge effects on between-fire interval in landscape fragments such as fire-prone terrestrial conservation reserve', Biological Conservation, 169, pp. 54 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.10.012

Sidhu H; Sharples J; Towers I; Gubernov V; wee W, 2013, 'Properties of reaction fronts in a non-adiabatic two stage exothermic-endothermic competitive reaction scheme', ANZIAM Journal, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.0000/anziamj.v54i0.6302

Wee W; Sidhu H; Sharples J; Towers I; Gubernov V, 2013, 'Properties of reaction fronts in a non-adiabatic two stage exothermic-endothermic competitive reaction scheme', ANZIAM Journal, 54, pp. 646 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.21914/anziamj.v54i0.6302

Simpson CC; Sharples JJ; Evans J; McCabe MF, 2013, 'Large eddy simulation of atypical wildland fire spread on leeward slopes', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 22, pp. 599 - 614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF12072

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

Sharples JJ; Sidhu HS; Mcintosh A; Brindley J; Gubernov V, 2012, 'Analysis of combustion waves arising in the presence of a competitive endothermic reaction', IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 77, pp. 18 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxr072

Sharples JJ; Mills G; McRae R, 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://www.bom.gov.au/amoj/docs/2012/sharples.pdf

Sharples JJ, 2012, 'Fire channelling: predicting the unpredictable in bushfires', ECOS Magazine, http://www.ecosmagazine.com/?paper=EC12196

Gubernov V; Sharples JJ; Sidhu HS; Mcintosh A; Brindley J, 2012, 'Properties of combustion waves in the model with competitive exo- and endothermic reactions', Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, 50, pp. 2130 - 2140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10910-012-0021-y

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; Sidhu HS; Gubernov V, 2011, 'Analysing instability of combustion waves using the Evans function', ANZIAM Journal, 52, pp. C773 - C791, http://anziamj.austms.org.au/ojs/index.php/ANZIAMJ/article/view/3944

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, 2010, 'Coordinate Transformations and Metric Extensions: a Rebuttal to the Relativistic Claims of Stephen J. Crothers', Progress in Physics, 1, pp. L1 - L6

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

Sharples JJ, 2009, 'An overview of mountain meteorological effects relevant to fire behaviour and bushfire risk', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 18, pp. 737 - 754

Sidhu HS; Gubernov V; Kolobov A; Polezhaev A; Mercer GN; Sharples JJ, 2009, 'Oscillatory combustion waves in a chain branching model', The ANZIAM Journal, 50, pp. C1017 - C1032, http://anziamj.austms.org.au/ojs/index.php/ANZIAMJ/article/view/1467

Sidhu HS; Gubernov V; Mercer GN; Kolobov A; Polezhaev A; Sharples JJ, 2009, 'Travelling Waves in a Two-Step Chain Branching Model with Heat Loss', Chemical Product and Process Modeling, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1934-2659.1437

Hennessy K; Whetton P; Walsh K; Smith IN; Bathols JM; Hutchinson M; Sharples JJ, 2008, 'Climate change effects on snow conditions in mainland Australia and adaptation at ski resorts through snowmaking', Climate Research, 35, pp. 255 - 270

Sharples JJ, 2008, 'Review of formal methodologies for wind-slope correction of wildfire rate of spread', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 17, pp. 179 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF06156

Sharples JJ; Pezzey J, 2007, 'Expectations of linear functions with respect to truncated multinormal distributions - With applications for uncertainty analysis in environmental modelling', Environmental Modelling and Software, 22, pp. 915 - 923, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.05.021

Sharples JJ; Hutchinson MF; Jellett DR, 2005, 'On the horizontal scale of elevation dependence of Australian monthly precipitation', Journal of Applied Meteorology, 44, pp. 1850 - 1865, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAM2289.1

Sharples JJ, 2005, 'Local existence of quasispherical space-time initial data', Journal of mathematical physics, 46

Sharples JJ; Hutchinson M; Jellett DR, 2005, 'The horizontal scale of elevation dependence of monthly Australian precipitation', Journal of Applied Meteorology, 44, pp. 1850 - 1866

Sharples JJ, 2004, 'Linear and quasilinear parabolic equations in Sobolev space', Journal of Differential Equations, 202, pp. 111 - 142

Sharples JJ; Hutchinson M, 2004, 'Multivariate spatial smoothing using additive regression splines', ANZIAM Journal, 45 (E), pp. C676 - C692

Conference Papers

Saurav TM; Sutherland D; Sharples J, 2023, 'A computational framework for phenomenological modelling of ember storms at the wildland-urban interface', in Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM, pp. 816 - 822


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