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Journal articles

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


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