DC003 - Improving remote sensing fuel data on a national scale

Research Investment

Researchers: Marta Yebra (Principal investigator)

Brief description The efficient national monitoring of fuel conditions is
very important to understand bushfire behaviour and risk, as highlighted by the
Bushfire Earth Observation Taskforce, the NSW Bushfire Inquiry and the National
Royal Commission for Natural Disaster Arrangements. This work will contribute
towards compiling and sharing existing field observations of fuel attributes
such as fuel load, structure and moisture in a national database. This national
database will be used to improve remote sensing products and will be publicly
available to support other research programs. The national fuel attributes
databases will have direct benefits to bushfire planning and response given the
fuel data will also be readily available for assessing bushfire risk, predicting
fire behaviour, informing suppression efforts and planning prescribed
burns. 

Amount 200,000.00 AUD

Scheme Translational Research Data Challenges