Associate Professor Jason Sharples

j.sharples@adfa.edu.au
+61 2 6268 9466
+61 2 6268 8786

LOCATION

Room 107 SSCI South (Bldg 26) School of Science, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, PO Box 7916, Canberra BC ACT 2610, AUSTRALIA

  • ABOUT
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Dr Jason Sharples is an Associate Professor in the School of Science, UNSW Canberra

Research Interests
Bushfire Risk Management, Geometry, Mathematical Physics

Jason is part of the Applied and Industrial Mathematics Group and the Computational Science Initiative. He is currently Lead Chief Investigator on two ARC Discovery Indigenous Projects and Project Leader for the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC's 'Spot Fire' Project. These projects all consider various aspects of extreme and dynamic bushfire propagation, the development of large conflagrations and bushfire risk management.
 

For Future Research Students: Ph.D. scholarships ($35,000 per year) are available for high achieving students (with H1 /High Distinction in UG and Masters by Research) in Applied Mathematics, Combustion and Bushfire Dynamics under my supervision. If you are interested contact me at j.sharples@adfa.edu.au.

Book Chapters

Sharples J, 2018, 'Foehn Winds.', in Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-51727-8_71-1

Dovers S; Hutchinson M; Lindenmayer D; Manning A; Mills F; Perkins P; Sharples J; White I, 2012, 'Uncertainty, complexity and the environment', in Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, pp. 245 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781849773607

Journal articles

Z. Bahri FM; Sharples JJ, 2019, 'Sensitivity of the Empirical Mode Decomposition to Interpolation Methodology and Data Non-stationarity', Environmental Modeling and Assessment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10666-019-9654-6

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, vol. 27, pp. 52 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF16173

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, vol. 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, vol. 27, pp. 155 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF17087

Chaivaranont W; Evans JP; Liu YY; Sharples JJ, 2018, 'Estimating grassland curing with remotely sensed data', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 18, pp. 1535 - 1554, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1535-2018

Hilton JE; Sullivan AL; Swedosh W; Sharples J; Thomas C, 2018, 'Incorporating convective feedback in wildfire simulations using pyrogenic potential', Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 107, pp. 12 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.05.009

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, vol. 27, pp. 271 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF17155

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

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, vol. 26, pp. 331 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF16079

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, vol. 401, pp. 330 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.07.009

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

Simpson CC; Sharples JJ; Evans JP, 2016, 'Sensitivity of atypical lateral fire spread to wind and slope', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 43, pp. 1744 - 1751, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL067343

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, vol. 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

McRae RHD; Sharples JJ; Fromm M, 2015, 'Linking local wildfire dynamics to pyroCb development', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 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, vol. 24, pp. 1008 - 1022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF14150

Gill AM; Sharples J; Johnstone G, 2014, 'Edge effects on between-fire interval in landscape fragments such as fire-prone terrestrial conservation reserves', Biological Conservation, vol. 169, pp. 54 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.10.012

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, vol. 14, pp. 2359 - 2371, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-2359-2014

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, vol. 62, pp. 153 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.08.024

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

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, vol. 22, pp. 599 - 614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF12072

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

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, vol. 62, pp. 157 - 169, http://www.bom.gov.au/amoj/docs/2012/sharples.pdf

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, vol. 62, pp. 157 - 169

Fromm MD; McRae RHD; Sharples JJ; Kablick GP, 2012, 'Pyrocumulonimbus pair in Wollemi and Blue Mountains National Parks, 22 November 2006', Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, vol. 62, pp. 117 - 126

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

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

Sharples JJ; Sidhu HS; McIntosh AC; Brindley J; Gubernov VV, 2012, 'Analysis of combustion waves arising in the presence of a competitive endothermic reaction', IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications), vol. 77, pp. 18 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxr072

Wee WYS; Sidhu HS; Sharples JJ; Towers IN; Gubernov VV, 2012, 'Properties of reaction fronts in a non-adiabatic two stage exothermic-endothermic competitive reaction scheme', ANZIAM Journal, vol. 54

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

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

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

Sharples JJ; Sidhu HS; Gubernov VV, 2010, 'Analysing instability of combustion waves using the Evans function', ANZIAM Journal, vol. 52

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

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

Sharples JJ, 2009, 'An overview of mountain meteorological effects relevant to fire behaviour and bushfire risk', International Journal of Wildland Fire, vol. 18, pp. 737 - 754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF08041

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

Sharples JJ; McRae RHD; Weber RO; Gill AM, 2009, 'A simple index for assessing fuel moisture content', Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 24, pp. 637 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.10.012

Sidhu HS; Gubernov VV; Mercer G; Kolobov AV; Polezhaev AA; Sharples JJ, 2009, 'Travelling waves in a two-step chain branching model with heat loss', Chemical Product and Process Modeling, vol. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1934-2659.1437

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

Sidhu HS; Gubernov VV; Kolobov AV; Polezhaev AA; Mercer GN; Sharples JJ, 2008, 'Oscillatory combustion waves in a chain branching model', ANZIAM Journal, vol. 50

Hennessy KJ; Whetton PH; Walsh K; Smith IN; Bathols JM; Hutchinson M; Sharples J, 2008, 'Climate change effects on snow conditions in mainland Australia and adaptation at ski resorts through snowmaking', Climate Research, vol. 35, pp. 255 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/cr00706

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

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

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

Sharples J, 2005, 'Local existence of quasispherical space-time initial data', Journal of Mathematical Physics, vol. 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1864250

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

Sharples JJ, 2004, 'Linear and quasilinear parabolic equations in Sobolev space', Journal of Differential Equations, vol. 202, pp. 111 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2004.03.020

Chaivaranont W; Evans JP; Liu YY; Sharples JJ, 'Estimating Grassland Curing with Remotely Sensed Data', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2017-101

Conference Papers

Evans J; sharples J, (ed.), 2017, 'Evaluating the terminal-velocity assumption in simulations of long-range inert ember transport', in MODSIM2017, 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, MODSIM2017, 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Hobart, pp. 1187 - 1193, presented at MODSIM2017, 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Hobart, 03 - 08 December 2017, http://dx.doi.org/https://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2017/H10/thomas.pdf

WATT S; Sidhu HS; Jovanoski Z; Towers I; Sharples J; Gubernov V, 2017, 'Propagation of travelling waves in a complex system modelling fire spread', in Propagation of travelling waves in a complex system modelling fire spread, 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, presented at 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 03 - 08 December 2017

Sanni S; Sharples J; Gill A; Jovanoski Z; Sidhu HS; Towers I, (eds.), 2017, 'A stochastic differential equation approach to modelling the growth phase of fire spread', in MODSIM2017 - Proceedings - MSSANZ, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc. (MSSANZ), Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 1152 - 1158, presented at The 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Hobart, Tasmania, 03 - 08 December 2017, http://dx.doi.org/https://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2017/H10/sanni.pdf

Evans JP; sharples J, (eds.), 2017, 'The role of deep flaming in violent pyroconvection', in MODSIM2017, 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2017, pp. 894–900. ISBN: 978-0-9872143-7-9. www.mssanz.org., MODSIM2017, 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2017, pp. 894–900, Hobart, pp. 1090 - 1096, presented at MODSIM2017, 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2017, pp. 894–900, Hobart, 03 - 08 December 2017, http://dx.doi.org/https://mssanz.org.au/modsim2017/H10/badlan.pdf

Ziaeyan Bahri M; Sharples J, 2017, 'Empirical Mode Decomposition and the two-tone separation problem in the presence of noise', in MODSIM2017, 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2017, The 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2017), Hobart Tasmania, presented at The 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2017), Hobart Tasmania, 03 - 08 December 2017, http://dx.doi.org/https://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2017/A5/bahri.pdf

Edgar RA; Sharples JJ; Sidhu HS, 2016, 'Examining the effects of convective intensity on plume attachment in three-dimensional trenches', in Chemical Engineering - Regeneration, Recovery and Reinventiion, Engineers Australia, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 613 - 621, presented at Chemeca 2016, Adelaide SA Australia, 25 - 28 September 2016

Sharples JJ; Simpson CC; Evans JP; McRae RHD, (ed.), 2015, 'Threshold Behaviour in Dynamic Fire Propagation', in Proceedings of the Research Forum at the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, Wellington, New Zealand, presented at Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference 2014, Wellington, New Zealand, 02 - 02 September 2014, http://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/biblio/bnh-1644

Simpson CC; Sharples JJ; Evans JP, 2015, 'Numerical modelling of wildland fire spread on the windward and leeward sides of a ridge', in Numerical modelling of wildland fire spread on the windward and leeward sides of a ridge, MODSIM2015, 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Broadbeach, Queensland, pp. 22 - 28, presented at MODSIM2015, 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Broadbeach, Queensland, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Edgar RA; Sharples JJ; Sidhu HS, 2015, 'Investigation of flame attachment and accelerated fire spread', in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Confederation of Engineering Congress 2015 (APCChE 2015) - incorporating Chemeca 2015, Asia Pacific Confederation of Engineering Congress 2015 (APCChE 2015) - incorporating Chemeca 2015, Melbourne, VIC, pp. 1 - 8, presented at Asia Pacific Confederation of Engineering Congress 2015 (APCChE 2015) - incorporating Chemeca 2015, Melbourne, VIC, 27 September - 01 October 2015

Sharples JJ; McRae R, 2015, 'Assessing mitigation of the risk from extreme wildfires using MODIS hotspot data', in 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 Nov to 4 Dec 2015, 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 Nov to 4 Dec 2015, Gold Coast, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 Nov to 4 Dec 2015, Gold Coast, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Zhang Y; Lim S; Sharples JJ, (eds.), 2015, 'Development of spatial models for bushfire occurrence in South-Eastern Australia', in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, pp. 326 - 332, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) held jointly with the 23rd National Conference of the Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research / DSTO led Defence Operations Research, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Bahri FMZ; Sharples JJ; Wang XH; Sun Y-J, (eds.), 2015, 'Modelling sea level and East Australian Current co-variability using the Hilbert-Huang transform', in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, pp. 1254 - 1260, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) held jointly with the 23rd National Conference of the Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research / DSTO led Defence Operations Research, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Sharples JJ; Kiss AE; Raposo J; Viegas DX; Simpson CC, (eds.), 2015, 'Pyrogenic vorticity from windward and lee slope fires', in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, pp. 291 - 297, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) held jointly with the 23rd National Conference of the Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research / DSTO led Defence Operations Research, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Thomas CM; Sharples JJ; Evans JP, (eds.), 2015, 'Pyroconvective interaction of two merged fire lines: curvature effects and dynamic fire spread', in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, pp. 312 - 318, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) held jointly with the 23rd National Conference of the Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research / DSTO led Defence Operations Research, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Quill R; Sharples JJ; Sidhu LA, (eds.), 2015, 'Effects of post-fire vegetation regrowth on wind fields over complex terrain', in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, pp. 277 - 283, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) held jointly with the 23rd National Conference of the Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research / DSTO led Defence Operations Research, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Wheeler V-M; Wheeler GE; McCoy JA; Sharples JJ, (eds.), 2015, 'Modelling dynamic bushfire spread: perspectives from the theory of curvature flow', in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, pp. 319 - 325, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) held jointly with the 23rd National Conference of the Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research / DSTO led Defence Operations Research, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Edgar RA; Sharples JJ; Sidhu HS, (eds.), 2015, 'Revisiting the King's Cross Underground disaster with implications for modelling wildfire eruption', in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, pp. 215 - 221, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) held jointly with the 23rd National Conference of the Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research / DSTO led Defence Operations Research, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Quill R; Sharples JJ, (eds.), 2015, 'Dynamic development of the 2013 Aberfeldy fire', in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, pp. 284 - 290, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) held jointly with the 23rd National Conference of the Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research / DSTO led Defence Operations Research, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Sharples JJ; Gill AM; Burrows ND, (eds.), 2015, 'A rate of spread index for fires in spinifex fuels', in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, pp. 298 - 304, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) held jointly with the 23rd National Conference of the Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research / DSTO led Defence Operations Research, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Bahri FMZ; Sharples JJ, (eds.), 2015, 'Sensitivity of the Hilbert-Huang Transform to interpolation methodology: examples using synthetic and ocean data', in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, pp. 1324 - 1330, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) held jointly with the 23rd National Conference of the Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research / DSTO led Defence Operations Research, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Simpson C; Sharples J; Evans J, (eds.), 2015, 'WRF-Fire Simulation of Lateral Fire Spread in the Bendora Fire on 18 January 2003', in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, pp. 305 - 311, presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM) held jointly with the 23rd National Conference of the Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research / DSTO led Defence Operations Research, Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA, 29 November - 04 December 2015

Sharples JJ; Towers IN; Wheeler G; Wheeler V-M; McCoy JA, (eds.), 2013, 'Modelling fire line merging using plane curvature flow', in 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2013), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, pp. 256 - 262, presented at 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM), Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, 01 - 06 December 2013

Sharples JJ; Simpson CC; Evans JP, (eds.), 2013, 'Examination of wind speed thresholds for vorticity-driven lateral fire spread', in 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2013), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, pp. 263 - 269, presented at 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM), Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, 01 - 06 December 2013

Sharples JJ; McRae RHD, (eds.), 2013, 'A fire spread index for grassland fuels', in 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2013), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, pp. 249 - 255, presented at 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM), Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, 01 - 06 December 2013

Price OF; Sharples JJ, (eds.), 2013, 'The effect of fire channelling on fire severity in the 2009 Victorian fires, Australia', in 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2013), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, pp. 221 - 227, presented at 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM), Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, 01 - 06 December 2013

McRae RHD; Sharples JJ, (eds.), 2013, 'A process model for forecasting conditions conducive to blow-up fire events', in 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2013), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, pp. 187 - 192, presented at 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM), Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, 01 - 06 December 2013

Wheeler V-M; McCoy JA; Wheeler GE; Sharples JJ, (eds.), 2013, 'Curvature flows and barriers in fire front modelling', in 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2013), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, pp. 297 - 303, presented at 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM), Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, 01 - 06 December 2013

Wee W; Sharples JJ; Sidhu HS; Gubernov V, 2012, 'Analysis of a two-stage competitive endothermic-exothermic reaction scheme', in Proceedings of Chemeca2012, Engineers Australia, 2012, Wellington, NZ, pp. 1 - 12, presented at Chemeca2012, Wellington, NZ, 23 - 26 September 2012, http://www.chemeca2012.com/papers/504.pdf

Sharples JJ; McRae R, 2011, 'Atypical bushfire spread driven by the interaction of terrain and extreme fire weather', in Proceedings of Bushfire CRC and AFAC 2011 Conference Science Day, Bushfire CRC, Sydney, pp. 57 - 73, presented at Joint Bushfire CRC and AFAC 2011 Conference, Sydney, 01 September 2011, http://www.bushfirecrc.com/resources/pages-57-73-atypical-bushfire-spread

Qian C; Sidhu HS; Sharples JJ; Towers IN; Gubernov VV, 2011, 'Combustion waves from a sequential exothermic and endothermic reaction', in MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty, pp. 725 - 732, presented at

Sharples JJ; Matthews S, 2011, 'Evaluation of some simplified models for predicting the moisture content of fine, dead fuels', in MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty, pp. 242 - 248, presented at

McRae RHD; Sharples JJ, 2011, 'Modelling the thermal belt in an Australian bushfire context', in MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty, pp. 221 - 227, presented at

Sharples JJ; Gubernov VV; Sidhu HS; McIntosh AC; Brindley J, 2011, 'Analysis of a competitive exothermic-endothermic reaction scheme', in MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty, pp. 345 - 351, presented at

Sharples JJ; Viegas DX; McRae RHD; Raposo JRN; Farinha HAS, 2011, 'Lateral bushfire propagation driven by the interaction of wind, terrain and fire', in MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty, pp. 235 - 241, presented at

Sharples JJ; Sidhu HS; Gubernov V, 2010, 'Properties of nonadiabatic premixed combustion fronts arising in single-step reaction schemes', in Proceedings of Chemeca 2010: The 40th Annual Australasian Chemical and Process Engineering Conference, Engineers Australia, Adelaide, presented at Chemeca 2010, Adelaide, 26 - 29 September 2010

Sharples JJ; Xavier viegas D; Rossa C; McRae R, 2010, 'Small-scale observations of atypical fire spread caused by the interaction of wind, terrain and fire', in VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research, ADAI/CEIF, Coimbra, Portugal, pp. 363 - 371, presented at 6th International Conference on Forest Fire Research, Coimbra, Portugal, 15 - 18 November 2010

Sharples JJ; McRae RHD; Weber RO, 2009, 'An empirical probabilistic study of wind direction over complex terrain', in 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings, pp. 4446 - 4452, presented at

Sharples JJ; Mills GA; McRae RHD; Weber RO, 2009, 'Fire danger anomalies associated with foehn-like winds in southeastern Australia', in 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings, pp. 268 - 274, presented at

Sharples JJ; Gubernov VV; Sidhu HS; Towers IN; Kolobov AV; Polezhaev AA, 2009, 'Behaviour of combustion waves in one-step and two-step models', in 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings, pp. 4453 - 4459, presented at

Sharples JJ; McRae RHD; Weber RO; Gill AM, 2009, 'A simple method for assessing fuel moisture content and fire danger rating', in 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings, pp. 275 - 281, presented at

McRae R; Sharples JJ; Weber RO, 2007, 'Are big fires inevitable? Perpectives from the HighFire Risk Project', in Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Hobart, pp. 1 - 11, presented at Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Hobart, 19 - 21 September 2007

McRae R; Weber RO; Sharples JJ, 2006, 'Advancing bushfire risk management in the high country', in Proceedings of Bushfire 2006., 10th Biennial Australasian Bushfire Conference (Bushfire 2006), Brisbane, Australia, presented at 10th Biennial Australasian Bushfire Conference (Bushfire 2006), Brisbane, Australia, 01 June 2006

Sharples JJ; Weber RO; McRae R, 2006, 'HighFire Risk: Bushfire Risk Management in High Country Landscapes', in Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2006 Conference, Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2006 Conference, Melbourne, presented at Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2006 Conference, Melbourne, 10 - 13 August 2006

Sharples JJ; Weber RO; McRae R, 2006, 'Highfire risk: collaborations sought', in Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2006 Conference, Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2006 Conference, Melbourne, presented at Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2006 Conference, Melbourne, 10 - 13 August 2006

McRae R; Weber RO; Sharples JJ, 2006, 'Highfire risk: fire size-class transition model', in Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2006 Conference, Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2006 Conference, Melbourne, presented at Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2006 Conference, Melbourne, 10 - 13 August 2006

Dovers S; Hutchinson M; Lindenmayer D; Manning A; Mills F; Sharples JJ; White I, 2005, 'Uncertainty, complexity, and the environment', in Proceedings, The Challenge of Uncertainty: Learning from Diverse Disciplinary and Practice Approaches, The Challenge of Uncertainty Learning from Diverse Disciplinary and Practice Approaches, Canberra, Australia, presented at The Challenge of Uncertainty Learning from Diverse Disciplinary and Practice Approaches, Canberra, Australia, 12 - 13 April 2005

Sharples JJ; Hutchinson MF, 2005, 'Spatio-temporal analysis of climatic data using additive regression splines', in MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings, pp. 1695 - 1701, presented at

Reports

Hennessy K; Whetton P; Smith IN; Bathols JM; Hutchinson M; Sharples JJ, 2003, The impact of climate change on snow conditions in mainland Australia, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Melbourne, Australia, CSIRO Atmospheric Research technical paper, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, ii

Conference Posters

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

McRae R; Sharples JJ, 2012, 'The Thermal Belt', in AFAC and Bushfire CRC 2012 Conference, Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council and Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre Conference, Perth, presented at Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council and Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre Conference, Perth, 31 August 2012, http://knowledgeweb.afac.com.au/conference/posters/The_Thermal_Belt

McRae R; Sharples JJ, 2012, 'What we need to differently', in AFAC and Bushfire CRC 2012 Conference, Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council and Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre Conference, Perth, presented at Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council and Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre Conference, Perth, 31 August 2012, http://knowledgeweb.afac.com.au/conference/posters/What_We_Need_to_Do_Differently

Sharples JJ; Gibson M; McRae R, 2012, 'A close encounter with an extreme bushfire', in AFAC and Bushfire CRC 2012 Conference, Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council and Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre Conference, Perth, presented at Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council and Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre Conference, Perth, 21 - 31 August 2012, http://knowledgeweb.afac.com.au/conference/posters/Close_Encounter_with_an_Extreme_Bushfire

McRae R; Sharples JJ; Weber RO, 2008, 'HighFire Risk: The role of rugged landscapes', in Proceedings of the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, presented at the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 01 - 03 September 2008

Sharples JJ; Weber RO; McRae R; Gill AM, 2008, 'HighFire Risk: A simple approach for assessing fuel moisture content and fire danger rating', in Proceedings of the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, presented at the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 01 - 03 September 2008

McRae R; Sharples JJ; Weber RO, 2008, 'HighFire Risk: Fire crew watch-outs arising from our research', in Proceedings of the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, presented at the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 01 - 03 September 2008

McRae R; Sharples JJ; Weber RO, 2008, 'HighFire Risk: Violent pyro-convection - an international study', in Proceedings of the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, presented at the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 01 - 03 September 2008

Sharples JJ; Weber RO; McRae R; Mills G, 2008, 'HighFire Risk: Weather anomalies in the high-country I: Nocturnal low-level jets', in Proceedings of the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, presented at the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 01 - 03 September 2008

Sharples JJ; Weber RO; McRae R; Mills G, 2008, 'HighFire Risk: Weather anomalies in the high-country II: Subsidence Inversions', in Proceedings of the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, presented at the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 01 - 03 September 2008

McRae R; Sharples JJ; Weber RO, 2008, 'HighFire Risk: The thermal belt in Australia', in Proceedings of the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, presented at the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 01 - 03 September 2008

Sharples JJ; Weber RO; McRae R, 2008, 'HighFire Risk: Analysis of lee-slope eddies', in Proceedings of the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, presented at the Joint AFAC/Bushfire CRC Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 01 - 03 September 2008

Sharples JJ; Weber RO; McRae R, 2007, 'A simple fuel moisture index for eucalpyt litter', in Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Hobart, presented at Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Hobart, 19 - 21 September 2007

Sharples JJ; Weber RO; McRae R; Mills G, 2007, 'Elevated fire danger conditions associated with Foehn-like winds in Eastern Victoria', in Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Hobart, presented at Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Hobart, 19 - 21 September 2007

Sharples JJ; Weber RO; McRae R, 2007, 'Wind-terrain effects on rugged landscape fire propagation: lee-slope channelling', in Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Hobart, presented at Bushfire CRC/AFAC 2007 Conference, Hobart, 19 - 21 September 2007

Theses / Dissertations

Qian C, Adiabatic Combustion Waves in Sequential Exothermic-Endothermic Reactions, thesis, UNSW