Petter Nyman

Probability and Consequence of Postfire Erosion for Treatability of Water in an Unfiltered Supply System

Petter Nyman, Peter Yeates, Christoph Langhans, Philip J Noske, Nadav Peleg, Christine Schaerer, Patrick NJ Lane, Shane Haydon, Gary J Sheridan

Journal article  |  2021  |  WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Forested catchments are critical to water supply in major cities. Many of these catchments face the threat of postwildfire erosion..

The Role of Fire in the Coevolution of Soils and Temperate Forests

Assaf Inbar, Petter Nyman, Patrick NJ Lane, Gary J Sheridan

Journal article  |  2020  |  WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Climate drives the coevolution of vegetation and the soil that supports it. Wildfire dramatically affects many key eco‐hydro‐geomo..

Exploring the key drivers of forest flammability in wet eucalypt forests using expert-derived conceptual models

Jane G Cawson, Victoria Hemming, Andrew Ackland, Wendy Anderson, David Bowman, Ross Bradstock, Tegan P Brown, Jamie Burton, Geoffrey J Cary, Thomas J Duff, Alexander Filkov, James M Furlaud, Tim Gazzard, Musa Kilinc, Petter Nyman, Ross Peacock, Mike Ryan, Jason Sharples, Gary Sheridan, Kevin Tolhurst, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Context: Fire behaviour research has largely focused on dry ecosystems that burn frequently, with far less attention on wetter for..

Debris-flow-dominated sediment transport through a channel network after wildfire

Petter Nyman, Walter AC Box, Justin C Stout, Gary J Sheridan, Saskia D Keesstra, Patrick NJ Lane, Christoph Langhans

Journal article  |  2020  |  EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Field studies that investigate sediment transport between debris-flow-producing headwaters and rivers are uncommon, particularly i..

Estimation of surface dead fine fuel moisture using automated fuel moisture sticks across a range of forests worldwide

Jane G Cawson, Petter Nyman, Christian Schunk, Gary J Sheridan, Thomas J Duff, Kelsy Gibos, William D Bovill, Marco Conedera, Gianni B Pezzatti, Annette Menzel

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Wildland Fire

Field measurements of surface dead fine fuel moisture content (FFMC) are integral to wildfire management, but conventional measure..

Debris flows in southeast Australia linked to drought, wildfire, and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation

Petter Nyman, Ian D Rutherfurd, Patrick NJ Lane, Gary J Sheridan

Journal article  |  2019  |  GEOLOGY

Between 2003 and 2013, drought, large wildfires, and record-breaking rainfall contributed to debris flows in southeast Australia t..

A novel approach for determining risk of water supply disruptions due to post-wildfire debris flows

P Nyman, P Yeates, C Langhans, C Schärer, PJ Noske, PNJ Lane, S Haydon, GJ Sheridan

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Monitoring, Modeling, and Assessment - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation

Quantifying relations between surface runoff and aridity after wildfire

Rene E Van der Sant, Petter Nyman, Philip J Noske, Christoph Langhans, Patrick NJ Lane, Gary J Sheridan

Journal article  |  2018  |  EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Post-wildfire runoff and erosion are major concerns in fire-prone landscapes around the world, but these hydro-geomorphic response..

Climate Dictates Magnitude of Asymmetry in Soil Depth and Hillslope Gradient

Assaf Inbar, Petter Nyman, Francis K Rengers, Patrick NJ Lane, Gary J Sheridan

Journal article  |  2018  |  GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Hillslope asymmetry is often attributed to differential eco-hydro-geomorphic processes resulting from aspect-related differences i..

Eco-hydrological controls on microclimate and surface fuel evaporation in complex terrain

Petter Nyman, Craig C Baillie, Thomas J Duff, Gary J Sheridan

Journal article  |  2018  |  AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

The micrometeorological factors driving variation in litter moisture (GWClit) at the landscape scale are poorly understood, partic..