Gary Sheridan

Forest structure drives fuel moisture response across alternative forest states

TP Brown, A Inbar, TJ Duff, J Burton, PJ Noske, PNJ Lane, GJ Sheridan

Journal article  |  2021  |  Fire

Climate warming is expected to increase fire frequency in many productive obligate seeder forests, where repeated high-intensity f..

2019-2020 Bushfire impacts on sediment and contaminant transport following rainfall in the Upper Murray River catchment

Tapas K Biswas, Fazlul Karim, Anu Kumar, Scott Wilkinson, Juan Guerschman, Gavin Rees, Paul McInerney, Brenton Zampatti, Andrew Sullivan, Petter Nyman, Gary J Sheridan, Klaus Joehnk

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

During the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire season, large expanses (~47%) of agricultural and forested land in the Upper Murray River..

Scientists' warning on extreme wildfire risks to water supply

Francois-Nicolas Robinne, Dennis W Hallema, Kevin D Bladon, Mike D Flannigan, Gabrielle Boisrame, Christian M Brethaut, Stefan H Doerr, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Louise A Gallagher, Amanda K Hohner, Stuart J Khan, Alicia M Kinoshita, Rua Mordecai, Joao Pedro Nunes, Petter Nyman, Cristina Santin, Gary Sheridan, Cathelijne R Stoof, Matthew P Thompson, James M Waddington, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

2020 is the year of wildfire records. California experienced its three largest fires early in its fire season. The Pantanal, the l..

The influence of soil moisture on surface and sub-surface litter fuel moisture simulation at five Australian sites

L Zhao, M Yebra, AIJM van Dijk, GJ Cary, S Matthews, G Sheridan

Journal article  |  2021  |  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Fuel moisture content (FMC) of the litter is a critical factor determining fire ignition and spread and is an important input for ..

Designing tools to predict and mitigate impacts on water quality following the Australian 2019/2020 wildfires: Insights from Sydney's largest water supply catchment.

Jonay Neris, Cristina Santin, Roger Lew, Peter R Robichaud, William J Elliot, Sarah A Lewis, Gary Sheridan, Ann-Marie Rohlfs, Quinn Ollivier, Lorena Oliveira, Stefan H Doerr

Journal article  |  2021  |  Integr Environ Assess Manag

The 2019/2020 Australian bushfires (or wildfires) burned the largest forested area in Australia's recorded history, with major soc..

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..