Todd Ellis

Physical Pyrogeography

PhD Candidate

Biography

PhD project: Dynamic mapping and analysis of New South Wales fire regimes: Past, present, and future

Working with the NSW Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub, Todd will analyse the historical and projected trends in fuel moisture, using it as a proxy for fire potential. He will focus on both the global and finer-scale regional patterns. His regional analyses will include a jumping-off point for a) modelling NSW’s fire history and identifying its climate controls in order to predict regional changes in wildfire risk under different climate projections; and b) modelling NSW’s past fire regime and return intervals in order to reconstruct censored fire histories and benefit government fire management.

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Fire Centre Research Hub, The University of Tasmania
Private Bag 55, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia

Fire.Centre@utas.edu.au

Acknowledgement of Country:

‘The Fire Centre acknowledges the Palawa and Pakana people as the traditional and ongoing custodians of lutruwita (Tasmania), paying respect to their culture and identity which has been bound up with the Land, Sea, Waterways and Sky for generations. The Fire Centre commits to being culturally inclusive and respectful in our relationships”