https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Rapid assessment of hillslope erosion risk after the 2019-2020 wildfires and storm events in Sydney drinking water catchment https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37850 −1 month −1, about 30 times higher than the pre-fire erosion and 10 times higher than the average erosion rate at the same period because of the intense storm events and rainfall erosivity with a return period over 40 years. The high post-fire erosion risk areas (up to 23.8 Mg ha−1 month−1) were at sub-catchments near Warragamba Dam which forms Lake Burragorang and supplies drinking water to more than four million people in Sydney. These findings assist in the timely assessment of post-fire erosion and water quality risks and help develop cost-effective fire incident management and mitigation actions for such an area with both significant ecological and drinking water assets. The methodology developed from this study is potentially applicable elsewhere for similar studies as the input datasets (satellite and radar data) and computing platforms (GEE, GIS) are available and accessible worldwide.]]> Wed 19 May 2021 11:38:03 AEST ]]> Pregnant women who smoke may be at greater risk of adverse effects from bushfires https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:44276 Wed 13 Mar 2024 08:51:57 AEDT ]]> Plans never go according to plan: an empirical analysis of challenges to plans during the 2009 Victoria bushfires https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:18483 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:59:49 AEDT ]]> Formation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans and their precursors in fires of pyrethroid pesticide alpha-cypermethrin https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:13196 -1 and 384 pg ΣTEQ-WHO2005 g-1 of alpha-cypermethrin. 1-monochlorodibenzofuran was ranked as the most abundant congener. We also conducted the analyses of volatile organic compounds (VOC) attempting to identify the PCDD/F precursors by means of HRGCquadrupole mass spectrometry (QMS). The results of VOC revealed chlorobenzene, diphenyl ether, benzaldehyde, chlorotoluene, dichlorotoluene as important PCDD/F precursors.]]> Mon 19 Aug 2024 10:40:21 AEST ]]>