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Dr Rachel Badlan

Dr Rachel Badlan

Postdoctoral Fellow
UNSW Canberra
School of Science

Rachel graduated with a B. Sc. in Applied Maths and Atmospheric Science in 2009 and a B. Sc. (Hons) in 2010, both from the University of Melbourne. Her Honours work investigated the effects of atmospheric dynamics and terrain on fire danger. She then completed her PhD in Earth Sciences in 2017, specialising in momentum transport in tropical convection using the WRF Model and observational data from Doppler radar.  She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Prof. Jason Sharples working on bushfire dynamics and developing a mapping tool for use by Australian fire agencies, which aids in identification of areas at risk of extreme fire development.
E-mail
r.badlan@adfa.edu.au
Location
Room G37, PEMS South (Bldg 26), School of Science, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, PO Box 7916, Canberra BC ACT 2610, AUSTRALIA
  • Book Chapters | 2022
    Sharples JJ; Hilton JE; Badlan RL; Thomas CM; McRae RHD, 2022, 'Fire Line Geometry and Pyroconvective Dynamics', in Wildland Fire Dynamics: Fire Effects and Behavior from a Fluid Dynamics Perspective, pp. 77 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108683241.004
  • Journal articles | 2021
    Badlan RL; Sharples JJ; Evans JP; McRae RHD, 2021, 'Factors influencing the development of violent pyroconvection. Part I: Fire size and stability', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 30, pp. 484 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF20040
    Journal articles | 2021
    Badlan RL; Sharples JJ; Evans JP; McRae RHD, 2021, 'Factors influencing the development of violent pyroconvection. Part II: Fire geometry and intensity', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 30, pp. 498 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF20041
    Journal articles | 2018
    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, 27, pp. 85 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF17114
    Journal articles | 2017
    Badlan RL; Lane TP; Moncrieff MW; Jakob C, 2017, 'Insights into convective momentum transport and its parametrization from idealized simulations of organized convection', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 143, pp. 2687 - 2702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.3118
    Journal articles | 2012
    Badlan RL; Lane TP; Mills GA; Caine S, 2012, 'Mesoscale modelling of two 'drying events': Governing processes and implications for fire danger', Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 62, pp. 143 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.22499/2.6203.003
  • Conference Papers | 2019
    Badlan RL; Sharples JJ; Evans JP; McRae RHD, 2019, 'Insights into the role of fire geometry and violent pyroconvection', in 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Supporting Evidence-Based Decision Making: The Role of Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2019, pp. 726 - 732
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Badlan RL; Sharples JJ; Evans J; McRae RHD, 2018, 'The role of fire size, geometry, and intensity, in "extreme" plume development', in Viegas DX (ed.), ADVANCES IN FOREST FIRE RESEARCH 2018, UNIV COIMBRA, PORTUGAL, Coimbra, pp. 1212 - 1215, presented at 8th International Conference on Forest Fire Research, PORTUGAL, Coimbra, 09 November 2018 - 16 November 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-16-506_140
    Conference Papers | 2018
    McRae RHD; Sharples J; Badlan RL, 2018, 'A model for identifying blow-up fire potential', in Viegas DX (ed.), ADVANCES IN FOREST FIRE RESEARCH 2018, UNIV COIMBRA, PORTUGAL, Coimbra, pp. 17 - 22, presented at 8th International Conference on Forest Fire Research, PORTUGAL, Coimbra, 09 November 2018 - 16 November 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-16-506_1
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Evans JP; sharples J; Badlan R, 2017, 'The role of deep flaming in violent pyroconvection', in Syme G; Hatton MacDonald D; Fulton B; Piantadosi J (eds.), 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.au/modsim2017/G6/chiew.pdf, 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 December 2017 - 08 December 2017, https://mssanz.org.au/modsim2017/H10/badlan.pdf

Finalist in Shirty Science 2018 - part of National Science Week

Fresh Science Winner ACT 2018 - Science Communication Competition