Dr Allan Spessa

Research Highlights

1. Nikonovas, T., Spessa, A., Doerr, S., Clay, G., & Mezbahuddin, S. (2020). Near-complete loss of fire-resistant primary tropical forest cover in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Communications Earth & Environment, 1(1)

   https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00069-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55781
2. Widyastuti, K., Imron, M., Pradopo, S., Suryatmojo, H., Sopha, B., Spessa, A., & Berger, U. (2020). PeatFire: an agent-based model to simulate fire ignition and spreading in a tropical peatland ecosystem. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 30(2), 71

   https://doi.org/10.1071/wf19213, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57537
3. Wang, B., Spessa, A., Feng, P., Hou, X., Yue, C., Luo, J., Ciais, P., Waters, C., Cowie, A., Nolan, R., Nikonovas, T., Jin, H., Walshaw, H., Wei, J., Guo, X., Liu, D., & Yu, Q. (2022). Extreme fire weather is the major driver of severe bushfires in southeast Australia. Science Bulletin, 67(6), 655-664.

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2021.10.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58376
4. Nikonovas, T., Spessa, A., Doerr, S., Clay, G., & Mezbahuddin, S. (2022). ProbFire: a probabilistic fire early warning system for Indonesia. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22(2), 303-322.

   https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-303-2022, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59304
5. Mezbahuddin, S., Nikonovas, T., Spessa, A., Grant, R., Imron, M., Doerr, S., & Clay, G. (2023). Accuracy of tropical peat and non-peat fire forecasts enhanced by simulating hydrology. Scientific Reports, 13(1)

   https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27075-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62302

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