Additional sources of data included: point-based ground observations like photographic and video images, statements and submissions to the Bushfires Royal Commission, and field interviews with local residents.
Fire reconstruction was based primarily on indirect evidence from remotely sensed data such as digital aerial photography, satellite imagery and high-resolution Doppler radar. The methodology uses a fire isochrone approach that integrates the latest remote sensing technology with field observations of the Black Saturday fires to characterise the rate of spread, fire intensity, energy release, convection column, and spot fire dynamics during the various phases of their development.
This paper summarises the methodology involved in reconstructing spread and behaviour of nine large-scale bushfires that burned across the state of Victoria, Australia in an event known as Black Saturday on 7th February 2009.
