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Miguel G. Cruz is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on fire dynamics and safety, environmental science, and engineering, with significant contributions to understanding wildfire behavior and its ecological impacts.

Their work spans several main fields of study, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Within these fields, their research addresses multiple subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Key topics covered in Miguel G. Cruz's research include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Fire Detection and Safety Systems
  • Aeolian processes and effects

The researcher has a substantial record of publications, frequently publishing in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Environmental Modelling & Software
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Fire
  • Ecological Informatics

Recent notable papers include:

  • "An empirical-based model for predicting the forward spread rate of wildfires in eucalypt forests" (2021, International Journal of Wildland Fire)
  • "Prediction of wildfire rate of spread in grasslands using machine learning methods" (2022, Environmental Modelling & Software)
  • "Evaluating the 10% wind speed rule of thumb for estimating a wildfire's forward rate of spread against an extensive independent set of observations" (2020, Environmental Modelling & Software)
  • "Evidence for lack of a fuel effect on forest and shrubland fire rates of spread under elevated fire danger conditions: implications for modelling and management" (2022, International Journal of Wildland Fire)
  • "Wildfire Rates of Spread in Grasslands under Critical Burning Conditions" (2022, Fire)

Miguel G. Cruz collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Musa Kilinc
  • Martin E. Alexander
  • James S. Gould
  • W. L. McCaw
  • Andrew Sullivan

Best Publications

  • Anatomy of a catastrophic wildfire: The Black Saturday Kilmore East fire in Victoria, Australia

    M.G. Cruz;A.L. Sullivan;J.S. Gould;N.C. Sims

  • Assessing canopy fuel stratum characteristics in crown fire prone fuel types of western North America

    Miguel G. Cruz;Martin E. Alexander;Ronald H. Wakimoto

  • Assessing crown fire potential in coniferous forests of western North America: a critique of current approaches and recent simulation studies.

    Miguel G. Cruz;Miguel G. Cruz;Martin E. Alexander;Martin E. Alexander

  • Development and testing of models for predicting crown fire rate of spread in conifer forest stands

    Miguel G Cruz;Martin E Alexander;Ronald H Wakimoto

  • Crown fire behaviour in a northern jack pine-black spruce forest

    B J Stocks;M E Alexander;B M Wotton;C N Stefner

  • Interdependencies between flame length and fireline intensity in predicting crown fire initiation and crown scorch height

    Martin E. Alexander;Miguel G. Cruz

  • Uncertainty associated with model predictions of surface and crown fire rates of spread

    Miguel G. Cruz;Martin E. Alexander

  • FireStation - an integrated software system for the numerical simulation of fire spread on complex topography

    A. M. G. Lopes;Miguel G. Cruz;D. X. Viegas

  • A generic, empirical-based model for predicting rate of fire spread in shrublands

    Wendy R. Anderson;Miguel G. Cruz;Paulo M. Fernandes;Lachlan McCaw

  • Modeling the Likelihood of Crown Fire Occurrence in Conifer Forest Stands

    Miguel G. Cruz;Martin E. Alexander;Ronald H. Wakimoto

  • Plant flammability experiments offer limited insight into vegetation–fire dynamics interactions

    Paulo M. Fernandes;Miguel G. Cruz

  • Evaluating a model for predicting active crown fire rate of spread using wildfire observations

    Martin E Alexander;Miguel G Cruz

  • Fuel, Fire Weather and Fire Behaviour in Australian Ecosystems

    Andrew Sullivan;Lachie McCaw;Miguel Gomes Da Cruz;Stuart Matthews

  • Short communication: Are the applications of wildland fire behaviour models getting ahead of their evaluation again?

    Martin E. Alexander;Miguel G. Cruz

  • Fire behaviour modelling in semi-arid mallee-heath shrublands of southern Australia

    M.G. Cruz;W.L. McCaw;W.R. Anderson;J.S. Gould

  • Empirical-based models for predicting head-fire rate of spread in Australian fuel types

    Miguel G. Cruz;James S. Gould;Martin E. Alexander;Andrew L. Sullivan

  • Limitations on the accuracy of model predictions of wildland fire behaviour: A state-of-the-knowledge overview

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  • Predicting the ignition of crown fuels above a spreading surface fire. Part I: model idealization

    Miguel G. Cruz;Bret W. Butler;Martin E. Alexander;Jason M. Forthofer

  • Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior : volume I for fire managers /

    Paul A. Werth;Brian E. Potter;Craig B. Clements;Mark A. Finney

  • The 10% wind speed rule of thumb for estimating a wildfire’s forward rate of spread in forests and shrublands

    Miguel G. Cruz;Martin E. Alexander

  • Development of fuel models for fire behaviour prediction in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) stands

    Miguel G. Cruz;Miguel G. Cruz;Paulo M. Fernandes

  • Development of a model system to predict wildfire behaviour in pine plantations

    Miguel G. Cruz;Martin E. Alexander;Paulo A.M. Fernandes

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin E. Alexander
Martin E. Alexander Wild Rose Fire Behaviour
Paulo M. Fernandes
Paulo M. Fernandes University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Anibal Ollero
Anibal Ollero University of Seville
Mike D. Flannigan
Mike D. Flannigan University of Alberta
B. M. Wotton
B. M. Wotton University of Toronto
Mark A. Finney
Mark A. Finney US Forest Service
Brian J. Stocks
Brian J. Stocks Canadian Forest Service
Ana Isabel Miranda
Ana Isabel Miranda University of Aveiro
José A. Vega
José A. Vega Xunta de Galicia
Roger D. Ottmar
Roger D. Ottmar US Forest Service

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