S7.8 Hadavi: Bushfire Data Commons

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Dr Sheida Hadavi, Director, Data Policy and Services at Australian Research Data Commons
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The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) is a NCRIS facility, providing Australian researchers with competitive advantage through data. The Translational Research Data Challenges program is a new national-scale ‘flagship’ initiative providing innovative and high-impact digital infrastructure solutions to real-world problems. In response to the acute demand, the first societal problem is ‘Disaster Resilience and Risk Reduction’, with an initial focus on the impact area of ‘Bushfires’. The ‘Bushfire data challenges’ program aims to improve bushfire management by supporting research and development with pathways to advancing operational planning and response.

Collaborating with partners from governments and research institutions the projects address societal problems by removing barriers to the access, analysis and curation of data. The research and development infrastructure is expected to dovetail by design with existing and emerging initiatives from the mature organisations such as TERN, DAWE, GA and CSIRO.

The bushfire data infrastructure have three aspects:
- Aggregated data content
- A framework for aggregating data, establishing a systematic approach towards data sharing and storage
- A platform to provide access, visualisations and modelling tools

ARDC runs 2 phases of the bushfire data challenges:
- modelling bushfire behaviour, with data content on fire history and fuel
- modelling impact, with data content on built infrastructure, health, air quality and environment

As part of this program, TERN leads the work stream on ‘Aggregating and harmonising fuel data on a national scale’. This project aligns with TERN's national leadership in biomass, and in partnership with DAWE, they would provide a national scale fuel data layer including content, structure and moisture. State agencies and researchers are the other partners and beneficiaries in this project.

In this initiative TERN and the ecosystems science community will address questions of national significance with national scale data infrastructure through joined-up efforts with other leading national players.
Bushfire data commons - Adrian Burton and Sheida Hadavi
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
12:48 PM - 2:30 PM
10 minute presentation
Hadavi S 1 , Burton A 1
1 ARDC, Acton ACT, Australia
Bushfire data commons

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