AUSTRALIAN TROPICAL PYROCB REGISTER

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This is the list of Australian tropical fire thunderstorm / pyrocumulonimbus / pyroCb events. There are 7 entries, starting in 2018.
These form when a fire couples with the atmosphere above the LCL, as a result of deep flaming and an unstable profile.

The data here are the result of a collaborative global effort since 2003: Mike Fromm, Rick McRae, Rene Servrackx, Andrew Tupper, Jason Sharples, Colin Seftor, Dan Lindsay, Dave Peterson, Zachary Esch, Kevin Tory and others in the PyroCb discussion group.
This list is maintained by Adjunct Professor Rick McRae, UNSW Canberra, Bushfire Research Group at ADFA.
Any new information relevant to these events, or to others not in the register, should be forwarded to r.mcrae@unsw.edu.au

The last entry is for December, 2023.

Update 22 Feb 2022: Thanks to Dr Colin Seftor, NASA OMPS, we have used N7 TOMS AI data to show that on Ash Wednesday, 16 Feb 1983, there were pyroCbs from both the Adelaide Hills Fire (1983a) and the fire near Lorne (1983b). This potential was indicated by research into the precursor drought.
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ID	EVENT	YEAR	DATE (dd/mm/yyyy)	STATE	LOCATION	LONGITUDE	LATITUDE	LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE
2018a	2018 (04 Nov) WA: Deserts	2018	04/11/2017	WA	Deserts	122.3	-21	High
2023a	2023 (24 Oct) WA: Great Sandy Desert	2023	24/10/2013	WA	Great Sandy Desert	121.8	-19.6	Very high
2023c	2023 (03 Nov) WA: Gibson Desert	2023	03/11/2023	WA	Gibson Desert	128.36	-23.26	High
2023f	2023 (29 Dec) WA: Great Sandy Desert	2023	29/12/2023	WA	Great Sandy Desert	127.1	-20.5	High
2023g	2023 (29 Dec) WA: Great Sandy Desert	2023	29/12/2023	WA	Great Sandy Desert	127.2	-21.3	Very high
2023h	2023 (31 Dec) Qld: Gulf Country	2023	31/12/2023	Qld	Gulf Country	142.1	-19.7	Very high
2023i	2023 (31 Dec) Qld: Gulf country	2023	31/12/2023	Qld	Gulf country	142.1	-19.6	Very high

Notes:

Dates are formatted "dd/mm/yyyy".
Event names are descriptive and not neccessarily related to fire names.
Lats/longs cannot be precise due to the large scale of pyroCbs and the fires that create them.
Levels of confidence: Very high indicates good satellite, weather and fire data.
High indicates generally not the full suite of data, but enough to describe and confirm the event
Moderate indicates that there is some ambiguity in the determination - and that more data might help.