Johan Sjöström
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Johan (PhD physics, 2010) studies wildfires, their ignition, behaviour and consequences to society. He is an associate editor of International Journal of Wildland Fire.
● Global state of wildfire 2024-25
● 70 Years of observational weather data show increasing fire danger and reveal bias of model data
● Early season wildfires pose the greatest threat to Swedish buildings and people
● New grassfire danger warning model for Sweden
● Little concern for wildfires in an increasingly dry rural region in Sweden
● Overview of wildfires in Sweden
● Garden structure is critical for building survival in Swedish wildfires,
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- Mitigating the negative wildfire impact of societal trends and land-use legacies
- An Alternative Fuel Source to Wood Cribs in Large Tests of Fire Performance of …
- Development of large lab-scale fire dynamics experiment relevant for Scandinavi…
- Development of large lab-scale fire dynamics experiments relevant for Scandinav…
- Finalisation of the European approach to assess the fire performance of façades
- Pyrolysis and thermal properties of wood and high-density polyethylene
- “This community will grow” — little concern for future wildfires in a dry and i…
- Hur stora är växthusgasutsläppen vid naturvårdsbränning?
- Limiting flame spread rates in large compartments with visible timber ceilings
- External fire plumes from mass timber compartment fires—Comparison to test meth…