Thomas Kloetzke

Dr Thomas Kloetzke

Completed associate student
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Dr Thomas Kloetzke

Dr Thomas Kloetzke’s project investigated near-surface wind fields during tropical cyclones that make  landfall through observation and numerical studies. His research helped develop improved methods for estimating the risk these cyclones pose to buildings and communities, as very limited data exists on the structure of turbulent winds within the built environment during cyclones. Thomas’ project addressed questions around the true structure of these wind fields and how they impact buildings and communities.

Thomas was part of a deployment team for Severe Cyclone Debbie in Queensland in 2017, gathering vital data for his PhD, while he presented his research at the CRC’s Research Forum in 2016.

Thomas is now a Lead Meteorologist at Swiss weather service provider Meteomatics.

His thesis is available here.

Blog posts on Views & Visions

Post Date Key Topics
Measuring Debbie 29 Mar 2017 cyclone, engineering, infrastructure

Student project

This project aims to investigate near-surface wind fields during tropical cyclones that make landfall through observation and numerical studies. This research will develop improved methods for estimating the risk these cyclones pose to buildings and communities; as very limited data exists on the structure of turbulent winds within the built environment during cyclones. This project will address questions around the true structure of these wind fields and how they impact buildings and communities.
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