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severe weather

Severe weather refers to any dangerous meteorological phenomena with the potential to cause damage, serious social disruption, or loss of human life.

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Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves through the improvements of land dryness measures and forecasts Biblio PDF icon save (2 MB) forecasting, mitigation, severe weather
Improved treatment of non-stationary conditions and uncertainties in probabilistic models of storm wave climate Biblio coastal, severe weather, storm surge
Crowdsourcing Methods for Data Collection in Geophysics: State of the Art, Issues, and Future Directions Biblio PDF icon save (3.66 MB) multi-hazard, optimisation, severe weather
Extreme weather: improved data products on bushfires, thunderstorms, tropical cyclones and east coast lows Biblio PDF icon save (764.8 KB) fire weather, multi-hazard, severe weather
NSW March 2021 floods - data collection Project flood, infrastructure, severe weather
Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling project: annual project report 2016-17 Biblio PDF icon save (806.63 KB) fire weather, modelling, severe weather
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact – final project report Biblio PDF icon save (15.84 MB) communities, fire weather, severe weather
Homelessness and severe storms: a case study of the June 2016 East Coast Low Project communities, flood, severe weather
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events: Annual project report 2014-2015 Biblio PDF icon save (1.13 MB) cyclone, resilience, severe weather
Developing better predictions for extreme water levels: Final data report Biblio PDF icon save (4.24 MB) coastal, modelling, severe weather
National Fire Danger Rating System Probabalistic Framework: year two report Biblio PDF icon save (3.41 MB) fire weather, severe weather
A characterisation of synoptic weather features often associated with extreme events in southeast Australia: Stage 1 – common features of recent events Biblio PDF icon save (21.94 MB) emergency management, fire weather, severe weather
Investigating a wind tunnel method for determining wind-induced loads on roofing tiles Biblio cyclone, engineering, severe weather
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact Biblio PDF icon save (2.82 MB) communication, fire weather, severe weather
Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves through improvements to land dryness measures and forecasts: Annual project report 2014-2015 Biblio PDF icon save (1.11 MB) forecasting, mitigation, severe weather
The response of the southwest Western Australian wave climate to Indian Ocean climate variability Biblio coastal, environments, severe weather
Rapid response report: study of heatwave impacts on NSW Northern Rivers region 2017 Biblio PDF icon save (1.02 MB) recovery, resilience, severe weather
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact Project communication, fire weather, severe weather
NSW Mid North Coast flood impact research Biblio PDF icon save (2.42 MB) flood, infrastructure, severe weather
Centralised coordination of spontaneous emergency volunteers: the EV CREW model Biblio PDF icon save (327.34 KB) response, severe weather, volunteering
The Excess Heat Factor as a metric for heat-related fatalities: defining heatwave risk categories Biblio PDF icon save (529.12 KB) risk analysis, severe weather, vulnerability
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events in Australia Annual Report 2017-2018 Biblio PDF icon save (3.05 MB) engineering, severe weather
Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS Biblio PDF icon save (7.38 MB) cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
Heatwaves in New South Wales: how are residents and businesses coping? Biblio PDF icon save (381.41 KB) communities, resilience, severe weather
The structural response and progressive failure of batten to rafter connections under wind loads Project engineering, severe weather
Correlation of peak wind loads at batten-truss connections Biblio PDF icon save (627.64 KB) cyclone, engineering, severe weather
Forecasting the impact of tropical cyclones using global numerical weather prediction ensemble forecasts: a Tropical Cyclone Marcia (2015) wind and rainfall case study Biblio PDF icon save (454.57 KB) cyclone, forecasting, severe weather
Distribution of wind loads in metal-clad roofing structures Biblio cyclone, engineering, severe weather
Natural hazards in Australia: floods Biblio flood, severe weather
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community risk Biblio PDF icon save (5.46 MB) communities, modelling, severe weather
Meteorological drivers of extreme fire behaviour during the Waroona bushfire, Western Australia, January 2016 Biblio fire, fire weather, severe weather
Poleward Migration of Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Southern Hemisphere: Perspectives and Challenges for the Built Environment in Australia Biblio cyclone, severe weather
Characterisation of synoptic weather features often associated with extreme events in south east Australia and Tasmania Project emergency management, severe weather
Secondary eyewall formation in tropical cyclones Biblio PDF icon save (1.95 MB) cyclone, severe weather, tropical
Analysis of community responses to the 2017 heatwave Project communities, response, severe weather
Severe wind hazard preliminary assessment: Tropical Cyclone Debbie, Whitsunday Coast, Queensland, Australia Biblio cyclone, mitigation, severe weather
Connecting Weather and Hazard: A partnership of physical scientists in connected disciplines Biblio fire weather, modelling, severe weather
Pyrocumulonimbus forecasting: needs and issues Biblio PDF icon save (1.94 MB) fire weather, modelling, severe weather
Climatology of wind changes and elevated fire danger over Victoria, Australia Biblio PDF icon save (1.67 MB) fire severity, fire weather, severe weather
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: Annual project report 2014-2015 Biblio PDF icon save (816.16 KB) communities, forecasting, severe weather

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