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
Resources credited
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| Presentation-Slideshow | 24 Oct 2016 | Chasing tropical cyclones to discover the unknown |
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cyclone, modelling, scenario analysis |
| Presentation-Slideshow | 04 Apr 2016 | Near surface turblent wind characteristics measured during Tropical Cyclones Ita (2014) and Nathan 2015) |
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cyclone |
