Key topics

severe weather

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

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
	Modelling wind direction distributions using a diagnostic model in the context of probabilistic fire spread prediction	Biblio	save (9.25 MB)	fire, fire weather, severe weather
	Determining threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (777.68 KB)	fire severity, modelling, severe weather
	Developing better predictions for extreme water levels: web user guide	Biblio	save (2.46 MB)	coastal, modelling, severe weather
	An analysis of human fatalities from cyclones, earthquakes and severe storms in Australia	Biblio	save (2.03 MB)	decision making, multi-hazard, severe weather
	Rapid response report: study of heatwave impacts on residents and businesses in western Sydney	Biblio	save (1005.86 KB)	recovery, resilience, severe weather
	Load sharing between batten to rafter connections under wind loading	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
	Connecting Weather and Hazard: A partnership of physical scientists in connected disciplines	Biblio		fire weather, modelling, severe weather
	Predicting continental shelf waves in Australia	Biblio	save (4.77 MB)	coastal, severe weather, storm surge
	Wind loads on contemporary Australian housing	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
	Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (2.61 MB)	cyclone, engineering, severe weather
	Internal pressures in a full-scale test enclosure with windward wall openings	Biblio		fire severity, severe weather
	The structural response and progressive failure of batten to rafter connections under wind loads	Biblio	save (7.24 MB)	engineering, severe weather
	Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (2.07 MB)	fire weather, forecasting, severe weather
	Analysis of rapid damage assessment data following severe windstorm events	Biblio	save (2.29 MB)	cyclone, engineering, severe weather
	Time and space scales in the tropical cyclone boundary layer, and the location of the eyewall updraft	Biblio		cyclone, forecasting, severe weather
	Thermodynamic considerations of pyrocumulus formation	Biblio	save (1.32 MB)	fire, fire weather, severe weather
	Managing Severe Weather - Progress and Opportunities Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (2.16 MB)	fire weather, severe weather
	Study of heatwave impacts on residents and businesses in western Sydney - 2017	Project		communities, response, severe weather
	The real-time trial of the Pyrocumulonimbus Firepower Threshold	Biblio	save (3.33 MB)	fire weather, severe weather
	A vulnerability assessment tool for residential structures and extreme wind events	Biblio	save (567.84 KB)	cyclone, engineering, severe weather
	Exploring the circumstances surrounding flood fatalities in Australia—1900–2015 and the implications for policy and practice	Biblio		flood, policy, severe weather
	Impact-Based Forecasting for the Coastal Zone: East Coast Lows- Annual Report 2017/2018	Biblio	save (2.74 MB)	severe weather
	Community benefits of roof upgrades	Biblio	save (8.24 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
	Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: midterm report 2014-17	Biblio	save (14.37 MB)	fire weather, forecasting, severe weather
	The effects of turbulent plume dynamics on long-range spotting	Biblio	save (460.39 KB)	fire severity, forecasting, severe weather
	The boundary layer dynamics of tropical cyclone rainbands	Biblio		cyclone, forecasting, severe weather
21 Mar 2014	Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact	Resource	save (2.77 MB)	risk management, severe weather, warnings
01 Sep 2014	Australia and NZ 'learning from adversity'	Press Clipping		communication, severe weather
20 Oct 2014	Managing severe weather - progress and opportunities	Resource		risk management, severe weather
22 Oct 2014	Managing severe weather: progress and opportunities	Resource		forecasting, risk management, severe weather
11 Dec 2014	You can help wind research	News		cyclone, severe weather
04 Mar 2015	When storms strike suddenly – supercell research	Blog		communication, forecasting, severe weather
11 Mar 2015	Newsletter 3 - fatalities and building losses	News		flood, heat transfer, severe weather
01 Apr 2015	Fire Australia Autumn 2015	Resource	save (8.64 MB)	fire, modelling, severe weather
01 Jul 2015	Fire Australia Winter 2015	Resource	save (4.24 MB)	coastal, earthquake, severe weather
18 Aug 2015	Evaluation of Operational Models for Wind Variability Over Complex Terrain	Resource	save (253.23 KB)	fire, severe weather
18 Aug 2015	Improving the Resilience of Existing Housing to Severe Wind Events	Resource	save (354.8 KB)	mitigation, resilience, severe weather
18 Aug 2015	Long-Range Spotting by Bushfire Plumes: The Effects of In-Plume Turbulence on Firebrand Trajectory	Resource	save (227.12 KB)	communication, fire weather, severe weather
18 Aug 2015	Impact of Vegetation Regrowth on Wind Direction Over Complex Terrain	Resource	save (250.9 KB)	fire, severe weather
18 Aug 2015	Understanding Progressive Failures to Wind Loads	Resource	save (193.39 KB)	engineering, severe weather