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
	Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS	Biblio	save (7.38 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, 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	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	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
	Secondary eyewall formation in tropical cyclones	Biblio	save (1.95 MB)	cyclone, severe weather, tropical
	Severe wind hazard preliminary assessment: Tropical Cyclone Debbie, Whitsunday Coast, Queensland, Australia	Biblio		cyclone, mitigation, severe weather
	Pyrocumulonimbus forecasting: needs and issues	Biblio	save (1.94 MB)	fire weather, modelling, severe weather
	Connecting Weather and Hazard: A partnership of physical scientists in connected disciplines	Biblio		fire weather, modelling, severe weather
	Climatology of wind changes and elevated fire danger over Victoria, Australia	Biblio	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	save (816.16 KB)	communities, forecasting, severe weather
	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
	The real-time trial of the Pyrocumulonimbus Firepower Threshold	Biblio	save (3.33 MB)	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
31 May 2017	Windy in the US	Blog		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
20 Jul 2018	Multi-disciplinary approaches to natural hazards science unpacked	Blog		cyclone, resilience, severe weather
11 Jan 2018	The heat is on: but we’ve been there before	Blog		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
25 May 2021	New online - May 2021	News		communication, multi-hazard, severe weather
31 Jan 2017	AJEM features disaster reduction forum	News		resilience, severe weather, tsunami
21 Oct 2020	Building better plans to survive future disasters	News		climate change, governance, severe weather
28 Oct 2020	Innovative severe weather research awarded	News		communication, fire weather, severe weather
24 Sep 2020	Let’s talk about reducing disaster risk	News		mitigation, planning, severe weather
18 Mar 2021	When fires cause storms	News		communities, fire weather, severe weather
31 Aug 2017	Science to show impact of Cyclone Debbie	News		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
19 Apr 2017	Science to show impact of Cyclone Debbie	News		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
09 Aug 2019	Severe weather research has impact	News		coincident events, forecasting, severe weather
12 Sep 2016	Student's cyclone research is popular	News		communication, cyclone, severe weather
11 Dec 2014	You can help wind research	News		cyclone, severe weather
24 Mar 2021	On the ground assessing flood impacts	News		flood, infrastructure, severe weather
11 Aug 2016	Student takes out competition	News		communication, cyclone, severe weather
24 Jul 2019	Science central to bushfire review	News		fire, fire weather, severe weather
30 May 2017	Mountain waves and extreme fire behaviour	News		communication, fire weather, severe weather
17 Aug 2017	Fatigue management during extreme weather conditions vital for Australia’s volunteers	News		coincident events, severe weather, volunteering