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.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves through the improvements of land dryness measures and forecasts	Biblio	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	save (3.66 MB)	multi-hazard, optimisation, severe weather
Extreme weather: improved data products on bushfires, thunderstorms, tropical cyclones and east coast lows	Biblio	save (764.8 KB)	fire weather, multi-hazard, severe weather
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact – final project report	Biblio	save (15.84 MB)	communities, fire weather, severe weather
Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling project: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (806.63 KB)	fire weather, modelling, severe weather
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	cyclone, resilience, severe weather
Developing better predictions for extreme water levels: Final data report	Biblio	save (4.24 MB)	coastal, modelling, severe weather
National Fire Danger Rating System Probabalistic Framework: year two report	Biblio	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	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	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	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	save (1.02 MB)	recovery, resilience, severe weather
Centralised coordination of spontaneous emergency volunteers: the EV CREW model	Biblio	save (327.34 KB)	response, severe weather, volunteering
The Excess Heat Factor as a metric for heat-related fatalities: defining heatwave risk categories	Biblio	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	save (3.05 MB)	engineering, severe weather
Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS	Biblio	save (7.38 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
Heatwaves in New South Wales: how are residents and businesses coping?	Biblio	save (381.41 KB)	communities, resilience, severe weather
NSW Mid North Coast flood impact research	Biblio	save (2.42 MB)	flood, infrastructure, severe weather
Correlation of peak wind loads at batten-truss connections	Biblio	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	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
Connecting Weather and Hazard: A partnership of physical scientists in connected disciplines	Biblio		fire weather, modelling, severe weather
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
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