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
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
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
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
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
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
Severe wind hazard preliminary assessment: Tropical Cyclone Debbie, Whitsunday Coast, Queensland, Australia	Biblio		cyclone, mitigation, severe weather
NSW Mid North Coast flood impact research	Biblio	save (2.42 MB)	flood, infrastructure, 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
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (816.16 KB)	communities, forecasting, 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
Determining threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (777.68 KB)	fire severity, modelling, severe weather
Predicting continental shelf waves in Australia	Biblio	save (4.77 MB)	coastal, severe weather, storm surge
Connecting Weather and Hazard: A partnership of physical scientists in connected disciplines	Biblio		fire weather, modelling, severe weather
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
Load sharing between batten to rafter connections under wind loading	Biblio		cyclone, 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
A vulnerability assessment tool for residential structures and extreme wind events	Biblio	save (567.84 KB)	cyclone, engineering, severe weather
The real-time trial of the Pyrocumulonimbus Firepower Threshold	Biblio	save (3.33 MB)	fire weather, 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
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
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