Key topics

cyclone

Cyclones are a system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
08 Feb 2018	Port Hedland disaster risk education: participants needed for study	News		cyclone, emergency management, multi-hazard
12 Dec 2018	Strength in the face of high winds	News		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
20 Aug 2018	Cyclones and space travel: emergency management leaders prepare for change	News		cyclone, multi-hazard
19 Jun 2017	CRC research voted best presentation at international conference	News		cyclone, engineering, resilience
14 Dec 2017	Partnering with QFES to learn lessons from Cyclone Debbie	News		cyclone, decision making, risk management
25 Jan 2016	Earthquake and wind testing in Adelaide	News		cyclone, earthquake, engineering
19 Apr 2017	Science to show impact of Cyclone Debbie	News		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
17 Aug 2017	Participants needed for study of cyclone mitigation behaviour	News		cyclone, decision making, mitigation
10 May 2018	Cyclone science shortlisted	News		cyclone, emergency management, mitigation
11 Aug 2016	Student takes out competition	News		communication, cyclone, 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
29 Mar 2017	Measuring Debbie	Blog		cyclone, engineering, infrastructure
20 Jul 2016	Failures on re-roofed houses	Blog		cyclone, exposure, infrastructure
08 Jun 2017	Disaster Risk Management: Insights from US Experience	Blog		cyclone, mitigation, planning
03 Oct 2017	Could Sydney be the next Houston?	Blog		cyclone, flood, planning
09 Dec 2019	Homes can be better prepared for cyclones. But first we must convince the owners	Blog		communication, cyclone, mitigation
09 Sep 2016	Conference highlights key issues for the sector	Blog		cyclone, mitigation, multi-hazard
	Development of a full-scale structural testing program to evaluate the resistance of Australian houses to wind loads	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
	Did Harvey learn from Katrina? Initial observations of the response to companion animals during Hurricane Harvey	Biblio		animals, communities, cyclone
	Vulnerability assessment of bridges subjected to extreme cyclonic events	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, risk analysis
	Improving the resilience of housing to severe wind events: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (2.38 MB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation
	Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	cyclone, resilience, severe weather
	Large damage bills to buildings from cyclones can be reduced by small actions	Biblio	save (507.42 KB)	cyclone, emergency management, resilience
	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
	Wave ensemble forecasts for tropical cyclones in the Australian region	Biblio		coastal, cyclone, forecasting
	Wind uplift strength capacity variation in roof-to-wall connections of timber-framed houses	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
	Fragility and climate impact assessment of contemporary housing roof sheeting failure due to extreme wind	Biblio		cyclone, economics, modelling
	Load sharing between batten to rafter connections under wind loading	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
	Leading through crisis: the leadership experience of Major General Alan Stretton	Biblio	save (352.47 KB)	communities, cyclone, decision making
	Retrofitting of a high-set Queensland house for wind loading	Biblio	save (1.69 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, vulnerability
	Evaluating topographic influences on the near-surface wind field of Tropical Cyclone Ita (2014) using WRF-ARW	Biblio	save (510.04 KB)	cyclone, forecasting, scenario analysis
	Distribution of wind loads in metal-clad roofing structures	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
	Secondary eyewall formation in tropical cyclones	Biblio	save (1.95 MB)	cyclone, severe weather, tropical
	Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events - final project report	Biblio	save (1.89 MB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation
	A southeast Queensland tropical cyclone scenario	Biblio	save (1.97 MB)	cyclone, scenario analysis, tropical
	Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS	Biblio	save (7.38 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
	Post-tropical cyclone fuel assessment and bushfire risk	Biblio	save (1.93 MB)	cyclone, fuel reduction, risk management
	Towards effective mitigation strategies for severe wind events	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, infrastructure
	Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events: annual report 2019-2020	Biblio	save (1.47 MB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation