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
	Time and space scales in the tropical cyclone boundary layer, and the location of the eyewall updraft	Biblio		cyclone, forecasting, severe weather
	Improving the Resilience of Existing Housing to Severe Wind Events Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (380.18 KB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation
	Severe wind hazard preliminary assessment: Tropical Cyclone Debbie, Whitsunday Coast, Queensland, Australia	Biblio		cyclone, mitigation, severe weather
	A vulnerability assessment tool for residential structures and extreme wind events	Biblio	save (567.84 KB)	cyclone, engineering, severe weather
	Vulnerability assessment of bridges subjected to extreme cyclonic events	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, risk analysis
	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
	Analysis and simulation of surface wind fields during landfalling tropical cyclones	Project		cyclone, modelling, scenario analysis
	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
	An investigation of the psychosocial factors that influence cyclone mitigation behaviour in homeowners	Project		cyclone, decision making, mitigation
	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
	Retrofitting of a high-set Queensland house for wind loading	Biblio	save (1.69 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, vulnerability
	Load sharing between batten to rafter connections under wind loading	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
	PhD: Measurement and analysis of surface wind fields during landfalling tropical cyclones	Project		coastal, cyclone, physics
	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
	Investigating the psychological factors that influence cyclone mitigation behaviour	Biblio	save (3.99 MB)	cyclone, decision making, mitigation
20 Mar 2014	Resilience and Mitigation through Hardening the Built Environment	Resource	save (16.21 MB)	coastal, cyclone, earthquake
11 Dec 2014	You can help wind research	News		cyclone, severe weather
13 Feb 2015	Improving the Resilience of Existing Housing to Severe Wind Events	Resource	save (1.8 MB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation
16 Mar 2015	Please help those impacted by Cyclone Pam	News		cyclone
15 Apr 2015	Cyclones provide important data	News		coastal, cyclone, storm surge
24 Apr 2015	House Upgrades in the Wind	News		cyclone, infrastructure, resilience
19 Jun 2015	Tropical Cyclone Olwyn Rapid Damage Assessment	Resource	save (790.15 KB)	cyclone, engineering
19 Jun 2015	TC Marcia Rapid Assessment Report	Resource	save (1.07 MB)	cyclone, engineering
19 Jun 2015	TC Nathan Rapid Assessment Report	Resource	save (2.42 MB)	cyclone, engineering
29 Jul 2015	Estimating fuel levels post-cyclone	Resource	save (318.42 KB)	cyclone, fuel reduction, risk management
18 Aug 2015	Realistic Disaster Scenarios: Severe Tropical Cyclone SE QLD	Resource	save (135.05 KB)	cyclone, modelling, scenario analysis
02 Sep 2015	Investigation of Damage Severe Storm Event in Brisbane on 27 November 2014	Resource	save (3.05 MB)	cyclone, engineering, infrastructure
25 Jan 2016	Earthquake and wind testing in Adelaide	News		cyclone, earthquake, engineering
04 Apr 2016	Near surface turblent wind characteristics measured during Tropical Cyclones Ita (2014) and Nathan 2015)	Resource	save (18.89 MB)	cyclone
06 May 2016	Coastal management - cluster overview	Resource	save (0 bytes)	coastal, cyclone, storm surge
09 May 2016	Oceans on the rise	Resource	save (180.51 KB)	coastal, cyclone, storm surge
16 Jun 2016	Disaster recovery insights at Forum – register now	News		coastal, cyclone, emergency management
20 Jul 2016	Failures on re-roofed houses	Blog		cyclone, exposure, infrastructure