Key topics

flood

Flood refers to an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
	Impact of rain gauge quality control and interpolation on streamflow simulation: an application to the Warwick Catchment, Australia	Biblio		environments, flood, hydrology
	Climate change adaptation and floods: Australia’s institutional arrangements	Biblio		flood, planning, policy
	Influence of road characteristics on flood fatalities in Australia	Biblio	save (1.23 MB)	flood, risk analysis, vulnerability
	Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development For Flood Prone Buildings: Flood Damage Models For Floodplain Management Workshop	Biblio	save (785.87 KB)	engineering, flood
	Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data: annual report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.3 MB)	flood, forecasting, remote sensing
	Preventing flood related fatalities: a focus on people driving through floodwater	Biblio	save (265.2 KB)	communication, flood, warnings
	Demographic profiling: Queensland floods 2010-11 Brisbane River catchment area case study	Biblio	save (1.28 MB)	emergency management, flood, risk analysis
	Driving into floodwater: A systematic review of risks, behaviour and mitigation	Biblio		communication, flood
	Synthetic damage curves for concrete girder bridge decks under flood hazard	Biblio	save (6.23 MB)	flood, modelling
	NSW March 2021 floods - data collection	Project		flood, infrastructure, severe weather
	Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data	Project		flood, forecasting, remote sensing
	River reconstruction using a conformal mapping method	Biblio		flood, modelling, remote sensing
	Motorist behaviour during the 2015 Shoalhaven floods	Biblio	save (529.31 KB)	communication, decision making, flood
	Hydrologic model calibration using remotely sensed soil moisture and discharge measurements: The impact on predictions at gauged and ungauged locations	Biblio		emergency management, flood, hydrology
	Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood prone buildings: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (1.27 MB)	economics, engineering, flood
	Real-time flood inundation mapping for flood intelligence – a case study from India	Biblio	save (715.19 KB)	flood, forecasting, response
	Land use planning treatment of flood risk in cities	Project		flood, land management, policy
	Estimating present day extreme water level exceedance probabilities around the coastline of Australia: tides, extra-tropical storm surges and mean sea level	Biblio		flood, surface wave, tsunami
	Identification of hydrologic models, optimized parameteres, and rainfall inputs consistent with in situ streamflow and rainfall and remotely sensed soil moisture	Biblio		flood, modelling, remote sensing
	Better use and management of levees: reducing flood risk in a changing climate	Biblio		flood, policy
	Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data	Biblio	save (565.98 KB)	flood, forecasting, remote sensing
	Optimising SAR-based flood extent assimilation for improved hydraulic flood inundation forecasts	Biblio	save (15.25 MB)	flood, remote sensing
	Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data	Biblio	save (448.66 KB)	flood, forecasting, remote sensing
	Estimating rainfall time series and model parameter distributions using model data reduction and inversion techniques	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
	Behaviour around floodwater: challenges for floodwater safety and risk communication	Biblio	save (426.96 KB)	communication, flood, risk management
	Flood damage assessment in urban areas	Biblio	save (7.58 MB)	flood
	Driving into floodwater: using data from emergency responders to inform workplace safety policy and practice	Biblio	save (516.01 KB)	communication, flood, warnings
	Improving land dryness measures and forecasts	Project		fire, flood, remote sensing
	Describing adaptation tipping points in coastal flood risk management	Biblio		emergency management, flood, forecasting
	Mind the gap: Contrasting operational and behavior-oriented flood warnings	Biblio		communication, communities, flood
	Vulnerability of Floodways under Extreme Flood Events	Biblio		flood, framework
	Developing a flash flood warning system for short duration catchments using rain fields data, 2D hydrodynamic modelling and best-practice emergency communication	Project		flood, forecasting, modelling
19 Mar 2014	Scientific diversity and uncertainty - bushfire and flood risk mitigation	Resource	save (241.15 KB)	fire, flood, risk management
21 Mar 2014	Enhancing resilience of critical road structures	Resource	save (722.83 KB)	engineering, flood, infrastructure
21 Mar 2014	Monitoring and prediction	Resource	save (7.35 MB)	flood, modelling, multi-hazard
25 Aug 2014	Project team meets on Lockyer Valley case study	Blog		flood, infrastructure
08 Sep 2014	Flaws in our understanding and perception of flood risk	Resource	save (1.96 MB)	flood, risk analysis
08 Sep 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves	Resource	save (1.7 MB)	fire, flood, forecasting
20 Oct 2014	Flaws in our understanding and perception of flood risk - podcast	Resource		engineering, flood, risk analysis
27 Oct 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves	Resource		fire, flood, forecasting