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RETIRED Water Observations from Space Statistics 25m 2.1.5
This record was retired 29/03/2022 with approval from S.Oliver as it has been superseded by eCat 146091 Geoscience Australia Landsat Water Observation Statistics Collection 3... -
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Investing in the development of an open source two-dimensional flood...
Floods are Australia's most expensive natural hazard with annual average damages estimated at $377 million. Modelling flood hazard and potential flood impact is therefore an... -
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Flood Damage Estimation Beyond Stage-Damage Functions - An Australian Example
There are a number of factors which influence the direct consequence of flooding. The most important are depth of inundation, velocity, duration of inundation and water quality.... -
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Karuah River Digital Elevation Model
The Karuah River 5m Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is generated from all relevant data available on the Elvis - Elevation and Depth - Foundation Spatial Data (Elvis) platform... -
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Hastings River Digital Elevation Model
The Hastings River 5m Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is generated from all relevant data available on the Elvis - Elevation and Depth - Foundation Spatial Data (Elvis) platform... -
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Australian Flood Studies Database - Cataloguing and Uploading Guidelines
The Australian Flood Studies Database is available on line by Geoscience Australia. The database provides metadata on Australian flood studies and information on flood risk with... -
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Flood potential in Australia map
The map shows the spatial distribution of short-duration rapid-onset floods and long-duration slow-rise floods. The Great Dividing Range in eastern Australia provides a natural... -
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Australian Flood Studies Database - A Freely Available National Catalogue
Every year floods cause millions of dollars damage to buildings and infrastructure, as well as to agricultural land and crops. They also disrupt business, and affect the safety... -
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Flood risk management in Australia
This paper introduces the work of the National Flood Risk Advisory Group in providing advice and guidance on the management of flood risk in Australia, in particular its work on... -
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Natural Hazards - Flood Studies Data Entry
Natural hazards have an impact on every Australian State and Territory. These hazards include bushfires, cyclones, earthquakes, floods, landslides, severe weather, tsunami and... -
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RETIRED Water Observations from Space Filtered Statistics 25m 2.1.5
This record was retired 15/09/2022 with approval from S.Oliver as it has been superseded by eCat 146091 DEA Water Observations Statistics (Landsat) In previous versions of WOfS,... -
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Review of the Australian Flood Studies Database
With the average annual cost of floods estimated at $377 million, floods are Australia's most expensive natural hazard. As a result, considerable expenditure is made by... -
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Natural Hazards - Australian Flood Studies Database
A Flood Study is a comprehensive technical investigation of flood behaviour. It defines the nature and extent of flooding across the landscape by providing information such as... -
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Towards spatially distributed quantitative assessment of tsunami inundation models
In this paper a new benchmark for tsunami model validation is pro- posed. The benchmark is based upon the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which provides a uniquely large amount of... -
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Manning River Digital Elevation Model
The Manning River 5m Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is generated from all relevant data available on the Elvis - Elevation and Depth - Foundation Spatial Data (Elvis) platform... -
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Geoscience Australia Flood Study Summary Web Services
The Flood Study Summary Services support discovery and retrieval of flood hazard information. The services return metadata and data for flood studies and flood inundation maps... -
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Reliable assessment of flood impact: an urban stormwater case study of a...
The flood risk in many urban catchments is poorly understood. Legacy stormwater infrastructure is often substandard and anticipated climate change induced sea level rise and... -
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Satellite Selfies Australia from Space Education Poster
The A1 poster incorporates 4 images of Australia taken from space by Earth observing satellites. The accompanying text briefly introduces sensors and the bands within the... -
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Coastal inundation modelling for Busselton, Western Australia, under current...
Geoscience Australia, the Western Australian Department of Planning and the Western Australian Planning Commission have collaborated through this study to develop a regional-... -
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Seeing the floods through the trees, Using adaptive SWIR thresholds to map...
Accurate information about the extent, frequency and duration of forest inundation is required to inform ecological, biophysical and hydrological models and enables floodplain...