Prof. Christian Jakob - Honours Projects

Compound rainfall and wind extremes in Tropical Cyclone Debbie

Supervisor: Prof. Christian Jakob and Prof Liz Ritchie-Tyo
Field of Study: Atmospheric Science 
Support Offered: Potential for an Honours scholarship
Collaborating Organisation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes

Tropical Cyclones (TCs) cause major damage through both strong winds and large amounts of rain. Significant damage to buildings can occur when strong winds and rain coincide. There is a lack of information about the coincidence rain and wind in TCs, as there are few observations and as most weather models do not resolve the complex processes involved. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes has recently performed a 400-meter resolution model simulation over all of Australia, that includes the landfall of TC Debbie. In this project you will investigate the occurrence and severity of coincident wind and rain extremes as the cyclone makes landfall using this simulation as well as radar and satellite observations.

For further information contact Prof. Christian Jakob.