1. Origins of bad weather

• 1. General Australian climate
• 2. Origins of Extreme Weather
• 3. Severe thunderstorms
• 4. Tornadoes
  • Intensity
  • Frequency
  • Safety
• 5. Tropical cyclonic storms
  • Formation
  • Structure
  • Size, intensity and frequency
  • Changes in cyclone tracks and intensities
• 6. Storm surges
  • Predicting hurricane frequency and intensity
• 7. El Niño
  • Predicting El Niño
• 8. Cyclones
  • Formation
  • Stages of development
  • Movement of cyclones
  • Occluded front

2. Finding hidden treasure

• 1. Getting Started
  • Example 1: Studying the rocks on Venus
  • Example 2: Hawaii – exploring its waters
• 2. Try some more images
  • Finding zones of maximum turbulence in a cyclone
  • The Pyramids
  • Predicting floods on the Zambeze River in Africa
• 3. Additional images

3. Streams and mass wasting

• 1. Streams and Drainage Systems
  • Geometry and dynamics of stream channels
  • Load
  • Channel patterns
  • Erosion
  • Deltas
  • Drainage patterns
• 2. Mass-wasting
  • Gravity
  • The role of water
  • Mass-wasting processes
  • Mass-wasting in cold climates
  • Triggering of mass-wasting events
• 3. Mass Movement
• Landslides
• Slumping
• Soil creep
• Debris flows
• Soliflucation
• Rock Slides
• Resources

4. Case study – The Johnstone River, Far North Queensland

• 1. Flood warning system
  • Risk
  • Forecasting
  • Interpreting warnings and river heights
  • Assessment of flood potential
• 2. Case study background
  • Objectives and key stages
• 3. Model development and calibration
  • Design floods
  • Magnitude of flow
• 4. Predictions maps
• 5. Possible flood mitigation strategies
  • Carello's Channel
  • Town Swamp
  • Bruce Highway
  • Carello's Levee
• 6. Flood damage assessment
  • Tangible damages
  • Intangible damages
  • Cost summary
• 7. Economic and environmental considerations
• 8. Flood hazard categories
  • Approach
  • Warning and emergency planning
• 9. Public information campaign
• 10. Johnstone River
  • Public Flood Totem
  • Probable Maximum Flood