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Rory Nathan

Professor In Hydrology & Water Resources
Infrastructure Engineering
climate change
modelling
environmental
risk
yield
land-use change
science & technology
physical sciences
water resources
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Rory Nathan

 
Division
Engineering and IT
 
Primary Interest
engineering and environmental hydrology
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Rory Nathan.

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ASSESSING WATER SUPPLY SECURITY IN A NONSTATIONARY ENVIRONMENT

2020 - 2023
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The changing risk of very rare to extreme floods in a warming climate

2020 - 2022
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Snowy Hydro Hydrology Peer Review

2018 - 2019
Completed
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VULNERABILITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL WATER OUTCOMES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE

This project aims to assess the vulnerability of freshwater ecosystems to extended droughts in a variable and changing climate. Governments ..

2018 - 2021
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VULNERABILITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL WATER OUTCOMES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE

This project aims to assess the vulnerability of freshwater ecosystems to extended droughts in a variable and changing climate. Governments ..

2018 - 2021
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BOM PhD Student Scholarship

2018 - 2019
Completed
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Technical advisory group for the long term water resource assessment

2017 - 2018
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Quantification and reduction of uncertainty in hydrological forecasting

2017 - 2020
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Exploring the importance of climate sequencing on management objectives in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin

2016 - 2017
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Megadrought likelihood and its water resource impacts in Australia

This interdisciplinary project plans to assemble a world-class team of hydrologists, climate scientists and water managers to investigate th..

2016 - 2020
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

8

Research Grant

7

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Rory Nathan.

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Climate change and freshwater ecology: Hydrological and ecological methods of comparable complexity are needed to predict risk

Andrew John, Avril Horne, Rory Nathan, Michael Stewardson, J Angus Webb, Jun Wang, N LeRoy Poff

Journal article  |  2020  |  WIREs Climate Change

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Artificial neural network based hybrid modeling approach for flood inundation modeling

S Xie, W Wu, S Mooser, QJ Wang, R Nathan, Y Huang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Hydrology

Flood inundation models are important tools in flood management. Commonly used flood inundation models, such as hydrodynamic or si..

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Resolving Inconsistencies in Extreme Precipitation-Temperature Sensitivities

JB Visser, C Wasko, A Sharma, R Nathan

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geophysical Research Letters

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Impact of atmospheric circulation on the rainfall-temperature relationship in Australia

Bhavik Magan, Seokhyeon Kim, Conrad Wasko, Renaud Barbero, Vincent Moron, Rory Nathan, Ashish Sharma

Journal article  |  2020  |  Environmental Research Letters

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Trends in Global Flood and Streamflow Timing Based on Local Water Year

Conrad Wasko, Rory Nathan, Murray C Peel

Journal article  |  2020  |  Water Resources Research

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Ability of an Australian reanalysis dataset to characterise sub-daily precipitation

Suwash Chandra Acharya, Rory Nathan, Quan J Wang, Chun-Hsu Su, Nathan Eizenberg

Journal article  |  2020  |  HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES

Abstract. The high spatio-temporal variability of precipitation is often difficult to characterise due to limited measurements. Th..

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How to incorporate climate change into modelling environmental water outcomes: a review

Andrew John, Rory Nathan, Avril Horne, Michael Stewardson, J Angus Webb

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Water and Climate Change

Environmental water represents a key resource in managing freshwater ecosystems against pervasive threats. The impacts of climate ..

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Changes in Antecedent Soil Moisture Modulate Flood Seasonality in a Changing Climate

Conrad Wasko, Rory Nathan, Murray C Peel

Journal article  |  2020  |  Water Resources Research

Due to difficulties in identifying a climate change signal in flood magnitude, it has been suggested that shifts in flood timing, ..

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An ANN-based emulation modelling framework for flood inundation modelling: Application, challenges and future directions

H Chu, W Wu, QJ Wang, R Nathan, J Wei

Journal article  |  2020  |  Environmental Modelling & Software

Hydrodynamic models are commonly used to understand flood risk and inform flood management decisions. However, their high computat..

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RORB version 5: A tool to move beyond ARR87

R Nathan, R Mein, E Weinmann

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  30th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, HWRS 2006

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Land and Water Management
Natural Hazards
Environmental Science and Management
Civil Engineering
Expanding Knowledge
Climate and Climate Change
Environmental Engineering
Ecosystem Assessment and Management
Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards

News

Displaying the 2 most recent news articles by Rory Nathan.

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A land of drought and flooding rains

Rory Nathan, Conrad Wasko

July 1, 2019
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Preparing for our new extremes

Benny Chen, Abbas Rajabifard, Rory Nathan, Greg Foliente

October 25, 2018

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2019

President’s Medal for “conspicuous service to the profession”

Engineers Australia
2018

Munro Orator, awarded to a person eminent in the field of water resources in Australia.

Engineers Australia
2005

W.H. Warren Medal for best paper published by Engineers Australia in civil engineering

Engineers Australia
2000

National Civil Engineer of the Year

Engineers Australia
1998

G.N. ALexander Medal for best paper published by Engineers Australia in hydrology and water resources

Engineers Australia
1998

W.H. Warren Medal for best paper published by Engineers Australia in civil engineering

Engineers Australia
1997

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Best Research Paper Award.

America Society of Civil Engineers
1992

W.H. Warren Medal for best paper published by Engineers Australia in civil engineering

Engineers Australia

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor In Hydrology & Water Resources

Infrastructure Engineering

Registered Professional Egineers Queensland

Board of Professional Egineers Queensland

Fellow

Institution of Engineers Australia

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Master of Science (Engineering Hydrology)

Imperial College London

Diploma of Imperial College

Imperial College London

Bachelor of Engineering (Agriculture)

University of Melbourne

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