Conrad Wasko

Linking temperature to catastrophe damages from hydrologic and meteorological extremes

C Wasko, A Sharma, A Pui

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Hydrology

Increases in the magnitude of storm and flood related catastrophes due to climate change are predicted to increase associated econ..

Humans, climate and streamflow

Gabriele Villarini, Conrad Wasko

Journal article  |  2021  |  NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE

Decreases in relative humidity across Australia

Eleanor Denson, Conrad Wasko, Murray C Peel

Journal article  |  2021  |  ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS

How relative humidity is changing is important for our understanding of future changes in precipitation and evaporation. For examp..

Incorporating climate change in flood estimation guidance

Conrad Wasko, Seth Westra, Rory Nathan, Harriet G Orr, Gabriele Villarini, Roberto Villalobos Herrera, Hayley J Fowler

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Research into potential implications of climate change on flood hazard has made significant progress over the past decade, yet eff..

Estimating design hydrologic extremes in a warming climate: alternatives, uncertainties and the way forward

Ashish Sharma, Suresh Hettiarachchi, Conrad Wasko

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

It is now well established that our warming planet is experiencing changes in extreme storms and floods, resulting in a need to be..

Intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes and implications for flood risk: current state of the art and future directions

Hayley J Fowler, Conrad Wasko, Andreas F Prein

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Towards advancing scientific knowledge of climate change impacts on short-duration rainfall extremes

Hayley J Fowler, Haider Ali, Richard P Allan, Nikolina Ban, Renaud Barbero, Peter Berg, Stephen Blenkinsop, Nalan Senol Cabi, Steven Chan, Murray Dale, Robert JH Dunn, Marie Ekstrom, Jason P Evans, Giorgia Fosser, Brian Golding, Selma B Guerreiro, Gabriele C Hegerl, Abdullah Kahraman, Elizabeth J Kendon, Geert Lenderink, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

A large number of recent studies have aimed at understanding short-duration rainfall extremes, due to their impacts on flash flood..

Review: Can temperature be used to inform changes to flood extremes with global warming?

Conrad Wasko

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

As climate change alters flood risk, there is a need to project changes in flooding for water resource management, infrastructure ..

Implications of event-based loss model structure on simulating large floods

Declan O'Shea, Rory Nathan, Conrad Wasko, Peter Hill

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Event-based rainfall-runoff models used for design flood estimation and operational flood forecasting commonly represent losses (t..

Understanding trends in hydrologic extremes across Australia

C Wasko, Y Shao, E Vogel, L Wilson, QJ Wang, A Frost, C Donnelly

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Hydrology

Changes in the hydrologic cycle have far reaching impacts on agricultural productivity, water resources availability, riverine eco..