Conrad Wasko

Decreases in relative humidity across Australia

Eleanor Denson, Conrad Wasko, Murray C Peel

Journal article  |  2021  |  ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS

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..

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..

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

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 ..

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..

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..

Anthropogenic intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes

HJ Fowler, G Lenderink, AF Prein, S Westra, RP Allan, N Ban, R Barbero, P Berg, S Blenkinsop, HX Do, S Guerreiro, JO Haerter, EJ Kendon, E Lewis, C Schaer, A Sharma, G Villarini, C Wasko, X Zhang

Journal article  |  2021  |  Nature Reviews Earth and Environment

Short-duration (1–3 h) rainfall extremes can cause serious damage to societies through rapidly developing (flash) flooding and are..

Resolving Inconsistencies in Extreme Precipitation-Temperature Sensitivities

JB Visser, C Wasko, A Sharma, R Nathan

Journal article  |  2020  |  GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Extreme precipitation events are intensifying with increasing temperatures. However, observed extreme precipitation-temperature se..