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Email

thomasam@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Education
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
Graduate Diploma
Monash University
Doctorate (Coursework)
University of Melbourne
PhD
University of New South Wales
ORCID

0000-0002-8521-7190

Prof Thomas McMahon

Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
Department of Infrastructure Engineering

353 Scholarly works
10 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Incorporating natural variability in master recession curves
    DOI: 10.5194/hess-30-893-2026
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Estimating hydraulic properties and residence times of unconfined aquifers
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.132861
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Assessing rating curve uncertainty
    DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2024.2442736
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Water Balance and Evaporation for Two Intermittent Estuarine Lakes
    DOI: 10.1007/s12237-025-01527-y
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Recommended daily rainfall-runoff model for Australian hydrology consulting
    DOI: 10.1080/13241583.2025.2547443
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Climate stress testing for water systems: Review and guide for applications
    DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1747
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    The impact of the greenhouse effect on catchment hydrology and storage-yield relationships in both winter and summer rainfall zones
Thomas McMahon

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2006
Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award
2004
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Australia (FIEAust)
1986
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2021

    Journal article

    Baseflow and transmission loss: A review
    DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1527
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Historical development of rainfall-runoff modeling
    DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1471
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Australian dams and reservoirs within a global setting
    DOI: 10.1080/13241583.2020.1733743

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2010

    Research Grant

    Narrowing the Scatter and Assessing the Uncertainty of Climate Change Projections of Australian River Flows
  • 2010

    Research Grant

    Narrowing the Scatter and Assessing the Uncertainty of Climate Change Projections of Australian River Flows
  • 2010

    Research Grant

    Narrowing the Scatter and Assessing the Uncertainty of Climate Change Projections of Australian River Flows
  • 2007

    Research Grant

    Understanding and Modelling of Interannual Hydroclimatic Variability in the Context of Historic Streamflow
  • Research Grant

    Hydrologic and Economic Modelling for Water Allocation

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