Pyrocumulonimbus lightning and fire ignition on Black Saturday in southeast Australia
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DOI: 10.1002/2017jd026577
Abstract: A number of devastating wildfires occurred in southeast Australia on 7 February 2009, colloquially known as Black Saturday. Atmospheric responses to this extreme fire event are investigated here with a focus on convective processes associated… read more here.
Keywords: southeast australia; ignition; pyrocumulonimbus; fire ... See more keywords
Heavy versus extreme rainfall events in southeast Australia
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DOI: 10.1002/qj.4124
Abstract: Focussing on the major cities of Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne in southeast Australia, this study seeks to determine the environmental factors that distinguish between heavy rainfall events (HREs) and extreme rainfall events (EREs). Using daily… read more here.
Keywords: rainfall events; rainfall; hres eres; southeast australia ... See more keywords
Environmental change during the last glacial on an ancient land bridge of southeast Australia
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DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14255
Abstract: The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) remains an enigmatic period in southeast Australia due to the limited spatial and temporal resolution of its palaeoclimatic records. A major feature of the LGM landscape was the existence of… read more here.
Keywords: last glacial; bridge southeast; southeast australia; land bridge ... See more keywords
A new species of Mycomya Rondani, 1856 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) common to southeast Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.9
Abstract: Mycomya quadrimaculata sp. nov. is described from specimens collected in southeast Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. A key and type photographs of known Australian and New Zealand Mycomya species are provided. The relative abundance, observed… read more here.
Keywords: tasmania new; new zealand; australia tasmania; southeast australia ... See more keywords
Crustal structure of southeast Australia from teleseismic receiver functions
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DOI: 10.5194/se-12-463-2021
Abstract: Abstract. In an effort to improve our understanding of the seismic character of the crust beneath southeast Australia and how it relates to the tectonic evolution of the region, we analyse teleseismic earthquakes recorded by 24… read more here.
Keywords: receiver functions; southeast australia; crust; crustal structure ... See more keywords