ANUGA: Hydrodynamic Coastal Inundation Modelling for Natural Hazards

Geoscience Australia and the Australian National University are developing a hydrodynamic inundation modelling tool called ANUGA to simulate the impact of natural hazards. The dataset likely contains model outputs or documentation for assessing riverine flooding, storm surges, and tsunami effects on the built environment. It is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on 2026-06-05.

Use Cases

• Simulating flood inundation extents based on hydrodynamic principles described in the documentation.
• Assessing economic impact on urban communities based on built environment exposure to hazards.
• Modeling social impact of storm surges and tsunamis as described in the dataset's purpose.

Strengths

• Development involves major national institutions: Geoscience Australia and the Australian National University.
• Focuses on multiple critical natural hazards: riverine flooding, storm surges, and tsunami.
• Last updated on 2026-06-05, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia and the Australian National University

Collection Method

Hydrodynamic modelling tool development

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 07:07:22.012844; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coastal Australia (likely, based on source institutions)