Tropical Cyclone Debbie Corrected Wind Field, March 25–29, 2017

Geoscience Australia Data presents a workflow and corrected wind field for Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie. The dataset combines modeling with observational corrections and accounts for local wind effects like topography and land cover. It provides a best estimate of the maximum 0.2-second wind gust at 10 meters above ground throughout the cyclone's lifetime.

Use Cases

• Validate wind field modeling outputs based on observational data mentioned in the description.
• Estimate maximum wind gust speeds for damage assessment based on the corrected wind field.
• Refine vulnerability models for Australian housing stock based on combined wind field and damage survey data.
• Develop fit-for-purpose land cover datasets using satellite archives as demonstrated in the workflow.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, high-impact event: Tropical Cyclone Debbie from March 25–29, 2017.
• Integrates multiple data sources: modeling, observations, and corrections for local effects like topography and land cover.
• Demonstrates a reproducible workflow intended to be refined into a standard methodology.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and data scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary data files are in PDF, ZIP, and DOCX formats, which may require extraction and conversion for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Combines modeling with observational corrections from sources like James Cook University's mobile anemometers and Bureau of Meteorology stations.

Time Range

March 25–29, 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:31:17.205554; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tropical Cyclone Debbie landfall region in Australia