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Jakob, D., Smalley, R., Meighen, J., Xuereb, K.C. and Taylor, B.F. (2009) Climate Change and Probable Maximum Precipitation, HRS Report No. 12, Hydrology Report Series, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, March 2009, (179 pp).

Jakob, D., Xuereb, K.C., Meighen, J. and Taylor, B.F. (2009) A Pilot Study to Explore Methods for Deriving Design Rainfalls for Australia - Part 2, HRS Report No. 11, Hydrology Report Series, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, January 2009, (116 pp).

Bureau of Meteorology (2006) Guidebook to the Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation: Generalised Southeast Australia Method. Included on the compact disc Guide to the Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation: Generalised Southeast Australia Method, Hydrometeorological Advisory Service, Bureau of Meteorology, October 2006.

Jakob D., Taylor B.F. and Xuereb K.C. (2005) A Pilot Study to Explore Methods for Deriving Design Rainfalls for Australia - Part 1, HRS Report No. 10, Hydrology Report Series, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, June 2005, (59 pp).

Beesley, C.A., Meighen, J. and Xuereb, K.C. (2004) Catalogue of Significant Rainfall Occurrences of Tropical Origin over Australia, HRS Report No. 9, Hydrology Report Series, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, February 2004, (147 pp).

Bureau of Meteorology (2004) Guidebook to the Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation: Generalised Tropical Storm Method. Included on compact disc Guide to the Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation: Generalised Tropical Storm Method, Hydrometeorological Advisory Service, Bureau of Meteorology, March 2004.

Walland D.J., Meighen J., Xuereb K.C., Beesley C.A. and Hoang T.M.T. Revision of the Generalised Tropical Storm Method for Estimating Probable Maximum Precipitation, HRS Report No. 8, Hydrology Report Series, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, August 2003, (78 pp).

Bureau of Meteorology (2003) The Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation in Australia: Generalised Short-Duration Method, GSDM, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, June 2003

Xuereb, K.C., Moore, G.J. and Taylor, B.F. (2001) Development of the Method of Storm Transposition and Maximisation for the West Coast of Tasmania, HRS Report No. 7, Hydrology Report Series, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, January 2001

Minty, L.J. and Meighen, J. (1999) Rainfall Antecedent to Large and Extreme Rainfall Bursts Over Southeast Australia HRS Report No. 6, Hydrology Report Series, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, December 1999

Minty, L.J. and Meighen, J. (1999) Rainfall Antecedent to Large and Extreme Rainfall Events Over Southeast Australia, ,(See below if Adobe Acrobat Reader is required), Water '99, 6-8 July 1999, Brisbane, Australia.

Meighen, J. and Minty, L.J. (1998) Temporal Distributions of Large and Extreme Design Rainfall Bursts Over Southeast Australia HRS Report No. 5, Hydrology Report Series, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, December 1998

Farnsworth, N., Turner, L.H. and Pearce H.J. (1996) Analysis of Antecedent and Subsequent Rainfall, Presented at the Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium 1996, Wrest Point Hotel Casino, Hobart, Tasmania, 21-24 May 1996. Preprints published by Institution of Engineers, Australia, Barton, A.C.T.,1996

Minty, L.J., Meighen, J. and Kennedy, M.R. (1996) Development of the Generalised Southeast Australia Method for Estimating Probable Maximum Precipitation, HRS Report No. 4, Hydrology Report Series, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, August 1996

Pearce, H.J. (1995) Estimation of Extreme Rainfall Events in Australia and the Applicability to Risk, Proceedings of the Seminar on Acceptable Risks for Extreme Events in the Planning and Design of Major Infrastructure, Sydney, 26-27 April 1994

Meighen, J. and Kennedy, M.R. (1995) Catalogue of Significant Rainfall Occurrences over Southeast Australia , HRS Report No. 3, Hydrology Report Series, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, October 1995

Srikanthan, R. (1995) A Review of the Methods for Estimating Areal Reduction Factors for Design Rainfall, Report 95/3, Co-operative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, Australia

Kennedy, M.R. (1995) A Survey of Investigations to Convert 5-Minute Rainfall Intensities to Corresponding Values for Shorter Durations, Proc. 2nd. International Symposium on Urban Stormwater Management, Melbourne, July 1995

Bureau of Meteorology (1994) The Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation in Australia: Generalised Short-Duration Method, Bulletin 53, AGPS, Canberra, amended December 1996 and January 2003

Pearce, H.J. (1994) Estimation of Extreme Rainfall Events in Australia and the Applicability to Risk Analysis, ANCOLD Seminar on Acceptable Risks for Extreme Events in the Planning and Design of Major Infrastructure, Sydney, 26-27 April 1994

Pearce, H.J. (1994) Notional Annual Exceedance Probabilities of Estimated PMP Events, Water Down Under Conference, 1994, National Conference Publication No. 95/15
Australian Civil Engineering Transactions, Institution of Engineers Australia, Vol. CE36, No. 2, Apr. 1994

Pearce, H.J. (1993) A History of PMP Application for the Warragamba Dam Catchment, Australian Civil Engineering Transactions, Institution of Engineers Australia, Vol. CE35, No. 2, 131-139, June 1993

Kennedy, M.R. and Minty, L.J. (1992) A Method for the Derivation of Rainfall Intensity-Frequency-Duration Data below 5 Minutes, Proc. 1st International Symposium on Urban Stormwater Management, Sydney, 4-7 Feb. 1992, 58-63

Srikanthan, R. and Kennedy, M.R. (1991) Rainfall Antecedent to Storm Bursts from which Temporal Patterns were Derived for "Australian Rainfall and Runoff", International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Perth 2-4 Oct. 1991

Kennedy, M.R, Turner, L.H., Canterford, R.P. and Pearce, H.J. (1991) Temporal Distributions Within Rainfall Bursts, HRS Report No. 1, Hydrology Report Series, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, September 1991

Kennedy, M.R. and Pescod, N.R. (1989) Probability of Occurrence of Extreme Rainfalls and Floods, Final Report on AWRAC Partnership Project P86/33

Kennedy, M.R, Pearce, H.J., Canterford, R.P., and Minty, L.J. (1988) The Estimation of Generalised Probable Maximum Precipitation in Australia, Proc. Workshop on Spillway Design Floods, Australian National University, Canberra, 4 Feb. 1988, ANCOLD Bulletin No. 79, 6-16

Canterford, R.P. and Turner, L.H. (1988) Computerised Design Rainfall Information System for Australia, Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Australian National University, Canberra, 1-3 Feb. 1988

Hall, A.J. (1988) Revised Rainfall Patterns, 28th Annual Flood Mitigation Conference, Shoalhaven City Council, 19 May 1988

Kennedy, M.R. (1987?) Probable Maximum Precipitation Estimation in Australia, Conference on Spillway Design, Warragamba

Pilgrim, D.H., Kennedy, M.R., Rowbottom, I.A., Cordery, I., Canterford, R.P. and Turner, L.H. (1987) Temporal Patterns of Rainfall Bursts, Chapter 3, Australian Rainfall and Runoff: A Guide to Flood Estimation, Institution of Engineers Australia, 1987

Canterford, R.P., Pescod, N.R., Pearce, H.J. and Turner,L.H. (1987) Design Intensity-Frequency-Duration Rainfall, Chapter 2, Australian Rainfall and Runoff: A Guide to Flood Estimation, Institution of Engineers Australia

Canterford, R.P., Pescod, N.R., Pearce, H.J., Turner, L.H. and Atkinson, R.J. (1987) Frequency Analysis of Australian Rainfall Data as used for Flood Analysis and Design, International Symposium on Flood Frequency and Risk Analysis, May 14-17, 1986, Louisiana State University, Hydrologic Frequency Modelling, 293-302

Pescod, N.R. (1987) A Method of Interpolating and Extrapolating Estimates of Rainfall Intensities with respect to Duration

Rowbottom, I.A., Pilgrim, D.H., Kennedy, M.R., and Cordery, I. (1986) Suitability of ARR Rainfall Temporal Patterns for Design Flood Estimation, Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium 1986, Griffith University, Brisbane, 25-27 November 1986

Pescod, N.R. (1985) The Use of Principal Components and Smoothed Standard Deviations in Rainfall Intensity Analysis

Rakhecha, P.R. and Kennedy, M.R. (1985) A Generalised Technique for the Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation in India, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 78, 1985, 345-359

Canterford, R.P., Hutchinson, M.F. and Turner, L.H. (1985) The Use of Laplacian Smoothing Spline Surfaces for the Analysis of Design Rainfalls, Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Sydney, 14-16 May 1985

Canterford, R.P., Pescod, N.R., Atkinson, R.J., Kennedy, M.R., Hall, A.J., Pearce, H.J. and Turner, L.H. (1985) Rainfall Intensity-Frequency-Duration Design Curves for Australia, Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Sydney, 14-16 May 1985

Bureau of Meteorology (1985) The Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation in Australia for Short Durations and Small Areas, Bulletin 51, AGPS, Canberra

Pescod, N.R. and Canterford, R.P. (1985) Expected Probability as Applied to Rainfall Statistics in Australia, Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Sydney, 14-16 May 1985

Kennedy, M.R. and Hart, T.L. (1984) The Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation in Australia, Civil Engineering Transactions, Institution of Engineers Australia, Vol. CE26, No. 1, 1984, 29-36

Kennedy, M.R. and Canterford, R.P. (1984) Engineering Uses of Rainfall Variability Information - Some Economic Implications, Conference on Australian Rainfall Variability, 6-8 Aug. 1984

Isdale, P.J. (1984) Rainfall and Runoff Records in Massive Corals from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 6-8 August 1984, 'Ridgetops', Arkaroola, South Australia, Australian Academy of Science, Bureau of Meteorology

Atkinson, R.J. and Stott, H.P. (1983) Testing of Regression Methods for Design Rainfall Information, Unpublished Bureau of Meteorology Work on NSW and Victoria Rainfall Data

Fricke, T.J., Kennedy, M.R. and Wellington, N.B. (1983) The Use of Rainfall Correlation in Determining Design Storms for Waterways on a Long Railway Line Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Hobart, 8-10 Nov. 1983

Kennedy, M.R. and Hart, T.L. (1982) The Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation in Australia, Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Melbourne, 11-13 May 1982, AWRC Conference Series No. 6, AGPS, Canberra

Hart, T.L. (1981) Survey of Probable Maximum Precipitation Studies using the Synoptic Method of Storm Transposition and Maximisation, Proc. Workshop on Spillway Design, Monash University, Melbourne, 7-9 Oct. 1981, AWRC Conference Series No. 6, AGPS Canberra, 53-63

Pierrehumbert, C.L. and Kennedy, M.R. (1981) The Use of Adjusted United States Data to Estimate Probable Maximum Precipitation, Proc. Workshop on Spillway Design, Monash University, Melbourne, 7-9 Oct. 1981, AWRC Conference Series No. 6, AGPS, Canberra, 64-72

Kennedy, M.R. (1981) The Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation in Australia - Past and Current Practice, Proc. Workshop on Spillway Design, Monash University, Melbourne,
7-9 Oct. 1981

Scott, A. (1981) PMP Estimation in Western Australia, First Special Meteorologist Series Conference, Melbourne, 5-9 October 1981, Bureau of Meteorology Report, pp 4-5

Kennedy, M.R. (1979) Selection of a Design Storm for Surface Drainage - Methodology and Pertinent Considerations, Pavement Surface Drainage Symposium, Australian Road Research Board, 2-3 May 1979, Sydney, NSW

Kennedy, M.R. and Hart, T.L. (1979) A Generalised Method for estimating the Probable Maximum Precipitation from Tropical Cyclones over Australia, International Conference on Tropical cyclones, 25-29 November 1979

Pescod, N.R and Canterford, R.P. (1979) Frequency of Extreme Rainfall Events using a General Three-Parameter Extremal Distribution Model, Technical Report 30, Bureau of Meteorology,
Feb. 1979

Canterford, R.P. and Hall, A.J. (1978?) Design Rainfall Analyses for Australia

Canterford, R.P. and Pierrehumbert, C.L. (1978) A Generalised Method for Estimating the Probable Maximum Precipitation from Tropical Cyclones over Australia, International Conference on Tropical Cyclones, 25-29 November 1979.

Pierrehumbert, C.L. (1977) Chapter 2, Australian Rainfall and Runoff: Flood Analysis and Design, Institution of Engineers Australia

Canterford, R.P. and Pierrehumbert, C.L. (1977) Frequency Distributions for Heavy Rainfalls in Tropical Australia, Hydrology Symposium, Brisbane, 28-30 June 1977

Hall, A.J. (1977) Temporal Patterns of Rainfall Bursts, Australian Rainfall and Runoff - Flood Analysis and Design, Inst. Eng., Aust. 59-63

Kennedy, M.R. (1976) The Probable Maximum Precipitation from the Northeast Monsoon in Southeast Asia, Symposium on Tropical Monsoons, Poona, India, 8-10 September 1976

Pescod, N.R. (1976) Estimating the Frequency of Extreme Rainfall and other Meteorological Events of Highly Skewed Probability Function, Poster session paper at the Royal Met. Soc. Conference on Climate and Climatic Change, Melbourne, Dec. 1976

Bureau of Meteorology (1976) Extreme Precipitation for Catchments in Java, Unpublished Report for the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation

Pierrehumbert, and C.L., Canterford, R.P. (1975) Frequency Distributions for Queensland Heavy Rainfalls, Symposium, Queensland Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia, Brisbane,
pp 2.1-2.23.

Pierrehumbert, and C.L., Canterford, R.P. (1975) The Frequency of Floods in Queensland, Technical Paper No. 2, Institution of Engineers, Australia, Queensland Division

Bureau of Meteorology (1975) Estimation of Extreme Precipitation, Trenganu River Basin, Malaysia, Unpublished Report for the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation

Pierrehumbert, C.L. (1974) Use of Rainfall Intensity Data as Provided in the Revised "Australian Rainfall and Runoff", Australian Road Research Board, 7th Conference, Adelaide, 1974

Pierrehumbert, C.L. (1974) A Comparison of Short-Duration, Small-Area Rainfall Depths Recorded in Some Australian Thunderstorms with United States Data, Internal Bureau of Meteorology Document

Pierrehumbert, C.L. (1974) Point Rainfall Intensity-Frequency-Duration Data, Capital Cities, Bureau of Meteorology, Bulletin No. 49

Hall, A.J. and Kneen, T.H. (1973) Design Temporal Patterns of Storm Rainfall in Australia, Proc. Hydrology Symposium, Inst. Eng. Aust., pp 77-84

Bureau of Meteorology (1972) Final Report Woden Valley Storm - 26 January 1971

Pierrehumbert, C.L. (1972) Rainfall Probabilities over Adjoining Small Catchments, Working Paper 160, Bureau of Meteorology, Dec 1972

Pierrehumbert, C.L. (1972) Short Period Rainfall Intensity Analysis, Working Paper 156, Bureau of Meteorology

Finocchiaro, N.J. (1970) Heavy Rainfall on 8 January 1970 at St.Albans, Victoria, Met. Note 47

Pierrehumbert, C.L. (1970) Rainfall Intensity, AWRC Seminar on Mathematical Modelling in Hydrology, Canberra, 25-27 November 1970

Brunt, A.T. (1968) Space-Time Relationships of Cyclonic Rainfall in the North-East Australian Region, The Institution of Engineers, Australia, Civil Engineering Transactions, Vol. CE10, No. 1, April 1968

Barclay, P.A. (1964) Study of Caboolture Storm, Comparisons of Radar and Rain Gauge Observations, Working Paper 63/1935

Bureau of Meteorology (1960) Estimation of Extreme Precipitation Methods to be used in Bureau of Meteorology Studies, 1960 "Directive"

Rainbird, A.F. (1959) Studies in Snowy Mountains Rainfall Patterns, Unpublished

Hounam, C.E. (1959) Estimation of Extreme Precipitation, Working Paper 7, Bureau of Meteorology. J. Inst. Eng. Aust., Vol.32, No. 6, pp 113-116.

Karelsky S. (1959) Climatological Study of Kiandra Rainfall, Unpublished.

Brunt, A.T. (1958) Analysis of two Queensland Storms, Proc. Conference on Extreme Precipitation, Melbourne

Hounam, C.E. (1958) Analysis of two Queensland Storms, Proc. Conference on Estimation of Extreme Precipitation, Melbourne

Hounam, C.E. (1957) Maximum possible Rainfall over the Cotter River Catchment, Meteorological Study No. 10

Walpole, J. (1951) Maximum Possible Rainfall over Australia, Proc. Conference on Estimation of Extreme Precipitation, Melbourne, April 22-24, 1958

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