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New dataset reveals key to Townsville flood disaster

June 5, 2019 1:32 pm Published by Comments Off on New dataset reveals key to Townsville flood disaster

CLEX researchers with the Bureau of Meteorology have created a new 20-year-long regularly updated precipitation dataset for Australia using 50 radar sites. This will allow researchers to examine the climatology of extreme events, follow cloud processes, estimate hail size, determine cloud top height and much more.

Research brief: New downscaling approach will help urban planners prepare for future rainfall

May 31, 2019 2:30 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: New downscaling approach will help urban planners prepare for future rainfall

CLEX researchers and colleagues have developed a downscaling methodology using the HiDRUS model that accurately projects future rainfall in 1km grids at six minute intervals. This will be a boon for urban planners who need to build infrastructure to cope with the different future heavy rainfall events that will occur in a changing climate.

Research brief: How clouds help create islands

May 21, 2019 10:34 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: How clouds help create islands

The study proposes a conceptual model of lagoon island formation, which incorporates aeolian sedimentation and episodes of wave and tide over-wash. Although not part of the core CLEX program, this study represents an interesting multi-disciplinary application of our work on tropical storms to geomorphology.

Research brief: Statistical correction reveals 25% decline in future rainfall over the SW Pacific

April 29, 2019 2:19 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Statistical correction reveals 25% decline in future rainfall over the SW Pacific

CLEX researchers found that applying a statistical correction to projected sea surface temperatures has a major impact on changes to rainfall with global warming, leading to a 25% reduction in future precipitation projected for the south-western Pacific.

Research brief: Do wet soils affect rainfall?

March 8, 2019 9:27 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Do wet soils affect rainfall?

How wet the soil is before a storm can determine the amount of rain that falls. This research also produced some interesting findings for rainfall in Australia.

Research brief: Changes to weather features of atmospheric conversion lines drive future changes to rainfall

February 18, 2019 2:51 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Changes to weather features of atmospheric conversion lines drive future changes to rainfall

Weather time scales will be needed for models to accurately simulate the dynamic contribution to future precipitation changes with global warming. This will better reproduce spatial patterns and reduce regional uncertainties, especially in the tropics.