Research brief: Why Melbourne’s worst storms come in lines
September 3, 2021 8:51 am Comments Off on Research brief: Why Melbourne’s worst storms come in linesIt has long been suggested in the literature, and discussed casually by meteorologists, that rainfall in Melbourne often occurs as lines of precipitation. However, this had yet to be quantified. CLEX researchers analysed 15 years of radar data from the Australian Radar Archive, using an objective method to identify and track these ‘linear systems’ based on radar reflectivity, size, and shape characteristics.