Thunderstorm and Lightning Climatology of Australia

04 Thunderstorm and Lightning Climatology of Australia

A severe thunderstorm climatology for Australia and associated thunderstorm environments

Thunderstorm distribution and frequency in Australia

Thunderstorms are spectacular but hazardous weather phenomena which, together with tropical cyclones and bushfires, top the list of concerns in the Bureau of Meteorology’s Severe Weather Warning Services Program. Insurance-related claims arising from thunderstorms (wind, hail and flash flood damage) from 1967 to 1999 amount to about $A5 billion (Insurance Council of Australia 2000). The Sydney ...

Urban lightning climatology and GIS : An analytical framework from the case study of Atlanta , Georgia

There are three underdeveloped components of urban cloud-to-ground lightning studies: (1) the integration of multiple flash descriptors into more informative summary metrics of flash production, (2) the comparison of flash patterns by thunderstorm type, and (3) the correspondence of urban flashes with underlying land use. We used a GIS to integrate these components as part of an analysis of war...

Climatology of lightning activity in Australia: spatial and seasonal variability

A climatology of lightning ground flash density is examined for the Australian region based on 18 years of data. The dataset and methodology used are consistent with that of a previous study based on eight years of data. Lightning flash densities are obtained from two satellite instruments—the Lightning Imaging Sensor and the Optical Transient Detector. A climatological map of lightning ground ...