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Radar
Canberra
Period
5:00pm, 24 Feb 2018 – 12:00pm, 26 Feb 2018 AEST
Duration
1.8 days
Radar Data
100%
Gauges Used
–
Markers
Areas
Map
Overlay
100%
Rainfall Graph
Data Downloads
The 10 minute rainfall is the primary calibrated product for this project.
The 1 minute and 5 minute files are temporal de-aggregations of the primary 10 minute product using interpolated temporal radar patterns. They give a plausible within-storm timing pattern for flow modelling, but they are not independently gauge-corrected at that finer resolution.
The 15 minute, 30 minute, and 1 hour files are accumulations of the finer pattern and are usually the safer choice for event totals, volume checks, or less timing-sensitive use.
Rainfall Grids (NetCDF)
2D gridded rainfall data covering the analysis area
Source Observations (CSV)
Gauge/AWS rainfall, per-station, one CSV per location
Estimation Points (CSV)
Radar-estimated rainfall at configured points
Subcatchment Averages (CSV)
Area-averaged rainfall, per catchment
Subcatchment Rainfall
See downloads & notes
| Catchment | Area (km²) | Avg Rainfall (mm) | CSV | IFD |
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| 1.0 | 1.55 km² | 88.6 mm |  |
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| 2.0 | 1.01 km² | 87.2 mm | |
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| 3.0 | 0.54 km² | 88.2 mm | |
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| 4.0 | 0.31 km² | 87.7 mm | |
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| 5.0 | 0.59 km² | 89.8 mm | |
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| 1.01 | 0.02 km² | 88.3 mm | |
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| 7.0 | 0.28 km² | 90.3 mm | |
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| 1.02 | 0.11 km² | 88.5 mm | |
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| 9.0 | 0.12 km² | 87.9 mm | |
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| 1.03 | 0.4 km² | 89.7 mm | |
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| 11.0 | 0.63 km² | 89.1 mm | |
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| 12.0 | 0.3 km² | 91.8 mm | |
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| 13.0 | 0.34 km² | 92.5 mm | |
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| 14.0 | 0.11 km² | 89.8 mm | |
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| 15.0 | 0.28 km² | 92.6 mm | |
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| 16.0 | 0.16 km² | 93.2 mm | |
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| 17.0 | 0.06 km² | 87.9 mm | |
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| 18.0 | 0.46 km² | 93.0 mm | |
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| 1.04 | 0.03 km² | 93.9 mm | |
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| 20.0 | 0.51 km² | 92.5 mm | |
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| 21.0 | 1.11 km² | 97.4 mm | |
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| 1.05 | 0.12 km² | 94.9 mm | |
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| 23.0 | 0.63 km² | 101.4 mm | |
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| 25.0 | 0.69 km² | 102.0 mm | |
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| 26.0 | 0.17 km² | 111.6 mm | |
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| 27.0 | 0.9 km² | 102.8 mm | |
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| 1.06 | 0.11 km² | 97.7 mm | |
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| 29.0 | 0.67 km² | 91.2 mm | |
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| 1.07 | 0.06 km² | 96.6 mm | |
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| 31.0 | 0.51 km² | 92.1 mm | |
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| 32.0 | 0.62 km² | 95.8 mm | |
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| 1.08 | 0.08 km² | 99.5 mm | |
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| 34.0 | 0.0 km² | 102.0 mm | |
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| 1.09 | 0.75 km² | 105.3 mm | |
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| 36.1 | 0.97 km² | 96.8 mm | |
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| 37.0 | 0.6 km² | 99.1 mm | |
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| 38.0 | 0.09 km² | 97.8 mm | |
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| 39.0 | 0.63 km² | 99.3 mm | |
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| 40.0 | 0.62 km² | 100.6 mm | |
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| 1.10 | 0.01 km² | 102.8 mm | |
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| 1.11 | 0.04 km² | 104.4 mm | |
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| 43.0 | 0.41 km² | 111.8 mm | |
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| 44_EPIC | 0.39 km² | 108.5 mm | |
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| 45.0 | 0.93 km² | 120.4 mm | |
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| 46.0 | 0.69 km² | 119.8 mm | |
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| 47.0 | 0.11 km² | 114.2 mm | |
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| 48.0 | 0.0 km² | 118.8 mm | |
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| 1.12 | 0.11 km² | 110.5 mm | |
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| 50.0 | 0.03 km² | 117.6 mm | |
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| 1.13 | 0.07 km² | 114.7 mm | |
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| 52_Rcourse | 0.41 km² | 103.7 mm | |
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| 53.0 | 0.62 km² | 109.7 mm | |
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| 54.0 | 1.05 km² | 130.0 mm | |
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| 55.0 | 0.32 km² | 140.5 mm | |
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| 56.0 | 0.55 km² | 132.5 mm | |
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| 57.0 | 0.18 km² | 144.4 mm | |
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| 58.0 | 1.0 km² | 128.7 mm | |
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| 1.14 | 0.03 km² | 115.9 mm | |
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| 60.0 | 1.29 km² | 105.1 mm | |
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| 61.0 | 1.21 km² | 118.5 mm | |
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| 62.0 | 0.09 km² | 116.6 mm | |
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| 63_Ywani | 0.49 km² | 124.9 mm | |
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| 1.15 | 0.09 km² | 129.5 mm | |
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| 65.0 | 0.22 km² | 125.0 mm | |
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| 410772 RAFTS subareas | 0.34 km² | 146.8 mm | |
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| 67.0 | 1.55 km² | 150.7 mm | |
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| 68.0 | 1.31 km² | 156.0 mm | |
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| 69.0 | 0.29 km² | 141.9 mm | |
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| 70.0 | 0.36 km² | 136.0 mm | |
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| 71.0 | 0.37 km² | 149.0 mm | |
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| 72.0 | 0.93 km² | 136.6 mm | |
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| 1.17 | 0.02 km² | 153.9 mm | |
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| 1.18 | 0.69 km² | 147.9 mm | |
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| 75.0 | 0.61 km² | 134.3 mm | |
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| 76.0 | 0.64 km² | 145.6 mm | |
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| 77.0 | 0.32 km² | 153.4 mm | |
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| 78.0 | 0.13 km² | 150.2 mm | |
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| 79.0 | 0.49 km² | 151.4 mm | |
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| 80.0 | 0.78 km² | 150.9 mm | |
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| 81.0 | 0.23 km² | 148.1 mm | |
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| 82.0 | 1.21 km² | 146.0 mm | |
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| 83.0 | 0.09 km² | 148.7 mm | |
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| 1.19 | 0.13 km² | 147.5 mm | |
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| 85_LynPnd | 0.03 km² | 142.1 mm | |
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| 1.20 | 0.49 km² | 133.9 mm | |
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| 87.0 | 1.63 km² | 94.8 mm | |
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| 88.0 | 0.81 km² | 108.8 mm | |
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| 89.0 | 0.19 km² | 98.8 mm | |
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| 90.0 | 0.7 km² | 117.6 mm | |
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| 1.21 | 0.22 km² | 121.6 mm | |
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| 92.0 | 0.14 km² | 110.7 mm | |
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| 93.0 | 0.42 km² | 136.1 mm | |
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| 94.0 | 0.52 km² | 138.3 mm | |
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| 95.0 | 0.43 km² | 130.5 mm | |
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| 96.0 | 0.53 km² | 122.7 mm | |
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| 1.22 | 0.0 km² | 111.3 mm | |
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| 1.23 | 0.1 km² | 108.4 mm | |
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| 99.0 | 0.5 km² | 104.9 mm | |
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| 1.24 | 0.0 km² | 97.3 mm | |
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| 1.25 | 0.28 km² | 105.0 mm | |
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| 102.0 | 0.28 km² | 118.2 mm | |
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| 103.0 | 0.08 km² | 112.2 mm | |
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| 104.0 | 0.31 km² | 100.9 mm | |
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| 1.26 | 0.21 km² | 97.8 mm | |
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| 410775 | 0.0 km² | 90.7 mm | |
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| 107.0 | 0.72 km² | 95.1 mm | |
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| 108.0 | 0.25 km² | 92.4 mm | |
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| 109.0 | 0.33 km² | 91.4 mm | |
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| 110.0 | 0.61 km² | 84.2 mm | |
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| 111.0 | 0.4 km² | 88.3 mm | |
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| 1.28 | 0.26 km² | 93.4 mm | |
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| 113.0 | 0.78 km² | 83.5 mm | |
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| 1.29 | 0.48 km² | 87.7 mm | |
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| 115.0 | 0.49 km² | 80.4 mm | |
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| 1.30 | 0.33 km² | 83.3 mm | |
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| 24.0 | 0.93 km² | 113.7 mm | |
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| 68.1 | 0.21 km² | 151.9 mm | |
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| 76.1 | 0.32 km² | 153.6 mm | |
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| 77.1 | 0.11 km² | 155.2 mm | |
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| 95.1 | 0.06 km² | 130.6 mm | |
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| 36.0 | 0.64 km² | 94.3 mm | |
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| SP_US | 0.13 km² | 141.5 mm | |
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| 410772 RAFTS subareas | 0.0 km² | 153.9 mm | |
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| RAFTS SullivansCk combined | 52.84 km² | 113.3 mm | |
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Estimated Rainfall Points
See downloads & notes
Observation Stations
See downloads & notes
← Rainfall estimation overview
Buttons over the top of the map switch what the map is showing.
- Reflectivity: the raw radar echo, showing where rain was detected, not how much fell. Useful for seeing where storms moved.
- Rainfall: estimated mm of rain, animated frame by frame across the event. Calibrated against on-ground rain gauges to correct for the radar's natural bias.
- Accumulated: a single static map of the total mm that fell across the whole event period.
Use the slider underneath the map to scrub through animated layers; accumulated layers are static.
- Observations: real ground rain-gauges and weather-station locations used in this project. Click any marker to see that station's recorded total and a graph of its readings over the event.
- Estimates: radar-derived rainfall at points your project specifically asked for, numbered #1, #2, … matching the Estimated Rainfall Points table and the per-point CSV downloads.
- Subcatchment averages: one marker per subcatchment, showing the area-weighted rainfall over that subarea.
Toggle each marker type on or off independently using the checkboxes.
- Catchments: the larger outline polygons you supplied to define the area of interest for this project.
- Subcatchments: finer-grained subdivisions within the catchments, typically from a hydrology model (for example RAFTS subareas).
Toggling these layers on or off changes only what is drawn on the map. The numbers in the Subcatchment Rainfall table below are computed once at build time and do not change with the toggles.
- Labels: place names and town labels.
- Roads: major road network.
- Hillshade: directional shading to suggest topography beneath the rainfall colours.
- Tint: subtle elevation colouring (greener in valleys, browner on ridges).
- Contours: elevation contour lines, drawn from the underlying terrain model.
- Isohyets: lines of equal accumulated rainfall, drawn over the accumulated layer. Use the in catchments radio to focus contours inside your areas of interest at finer spacing, or full extent to see the broader pattern across the whole radar coverage.
- 3D: tilt the map and exaggerate terrain. Drag with right-click (desktop) or twist two fingers (mobile) to tilt.
- Overlay: opacity of the rainfall layer over the basemap. Slide left to see the underlying map through the rainfall.
Time series of rainfall at each station and estimate point used in this project.
- The y-axis is mm of rain per interval (the interval matches the currently selected animated layer).
- The x-axis is time across the event period, shown in the project's local timezone.
- Click anywhere on the graph to jump the map to that moment. The animation skips straight to the nearest frame, so you can land on the heaviest part of the event without scrubbing through every step.
- Click a station name in the legend to isolate or hide its series; click the solo dot to show that station alone.
Everything used or produced by this project is downloadable. All rainfall values are in millimetres; all timestamps are in the project's operating timezone (shown in each CSV header).
- Rainfall Grids (NetCDF): 2D gridded rainfall covering the analysis area, in NetCDF format. One file per output interval, plus an accumulated total. Best for GIS tools (QGIS, ArcGIS, Python xarray).
- Source Observations (CSV): per-station gauge and weather-station readings, one CSV per location, at the project's primary interval.
- Estimation Points (CSV): radar-derived rainfall at the numbered points (#1, #2, …) on the map. One CSV per point per interval. Match the file number to the marker on the map.
- Subcatchment Averages (CSV): area-weighted rainfall per subcatchment, one CSV per catchment per interval.
For most hydrology workflows, start with the Subcatchment Averages CSVs or the Rainfall Grids NetCDF; gauges and estimate points are there for QA and detailed analysis.
Each row is one subcatchment with its area-weighted total rainfall in millimetres over the whole event.
- Area-weighted means cells that only partially overlap the catchment polygon contribute proportionally to their overlap fraction, so small or thin subcatchments stay accurate rather than being skewed by a single grid cell.
- Sort any column by clicking its header.
- Markers on the map at the centroid of each subcatchment show the same averaged total. Toggle them with the Subcatchment averages marker checkbox.
Radar-derived rainfall estimates at the specific points your project asked us to estimate at.
- Each row is one estimate point, numbered #1, #2, … matching the markers on the map and the per-point CSV files in the Estimation Points download group.
- Values are radar-derived and then bias-corrected against the surrounding ground gauges, so they reflect the same calibration as the gauge-corrected rainfall layer.
The ground-based rain gauges and weather stations whose readings were used to calibrate the radar over the event.
- Source codes: AWS = Bureau of Meteorology automatic weather station; RR = rain-gauge (15-minute reporting); WD = water-data telemetry station with a tipping-bucket rain gauge (often river-monitoring sites); DPIRD = Western Australia DPIRD weather station network.
- The Total mm column is the gauge's own recorded total over the event period, independent of the radar.
- Sort by any column by clicking its header.
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