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Victoria’s rainfall has changed over the past 35 years. Low pressure systems bring less winter rain while thunderstorms are likely to bring heavier summer downfalls. The Millennium Drought from 1997–2009 meant lower runoff across the state. And even though the drought ended in 2010, many catchments have not returned to pre-drought levels of runoff generation.
At a recent University of Melbourne online Water Security Series panellists discussed ‘Recent changes in Victorian rainfall and runoff’, including what new data means for modelling catchment inflows and managing the state’s precious water resources.
Panelists
Geoff Steendam
DELWP, Water and Catchments
Dr Pandora Hope
Principal Research Scientist at the Bureau of Meteorology
Dr Tim Peterson
Monash University, Civil Engineering
Dr Margarita Saft
Melbourne University, Infrastructure Engineering
Dr Murray Peel
Chair, Melbourne University, Infrastructure Engineering
First published on 28 October 2021.
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