Climate

Climate and crop outlook information

• Climate outlook summary including El Niño Alert - July to September 2007
• Current climate note ( PDF 100 kB) - Detailed outlook for July to September 
• Rainfall probability maps Queensland, Australia, the world - July to September
• Land Water & Wool: Improved seasonal forecasting for wool producers in western Queensland
• The Season Ahead - A quarterly newsletter for western Queensland
• Climate outlook for peanut growing regions
• Seasonal Crop Outlook - Wheat - 2007 
• Improving prediction of the Northern Australian Wet Season
• Drought decisions checklist (Vegetables and other annual horticultural crops)

Understanding forecasting

• Using climate forecasts - Some key points
• Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
  An explanation of terms such as ENSO, El Niño and La Niña.
• Climate and weather information sources
  A comprehensive list of climate and weather related internet sites.
• Westerly wind bursts
  An early indicator of El Niño.
• Subsurface Temperature Map
  An early indicator of sea surface temperatures.
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Extreme Events and Severe Weather

The following services are provided by the Bureau of Meteorology

• Tropical cyclone warning centre (Qld)
• Tropical cyclone seasonal outlook
• Weather Warnings
• Weather radar

Oz-Wheat report

• Cover page, acknowledgements and table of contents ( PDF 125 kB)
• Abstract and introduction ( PDF 96 kB)
• Methods ( PDF 440 kB)
• Results and discussion ( PDF 576 kB)
• Conclusion ( PDF 86 kB)
• References and appedidix 1 ( PDF 276 kB)

Full download suitable for printing ( PDF, 1.4 mB)

A hard copy of the Oz-Wheat Report can be obtained by contacting the DPI&F Business Information Centre.

Decision support, software and training

• Managing for climate workshops
• Rainman StreamFlow
  Use your PC to work out local rainfall patterns from a hundred years of monthly and daily records.
• DroughtPlan
  A CD based software package aimed at developing profitable and sustainable grazing strategies to manage for rainfall variability.
• Longpaddock
  Australian-wide database offering high quality climate related decision-support information. Check the latest SOI values, read about the latest seasonal outlooks or view historical rainfall maps.
• AussieGRASS
  A system for assessing and monitoring the condition of Australia's extensive grazing lands.
• NAMS (National Agricultural Monitoring System) is a web based tool providing climate, production, pasture and commodity information. It is primarily designed to streamline Exceptional Circumstances assessments. 

Further information

• Drought - planning advice and financial assistance   
• Publications for sale through the Government Bookshop on climate and water management.

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Last updated 06 July 2007