Research incubator projects At OzEWEX 2015 the idea was discussed to develop small collaborative projects on the practical topics between Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO and university academics. As a result of that meeting, researchers from the University […]
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The latest round of the Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence scheme announced on 9 September 2016 carried good news for climate science. One among nine successful bids, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes will transform […]
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The Australian Groundwater Insight has been updated with 2014–15 data and new features, making it easier to find for government, policy developers and the general public to access and understand groundwater information. Part of the Bureau’s Groundwater Information […]
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It’s now easier to see how water might flow through the landscape without needing specialised software. Visualising connections between water sources and other environmental features has been made simpler, with improved web services integrating National Environmental Information Infrastructure […]
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Are you using climate outlooks to your best advantage? Our new training module on seasonal forecasts can help you better understand and use climate outlooks. The training is ideal for decision-makers in climate-sensitive industries such as farmers, agronomists […]
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The Bureau’s latest National Water Account reveals that dry conditions across much of Australia throughout 2014–15 contributed to a third consecutive year of reduced storage inflows and increased demand on the water resources available in many regions, particularly […]
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As the 1st Edition of the book “Flood Forecasting, A Global Perspective” has just been released, Thomas Adams (UCAR) and Tom Pagano (BoM) [see their bio below], editors, recall how the idea of the book was born and […]
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If you live in southern Australia, you may have noticed it’s been a rather wet couple of months. What you might not realise is the role that the tropical Indian Ocean has played in helping to create this […]
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The Research and Development Branch of the Bureau of Meteorology is pleased to announce its Annual workshop is to be held at the Head office of the Bureau of Meteorology 700 Collins Street, Docklands from the 5-9 December 2016. The […]
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Update: This call has now closed. A new call is anticipated around July 2017. We are soliciting student applications for a competitive fellowship grant to participate in the 2016 Australian Climate and Water Summer Institute. This prestigious event offers up […]
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For Australia, there is increasing demand for forecast information on time scales from a week to a season around extreme events. Results of a recent study led by Debra Hudson of the Bureau of Meteorology show that the […]
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Sydney is hot. Well technically, it’s persistently warm and lacking cool outbreaks, but this run of weather is no less remarkable for that. The city has had a record 31 straight days above 26℃ (and counting), smashing the […]
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A recent study by Dr Eun-Pa Lim and colleagues demonstrated a connection between long-term trends in sea surface temperatures and amplified wet conditions in subtropical Australia during La Niña. Variations of Australian seasonal climate depend heavily upon the […]
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Australia’s rainfall is perhaps the most variable of any continent on Earth. When averaged across the country, rainfall in 2015 was only slightly below normal. However, there were large areas of both extreme dry and relative wet across […]
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Today the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has released its yearly climate update. A strong El Niño event was the headline story underlying global climate in 2015, but its impact in Australia was mixed. In some parts of the […]
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New research has found that linear trends in rainfall across Australia between 1981 and 2014 were largely attributable to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). The same study also found that both intra-annual and seasonal rainfall changes […]
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The Millennium Drought ended more than five years ago, but several years of below-average rainfall and El Niño have brought drought back to many parts of Australia. Our latest report on water in Australia shows rainfall is continuing […]
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