Tag Archive: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Briefing note 13: How might Australia contribute to a next-generation global climate modelling facility?

May 19, 2021 11:57 am Published by Comments Off on Briefing note 13: How might Australia contribute to a next-generation global climate modelling facility?

The Royal Society has called for an international next-generation climate modelling centre (pdf), based on new cutting-edge high-performance computing and data services to support efforts toward net-zero emissions and to enable effective climate adaptation.

Presenting extreme rainfall research to the Forewarned is Forearmed Community of Practice

April 15, 2021 11:16 am Published by Comments Off on Presenting extreme rainfall research to the Forewarned is Forearmed Community of Practice

Andrew King recently presented his research into the seasonal prediction of extreme rainfall to an audience of federal government, state government, and agricultural industry stakeholders as part of the Forewarned is Forearmed Community of Practice (FWFA CoP).

Working with teachers to bring climate science to the classroom

April 12, 2021 10:32 am Published by Comments Off on Working with teachers to bring climate science to the classroom

Sanaa Hobeichi and Ian Macadam of the CLEX Knowledge Brokerage team are spearheading Climate Classrooms, a joint project of CLEX and the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub (MCCCRH) that aims to raise the profile of climate science in secondary school Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects.

Researchers call on Australian citizen scientists to collect storm data

October 1, 2020 12:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Researchers call on Australian citizen scientists to collect storm data

Australia researchers are calling on storm chasers and members of the general public fascinated by severe weather to take part in a citizen science project that will help better capture the occurrence of extreme weather events and improve our ability to forecast them.

WeatheX app gets an update

August 18, 2020 1:09 pm Published by Comments Off on WeatheX app gets an update

Following a workshop with all the stakeholders, the Weathex app received funds for a range of updates that are available now.

RP2 Heatwaves and cold air outbreaks report – August 2020

August 17, 2020 1:17 pm Published by Comments Off on RP2 Heatwaves and cold air outbreaks report – August 2020

As well as winning a Pulitzer Prize, the RP2 team has been working closely on improving models, developed two new metrics and through studying marine heatwaves may have revealed a method of forecasting these heatwaves around Tasmania up to two years ahead.

Research brief: New Metrics for Assessing Small Scale Wind Processes in Bureau Forecasts

July 9, 2020 9:59 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: New Metrics for Assessing Small Scale Wind Processes in Bureau Forecasts

In this paper, CLEX researchers developed new metrics to assess whether forecaster edits targeting these processes were reducing error in the daily varying component of the wind forecasts, by comparing edited and unedited forecast data with weather station observations.

Research brief: The shortcomings of convection-resolving models

July 3, 2020 3:53 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: The shortcomings of convection-resolving models

A new paper by Martin Jucker and colleagues reveals the choice of a particular convection-resolving model (CRM) has a much larger impact on the results than increasing resolution. It also suggests the behaviour of CRMs is tied to model internals instead of the phenomena they are trying to reproduce.