Tag Archive: Bureau of Meteorology

Sprigg Lecture series: Australia’s tempestuous relationship with wild fire – past, present and future

August 27, 2019 1:30 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Sprigg Lecture series: Mika Pearce (BoM), Bob Hill (University of Adelaide Environment Institute). Australia’s tempestuous relationship with wild fire – past, present and future. Sprigg lecture series Australia’s tempestuous relationship with wild fire – past, present and future Join Professor Bob Hill and Dr Mika Pearce as they present two perspectives on Australia’s relationship with wild fire – the evolution of fire-adapted vegetation, and how complex weather patterns drive fire behaviour in the Australian landscape. Professor Bob Hill is the Director of... View Article

BoM Webinar: Spring 2019 climate and water update

August 27, 2019 1:25 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Robin Duell, Catherine Ganter (Bureau of Meteorology). Webinar: Spring 2019 climate and water update. Get an in depth analysis of recent conditions, as well as the temperature, rainfall and streamflow outlook for spring. Register now for more information to help you make important decisions for the season ahead.   If you have any topics for our presenters to cover – please include them when you register! Learn more about the Bureau’s Climate Outlooks Drought Statements Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts Water Storages

A short history of COSIMA

August 3, 2019 4:43 pm Published by Comments Off on A short history of COSIMA

The seven-year funding for Centres of Excellence ostensibly supports focused research across existing scientific communities but, as the Consortium for Ocean-Sea Ice Modelling in Australia (COSIMA) shows, it can also help create entirely new scientific communities in a specific research area.

RP3 Drought report – August 2019

August 1, 2019 9:00 am Published by Comments Off on RP3 Drought report – August 2019

As this newsletter goes to press, Bureau of Meteorology rainfall records show most of NSW and substantial parts of south-west Queensland remain in drought. Beyond the immediate agricultural, hydrologic and ecologic impacts, many small rural towns are starting to run out of water.

BoM Seminar: Trends and Challenges in TC NWP for the 2020s

July 30, 2019 10:23 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Mike Fiorino (University of Colorado). Trends and Challenges in TC NWP for the 2020s an update on the 2009 ECMWF Newsletter article “Record-setting performance of the ECMWF IFS in medium-range tropical cyclone track prediction”. External attendees without a local host should email sts_seminars_admin@bom.gov.au their details (name and affiliation) at least one day prior to arrange entrance.

BoM Seminar: Improving reconstructions of historical extreme events by rescuing undigitized weather observations with citizen scientists

July 30, 2019 10:20 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Ed Hawkins (University of Reading) Improving reconstructions of historical extreme events by rescuing undigitized weather observations with citizen scientists External attendees without a local host should email sts_seminars_admin@bom.gov.au their details (name and affiliation) at least one day prior to arrange entrance.  

BoM01: Changes in hydrological extremes across Australia under future climate change

July 16, 2019 1:00 am Published by Comments Off on BoM01: Changes in hydrological extremes across Australia under future climate change

The aim of this student project is to investigate the impacts of climate change on hydrological extremes, such as high runoff events, hydrological or agricultural drought. It uses outputs of the AWRA-L hydrological model, which underpins the BoM's Australian Landscape Water Balance website.