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Australian Meteorological Magazine - 2007 Papers

The Australian Meteorological Magazine is published four times per year, nominally in March, June, September and December.

PDF copies of all papers published in the Australian Meteorological Magazine will be available on this site as each issue is published.

Most papers are available in low and high-resolution versions. High-resolution versions have better image quality but are much larger downloads (most high-resolution papers are 1-5 MB, most low-resolution papers are 50-250 KB).

March 2007 (Vol 56 No. 1) - contents

  • Alexander, L.V., Hope, P., Collins, D., Trewin, B., Lynch, A. and Nicholls, N. Trends in Australia's climate means and extremes: a global context. 1-18. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Zeschke, B. Fog and low cloud detection over northern parts of the Northern Territory using geostationary satellite data, June to September 2004. 19-34. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Le Marshall, J., Bi, L., Jung, J., Zapotocny, T. and Morgan, M. WindSat polarimetric microwave observations improve southern hemisphere numerical weather prediction. 35-40. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Shaik, H. and Cleland, S. The tropical circulation in the Australian and Asian region - May to October 2006. 41-53. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Fawcett, R.J.B. Seasonal climate summary southern hemisphere (autumn 2006): drought returns to Australia. 55-65. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Lee, J. Quarterly numerical weather prediction model performance summary - October to December 2006. 67-69. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Book reviews - Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey (John Wallace and Peter Hobbs), Tropical Meteorology, Vols 1, 2 and 3 (revised edition) (G.C. Asnani). 71-72. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Bureau of Meteorology - publications issued 2006. 73-74.

June 2007 (Vol 56 no. 2) - contents

  • McCaw, L., Marchetti, P., Elliott, G. and Reader, G. Bushfire weather climatology of the Haines index in south-western Australia. 75-80. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Sun, Z., Yunyan, L., Xianning, Z., Zhexian, L., Jingang, W. and Jingmiao, L. Parameterization of solar radiation at the surface under cloudless conditions and its validation against observations. 81-91. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Kirono, D.G.C. and Jones, R.N. A bivariate test for detecting inhomogeneities in pan evaporation time-series. 93-103. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Power, S. and Nicholls, N. Temperature variability in a changing climate. 105-110. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Murphy, B.F. Seasonal climate summary southern hemisphere (winter 2006): El Niņo develops late but Australian drought already severe. 111-121. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Lee, J. Quarterly numerical weather prediction model performance summary - January to March 2007. 123-125. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Book reviews - Remote Sensing from Air and Space (R.C. Olsen). 127. (Low-res) (High-res)

A corrigendum to the Shaik and Cleland paper from the March 2007 issue was published in June. On this website a corrected version of the full original paper is shown.

September 2007 (Vol 56 no. 3) - contents

  • Suppiah, R., Hennessy, K.J., Whetton, P.H., McInnes, K., Macadam, I., Bathols, J., Ricketts, J. and Page, C.M. Australian climate change projections derived from simulations performed for the IPCC 4th Assessment Report. 131-152. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Smith, I. Global climate modelling within CSIRO: 1981 to 2006. 153-166. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Taminiau, C. and Haarsma, R. Projected changes in precipitation and the occurrence of severe rainfall deficits in Central Australia caused by global warming. 167-175. (Low-res) (High-res).
  • Mills, G.A. On easterly changes over elevated terrain in Australia's southeast. 177-190. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Shaik, H.A. and Cleland, S.J. The tropical circulation in the Australian/Asian region - November 2006 to April 2007. 191-202. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Qi, L. Seasonal climate summary southern hemisphere (spring 2006): a weak El Niņo in the tropical Pacific - warm and dry conditions in eastern and southern Australia. 203-214. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Lee, J. Quarterly numerical weather prediction model performance summary - April to June 2007. 215-217. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Book reviews - Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics and the Battle Over Global Warming (Chris Mooney). 219-222. (Low-res) (High-res)

December 2007 (Vol 56 no. 4) - contents

  • Gallant, A.J.E., Hennessy, K.J. and Risbey, J. Trends in rainfall indices for six Australian regions: 1910-2005. 223-241. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Nolan, D.S. What is the trigger for tropical cyclogenesis? 241-266. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Gibson, B. Examination of a density current with severe winds and extensive dust: South Australia case study, 2 April 2005. 267-283. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Seaman, R.S. Which Australian rawinsonde stations most influence wind analyses? 285-289. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Butler, J. and Callaghan, J. The South Pacific and southeast Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season 2004-05. 291-308. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Fawcett, R.J.B. Seasonal climate summary southern hemisphere (summer 2006-07): the end of the 2006-07 El Niņo. 309-319. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Kirono, D.G.C. Corrigendum - June 2007 issue. 321. (Low-res) (High-res)
  • Indexes - volume 56. 323-326. (Low-res) (High-res)

A corrigendum to the Gallant et al. paper from the December 2007 issue will be published in the June 2008 issue. On this website a partially corrected version of the full original paper is shown, with a full update to take place shortly.

Papers to appear in forthcoming issues

Papers which have been accepted for publication, but are yet to be allocated to an issue, are listed below.

  • Chambers and Griffiths. The changing nature of temperature extremes in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Davis and Walsh. South-east Australian thunderstorms: are they increasing in frequency?
  • Seaman. The probability distribution of observed minus expected sea-level pressures; a quality control perspective.
  • Le Marshall et al. Impact of MODIS atmospheric motion vectors on a global NWP system.
  • Jimi et al. An investigation into the origin of aerosol nucleation events observed in the Southern Ocean boundary layer.
  • Fox-Hughes. A fire danger climatology for Tasmania.
  • Woodcock and Elliott. Comparison of official and operational consensus forecasts of capital city daily extreme temperatures in 2006.

Last updated 3 June 2008 by Blair Trewin


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