Data and examples

1.   Maritime continent region mean flow
(From NCEP reanalyses, plotted using the NOAA CDC interactive website http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/Composites/
Information on referencing the plots, from the NOAA webpage:

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925 hPa colour: JanuaryApril    JulyOctober
925 hPa black and white: January April   July October
200 hPa colour: JanuaryApril    JulyOctober
200 hPa black and white: JanuaryApril    JulyOctober
 

2.  Topographic maps of maritime continent

Indonesia.jpgIndonesia.gif  Indonesia1.jpgIndonesia1.gif
Java1.psJava2.ps
 

3.  Effect of El Niño on East Timor

    1. Rainfall data: mean plus examples of a couple of El Niño events

    2. Representation of El Niño rainfall as deviation from normal rainfall

    3. Historic data potentially available from Servico Meteorologico Nacional, Lisbon

    4. Forecast
These experimental results from research systems developed in BMRC.These research results highlight some of our current
work and  should be of interest to other researchers. They are not part of the Bureau of Meteorology's operational products
and services.

    5. Analysis of Wet Season and Dry Season Data for former Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika (BMG) Seasonal Forecast District (Daerah Prakiraan Musim, DPM)-91.

6.  For Bruce Gunn
    Seasonal Forecast CD

7.  Relevant rainfall data

The DPM 91 data
Monthly rainfall data for Dili
 Kupang (West Timor), Waingapu (on the Island of Sumba, about
500km west of East Timor), Saumlaki (Yamdena, 500 km East), Kendari and
Unjung Pandang (Southern Sulawesi, about 600-700 km to the northwest)