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Climatic atlas of Australia - Temperature


At a glance

This Atlas includes a range of temperature related information for Australia. As well as maximum and minimum temperature maps, there is information about temperature variability and extremes in Australia, an explanation of the sources of Australian temperature and a description of temperature changes in the 20th Century.

Product details

The temperature maps released in this current set represent the first published revision of these maps since 1975. Other climatic parameters published in this series include rainfall and evapotranspiration.

Information contained in the Atlas includes:

  • Average monthly and average annual temperature maps (based on the period 1961 - 1990) together with explanatory text.
  • A description of the major sources of Australian temperatures.
  • Graphs showing average and extreme monthly temperatures for capital cities.
  • Time series graphs showing trends in maximum and minimum temperatures from 1919 to 2002.
  • Information about temperature changes in the 20th Century.

ISBN:

978-0-642-70660-7

Published

2005

Format

Spiral bound, soft cover book, 34 pages.

Cost

$33.00 (plus $12.00 post in Australia).

Copyright and contact information

To order a copy of this product please contact:

Email publications@bom.gov.au
Telephone 03 9669 4312
Over the counter 700 Collins St
Dockland VIC

Please note that the copyright for any data supplied for the Bureau of Meteorology is held in the Commonwealth of Australia and the purchaser shall give acknowledgement of the source in reference to the data. Apart from dealings under the Copyright Act 1968, the purchaser shall not reproduce (electronically or otherwise), modify or supply (by sale or otherwise) these data without written permission from the supplier.

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