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Climate Activities in Australia 2003

A Report on Australian Participation in International Scientific Climate Programs

Compiled by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology on the basis of information provided by:

  • The Australian Academy of Science's National Committee on Earth System Science
  • The Bureau of Meteorology's National Climate Centre
  • The Australian Greenhouse Office
  • The Australian Joint Working Group for GCOS (Global Climate Observing System)/GOOS (Global Ocean Observing System)/GTOS (Global Terrestrial Observing System)
  • Australian delegations to sessions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its Working Groups

The 2003 Climate Activities in Australia Report is available as a PDF, to faithfully reflect the printed original and to ensure accuracy of reproduction.  You will need Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to read the pdf files.

Each of the chapters from the 2003 Climate Activities in Australia Report is available as a PDF.
Report Cover

Or you may wish to obtain the document in its entirety by downloading The 2003 Climate Activities in Australia PDF (PDF 4645 kb)


Cover: The combination of extremely low rainfall and record high temperatures across most of Australia in 2002 set the scene for devastating bushfires that struck areas of New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria in December 2002 and January 2003. The cover image was captured some weeks before the tragic fire storm that hit Canberra on 18 January 2003, with the camera pointing to the setting sun in the west from the northern Canberra suburb of Amaroo. It shows the oppressive atmosphere with extremely low humidity and the pervasive smoke from the fires in the nearby national parks.
Photograph: Courtesy of Chris Arndt, a local Canberra nature photographer.

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