Research and Development

Advancing the science behind the Bureau's environmental forecasts, warnings and services.

  • Atmosphere and land surface modelling
  • Data assimilation, reanalysis
  • Numerical weather prediction
  • Multi-week and seasonal prediction
  • Ocean modelling and prediction
  • Climate projections
  • Dynamics and feedbacks
  • Intraseasonal to decadal predictability
  • Climate model assessment
  • Prediction products and verification
  • High impact weather
  • Aviation hazards
  • Radar science and nowcasting
  • Forecast systems
  • Statistical post-processing
  • Forecast verification
  • Antarctic and Southern Ocean
  • Space weather prediction
  • Ionospheric modelling
  • High frequency radio
  • Geomagnetic services
  • Global Navigation Satellite System services

Providing
science and research
for environmental intelligence

  • Data standards and services
  • Groundwater mapping
  • Water balance analysis
  • Short-term flow forecasting
  • Seasonal flow forecasting