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Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) for Papua New Guinea
[chapter]
2019
Drought (Aridity) [Working Title]
The CREWS-PNG project aims to develop an improved drought monitoring and early warning system, running operationally through a collaboration between PNG National Weather Services (NWS), the Australian ...
Bureau of Meteorology and the World Meteorological Organization that will enable better strategic decision-making for agriculture, water management, health and other climate-sensitive sectors. ...
weather and climate extremes monitoring, with focus on operational monitoring of extreme precipitation, notably drought and accumulated rainfall over 5-7 days [12] . ...
doi:10.5772/intechopen.85962
fatcat:q2rf2kyvubdcdcmq4w65jnb53q
The Relevance of Numerical Weather Prediction for Forecasting Natural Hazards and for Monitoring the Global Environment
2003
Meteorological Monographs
Over the last decade, the accuracy of global numerical weather predictions of mean-sea-level pressure and 500hPa height has improved by one-day in the northern hemisphere. ...
Before implementation, the gain expected from each upgrade is assessed in pre-operational trials, which may cover over 100 days in several seasons. Fig. 2 shows the actual annual- ...
The ocean-assimilation system was developed by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Fig 2 . 2 Fig 2. ...
doi:10.1175/0065-9401-31.53.109
fatcat:vneu3um7off23lzce34ub6igxq
The Relevance of Numerical Weather Prediction for Forecasting Natural Hazards and for Monitoring the Global Environment
[chapter]
2003
A Half Century of Progress in Meteorology: A Tribute to Richard Reed
Over the last decade, the accuracy of global numerical weather predictions of mean-sea-level pressure and 500hPa height has improved by one-day in the northern hemisphere. ...
Before implementation, the gain expected from each upgrade is assessed in pre-operational trials, which may cover over 100 days in several seasons. Fig. 2 shows the actual annual- ...
The ocean-assimilation system was developed by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Fig 2 . 2 Fig 2. ...
doi:10.1007/978-1-878220-69-1_8
fatcat:yimmxypuzjc2lfurof6fswtvvi
Challenges for drought mitigation in Africa: The potential use of geospatial data and drought information systems
2012
Applied Geography
Understanding, monitoring and mitigating drought is a very difficult task as a consequence of the intrinsic nature of the phenomenon. ...
New technologies based on geospatial information are available to determine the risk and vulnerability of a system to a drought and to develop monitoring and early warning systems based on real-time information ...
Acknowledgements This work has been supported by the research projects CGL2006-11619/HID, CGL2008-01189/BTE, CGL2011-27574-CO2- ...
doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.02.001
fatcat:c7ve6rq4cfe4ri4qmfrm43cqpm
Perspectives on a way forward for ocean renewable energy in Australia
2018
Renewable Energy
This paper documents the outcomes of the meeting identifying challenges and a way forward against each theme. ...
of the ORE industry in Australia, as one element of a burgeoning blue economy. ...
All authors gratefully acknowledge funding support from the Australian Government Australian Renewable Energy Agency Emerging Renewables Programme, and acknowledge the CSIRO Office of the Chief Executive ...
doi:10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.036
fatcat:tzdwb2moubfz3m5eqveykc3kda
ICTs and the Environment in Developing Countries
[chapter]
2010
ICTs for Development
ALIN provides an information sharing forum that helps people to adjust to climate change. 14 RANET uses radio and the Internet for the communication of hydro-meteorological information for rural development ...
energy model and measure the impacts of this change. ...
doi:10.1787/9789264077409-8-en
fatcat:j6a2m7gz3vh2ji3nqb23mxchce
Climate change and Australia
2013
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
Australia has had a variable and mostly arid climate as long as humans have been on the continent. ...
However as in other parts of the world this change has come too late, and is proceeding too slowly, to avoid significant climate change. ...
In the first 3 months of operation of the carbon price, hydro electricity generation increased and coalfired generation decreased, 67 and this pattern had continued after 1 year. 68 The government ...
doi:10.1002/wcc.255
fatcat:2todvdpeyzczta4g6aw4755w5i
OpenForecast v2: Development and Benchmarking of the First National-Scale Operational Runoff Forecasting System in Russia
2021
Hydrology
OpenForecast v2 is in operational use and is openly available on the Internet. ...
OpenForecast v2—the first national-scale operational runoff forecasting system in Russia—has been developed and deployed to fill this gap. ...
Acknowledgments: The author thanks Liubov Kurochkina for providing river basins' boundaries.
Conflicts of Interest: The author declares no conflict of interest. ...
doi:10.3390/hydrology8010003
fatcat:bkxgybva7rd4hic2lyyjkdkduy
Climate Risk Management Approaches in the Electricity Sector: Lessons from Early Adapters
[chapter]
2014
Weather Matters for Energy
Further, most of this research is concentrated for the most part in the developed world and on a handful of climate change impacts. ...
An estimate of the sums spent since 2000 and planned out to the 2020s by five utilities on climate risk management totals US$1.5 billion. ...
It generates approximately 95 and 45 % of the electricity used in South Africa and the whole African continent, respectively. ...
doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-9221-4_2
fatcat:43vuxveelvhzjkrx6cyeuurn34
The changing roles of science in managing Australian droughts: An agricultural perspective
2014
Weather and Climate Extremes
likely for Australian farming over the coming decades. ...
with the capacity of the models to deliver. ...
doi:10.1016/j.wace.2014.04.006
fatcat:ntz3nqbzmnhqdfm2p6x6pve7ee
Integrating Climate Change Considerations into Asset Management
[chapter]
2020
The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies
and O&M for wastewater and effluent assets 12Hunter Valley Water (Australia) Delivery of all water, wastewater, recycled water, and stormwater services within the area of operations 13Indah Water Konsortium ...
technologies (if hydro and other energy is generated by the utility or captured as external cost of purchased energy otherwise). ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32811-5_35-1
fatcat:puwfm2kvovdbrfstbaviz5koce
Satellite based observations for seasonal snow cover detection and characterisation in Australia
2012
Remote Sensing of Environment
The dataset provides a new satellite based observational record that may be used to characterise spatial and temporal development of Australian snow cover extent and duration. ...
A new daily snow cover dataset was developed using Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Level-1B products for the Australian alpine region over the period 2000-2010 at 500 m resolution ...
This work has been funded in part by the Australian Research Council as part of the Discovery Project DP0772665. ...
doi:10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.003
fatcat:y4b3kvnvtfhlhd7nbgnczojt2i
Evapotranspiration and biogeochemical regulation in a mountain peatland: insights from eddy covariance and ionic balance measurements
2021
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
A B S T R A C T Study Region: The mountainous catchments in the Australian Alps are one of the highest wateryielding regions within a generally dry continent. ...
Study Focus: Mountain peatland ecohydrology, and in particular the role of evapotranspiration, remains incompletely understood. ...
Acknowledgements This research work was conducted under the provisions of Permit No 10008289, issued by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP). ...
doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100851
fatcat:oqufnquv6bafdoyoj6xudin5ou
The future of Earth observation in hydrology
2017
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Over the previous decades, space agency efforts have brought forth well-known and immensely useful satellites such as the Landsat series and the Gravity Research and Climate Experiment (GRACE) system, ...
The extent to which today's hydrologic models can usefully ingest such massive data volumes is unclear. ...
Matthew McCabe and Rasmus Houborg ...
doi:10.5194/hess-21-3879-2017
pmid:30233123
pmcid:PMC6140349
fatcat:woeidzemrbbohao3r5tug37x4a
The Future of Earth Observation in Hydrology
2017
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions
Over the previous decades, space agency efforts have brought forth well-known and immensely useful satellites such as the Landsat series and the Gravity Research and Climate Experiment (GRACE) system, ...
Start-up companies that did not exist five years ago now operate more satellites in orbit than any space agency and at costs that are a mere fraction of an agency mission. ...
Matthew McCabe and Rasmus Houborg ...
doi:10.5194/hess-2017-54
fatcat:c7wtq6ytjnfzhppbcetvzz7dk4
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