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Climate & Drought in Australia Janette Lindesay

Climate & Drought in Australia Janette Lindesay. The Fenner School of Environment & Society janette.lindesay@anu.edu.au. R Woodruff. Canberra rainfall: wet or dry?. www.bom.gov.au. Minimum. Maximum. Canberra temperature: warm or cool?. www.bom.gov.au. March 2008. March 2007.

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Climate & Drought in Australia Janette Lindesay

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  1. Climate & Drought in AustraliaJanette Lindesay The Fenner School of Environment & Society janette.lindesay@anu.edu.au R Woodruff

  2. Canberra rainfall: wet or dry? www.bom.gov.au

  3. Minimum Maximum Canberra temperature: warm or cool? www.bom.gov.au

  4. March 2008 March 2007 Rainfall & temperature observations

  5. March 2008 March 2007 Rainfall & temperature anomalies

  6. Rainfall & temperature: 3 months www.bom.gov.au

  7. Last 3 months Hot + Dry = Drought? www.bom.gov.au

  8. Last 12 months Hot + Dry = Drought? www.bom.gov.au www.bom.gov.au

  9. Hot + Dry = Drought? Last 24 months www.bom.gov.au www.bom.gov.au

  10. Drought,Aridity,Desertification Temporary & unpredictable Permanent – rainfall low & variable Human-induced – positive feedbacks

  11. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Australia_satellite_plane.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Australia_satellite_plane.jpg

  12. Average annual rainfall Seasonal rainfall distribution www.bom.gov.au

  13. Average rainfall variability www.bom.gov.au

  14. Queensland Victoria Rainfall variability: Feb 2008 www.bom.gov.au

  15. The El Niño Southern Oscillation El Niño La Niña www2.jpl.nasa.gov

  16. ENSO mechanism www.cdc.noaa.gov

  17. Global El Niño impacts SH Winter SH Summer www.ocs.orst.edu

  18. Average ENSO impacts in Australia El Niño La Niña www.bom.gov.au

  19. Monitoring ENSO www.cdc.noaa.gov

  20. 1982/3 1991/2 1997/8 2002/3 Individual El Niño impactsin Australia www.bom.gov.au

  21. Dust storm, Griffith, western NSW www.bom.gov.au

  22. Drought & agriculturein Australia http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/cli2000/mVoice.html

  23. www.abc.net.au (Getty Images: Robert Cianflone) www.worldproutassembly.org www.news.com.au Drought impacts: rice crop failure in Deniliquin area, NSW

  24. Global rice prices doubled since Jan 2008 http://protocat.nla.gov.au/Record/763576 Local impacts, global consequences www.cis.hut.fi 98% reduction in rice crop  mill closure+600 jobs lost, several towns affected

  25. Mean T Anomaly2070 Medium emissions, 50% prob. www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au Effects of climate change? www.bom.gov.au

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