On Australian heat waves: time series analysis of extreme temperature events in Australia, 1950 - 2005
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Paper/Presentation Title | On Australian heat waves: time series analysis of extreme temperature events in Australia, 1950 - 2005 |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Deo, R. C. (Author), McAlpine, C. A. (Author), Syktus, J. (Author), McGowan, H. A. (Author) and Phinn, S. (Author) |
Editors | Oxley, Les and Kulasiri, Don |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM07) |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2007 |
Place of Publication | Canberra, Australia |
ISBN | 9780975840047 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.mssanz.org.au/MODSIM07/papers/10_s61/OnAustralianHeat_s61_Deo_.pdf |
Conference/Event | International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM07): Land, Water and Environmental Management: Integrated Systems for Sustainability |
Event Details | International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM07): Land, Water and Environmental Management: Integrated Systems for Sustainability Parent International Congress on Modelling and Simulation Delivery In person Event Date 10 to end of 13 Dec 2007 Event Location Christchurch, New Zealand |
Abstract | The occurrences of extreme weather, particularly heat-waves can often result in significant costs in terms of human health, damage to infrastructure, increased stress of natural ecosystems and reduced economic activity. In Australia, temperature extremes, producing intermittent heat-waves silently kill almost as many people as do any other natural disasters (Granger and Berechree 2005). This paper presents a statistical analysis of daily maximum temperatures and humidity records for selected Australian cities and rural stations, with a focus on the trends of Australian heat waves since 1950. The two datasets were used to extract the time series of “maximum apparent body temperatures” (also referred to as the yearly-worst heat wave indices) in order to quantify the trends, spatial distribution and statistical significance over the continent. The Mann-Kendall’s (MK) nonparametric |
Keywords | Australian heat indices; extreme temperature; heat waves |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 370201. Climate change processes |
370105. Atmospheric dynamics | |
370108. Meteorology | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9zqy4/on-australian-heat-waves-time-series-analysis-of-extreme-temperature-events-in-australia-1950-2005
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