Principles of short and medium term climate forecasting - what's driving our climate and how accurate have Northern Grains Region forecasts been in the last decade?
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Paper/Presentation Title | Principles of short and medium term climate forecasting - what's driving our climate and how accurate have Northern Grains Region forecasts been in the last decade? |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Stone, Roger C. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 2011 GRDC Advisor Update, Goondiwindi |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | Canberra, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.grdc.com.au/director/events/researchupdates?item_id=7081155DC2BE4D793B24DCE7F9EFFAA3 |
Conference/Event | 2011 GRDC Advisor Update, Goondiwindi |
Event Details | 2011 GRDC Advisor Update, Goondiwindi Event Date 02 to end of 03 Mar 2011 Event Location Goondiwindi, Australia |
Abstract | Although there are many climate patterns and systems that exist at widely varying time scales, the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon remains recognised as the core driver of climate variability in eastern Australia. The term 'ENSO' is also intended to include the now infamous La Nina pattern. Climate forecasts available for the northern cropping region, such as those based on or similar to the 'SOI-phase system', have been demonstrated to provide significant and relatively high skill when verification tests have been applied to assess all those forecasts in real-time over the past 10 years. Other climate forecast systems, especially those that also utilise Indian Ocean inputs, tend to provide less skill for a region such as the northern cropping region but otherwise provide high skill in regions such as Western Australia. New developments in general circulation model (GCM) forecasts (whether they are produced in Australia or in other countries) suggest enhanced and useful forecast skill for seasonal and longer time periods for the northern cropping region in the future. With further development and testing, GCM forecast systems may provide increased lead time and greater forecast accuracy than currently applied statistically-produced systems. |
Keywords | climate forecasting; accuracy; short term; medium term; northern grains region |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 490501. Applied statistics |
370202. Climatology | |
300402. Agro-ecosystem function and prediction | |
Public Notes | No evidence of copyright restrictions preventing deposit. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1040/principles-of-short-and-medium-term-climate-forecasting-what-s-driving-our-climate-and-how-accurate-have-northern-grains-region-forecasts-been-in-the-last-decade
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