Climate and weather

General

• Climate Risk Management Project
  
• Life Cycle Assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural enterprises
  
• Weather links
  

Weather

• Air masses influencing Australian weather
  
• Do weather systems turn clockwise or anticlockwise?
  
• Understanding the weather map
  
• Understanding weather - fronts, troughs and ridges
  
• Understanding weather - reading satellite pictures
  
• What drives NSW weather?
  
• What makes it rain?
  
• What weather forecasts really mean
  
• Where does the wind come from?
  

Climate variability

• Betting on rain - managing seasonal risk in western NSW
  
• Drivers of Climate Variability in the Murray Darling Basin (Primefact No 1117)
  
• Drought maps (monthly) 
  
• El Niño and the southern oscillation index
  
• Making sense of seasonal outlooks
  
• New South Wales winter-spring rainfall 1900-2010  721.6 KB
  
• Ocean currents affect climate
  
• Planning for drought 
  
• The Climatedogs: The main drivers that influence climate in NSW
  
• The southern oscillation index and southern Australia
  
• Useful tools to remotely assess soil water content and vegetation condition (Primefact No 1115)
  
• Using seasonal rainfall outlooks
  

Climate change

• Agriculture in Australia's low carbon future
  
• Climate Change in Australia (www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au) 
  Australian climate change science and projections from CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology.
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (www.ipcc.ch) 
  Global climate change science and projections.

Research

• Agricultural climate research and services in Australia (www.regional.org.au) 
  The aim of this publication is to provide a contemporary reference to Australia's research, development, education and extension activities in climate variability in relation to agriculture. It is based on a survey partially funded by NSW Agriculture (now part of I&I NSW).
• Climate science and irrigation research unit 
  
• Climate science research at NSW DPI 
  
• Climate variability and drought research in relation to Australian agriculture (www.regional.org.au) 
  This publication presents information on a wide range of research projects relevant to managing climate variability in agriculture and other natural resources. It is based on a survey partially funded by NSW Agriculture (now NSW DPI).

From the bookshop

• Agrometeorology - the principles and applications of climate studies in agriculture 
  
• Weather and Climate in Farming - Managing Risk for Profit