Climate Change in Australia
Climate information, projections, tools and data
Temperature changeNote: reaching a global warming level means the global surface air temperature (GSAT) is steadily at or near that level, relative to the early baseline 1850–1900 chosen to approximate the pre-industrial era (a baseline is a ref...
Global modelling effortFuture climate changes cannot be simply extrapolated from past climate as they are sensitive to the evolution of future greenhouse gas concentration. A common tool used for climate change projections are global climate mod...
Supporting InformationThis interface allows you to explore the projected changes in six measures of climatic extremes for the NRM Clusters and Sub-clusters defined in the Climate Change in Australia publications .Get Started1. Click on a region...
Climate model resolutionA climate model is a mathematical representation of the climate system. Equations are solved at points on a 3-dimensional grid in the ocean and atmosphere, over a number of time-steps.Spatial resolution specifies the horiz...
Case Study: Soil moisture & infrastructure Why Was This Case Study Chosen? How Did the Case Study Use Climate Data? What Did We Find? What Similar Problems Could This be Applied to? ReferencesDownloadsWhy was this case study chosen?Changes in...
Sea level rise CMIP5 data (Based on models and emission scenarios used in the IPCC 5th Assessment report).Useful links: Marine Explorer , Technical Report (Chapter 8) , IPCC 5th Assessment report - sea level change.CMIP3 data (Based on models and...
Global trendsFor many decades, palaeoclimatologists have examined how the Earth's temperature changed over the centuries before 1850. From this work emerged a view of the past climate based on limited data from tree rings, historical documents, i...
Selecting scenarios and models Selection of appropriate scenarios and models for your needs is a critical step in conducting an impact assessment.The CMIP5 climate model simulations used in Climate Change in Australia have been undertaken using ...
Case Study: Extreme Heat & Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) DownloadFull Case Study(pdf 813.9 KB) Why Was This Case Study Chosen? How Did the Case Study Use Climate Data? What Did We Find? What Similar Problems Could This be Applied to? Refere...
MODEL EVALUATIONWhy is model evaluation important?Model evaluation determines how well climate models represent historical climate and forms an integral part of the confidence building exercise for climate change projections (Technical Report Se...