Projections Tools

Explore what the climate models are projecting for Australia’s future climate via a suite of tools found on this website. There is also plenty of supporting information to ensure that you have all the information you need to explore and understand the climate model results and visualisations. Each interface allows you to follow links to further information, download underpinning data or save figure files.

There are some considerations you might like to make before beginning to use the data exploration tools available here. Here are some common questions, answers and links to more information.

What data are available?

There are two types of projections data available representing a range of future scenarios and climate variables.

These are; projected climate changes (including fine scale data); and application-ready future climate data (applied to observational data).

Some of these data are available to be visualised (and in some cases downloaded) via the Projection Tools listed here. A range of gridded and station-based datasets can be downloaded by following the links on the Obtain Data pages.

More information on data types and the scale (grid size) of data is available from the Data Availability page .

What considerations should be made when exploring or using climate data?

If you are interested in using climate data for applications (e.g. impact assessment) or further research there are some important considerations you need to take into account. These include: time frames for the assessments, how to select climate models of the most relevance to your application while maintaining internal consistency in the data sets you retrieve and how to choose an emission scenario.

How to cite the information used on this website.

Please cite data obtained using these tools as:

[Tool name], CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology, Climate Change in Australia website (http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/), cited [insert date of citation]

What types of tools are available?

A range of tools are provided that allow access to information of differing levels of complexity, ranging from carefully crafted statements about future climate scenarios to detailed gridded data sets. Each tool is given a rating according to the complexity of the information provided and the level of climate science knowledge needed to fully understand the information and how best to use it. This is shown by the Tool Rating icon displayed on each tool

What data can I get from the tools?

The table below provides an overview of each of the climate tools and the data available.

Notes
1. Morton (1983) Wet Areal Evapotranspiration
2. Morton (1983) Point Potential Evapotranspiration (a proxy for Pan Evaporation)
Morton FI (1983) 'Operational estimates of areal evapotranspiration and their significance to the science and practice of hydrology.' Journal of Hydrology 66, 1-76.)