Australian rangelands and climate change - heatwaves
Details:
Title
Australian rangelands and climate change - heatwaves,
Creator
Bastin, Gary,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
Date
2014,
Description
This report details recent decadal patterns in the number of summer days exceeding a threshold daily maximum temperature (either 36° or 40° C) and the number and length of heatwaves (defined as continuous periods beyond a week when the threshold temperature was exceeded). Temperature data were sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology for 16 towns in (or on the edge of) the Rangelands,
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,
Notes
This project was funded by the Australian Government and was part of a collaboration between the Rangelands NRM Alliance, CSIRO, University of Canberra and Ninti One. Thanks to the following NRM regions for their review and input: Rangelands WA, Territory NRM, Alinytjara Wilurara NRM, SA Arid Lands NRM, Desert Channels Qld, South West NRM Qld and Western Local Lands Services. Thanks also to the members of the project’s Scientific Advisory Panel for their advice and guidance: Steve Morton, Craig James, Stephen van Leeuwin, Ian Watterson, Colleen O’Malley, Daryl Green and Digby Race.,
Table of contents
Key Points -- Introduction -- Method -- Data source -- Caveats -- Findings - NSW: Western CMA -- Queensland: South West NRM - Queensland Desert Channels - SA: Arid lands - NT: Arid lands and tablelands sub-regions - WA: Rangelands -- Kay adaptation strategies -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- References,