Publications

Star, M., Rolfe, J., Long, P., Whish, G., & Donaghy, P. (2015). Improved grazing management practices in the catchments of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: does climate variability influence their adoption by landholders? The Rangeland Journal, 37(5), 507-515.

Bastin, G., Denham, R., Scarth, P., Sparrow, A., & Chewings, V. (2014). Remotely-sensed analysis of ground-cover change in Queensland’s rangelands, 1988–2005. The Rangeland Journal, 36(2), 191–204.

Henry, B., Conant, R., Carter, J., Droulez, V., & Grace, P. (2013). Increasing food production sustainably in a changing climate: Understanding the pressures and potential. In Q. Farmar-Bowers, V. Higgins, & J. Millar (Eds.), Food security in Australia (pp. 227–248). Springer.

Mayer, D. (2013). Improved empirical models of cattle growth, reproduction and mortality from native pastures in northern Australia. (Final Report No. NBP.0641). Meat and Livestock Australia.

Bastin, G., Scarth, P., Chewings, V., Sparrow, A., Denham, R., Schmidt, M., O’Reagain, P. J., Shepherd, R., & Abbott, B. (2012). Separating grazing and rainfall effects at regional scale using remote sensing imagery: A dynamic reference-cover method. Remote Sensing of Environment, 121, 443–457.

Klingaman, N.P. (2012). A literature survey of key rainfall drivers in Queensland, Australia: Rainfall variability and change. QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland (Part 1). Department of Environmental and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Klingaman, N.P. (2012). Empirical orthogonal teleconnection analysis of interannual-variability in Queensland rainfall. QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland (Part 3). Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia.

Klingaman, N.P. (2012). Is the inter-annual variability in Queensland rainfall due to variability in rainfall frequency, intensity, or both? QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland (Part 2). Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia.

Klingaman, N.P. (2012). Queensland rainfall — Past, present and future. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Klingaman, N.P. (2012). The ability of HiGEM to simulate Queensland's rainfall variability and its drivers. QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland (Part 4). Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia.
The Part 4/1 report is available (PDF, 1.4M, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.
The Part 4/2 report is available (PDF, 2.7M, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.
The Part 4/3 report is available (PDF, 639K, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.
The Part 4/4 report is available (PDF, 479K, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.

Acworth, C., & Lawson, S. (2011). The Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing project – Ten years of managing operations in a highly variable coastal system. In Proceedings of the 20th NSW Coastal Conference. Tweed Heads, Australia.

Brundell, J., Cobon, D., Stone, G., & Cliffe, N. (2011). Climate Change Risk Matrix: a process for assessing impacts, adaptation, risk and vulnerability [Factsheet]. Queensland Climate Centre of Excellence, Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Chu, J., Syktus, J., Thatcher, M., McAlpine, C., Jeffrey, S., Katzfey, J., Zhang, H., McGregor, J., & Adams-Hosking, C. (2011). Validation of land surface products for modelling the climate impacts of large-scale revegetation in Queensland.  In Proceedings of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference. Perth, Australia.

Collier, M.A., Jeffrey, S.J., Rotstayn, L.D., Wong, K., Dravitzki, S.M., Moeseneder, C., Hamalainen, C., Syktus, J.I., Suppiah, R., Antony, J., El Zein, A., & Atif, M. (2011). The CSIRO-Mk3.6.0 Atmosphere-Ocean GCM: participation in CMIP5 and data publication. In Proceedings of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand 2011 International Congress: Sustaining Our Future. Perth, Australia.

Folland, C., Scaife, A., Fereday, D., Knight, J., Kucharski, F., Kinter, J., Jin, E., Bronniman, S., Fischer, A., Grainger, S., Kang, I., Kusunoki, S., Nakaegawa, T., Lau, N., Nath, M., Pegion, P., Schubert, S., Sporyshev, P., Syktus, J., Yoon, J., Zeng, N., & Zhou, T. (2011). C20C – Climate of the 20th century: Selected twentieth century climate events. In Proceedings of the WCRP Open Science Conference: Climate Research in Service to Society. Denver, CO, United States.

Folland, C., Scaife, A., Fereday, D., Knight, J., Kucharski, F., Kinter, J., Jin, E., Bronniman, S., Fischer, A., Grainger, S., Kang, I., Kusunoki, S., Nakaegawa, T., Lau, N., Nath, M., Pegion, P., Schubert, S., Sporyshev, P., Syktus, J., Yoon, J., Zeng, N., & Zhou, T. (2011). C20C - Climate of the 20th Century: Selected twentieth century climate events. In Proceedings of the World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference: Climate Research in Service to Society. Denver, CO, United States.  

Fraser, G. W., Carter, J., McKeon, G., & Day, K. (2011). A new empirical model of sub-daily rainfall intensity and its application in a rangeland biophysical model. The Rangeland Journal, 33, 37-48   

Grainger, S., Frederiksen, C., Zheng, X., Fereday, D., Folland, C., Jin, E., Kinter, J., Knight, J., Schubert, S., & Syktus, J. (2011). Modes of variability of Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation estimated by AGCMs. Climate Dynamics, 36(3-4), 473-490.

Helyer, Z., Acworth, C., & Lawson, S. (2011). Acoustic Doppler current profiling from Kirra to Cook Island – field exercises undertaken by the Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing Project. In Proceedings of the 20th NSW Coastal Conference. Tweed Heads, Australia.

Klingaman, N.P.,  Woolnough, S. J., & Syktus, J. (2011). On the drivers of inter-annual and decadal rainfall variability in Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Climatology.

Klingaman, N., Woolnough, J., & Syktus, J. (2011). On the drivers of inter-annual and decadal rainfall variability in Queensland, Australia. In Proceedings of the WCRP Open Science Conference: Climate Research in Service to Society. Denver, CO, United States.

Liu, D.L., Timbal, B., Mo, J., & Fairweather, H. (2011). A GIS-based climate change adaptation strategy tool. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 3(2).

Office of Climate Change. (2011). Climate change risk management matrix. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia.   

Office of Climate Change. (2011). Tropical Cyclone Yasi Factsheet. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Patterson, D., Boswood, P., & Elias, G. (2011). Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing Long Term Average sand transport rate. In Proceedings of the 20th NSW Coastal Conference. Tweed Heads, Australia.

Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence. (2011). Queensland Coastal Processes and Climate Change [Brochure]. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence: Coastal Unit. (2011). Queensland Coastal Processes and Climate Change. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Ricketts, J.H., & Carter, J.O. (2011). Estimating trends in monthly maximum and minimum temperatures in GCM’s for which these data are not archived. In Proceedings of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand 2011 International Congress: Sustaining Our Future. Perth, Australia. 

Schwartz, R., Nielsen, K., & Mohoupt, J. (2011). TC Yasi: Coastal Inundation Levels. In Proceedings of the Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference. Perth, Australia. 

Syktus, J., Jeffrey, S., Rotstayn, L., Wong, K., Toombs, N., Dravitzki, S., Collier, M., Hamalainen, C., & Moeseneder, C. (2011). The CSIRO-QCCCE contribution to CMIP5 using the CSIRO Mk3.6 climate model. In Proceedings of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference. Perth, Australia.  

Tessendorf, S. A., Bruintjes, R. T., Weeks, C., Wilson, J. W., Knight, C. A., Roberts, R. D., Peter, J. R., Collis, S., Buseck, P. R., Freney, E., Dixon, M., Pocernich, M., Ikeda, K., Axisa, D., Nelson, E., May, P., Richter, H., Piketh, S., Burger, R. P., Wilson, L.,  Siems, S. T., Manton, M., Stone, R. C., Pepler, A., Collins, D. R., Bringi, V. N., Thurai, M., Turner, L., & McRae, D. (2011). The Queensland Cloud Seeding Research Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society.

Tessendorf, S., Bruintjes, R., Wilson, J., Roberts, R., Brandes, E., Knight, C., Dixon, M., Pocernich, M., Ikeda, K., Arnold, C., Axisa, D., Hall, W., Freney, E., Buseck, P. R., Towler, E., May, P., Peter, J., Wilson, L., Manton, M., Siems, S., Collis, S., Richter, H., Pepler, A., Craig, I., Stone, R., Piketh, S., Burger, R., & Collins, D. (2011). The Queensland Cloud Seeding Research Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society.

Wong, K., Syktus, J., Jeffrey, S., Toombs, N., & Rotstayn, L. (2011). Climate extremes during the 20th and 21st centuries simulated by the CSIRO Mk3.6 climate model with anthropogenic and natural forcings. In Proceedings of the  Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference. Perth, Australia.  

Zhang, X., & McRae, D. (2011). Constructing Regional Climate Change Projections for Queensland: A Methodology Review. In Proceedings of the Greenhouse 2011: The Science of Climate Change. Cairns, Australia.

Bange, M. P., Constable, G. A., McRae, D., & Roth, G. (2010). Cotton. In C. Stokes & M. Howden (Eds), Adapting agriculture to climate change: Preparing Australian agriculture, forestry and fisheries for the future. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.

Carter, J., Bruget, D., Henry, B., Hassett, R., Stone, G., Day, K., Flood, N., & McKeon, G. (2010). Modeling vegetation, carbon and nutrient dynamics in the savanna woodlands of Australia with the AussieGRASS model’. In M. J. Hill & N. P. Hanan (Eds.), Ecosystem function in savannas: Measuring and modelling at landscape to global scales. CRC Press. 

Mahmood, R., Quintanar, A. I., Conner, G., Leeper, R., Dobler, S., Pielke, R. A., Beltran-Przekurat, A., Hubbard, K. G., Niyogi, D., Bonan, G., Lawrence, P., Chase, T., McNider, R., Wu, Y., McAlpine, C., Deo, R., Etter, A., Gameda, S., Qian, B., Carleton, A., Adegoke, J. O., Vezhapparambu, S., Asefi, S., Nair, U. S., Sertel, E., Legates, D. R., Hale, R., Frauenfeld, O. W., Watts, A., Shepherd, M., Mitra, C., Anantharaj, V. G., Fall, S., Chang, H., Lund, R., Treviño, A., Blanken, P., Du, J., & Syktus, J. (2010). Impacts of land use/land cover change on climate and future research priorities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, 37-46. 

McAlpine, C. A., Ryan, J. G., Seabrook, L., Thomas, S., Dargusch, P. J., Syktus, J. I., Pielke Sr, R. A., Etter, A. E., Fearnside, P. M., & Laurance, W. F. (2010). More than CO2: A broader paradigm for managing climate change and variability to avoid ecosystem collapse. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.

Office of Climate Change. (2010). Consistent Climate Scenarios [Factsheet]. Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. .   

Office of Climate Change & Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence. (2010). Increasing Queensland's Resilience to Inland Flooding in a Changing Climate. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Parton, W., Scholes, R. J., Day, K., Carter, J. O., & Kelley, R. (2010). CENTURY-SAVANNA model for true-grass ecosystems. In M. J. Hill & N. P. Hanah (Eds.), Ecosystem function in savannas: Measurement and modelling at landscape to global scales. CRC Press.

Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence. (2010). Climate Change in Queensland: What the Science is Telling Us. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence. (2010). Chilean Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami (February 2010). Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, Coastal Unit. (2010). Tropical Cyclone Ului (March 2010). Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Rotstayn, L. D., Collier, M. A., Dix, M. R., Feng, Y., Gordon, H. B., O'Farrell, S. P., Smith, I. N. & Syktus, J. (2010). Improved simulation of Australian climate and ENSO-related rainfall variability in a global climate model with an interactive aerosol treatment. International Journal of Climatology, 30(7), 1067-1088.

Strand, L. B., Tong, S., Aird, R., & McRae, D. A. (2010). Vulnerability of eco-environmental health to climate change: the views of government stakeholders and other specialists in Queensland, Australia. BMC Public Health 2010, 10,  Article 441.

Tong, S., Maher, P., Fitzgerald, G., Mcrae, D., Verall, K., & Walker, D. (2010). Assessing the vulnerability of eco-environmental health to climate change.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(2), 546-564.

Zhang, X., Abawi, Y., Dutta S., & McClymont, D. (2010). Developing ENSO-based irrigation water forecast system in a region with limited hydro-meteorological observations to mitigate the impacts of climate variability: A case study in Lombok, Indonesia. In Proceedings of the Climate Adaptation Futures: Preparing for the Unavoidable Impacts of Climate Change. Gold Coast, Australia.

Cobon, D. H., Stone, G. S., Carter, J. O., Scanlan, J. C., Toombs, N. R., Zhang, X., Willcocks J., & McKeon, G. M. (2009). The climate change risk management matrix for the grazing industry of northern Australia. The Rangeland Journal, 31(1). Accessory Publications: Matrix diagrams in Microsoft Excel format]

McAlpine, C. A., Syktus, J., Ryan, J. G., Deo, R. C., McKeon, G. M., McGowan, H. A., & Phinn, S. R. (2009). A continent under stress: Interactions, feedbacks and risks associated with impact of modified land cover on Australia’s climate. Global Change Biology, 15(9), 2206–2223.