Publications: BMRC Research Reports

Holland, G.J., Berzins, I.A. and Merrill, R.T. 1985. The cyclone game: simulation of a tropical cyclone warning centre. BMRC Research Report No. 1, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 8,083 KB)

McBride, J.L. and Holland, G.J. 1986. The BMRC Australian monsoon experiment: objectives and scientific basis. BMRC Research Report No. 2, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 11,006 KB)

Spillane, K.T. and Lourensz, R.S. 1986. The hazard of horizontal windshear to aircraft operations at Sydney Airport. BMRC Research Report No. 3, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 6,485 KB)

Spillane, K.T. 1987. Convection in an inversion limited boundary layer. BMRC Research Report No. 4, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 1,532 KB)

Glowacki, T.J. and Seaman, R. 1987. A general purpose package for univariate two-dimensional data checking and analysis. BMRC Research Report No. 5, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 526 KB)

Williams, M. 1987. Relations between the Southern Oscillation and the troposphere over Australia. BMRC Research Report No. 6, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 3,062 KB)

Karoly, D.J., Kelly, G.A.M. and Le Marshall, J.F. 1987. The Australian Southern Hemisphere climatology data tape. BMRC Research Report No. 7, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 302 KB)

Keenan, T.D. and Martin, S.C. 1987. AMEX Radar Atlas. Volume 1 AMEX Phase 1. BMRC Research Report No. 8, Bur. Met. Australia.

Keenan, T.D. and Martin, S.C. 1987. AMEX Radar Atlas. Volume II AMEX Phase II. BMRC Research Report No. 9, Bur. Met. Australia.

Lajoie, F.A. 1988. Circulation asymmetries around a tropical cyclone and its future direction of motion. BMRC Research Report No. 10, Bur. Met., Australia. (Note: This is a scanned document)

Pike, D.J., Leslie, L.M., Mills, G.A., Glowacki, T., Hubbert, G. and McIntosh, P. 1988. Report on performance of regional forecast models January-June 1987. BMRC Research Report No. 11, Bur. Met. Australia. (Note: This is a scanned document)

Hart, T.L., Bourke, W.P., McAvaney, B.J., Forgan, B.W. and McGregor, J.L. 1988. Atmospheric general circulation simulations with the BMRC global spectral model: the impact of revised physical parametrisations. BMRC Research Report No. 12, Bur. Met. Australia. (Note: This is a scanned document)

Drosdowsky, W. 1988. Lag relations between the Southern Oscillation and the troposphere over Australia. BMRC Research Report No. 13, Bur. Met. Australia. (Note: This is a scanned document, and A5, NOT A3 due to large size of document)

Pike, D.J., Leslie, L.M., Mills, G.A., Glowacki, T., Hubbert, G. and McIntosh, P. 1989. Report on performance of regional forecast models July-December 1987. BMRC Research Report No.14, Bur. Met. Australia. (Note: This is a scanned document)

Bourke, W. 1989. Working Group on Numerical Experimentation survey of model boundary condition data sets. BMRC Research Report No. 15, Bur. Met. Australia. (Note: This is a scanned document)

Hess, G.D. and Guymer, A.E. 1989. Verification of a Markov technique for the short-term prediction of rainfall at eight Australian stations. BMRC Research Report No. 16, Bur. Met. Australia. (Note: This is a scanned document)

Pike, D.J., Leslie, L.M., Mills, G.A., Glowacki, T., Hubbert, G. and McIntosh, P. 1989. Report on performance of regional forecast models January-June 1988. BMRC Research Report No.17, Bur. Met. Australia. (Note: This is a scanned document)

Blomley, J.E., Smith, N.R. and Meyers, G. 1989. An oceanic subsurface thermal analysis scheme. BMRC Research Report No. 18, Bur. Met. Australia. (Note: This is a scanned document)

Naughton, M.J. and Balgovind, R.C. 1990. BMRC Implementation of the NCAR CCM Modular Processor. BMRC Research Report No. 19, Bur. Met. Australia. (Note: This is a scanned document)

Hess, G.D. and Spillane, K.T. 1990. A survey of dust devils in Australia. BMRC Research Report No. 20, Bur. Met. Australia.(pdf 8,777 KB)

Jasper, J.D. (editor). 1990. 'The role of sea surface temperatures in numerical modelling of the atmosphere': papers presented at the first BMRC modelling workshop, July 1989. BMRC Research Report No. 21, Bur. Met. Australia.

Pike, D.J., Leslie, L.M., Mills, G.A., Glowacki, T., Hubbert, G. and McIntosh, P. 1990. Report on performance of regional forecast models July-December 1988. BMRC Research Report No.22, Bur. Met. Australia.

Pike, D.J., Leslie, L.M., Mills, G.A., Glowacki, T., Hubbert, G. and McIntosh, P. 1991. Report on performance of regional forecast models January-December 1989. BMRC Research Report No. 23, Bur. Met. Australia.

Colman, R.A. and McAvaney, B.J. 1991. Experiments using the BMRC general circulation model with a heat balance ocean. BMRC Research Report No. 24, Bur. Met. Australia.

Rikus, L. 1991. The role of clouds in global climate modelling. BMRC Research Report No. 25, Bur. Met. Australia.

Davidson, N.E., Puri, K., Bowen, R., Fraser, J., Wadsley, J, and Wong, H. 1991. BMRC real time analyses of the tropospheric circulation during TCM90. BMRC Research Report No. 26, Bur. Met. Australia.

Jasper, J.D. (editor) 1991. 'Data assimilation systems': papers presented at the second BMRC modelling workshop, September 1990. BMRC Research Report No. 27, Bur. Met. Australia.

Lavery, B.M., Davidson, N.E., Karoly, D.J. and McAvaney, B.J. 1991. A climatology of the western Pacific region based on the Australian tropical analysis system. BMRC Research Report No. 28, Bur. Met. Australia.

McAvaney, B.J., Fraser, J.R., Hart, T.L., Rikus, L.J., Bourke, W.P., Naughton, M.J. and Mullenmeister, P. 1991. Circulation statistics from a non-diurnal seasonal simulation with the BMRC atmospheric GCM: R21L9. BMRC Research Report No. 29, Bur. Met. Australia.

Colman, R.A., McAvaney, B.J., Fraser, J.R. and Dahni, R.R. 1992. Mixed layer ocean and thermodynamic sea ice models in the BMRC GCM. BMRC Research Report No. 30, Bur. Met. Australia.

May, P.T. 1992. Wind profiler measurements in the tropics. BMRC Research Report No. 31, Bur. Met. Australia.

Pitman, A.J., Yang, Z.-L., Cogley, J.G. and Henderson-Sellers, A. 1992. Description of bare essentials of surface transfer for the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre AGCM. BMRC Research Report No. 32, Bur. Met. Australia.

Jasper, J.D. and Meighen, P.J. (eds). 1992. 'Modelling weather and climate': papers presented at the third BMRC modelling workshop, November 1991. BMRC Research Report No. 33, Bur. Met. Australia.

Power, S.B., Moore, A.M., Post, D.A., Smith, N.R. and Kleeman, R. 1992. On the stability of North Atlantic deep water formation in a global ocean general circulation model. BMRC Research Report No. 34, Bur. Met. Australia.

Power, S. and Kleeman, R. 1992. Multiple equilibria in a global ocean general circulation model. BMRC Research Report No. 35, Bur. Met. Australia.

Nicholls, N. 1993. Climate change and the El Niño B Southern Oscillation: report of the workshop on climate change and the El Niño B Southern Oscillation held at the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre Melbourne, Australia 31 May and 4 June 1993. BMRC Research Report No. 36, Bur. Met. Australia.

Power, S.B., Colman, R.A., McAvaney, B.J., Dahni, R.R., Moore, A.M. and Smith, N.R. 1993. The BMRC coupled atmosphere/ocean/sea-ice model. BMRC Research Report No. 37, Bur. Met. Australia.

McAvaney, B.J. and Colman, R.A. 1993. The AMIP experiment: the BMRC AGCM configuration. BMRC Research Report No. 38, Bur. Met. Australia.

Jasper, J.D. and Meighen, P. J. (eds). 1993. 'Modelling severe weather': papers presented at the fourth BMRC modelling workshop, 26-29 October 1992. BMRC Research Report No. 39, Bur. Met. Australia.

Mullenmeister, P. and Hart, T. 1994. The UNIX verification programs. BMRC Research Report No. 40, Bur. Met. Australia.

Jones, D.A. 1994. A numerical vortex finding, tracking and statistics package. BMRC Research Report No. 41, Bur. Met. Australia.

Power, S. 1994. A report on two BMRC workshops: modelling and observing sea-ice in a coupled environment, November 19th, 1993 and physical oceanography in Melbourne, December 10th, 1993. BMRC Research Report No. 42, Bur. Met. Australia.

Bender, L.C. and Leslie, L.M. 1994. Evaluation of a Third Generation Ocean Wave Model for the Australian Region. BMRC Research Report No. 43, Bur. Met. Australia.

Keenan, T., Holland, G., Rutledge, S., Simpson, J., McBride, J., Wilson, J., Moncrieff, M., Carbone, R., Frank, W., Sanderson, B., Tapper, N. and Hallett, J. 1994. Science Plan B Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX). BMRC Research Report No. 44, Bur. Met. Australia.

Pudov, V.D. and Holland, G.J. 1994. Typhoons and Ocean: results of experimental investigations. BMRC Research Report No. 45, Bur. Met. Australia.

Jasper, J.D. and Meighen, P.J. (eds). 1994. 'Parametrisation of physical processes': papers presented at the fifth BMRC modelling workshop, November 1993. BMRC Research Report No. 46, Bur. Met. Australia.

Dahni, R.R. and Stern, H. 1995. The development of a generalised UNIX version of the Victorian Regional Office's operational analogue statistics model. BMRC Research Report No. 47, Bur. Met. Australia.

Power, S., Kleeman, R., Colman, R. and McAvaney, B.J. 1995. Modelling the surface heat flux response to long-lived SST anomalies in the North Atlantic. BMRC Research Report No. 48, Bur. Met. Australia.

Seaman, R.S. 1995. Bias detection in the Australian sea level pressure observing network. BMRC Research Report No. 49, Bur. Met. Australia.

May, P.T., Holland, G.J., Keenan, T.D., Le Marshall, J.F., Colquhoun, J., Buckley, B., Love, G., Elliot, J., Dear, J. and Potts, R. 1995. Towards a comprehensive, very-short-range forecasting system for the Greater Sydney Region: observing system. BMRC Research Report No. 50, Bur. Met. Australia.

Sanderson, B., Tang, Y.M., Holland, G., Grimshaw, R. and Woodcock, F. 1995. A tropical cyclone maximum envelope of waters (MEOW) technique. BMRC Research Report No. 51, Bur. Met. Australia.

Meighen, P.J. and Jasper. J.D. (eds). 1996. 'Data assimilation in meteorology and oceanography': papers presented at the sixth annual BMRC modelling workshop, October 1994. BMRC Research Report No. 52, Bur. Met. Australia.

Keenan, T.D. and Manton, M.J. 1996. Darwin climate monitoring and research station: observing precipitating systems in a monsoon environment. BMRC Research Report No. 53, Bur. Met. Australia.

Meighen, P.J. and Jasper. J.D. (eds). 1996. 'Numerical methods': papers presented at the seventh annual BMRC modelling workshop, 4-6 December 1995. BMRC Research Report No. 54, Bur. Met. Australia.

Ebert. E.E. 1996. Results of the 3rd algorithm intercomparison project (AIP-3) of the global precipitation climatology project (GPCP). BMRC Research Report No. 55, Bur. Met. Australia.

McAvaney, B.J. and Hess, G.D. 1996. The revised surface fluxes parametrisation in BMRC: formulation. BMRC Research Report No. 56, Bur. Met. Australia.

Keenan, T., Puri, K., Mills, G. and Bowen, R. 1996. Regional BMRC analyses of atmospheric circulation during MCTEX. BMRC Research Report No. 57, Bur. Met. Australia.

Hess, G.D., McBride, J.L., Drosdowsky, W. and Whitby, F. 1996. A meteorological investigation into the Qantas flight 69 incident of severe turbulence. BMRC Research Report No. 58, Bur. Met. Australia.

Keenan, T.D. and Glasson, K. 1996. 'MCTEX C-band polarimetric atlas and data summary'. BMRC Research Report No. 59, Bur. Met. Australia.

Keenan, T.D. and Le Marshall, J. 1996. Satellite data summary and GMS imagery during MCTEX. BMRC Research Report No. 60, Bur. Met. Australia.

Meighen, P.J. and Jasper. J.D. (eds). 1997. 'Symposium on climate prediction and predictability': papers presented at the eighth modelling workshop, 12-14 November 1996. BMRC Research Report No. 61, Bur. Met. Australia.

Potts, R., Monypenny, P. and Middleton, J. 1997. An analysis of winds at Sydney Kingsford Smith airport and their impact on runway availability. BMRC Research Report No. 62, Bur. Met. Australia.

Sanderson, B. 1997. A barotropic ocean model for calculating storm surges. BMRC Research Report No. 63, Bur. Met. Australia.

Meighen, P.J. and Jasper. J.D., (eds). 1997. 'Improving short-range forecasting': abstracts of presentations at the ninth annual BMRC modelling workshop, 8-10 October 1997. BMRC Research Report No. 64, Bur. Met. Australia.

Drosdowsky, W. and Chambers, L. 1998. Near global sea surface temperature anomalies as predictors of Australian seasonal rainfall. BMRC Research Report No. 65, Bur. Met. Australia.

Power, S.B., Tseitkin, F., Colman, R.A. and Sulaiman, A. 1998. A coupled general circulation model for seasonal prediction and climate change research. BMRC Research Report No. 66, Bur. Met. Australia.

Power, S., Tseitkin, F., Mehta, V., Lavery, B., Torok, S. and Holbrook, N. 1998. Decadal climate variability in Australia during the 20th century. BMRC Research Report No. 67, Bur. Met. Australia.

Keenan, T., Kondratiev, V., Buis, B. and Christmas, R. 1998. The Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC) portable automatic weather station: description and operation. BMRC Research Report No. 68, Bur. Met. Australia.

Meighen, P.J. (ed.). 1998. 'Coupled climate modelling': abstracts of presentations at the tenth BMRC modelling workshop, 12-13 October 1998. BMRC Research Report No. 69, Bur. Met. Australia.

Jones, D.A. 1998. The prediction of Australian land surface temperatures using near global sea surface temperature patterns. BMRC Research Report No. 70, Bur. Met. Australia.

Tang, Y.M., Smith, N. and Greenslade, D. 1998. 'Comparison of model and observed surface winds', (report prepared for AMSA project). BMRC Research Report No. 71, Bur. Met. Australia.

Potts, R.J., Keenan, T. and May, P. 1999. Radar characteristics of storms in the Sydney area. BMRC Research Report No. 72, Bur. Met. Australia.

Greenslade, D. 1999. The assimilation of ERS-2 altimeter data into the Australian wave model. BMRC Research Report No. 73, Bur. Met. Australia.

Wang, Y. 1999. A triply-nested movable mesh tropical cyclone model with explicit cloud microphysics B (TCM3). BMRC Research Report No. 74, Bur. Met. Australia.

Jasper, J.D. and Meighen, P.J. (eds) 1999. 'Parallel computing in meteorology and oceanography': abstracts of presentations at the eleventh annual BMRC modelling workshop, 9-11 November 1999. BMRC Research Report No. 75, Bur. Met. Australia.

Mills, G.A. 2000. A synoptic/diagnostic study of the 1998 Sydney-Hobart yacht race storm - a warm cored extratropical cyclone. BMRC Research Report No. 76, Bur. Met. Australia.

Wang, G., Kleeman, R., Smith, N. and Tseitkin, F. 2000. Seasonal predictions with a coupled global ocean-atmosphere model. BMRC Research Report No. 77, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 3,259 KB).

Timbal, B. and McAvaney, B.J. 2000. A downscaling procedure for Australia. BMRC Research Report No. 78, Bur. Met. Australia.

Greenslade, D.J.M. 2000. Upgrades to the Bureau of Meteorology's ocean wave forecasting system. BMRC Research Report No. 79, Bur. Met. Australia.

Jasper, J.D. and Meighen, P.J. (eds) 2000. 'Model systematic errors': Extended abstracts of presentations at the twelfth annual BMRC modelling workshop (co-sponsored by WCRP/WGNE), 16-20 October 2000. BMRC Research Report No. 80, Bur. Met. Australia.

Viviand, J., Lirola, S., Timbal, B., Power, S. and Colman, R. 2000. Impact of soil moisture on climate variability and predictability. BMRC Research Report No. 81, Bur. Met. Australia.

Mills, G.A. 2001. Impact of screen-level moisture observations in a regional data assimilation system. BMRC Research Report No. 82, Bur. Met. Australia.

Zhong A., Colman, R., Smith, N., Naughton, M., Rikus, L., Puri, K. and F. Tseitkin. 2001. Ten-year AMIP 1 climatologies from versions of the BMRC Atmospheric model. BMRC Research Report No. 83, Bur. Met. Australia.

Jasper, J.D. and Meighen, P.J. (eds) 2001. 'Understanding the climate of Australia and the Indo-Pacific region': Extended abstracts of presentations at the thirteenth annual BMRC modelling workshop, 14-16 November 2001. BMRC Research Report No. 84, Bur. Met. Australia.

Keenan, T., Joe, P., Wilson, J., Collier, C., Golding, B., Burgess, D., May, P., Pierce, C., Bally, J., Crook, A., Seed, A., Sills, D., Berry, L., Potts, R., Bell, I., Fox, N., Ebert, E., Eilts, M., O'Loughlin, K., Webb, R., Carbone, R., Browning, K., Roberts, R. and Mueller, C. 2002. World Weather Research Programme forecast demonstration project: overview and current status. BMRC Research Report No. 85, Bur. Met. Australia.

Chambers, L., Li, F. and Nicholls, N. 2002. Seasonal climate forecasts for south-west Western Australia. BMRC Research Report No. 86, Bur. Met. Australia.

Voldoire, A., Timbal, B. and Power, S. 2002. Statistical-dynamical seasonal forecasting. BMRC Research Report No. 87, Bur. Met. Australia.

Lemus-Deschamps, L., Colman, R., Fraser, J. and Zhong, A. 2002. The model and climatological data comparison system (MACCS). BMRC Research Report No. 88, Bur. Met. Australia.

Zhang, H., Henderson-Sellers, A., Irannejad, P., Sharmeen, S., Phillips, T. and McGuffie, K. 2002. Land-surface modelling and climate simulations: results over the Australian region from sixteen AMIP II models. BMRC Research Report No. 89, Bur. Met. Australia.

Hollis, A.J. and Meighen, P.J. (eds) 2002. 'Modelling and predicting extreme events'; Extended abstracts of presentations at the fourteenth annual BMRC modelling workshop, 11-13 November 2002. BMRC Research Report No. 90, Bur. Met. Australia.

Wu, Z-J., Colman, R., Power, S., Wang, X. and McAvaney, B.J. 2002. The El Niño Southern Oscillation response in the BMRC Coupled GCM. BMRC Research Report No. 91, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 2,200 KB).

Chambers, L.E. 2003. South Australian rainfall variability and trends. BMRC Research Report No. 92, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 2,131 KB).

Meighen, P.J. and Hollis, A.J. (eds) 2003. 'Current issues in the parameterization of convection': Extended abstracts of presentations at the fifteenth annual BMRC modelling workshop, 13-16 October 2003. BMRC Research Report No. 93, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 8,607 KB).

Sun, X., Manton, M.J. and Ebert, E.E. 2003. Regional rainfall estimation using double-kriging of raingauge and satellite observations. BMRC Research Report No. 94, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 940 KB).

Zhong, A., Alves, O., Schiller, A., Tseitkin, F. and Smith, N. 2004. Results from a preliminary version of the ACOM2/BAM coupled seasonal forecast model. BMRC Research Report No. 95, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 1,488 KB).

Zhang, H. 2004. A version of the BAM's AMIP2 simulation over the Australian region: contrasting its performance with other AMIP2 models. BMRC Research Report No. 96, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 1,638 KB)

Greenslade, D.J.M. and Young, I.R. 2004. A validation of ERS-2 Fast Delivery Significant Wave Height. BMRC Research Report No. 97, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 2,221 KB).

Colman, R. 2004. Coupled modelling in BMRC: present status and future directions. BMRC Research Report No. 98, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 783 KB).

Dare, R.A. 2004. The BMRC Bulk Explicit Microphysics (BEM) scheme. BMRC Research Report No. 99, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 1,272 KB).

Chambers, L.E. 2004. The impact of climate on Little Penguin breeding success. BMRC Research Report No. 100, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 3,416 KB).

Dare, R.A., Bowen, R.M. and Ebert, E.E. 2004. Assessment of 24 and 48 hour precipitation forecasts using a bulk explicit microphysics scheme in the LAPS model. BMRC Research Report No. 101, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 4,349 KB).

Gunasekera, D. 2004. Economic issues relating to meteorological services provision. BMRC Research Report No. 102, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 2,168 KB).

Mills, G.A. 2004. Verification of operational NWP model cool-season tornado threat area forecasts in Australia. BMRC Research Report No. 103, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 19,216 KB).

Hollis, A.J. (ed.) 2004. 'The Past, Present and Future of Numerical Modelling': Extended abstracts of presentations at the sixteenth annual BMRC Modelling Workshop, 6-9 December 2004. BMRC Research Report No. 104, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 11,379 KB).

Kepert, J.D., Greenslade, D.J.M. and Hess, G.D. 2005. Assessing and improving the marine surface winds in the Bureau of Meteorology numerical weather prediction systems. BMRC Research Report No. 105, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 3,631 KB).

Moise, A.F., Colman, R.A. and Zhang, H. 2005. Coupled model simulations of Australian surface precipitation and temperature and their response to global warming in 18 CMIP2 models. BMRC Research Report No. 106, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 3,720 KB).

Wang, G., Alves, O and Smith N. 2005. BAM3.0 tropical surface flux simulation and its impact on SST drift in a coupled model. BMRC Research Report No. 107, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 1,291 KB).

Colman, R., Deschamps, L., Naughton, M., Rikus, L., Sulaiman, A., Puri, K., Roff, G., Sun, Z., and Embery, G. 2005. BMRC Atmospheric Model (BAM) version 3.0: comparison with mean climatology. BMRC Research Report No. 108, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 8,453 KB).

Colman, R. 2005. The BMRC Climate Feedback Analysis System. BMRC Research Report No. 109, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 729 KB).

Lemus-Deschamps, L., Sisson, J., Li, Z., Hudson, D. and Colman, R. 2005. The Model and Climatological data Comparison System: Version 2 (MACCS 2). BMRC Research Report No. 110, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 765 KB).

Hollis, A.J. (ed.) 2005. ‘Hydrometeorological Applications of Weather and Climate Modelling’: Extended abstracts of presentations at the seventeenth annual BMRC Modelling Workshop, 3–6 October 2005. BMRC Research Report No. 111, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 8,972 KB).

Gunasekera, D. and co-authors. 2005. Economic Value Of Fire Weather Services. BMRC Research Report No. 112, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 1,311 KB).

Power, S., Haylock, M., Colman, R. and Wang, X. 2005. Asymmetry in the Australian Response to ENSO and the Predictability of Inter-Decadal Changes in ENSO Teleconnections. BMRC Research Report No. 113, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 1,048 KB).

Entel, M.B., Smith, N.R., Davidson, N.E., Warren, G.R. and Hanstrum, B.N. 2005. Enhancements to the Bureau of Meteorology’s ocean surge forecasting system using operational TC-LAPS. BMRC Research Report No. 114, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 764 KB).

Engel, C. 2005. Hourly Operational Consensus Forecasts (OCF). BMRC Research Report No. 115, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 4,065 KB).

Wu, Z-J., McAvaney, B.J. and Zhang, H. 2006. Evaluating tropical diurnal variation of clouds and OLR in AGCMs: AMIP II models. BMRC Research Report No. 116, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 5,350 KB).

Wain, A.G. and Mills, G.A. 2006. The Australian Smoke Management Forecast System. BMRC Research Report No. 117, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 6,748 KB).

Wu, Z-J. and McAvaney, B.J. 2006. Sampling methods for climate model calculated brightness temperatures. BMRC Research Report No. 118, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 3,199 KB).

Finkele, K., Mills, G.A., Beard, G. and Jones, D.A. 2006. National daily gridded soil moisture deficit and drought factors for use in prediction of Forest Fire Danger Index in Australia. BMRC Research Report No. 119, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 4,410 KB).

Huang, X. and Mills, G.A. 2006. Objective identification of wind change timing from single station observations. BMRC Research Report No. 120, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 2,007 KB).

Zhong, A., Alves, O., Hendon, H. and Rikus, L. 2006. On aspects of the mean climatology and tropical interannual variability in the BMRC Atmospheric Model (BAM 3.0). BMRC Research Report No. 121, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 2,311 KB).

Marshall, A.G., Alves, O., Hendon, H.H. and Wheeler, M.C. 2006. A wavenumber-frequency spectral analysis of intraseasonal variability in the standard BMRC atmosphere general circulation model. BMRC Research Report No. 122, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 1,803 KB).

Hollis, A.J. and Kariko, A.P. (ed.) 2006. ‘The Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS) - challenges and opportunities’: Extended abstracts of presentations at the eighteenth annual BMRC Modelling Workshop 28 Nov - 1 Dec 2006. BMRC Research Report No. 123, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 17,203KB).

Power, S.B. 2006. Simple analytic solutions of the Linear Delayed-Action Oscillator Equation relevant to ENSO theory. BMRC Research Report No. 124, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 927KB).

Power, S.B. and Pearce, K. (eds) 2006. ‘Climate change research in the Bureau of Meteorology’: Abstracts of presentations at a workshop held on 10 February 2006. BMRC Research Report No. 125, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 4,573KB).

Greenslade, D.J.M., Simanjuntak, M.A., Burbidge, D. and Chittleborough, J. 2007. A first-generation real-time tsunami forecasting system for the Australian Region. BMRC Research Report No. 126, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 2,213KB).

Draper, C.S. 2007. The atmospheric water balance over the Murray-Darling Basin. BMRC Research Report No. 127, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 6,565KB).

Huang, X. and Mills, G. 2007. Classifying objectively identified wind changes using synoptic pressure cycle phases.  BMRC Research Report No. 128, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 4,004KB).

Kounkou, R., Mills, G.A. and Timbal, B. 2007. The impact of anthropogenic climate change on the risk of cool-season tornado occurrences. BMRC Research Report No. 129, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 3,946KB).

Beggs, H. 2007. A high-resolution blended sea surface temperature analysis over the Australian region. BMRC Research Report No. 130, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 3,803KB).

Power, S.B. and Pearce, K. (eds) 2007. ‘Tropical cyclones in a changing climate: research priorities for Australia’: Abstracts and recommendations from a workshop held on 8 December 2006 at the Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne. BMRC Research Report No. 131, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 1,331KB).

Chambers, L., Webber, E., Mavromatis, A., Keatley, M. and Hughes, L. 2007. National Ecological Meta Database. BMRC Research Report No. 132, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 2,861KB).

Hollis, A.J. and Jemmeson, V. (ed.) 2007. ‘Physical processes and modelling of the water and carbon cycle’: Extended abstracts of presentations at the first annual CAWCR Modelling Workshop 27-29 November 2007. BMRC Research Report No. 133, Bur. Met. Australia. (pdf 5,056KB).