Abstract: xtreme heat waves occurred over much of southern and eastern Australia during the summer (27 January?8 February) and winter (14?31 August) of 2009. The summer heat wave resulted in many temperature records across southeastern ...

Abstract: Mass coral bleaching, associated with anomalously warm ocean temperatures over large regions, poses a serious threat to the future health of the world coral reef systems. Seasonal forecasts from coupled ocean?atmosphere ...

Abstract: here has been increasing demand in Australia for extended-range forecasts of extreme heat events. An assessment is made of the subseasonal experimental guidance provided by the Bureau of Meteorology?s seasonal prediction ...