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Mining Historical Data to Provide Better Medium-term Rainfall Forecasts

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THERE are at least 3 practical ways in which medium-term rainfall forecasts for Queensland can be improved: 1. Through the use of sophisticated statistical modelling techniques, in particular artificial neural networks to mine historical data for … [Read more...] about Mining Historical Data to Provide Better Medium-term Rainfall Forecasts

Temperature Variability by State and Over Recent Years: Comment from Bob F-J on 2013 Record

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I HAVE already detailed my concerns with the claim by the Bureau of Meteorology that 2013 was the hottest year on record. Thank you for your many comments in the threads that followed the two blog posts. I am taking many of these comments into … [Read more...] about Temperature Variability by State and Over Recent Years: Comment from Bob F-J on 2013 Record

Open Thread

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I've been asked to open a new thread. So, why not introduce a new topic? I really like goat's cheese, and especially Meredith Dairy goat cheese. This is an unsolicited advertisement for one of my favourite foods. … [Read more...] about Open Thread

Bureau Confirms Calculating Australia’s ‘Average’ Temperature Involves Some Hocus-pocus

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THE Australian Bureau of Meteorology, BOM, doesn’t have a set of temperature thermometers regularly positioned across the landmass of Australia from which it might derive an average annual temperature. Rather many more of it’s approximately 750 … [Read more...] about Bureau Confirms Calculating Australia’s ‘Average’ Temperature Involves Some Hocus-pocus