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PROF IAN SIMMONDS



Contact Details

Organization: Earth Sciences
Position: PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/php/view_profile.php?id=simmonds
Work: 8344 7216
Fax: 8344 7761
Room: 444
Level: 04
Building: Mccoy Building/Earth Sciences
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Antarctica Sea ice, mass balance, ice core interpretation, katabatic flow Australia
Rainfall variability Australia, Southern annular mode, cyclones Australia
Global warming Greenhouse gases, climate change, carbon dioxide, methane Australia
Southern Ocean Atmospheric changes, oceanic changes, Antarctic Circumpolar Wave Australia
Cyclones and tropical cyclones Baroclinicity, CISK, hybrid systems, climate trends, extreme weather Australia
Isotopes in weather and climate studies Physically-based interpretation of isotopes, ice cores, isotopes in precipitation Australia
Road accidents and Weather Motor vehicle accidents rain, traffic density, weekday_weekend effect Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Germany University of Karlsruhe Research
United States Colorado State University Research
United Kingdom The University of Reading Research
Brazil University of Sao Paulo Research
Germany Max Planck Institut Research
United States The Scripps Research Institute Research
New Zealand National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. Research, Teaching
France CNRS Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement Research
United Kingdom British Antarctic Survey Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Monash University
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University of South Australia

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Membership 01-Jan-1980

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Medal Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 01-Jan-2000

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Physical mechanisms responsible for stable isotope ratios in precipitation over southeast Australia Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2003
Palaeoclimate reconstruction in northwestern China Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage International Awards 01/01/2003
Extratropical cyclone trends in current and future climate and associations with southern Australia rainfall Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2004
The influence of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation on Antarctic and subantarctic climate Chief Investigator AUST ANTARCTIC DIVISION Grants 01/07/2004
The variability of the Southern Annular Mode & associations with high latitude weather & climate Chief Investigator AUST ANTARCTIC DIVISION Grants 01/07/2004
ANTARCTIC ASSOCIATIONS WITH AUSTRALIAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN COLD OUTBREAKS: PRESENT AND FUTURE Chief Investigator AUST ANTARCTIC DIVISION Grants 01/07/2005
Global objective identification and tracking of atmospheric fronts and the role of fronts in climate change Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006
Tropical and mid- and high latitude cyclones in a time of climate change: New insights and integration Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007
POLAR LOWS OVER THE SUBANTARCTIC WATERS Chief Investigator AUST ANTARCTIC DIVISION Australian Antarctic Science Grants 01/07/2008
Storm activity in the Arctic and implications for rapid climate change in polar regions Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • A Classification of wave generation characterictics during large wave events on the Southern Australian margin
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Continental Shelf Research
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 634-652
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  • An analysis of the environmental energetics associated with the transition of the first South Atlantic hurricane
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Geophysical Research Letters
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 1-6
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  • Arctic climate change as Manifest in Cyclone Behavior
    Year: 2008
    Journal: American Meteorological Society Bulletin
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 5777-5796
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  • Impact of changing climate and land use on the hydrogeology of Southeast Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 1009-1021
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  • Large-scale factors in tropical and extratropical cyclone transition and extreme weather events
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences
    Volume: 1146
    Page numbers: 189-211
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  • Southern Hemisphere Synoptic Behaviour in Extreme Phases of SAM, ENSO, Sea Ice Extent, and Southern Australia Rainfall
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Climate
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 5566-5584
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  • Synoptic controls upon  δ18 O in southern Tasmanian precipitation
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Geophysical Research Letters
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 1-6
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Southern hemisphere cyclones and anticyclones: Recent trends and links with decadal variability in the Pacific Ocean


    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Climatology
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 1403-1419
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  • Association between Australian rainfall and the Southern Annular Mode
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Climatology
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 109-121
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  • Simulated Antarctic precipitation and surface mass balance at the end of the twentieth and twenty first centuries
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Climate Dynamics
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 215-230
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  • Southern hemisphere winter extratropical cyclone characteristics and vertical organization observed with the ERA-40 data in 1979-2001
    Year: 2007
    Journal: American Meteorological Society Bulletin
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 2675-2689
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Coincident vortices in Antarctic wind fields and sea ice motion
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Geophysical Research Letters
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 1-4
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  • Control of the Antarctic ice sheet by ocean-ice interaction
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Global and Planetary Change
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 99-111
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  • Modeling δ18O in tropical precipitation and the surface ocean for present-day climate
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research
    Volume: 111
    Issue: D5
    Page numbers: 1-16
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  • Road accidents and rainfall in a large Australian city
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Accident Analysis & Prevention
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 445-454
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  • Sea surface temperature-induced cyclogenesis in the Antarctic circumpolar wave
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research
    Volume: 111
    Page numbers: C08011
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Sea ice extension around Antarctica: Association with Australian rainfall via changes in Southern  Hemisphere cyclone and anticyclone behaviour


    Year: 2006
    Event name: 08th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO)
    Conference Publication: 08th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO)
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 189-194
    Publisher: INPE(Foz do Iguacu)
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  • Polar outbreaks in South America: synoptic climatology of cyclone/anticyclone behavior, extreme cases in high latitudes and frost events over 1888-2005 in São Paulo
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 08th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO),
    Conference Publication: 08th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO)
    Page numbers: 1909-1917
    Publisher: INPE(Foz do Iguacu)
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  • Southern Hemisphere cyclone and anticyclone behavior during the last decades: recent trends, anomalies and links with the Pacific Ocean variability
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 08th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO)
    Conference Publication: 08th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO)
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 1919-1933
    Publisher: INPE(Foz do Iguacu)
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  • The first South Atlantic hurricane and its association with vertical wind shear and high latitude blocking.
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 08th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO)
    Conference Publication: International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO)
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 353-364
    Publisher: INPE(Foz do Iguacu)
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  • Transients and the air-sea fluxes in the Antarctic sea ice zone
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Eighth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography
    Conference Publication: Eighth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography
    Page numbers: 205-211
    Publisher: INPE(Foz do Iguacu)
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Reports

Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Large-Scale Vertical Momentum, Kinetic Energy and Moisture Fluxes in the Antartic Sea-Ice Region
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Boundary-Layer Meteorology
    Volume: 117
    Page numbers: 149-177
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Dordrecht)
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  • Simultaneous mass balance inverse modeling of methane and carbon monoxide
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research
    Volume: 110
    Issue: Nov (D21310)
    Page numbers: 1-11
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union(Philadelphia)
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  • Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode Variability and the Role of Optimal Nonmodal Growth
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
    Volume: 62
    Page numbers: 1947-1961
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Boston)
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  • The association of rainfall and other weather variables with road traffic volume in Melbourne, Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Accident Analysis & Prevention
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 109-124
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  • The first South Atlantic hurricane: Unprecedented blocking, low shear and climate change
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Geophysical Research Letters
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 5
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union(Washington DC)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Eddy-zonal flow interactions associated with the Southern Hemisphere annular mode: Results from NCEP-DOE reanalysis and a quasi-linear model
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
    Volume: 61
    Page numbers: 873-888
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Boston)
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  • Global and hemispheric climate variations affecting the Southern Ocean
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Antarctic Science
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 401-413
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Mass balance inverse modelling of methane in the 1990s using a Chemistry Transport Model
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 2561-2580
    Publisher: European Geophysical Society
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  • Sea ice control of water isotope transport to Antarctica and implications for ice core interpretation
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research
    Volume: 109
    Page numbers: 1-13
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union(Philadelphia)
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  • Sensitivity of the δ18O-temperature relationship on continent locations
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Geophysical Research Letters
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 1-4
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union(Washington DC)
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  • Tropospheric Response in the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave along the Sea Ice Edge around Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Climate
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 2765-2779
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Massachusetts)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Regional and Large-Scale Influences on Antarctic Peninsula Climate
    Year: 2003
    Book: Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability: Historical and Paleoenvironmental Perspectives
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union(Washington DC)
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Journal Articles

  • Modes of atmospheric variability over the Southern Ocean
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research
    Volume: 108
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1-30
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union(Philadelphia)
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  • Synoptic Activity in the Seas around Antarctica
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Monthly Weather Review
    Volume: 131
    Page numbers: 272-288
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Massachusetts)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Decadal Climate Variability in the Pacific Ocean
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 7th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography
    Page numbers: 269-270
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Boston)
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  • Impact of Mid-Holocene Radiative Forcing on the Australian Palaeoenvironment
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 7th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography
    Page numbers: 253-255
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Boston)
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Reports

  • Changes to the vertical structure of cyclones under global warming
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Boston)
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  • Late Quarternary Southern Hemisphere extratropical cyclone characteristics
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 33
    Publisher: World Meteorological Organization(Geneva)
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  • Optimal nonmodal growth as a contributing cause to the Southern Hemisphere annular mode variability
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 33
    Publisher: World Meteorological Organization(Geneva)
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  • Origins of northern Antarctic Peninsula air masses
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: World Meteorological Organization(Geneva)
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  • Transient eddy forcing of the Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode variability: Results from NCEP-DOE reanalysis and a quasi-linear mdoel
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Boston)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Annular variations in moisture transport mechanisms and the abundance of δ180 in Antarctic snow
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research
    Volume: 107
    Issue: D24
    Page numbers: 1-11
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union(Philadelphia)
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  • Associations between δ180 of water and climate parameters in a simulation of atmospheric circulation for 1979-95
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Climate
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 3150-3169
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Massachusetts)
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  • Distribution and temporal variability of 500hPa Cyclone characteristics on the Southern Hemisphere
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal of Climatology
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 131-150
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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  • Effects of changing baroclinicity on the southern hemisphere extratropical cirulation
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
    Volume: 128
    Page numbers: 1807-1826
    Publisher: Royal Meteorological Society(Reading)
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  • Explosive Cyclone Development in the Southern Hemisphere and a comparsion with Northern Hemisphere Events
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Monthly Weather Review
    Volume: 130
    Page numbers: 2188-2209
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Massachusetts)
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  • Global Increase in Explosive Storms
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
    Volume: 83
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1454-1455
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Boston)
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  • Reconstructing Australian environments of the last glacial cycle through quantitative modelling
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Research Activities in Atmosphere and Oceanic Modelling
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 1105
    Page numbers: 45-46
    Publisher: World Meteorological Organization
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  • Surface fluxes of momentum and mechanical energy over the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
    Volume: 80
    Page numbers: 1-18
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wein(Vienna)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • An investigation of a dramatic cold outbreak over southeast Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Meteorological Magazine
    Volume: 50
    Page numbers: 249-261
    Publisher: Australian Government Publishing Service(Canberra)
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  • GCM study of synoptic influences on the isotope record in Antarctic ice cores
    Year: 2001
    Journal: PAGES News
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 8-9
    Publisher: PAGES International Project Office(Bern)
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  • Quantification of the influences of wind and cloud on the nocturnal Urban Heat Island of a large city
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Applied Meteorology
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 169-182
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Massachusetts)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The effect on Southern Hemisphere circulation and Antarctic coastal climate of changing baroclinicity
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
    Conference Publication: The effect on Southern Hemisphere circulation and Antarctic coastal climate of changing baroclinicity
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 37-40
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Massachusetts)
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Reports

  • Links between Australian rainfall and regional synoptic activity
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
    Report No:: 84
    Publisher: Australian Bureau of Meteorology(Melbourne)
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  • Meteorological 'bombs' over the Southern Hemisphere
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
    Report No:: 31
    Publisher: World Meteorological Organization(Geneva)
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  • Rate of alternation of Northern Hemisphere anticyclones and cyclones
    Year: 2001
    Customer: CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation
    Report No:: 31
    Publisher: World Meteorological Organization(Geneva)
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  • The synoptic reflection of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
    Report No:: 31
    Publisher: World Meteorological Organization(Geneva)
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  • Twentieth century precipitation trends over Australia
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
    Report No:: 31
    Publisher: World Meteorological Organization(Geneva)
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