Listing of Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence (QCCCE) publications (2007, 2008 to present)
Cobon, D.H., Stone, G.S., Carter, J.O., Scanlan, J.C., Toombs, N.R., Zhang, X., Willcocks J. and McKeon, G.M. (2009) The climate change risk management matrix for the grazing industry of northern Australia. A Climate of Change in Australian Rangelands, The Rangeland Journal, Volume 31 Number 1 [link] [link to Accessory Publications: Matrix diagrams in Microsoft Excel format]
McKeon, G.M., Stone, G.S., Syktus, J.I., Carter, J.O., Fraser, G.W., Crimp, S.J. and Howden, S.M. (2009). ‘Climate change impacts on rangeland livestock carrying capacity: More questions than answers’. Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Australian Rangeland Society Conference. A Climate of change in the Rangelands. 28 September – 2nd October 2008. Charters Towers, Australia.
McKeon, G.M, Stone, G.S., Syktus, J.I., Carter, J.O., Flood, N.R., Ahrens, D.G., Bruget, D.N., Chilcott, C.R., Cobon, D.H., Cowley, R.A., Crimp, S.J., Fraser, G.W., Howden, S.M., Johnston, P.W., Ryan, J.G., Stokes, C.J. and Day, K.A. (2009). Climate change impacts on Australia’s rangeland livestock carrying capacity: A review of challenges. Report for Land & Water Australia Senior Research Fellowship (QNR46). 69 pp. [link]
McKeon, G.M., Stone, G.S., Syktus, J.I., Carter, J.O., Flood, N.R., Ahrens, D.G., Bruget, D.N., Chilcott, C.R., Cobon, D.H., Cowley, R.A., Crimp, S.J., Fraser, G.W., Howden, S.M., Johnston, P.W., Ryan, J.G., Stokes, C.J. and Day, K.A. (2009) Climate change impacts on northern Australian rangeland livestock carrying capacity: a review of issues. A Climate of Change in Australian Rangelands, The Rangeland Journal, Volume 31 Number 1 [link]
Wheeler, M.C., Hendo, H.H., Cleland, S., Meinke, H. and Donald, A., 2009. Impacts of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on Australian rainfall and circulation. Journal of Climate, 22(6), 1482–1498. doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2595.1 [link]
2008 listing of QCCCE publications
Abawi, Y., Llanso, P., Harrison, M. and Mason, S. (2008) ‘Water, health and early warnings’ in Troccoli, A., Harrison, M., Anderson, D.L.T. and Mason, S.J. (eds.) Seasonal Climate: Forecasting and Managing Risk, NATO Science Series. Berlin Heidelberg. Springer. pp.361–410. [link]
Brown, I.W., Scandol, J., Mayer, D., Campbell, M., Kondylas, S., McLennan, M., Williams, A., Krusic-Golub, K. and Treloar, T. (2008) ‘Reducing uncertainty in the assessment of the Australian spanner crab fishery: final report on Project 2003/06 to the Fishing Industry Reseach and Development Corporation’. Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries. Queensland Government. p.92. [link]
Cobon, D.H., Bell, K.L., Park, J.N. and Keogh, D.U. (2008). Summative evaluation of climate application activities with pastoralistists in western Queensland. Rangl. J. 30, 361-374. [link]
Cobon, D.H. and Toombs, N.R. (2008). Impacts of climate change on regulated and non-regulated water systems in Australia. In Multifunctional grasslands in a changing world. Vol 1. Proc. International Grasslands and Rangelands Congress, Hohhot, China. p. 826. (Eds. Organising Committee of 2008 IGC/IRC Conference) (Guangdong Peoples Publishing House: Guangzhou). [link]
Cobon, D.H. and Toombs, N.R. (2008). Impacts and adaptation to climate change in beef production systems in central Queensland. In Multifunctional grasslands in a changing world. Vol 1. Proc. International Grasslands and Rangelands Congress, Hohhot, China. p. 877. (Eds. Organising Committee of 2008 IGC/IRC Conference) (Guangdong Peoples Publishing House: Guangzhou). [link]
Day, K.A., Ahrens, D.G. and Peacock A. (Issued monthly 2001–2008). Queensland summer rainfall (November to March) in relation to sea-surface temperature in the previous autumn and winter. Seasonal Pacific Ocean Temperature Analysis – 1 (SPOTA–1), www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au. [link]
Gilmore, M. (compiler) with Moffat, N., English, K., Wilcocks, J., White, N., Enright, R., Rayner, D., Day, K., Mullins, J., Turner, L., Syktus, J. and Milward, A. (2008) ‘Climate Change in Queensland: What the science is telling us’. Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Government. [link]
Henry, B., Johnsson, I., Fraser, G., Carter, J. and Bray, S. (2008) ‘Soil carbon: measurement issues and mitigation options – land use’. Proceedings of the Australian Farm Institute Conference. Gold Coast, Australia. [link]
Jones, P., Silcock, R. and Stone, G. (2008) ‘Grazing land in “A” condition is stable and resilient’. Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society Conference. Charters Towers, Australia. [link]
Kucharski F., Scaife, A.A., Yoo, J.H., Folland, C.K., Kinter, J., Knight, J., Fereday, D., Fischer, A.M., Jin, E.K., Kröger, J., Lau, N-C., Nakaegawa, T.M., Nath, J., Pegion, P., Rozanov, E., Schubert, S., Sporyshev, P.V., Syktus, J., Voldoire, A., Yoon, J.H., Zeng, N. and Zhou, T. (2008) ‘The CLIVAR C20C Project: skill of simulating Indian monsoon rainfall on interannual to decadal timescales: Does GHG forcing play a role?’ Climate Dynamics. DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0462. [link]
Lehmann, J., Skjemstad, J., Sohi, S., Carter, J., Barson, M., Falloon, P., Coleman, K., Woodbury, P. and Krull, E. (2008). Australian climate-carbon cycle feedback reduced by soil black carbon. Nature Geoscience pp832-835. Macmillan. [link]
McKeon, G., Chilcott, C., McGrath, W., Paton, C., Fraser, G., Stone G. and Ryan, J. (2008) Assessing the value of trees in sustainable grazing systems (NBP.316). Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Environmental Protection Agency. Published July 2008, Meat & Livestock Australia, NSW.
McKeon, G.M., Flood, N., Carter, J.O., Stone, G.S., Crimp, S.J. and Howden, S.M. (2008). Simulation of climate change impacts on livestock carrying capacity and production for the Garnaut Climate Change Review. [link]
McRae, D. (2008) An overview of Climate change adaptation in Australian primary industries-impacts, options and priorities (contributing author), Stokes, C. and Howden, M. (eds.), CSIRO, Australia. [link]
Rayner D., Wall, C., Willcocks, J., Barley, R. and Prior, K. (2008) ‘Climate and greenhouse’. The State of Environment in Queensland: Atmosphere. Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Government. pp.48–61. http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/. [link]
Scaife A. A., F. Kucharski, C. K. Folland, J. Kinter, S. Brönnimann, D. Fereday, A. M. Fischer, S. Grainger, E. K. Jin, I. S. Kang, J. R. Knight, S. Kusunoki, N. C. Lau, M. J. Nath, T. Nakaegawa, P. Pegion, S. Schubert, P. Sporyshev, J. Syktus, J. H. Yoon, N. Zeng and T. Zhou, 2008: The CLIVAR C20C Project: Selected 20th Century climate events. Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0451-1. [link]
Stokes, C.J., Crimp, S., Gifford, R., Stone, G., Cobon, D. Ash, A., Howden, S.M., and McKeon, G. (2008). Broad acre grazing. In An overview of climate change adaptation in Australian primary industries – impacts, options and priorities. (Eds. Stokes, SJ and Howden, SM). Report prepared for the National Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries (CSIRO: Canberra). [link]
Stone, G., Fraser, G., O’Reagain, P., Timmers, P. and Bushell, J. (2008) ‘A new methodology for the calculation of pasture utilisation for grazing lands’. Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society Conference. Charters Towers, Australia. [link]
Syktus J., and S. Jeffrey, 2008. Stratospheric Ozone Depletion. In: The State of Environment in Queensland, Atmosphere. pp. 62-74. [link]
Timmers, P., Zhang, B., Panjkov, A., Stone, G. and Day, K. (2008) ‘FORAGE – A web-based framework for generating decision support information for sustainable grazing land management’. Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society Conference. Charters Towers, Australia. [link]
Williams, A.J. and Stone, R.C. (2008) 'An assessment of relationships between the Australian subtropical ridge, rainfall variability, and high-latitude circulation patterns'. International Journal of Climatology. DOI: 10. 1002/joc. 1732 [link]
Zhang, B., Stone, G., Bruget, D., Carter, J., Day, K., Panjkov, A. and McKeon, G. (2008) ‘Quantifying degradation risk – integrating climate risk into rangeland management’. Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society Conference. Charters Towers, Australia. [link]
Zhang, B., Panjkov, A. and Stone, G. (2008) ‘Guide to using FORAGE (Prototype)’. Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Government.
Zhang, B. (2008) ‘Climate Risk Assessment Report (prototype)’ Issued monthly. Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Government.
2007 listing of QCCCE publications
Cobon, D.H. and Toombs, N.R. (2007) ‘Climate change impacts on the water resources of the Cooper Creek Catchment’. Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. pp.483–489. [link]
Cobon, D.H. and Toombs, N.R. (2007). Practical adaptation to climate change in regional natural resource management: Queenland Case Studies - Fitzroy Basin Report – Part A. Production and natural resource indicators in beef systems under climate change conditions. Project EP08. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra. [link pdf 1.8MB]
Cobon, D.H. and Toombs, N.R. (2007). Practical adaptation to climate change in regional natural resource management: Fitzroy Basin Report – Part B. Climate change impacts on the sediment load for the Nogoa catchment of the Fitzroy Basin. Project EP08. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra. [link pdf 1.5MB]
Cobon, D.H. and Toombs, N.R. (2007). Practical adaptation to climate change in regional natural resource management: Desert Channels Queensland Report. Climate change impacts on the water resources on the Cooper Creek catchment. Project EP08. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra. [link pdf 1MB]
Cobon, D.H. and Toombs, N.R. (2007). Practical adaptation to climate change in regional natural resource management: Queensland Murray Darling Basin Report. Climate change impacts on the water resources of the Queensland Murray Darling Basin. Project EP08. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra. [link pdf 1.1MB]
Cobon, D.H. and Toombs, N.R. (2007). Practical adaptation to climate change in regional natural resource management: South-East Queensland Western Catchments Report. Climate change impacts on water resources of South-East Queensland Western Catchments. Project EP08. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra. [link pdf 3.4MB]
Cobon, D.H., Toombs, N.R. and Zhang, X. (2007) ‘Climate change impacts on the sediment load for the Nogoa catchment of the Fitzroy Basin’. Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. pp.853–859. [link]
Deo, R.C., McAlpine, C.A. and Syktus, J. (2007) ‘On Australian heat waves: time series analysis of extreme temperature events in Australia 1950 – 2005’. Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. [link]
Donald, A., Lennox, S., Meinke, H. and White, N.C. (2007) ‘The impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation : bridging the gap between weather and climate’. Proceedings of the 87th American Meteorological Society Conference. San Antonio, United States of America. [link]
Henry, B., McKeon, G.M., Syktus, J., Carter, J.O., Day, K.A. and Rayner, D.P. (2007) ‘Climate variability, climate change and land degradation’. in Sivakumar, M.V.K. and Ndiang’ui, N. (eds.) Climate and Land Degradation. Berlin Heidelberg. Springer. pp.205–221. [link]
Henry, B., Mitchell, C., Cowie, A., Woldring, O. and Carter, J. (2005) A regional interpretation of rules and good practice for greenhouse accounting: northern Australia savanna systems. Australian Journal of Botany, Vol. 53 No.7 pp 589-605. [link]
Heyhoe, E., Yeon, k, Kokic, P. Levantis, C., Ahammad, H. Schnider, K. Crimp, S.. Nelson, R. Flood, N. and Carter, J. (2007) Adapting to climate change: issues and challenges in the agriculture sector. Australian Commodities, 24, 1, 167- 178. [link]
Kokic, P., Nelson, R., Meinke, H., Potgieter, A. and Carter, J. (2007) ‘From rainfall to farm incomes – transforming advice for Australian drought policy I: development and testing of a bio-economic modelling system.’ Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 58 (10). pp.993–1003. [link]
Lo, F., Wheeler, M.C., Meinke, H. and Donald, A. (2007) ‘Probabilistic forecasts of the onset of the North Australian wet season. Monthly Weather Review. 135 (10). [link]
McAlpine, C.A., Syktus, J., Deo, R.C., McGowan, H.A., Watterson, I.G., Phinn, S.R. and Lawrence, P.J. (2007) ‘Modeling the impact of historical land cover change on Australia’s regional climate.’ Geophysical Research Letters. 34. [link]
McRae, D., Bange, M. and Roth, G. (2007) Climate Change in Cotton Catchment Communities – A Scoping Study, Cotton Catchment Communities CRC, for the Australian Greenhouse Office, Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra. [link]
Park, S., Howden, M., Higgins, A., McRae, D., Horan, H. and Hennessy, K. (2007) Climate change: informing the Australian sugar industry of potential impacts, possible strategies for adaptation and best-bet options for future R&D. In the final report of projects CSE019 and SRD011 by Park, S., Creighton, C. and Howden, M., Sugar Research and Development Corporation. [link]
Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence (QCCCE) (2007) ‘The South East Queensland Drought to 2007’. Department of Natural Resources and Water, Queensland Government. p.7. [link]
Stafford Smith D. M., McKeon G. M., Watson I. W., Henry B. K., Stone G. S., Hall W. B., Howden S. M. (2007). Land Change Science Special Feature: Learning from episodes of degradation and recovery in variable Australian rangelands Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2007 104 (52). p.20690 [link]
Stone, G., Bruget, D., Carter, J., Hassett, R., McKeon, G. and Rayner, D. (2007) ‘Pasture production and condition issue’. The State of Environment in Queensland: Land. Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Government. [link]
Syktus, J., Deo, R.C., McAlpine, C.A., McGowan, H.A. and Phinn, S.R. (2007) ‘Impact of land cover change on regional climate and El Niño in Australia’. Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. [link]
The GRASP Modelling Team. (2007). Improving Grazing Management using the GRASP Model. NBP.338 Final Report for Meat and Livestock Australia. Pp. 66.
Watterson, I.G. and Syktus, J. (2007) ‘The influence of air–sea interaction on the Madden-Julian Oscillation: the role of the seasonal mean state’. Climate Dynamics. 28 (7–8). pp.703–722. [link]
Some downloads of earlier publications are also available:
This publications section does not contain a comprehensive archive,
rather it lists 'key' and 'useful' references from various projects reported
on earlier by staff and occasionally
their associates. In some cases abstracts of these documents and/or full versions
are made available for download. Also see our recent listing of QCCCE publications.
