Publications

Barnetson, J., Pandeya, H. R., & Fraser, G. (2026). Mapping pasture quality: Using remote sensing to address northern Australia’s fodder gap. In Proceedings of the 8th Northern Beef Research Update Conference NBRUC (p. 29). North Australia Beef Research Council. Conference presentation.

Bruget, D., Carter, J., Zhang, B., Stone, G., & Fraser, G. (2026). Seasonal forecasting: A simple analysis of various statistical and weather model forecasts for Queensland. In Proceedings of the 8th Northern Beef Research Update Conference NBRUC (p. 105). North Australia Beef Research Council.

McCartney, F., Carter, J., Fraser, G., Stone, G., & Jones, C. (2026). Understanding FORAGE report user experience to improve its use for grazing land management decision-making. In Proceedings of the 8th Northern Beef Research Update Conference NBRUC (p. 107). North Australia Beef Research Council.

Stone, G., Barnetson, J., Bruget, D., Carter, J., Fraser, G., Irvine, S., Zhang, B., Zhang, X., & Yuan, S. (2026). The FORAGE system: The “track record.” In Proceedings of the 8th Northern Beef Research Update Conference NBRUC (p. 79). North Australia Beef Research Council.

Woodrow, L., Denham, R., Watson, F., Zhang, B., & Carter, J. (2026). Adjusting the seasonal persistent green product for green grass signal. In Proceedings of the 8th Northern Beef Research Update Conference NBRUC (p. 30). North Australia Beef Research Council.

Zhang, B., Barnetson, J., Carter, J., Fraser, G., Stone, G., & Woodrow, L. (2026). Seasonal pasture budgeting at property scale: A FORAGE online tool (prototype) for assessing stocking rates for Queensland grazing lands. In Proceedings of the 8th Northern Beef Research Update Conference NBRUC (p. 28). North Australia Beef Research Council.

Carter, J. O., Bruget, D., & Stone, G. (2025). Continental-scale modelling of pasture growth with the AussieGRASS model: Learnings from 30 years of operation. In Proceedings of the 12th International Rangeland Congress IRC 2025 (pp. 560-565).

Cowley, R. A., Whish, G., Hearnden, M., Mateme, C., Pettit, C., McCosker, K. D., Carter, J., Wirl, B., Holloway, C. H., Pahl, L. I., & Mayer, D. G. (2025). Factors influencing pasture utilisation in northern Australian rangelands. In Proceedings of the 12th International Rangeland Congress IRC 2025 (pp. 1704-1708).

Henry, B., Allen, D., Badgery, W., Bray, S. G., Carter, J., Dalal, R., Hall, W. B., Harrison, M. T., McDonald, S. E., & McMillan, H. (2025). A review of the evidence linking management and soil carbon sequestration in rangelands. In Proceedings of the 12th International Rangeland Congress IRC 2025 (pp. 1551-1555).

Irvine, S. A., Carter, J. O., & Stone, G. S. (2025). Construction of a 200-year annual domestic livestock distribution geographical dataset for Australia for the pre-digital era 1788 to 1980. In Proceedings of the 12th International Rangeland Congress IRC 2025 (pp. 398-403).

Specht, A., Bastin, G., Carter, J., Cowley, R., Diete, R., Facelli, J., Maurer, G., O'Reagain, P. J., & Thornton, C.(2025). The value proposition for systematic long-term vegetation studies. In Proceedings of the 12th International Rangeland Congress IRC 2025 (pp. 378-382)

Owens, J., Carter, J., Fraser, G., Cleverly, J., Hutley, L., & Barnetson, J. (2019). Improving evapotranspiration estimation in pasture and native vegetation models using flux tower data, remote sensing and global optimisation. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.

Acworth, C., & Lawson, S. (2011). The Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing project – Ten years of managing operations in a highly variable coastal system. In Proceedings of the 20th NSW Coastal Conference. Tweed Heads, Australia.

Chu, J., Syktus, J., Thatcher, M., McAlpine, C., Jeffrey, S., Katzfey, J., Zhang, H., McGregor, J., & Adams-Hosking, C. (2011). Validation of land surface products for modelling the climate impacts of large-scale revegetation in Queensland.  In Proceedings of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference. Perth, Australia.

Collier, M.A., Jeffrey, S.J., Rotstayn, L.D., Wong, K., Dravitzki, S.M., Moeseneder, C., Hamalainen, C., Syktus, J.I., Suppiah, R., Antony, J., El Zein, A., & Atif, M. (2011). The CSIRO-Mk3.6.0 Atmosphere-Ocean GCM: participation in CMIP5 and data publication. In Proceedings of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand 2011 International Congress: Sustaining Our Future. Perth, Australia.

Folland, C., Scaife, A., Fereday, D., Knight, J., Kucharski, F., Kinter, J., Jin, E., Bronniman, S., Fischer, A., Grainger, S., Kang, I., Kusunoki, S., Nakaegawa, T., Lau, N., Nath, M., Pegion, P., Schubert, S., Sporyshev, P., Syktus, J., Yoon, J., Zeng, N., & Zhou, T. (2011). C20C - Climate of the 20th Century: Selected twentieth century climate events. In Proceedings of the World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference: Climate Research in Service to Society. Denver, CO, United States.  

Helyer, Z., Acworth, C., & Lawson, S. (2011). Acoustic Doppler current profiling from Kirra to Cook Island – field exercises undertaken by the Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing Project. In Proceedings of the 20th NSW Coastal Conference. Tweed Heads, Australia.

Patterson, D., Boswood, P., & Elias, G. (2011). Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing Long Term Average sand transport rate. In Proceedings of the 20th NSW Coastal Conference. Tweed Heads, Australia.

Ricketts, J.H., & Carter, J.O. (2011). Estimating trends in monthly maximum and minimum temperatures in GCM’s for which these data are not archived. In Proceedings of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand 2011 International Congress: Sustaining Our Future. Perth, Australia. 

Schwartz, R., Nielsen, K., & Mohoupt, J. (2011). TC Yasi: Coastal Inundation Levels. In Proceedings of the Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference. Perth, Australia. 

Syktus, J., Jeffrey, S., Rotstayn, L., Wong, K., Toombs, N., Dravitzki, S., Collier, M., Hamalainen, C., & Moeseneder, C. (2011). The CSIRO-QCCCE contribution to CMIP5 using the CSIRO Mk3.6 climate model. In Proceedings of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference. Perth, Australia.  

Wong, K., Syktus, J., Jeffrey, S., Toombs, N., & Rotstayn, L. (2011). Climate extremes during the 20th and 21st centuries simulated by the CSIRO Mk3.6 climate model with anthropogenic and natural forcings. In Proceedings of the  Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference. Perth, Australia.  

Zhang, X., & McRae, D. (2011). Constructing Regional Climate Change Projections for Queensland: A Methodology Review. In Proceedings of the Greenhouse 2011: The Science of Climate Change. Cairns, Australia.

Zhang, X., Abawi, Y., Dutta S., & McClymont, D. (2010). Developing ENSO-based irrigation water forecast system in a region with limited hydro-meteorological observations to mitigate the impacts of climate variability: A case study in Lombok, Indonesia. In Proceedings of the Climate Adaptation Futures: Preparing for the Unavoidable Impacts of Climate Change. Gold Coast, Australia.

McKeon, G. M., Stone, G. S., Syktus, J. I., Carter, J. O., Fraser, G. W., Crimp, S. J., & Howden, S. M. (2009). Climate change impacts on rangeland livestock carrying capacity: More questions than answers. In Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Australian Rangeland Society Conference. A Climate of change in the rangelands. Charters Towers, Australia.

Cobon, D. H., & Toombs, N. R. (2008). Impacts and adaptation to climate change in beef production systems in central Queensland. In Proceedings of the International Grasslands and Rangelands Congress (Vol. 1, p. 877). Guangdong Peoples Publishing House, China.  

Cobon, D. H., & Toombs, N. R. (2008). Impacts of climate change on regulated and non-regulated water systems in Australia. In Proceedings of the International Grasslands and Rangelands Congress (Vol. 1, p. 826). Guangdong Peoples Publishing House, China.

Henry, B., Johnsson, I., Fraser, G., Carter, J., & Bray, S. (2008). Soil carbon: measurement issues and mitigation options – land use. In Proceedings of the Australian Farm Institute Conference. Gold Coast, Australia. 

Jones, P., Silcock, R., & Stone, G. (2008). Grazing land in “A” condition is stable and resilient. In Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society Conference. Charters Towers, Australia.

Stone, G., Fraser, G., O’Reagain, P., Timmers, P., & Bushell, J. (2008). A new methodology for the calculation of pasture utilisation for grazing lands. In Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society Conference. Charters Towers, Australia.

Timmers, P., Zhang, B., Panjkov, A., Stone, G., & Day, K. (2008). FORAGE – A web-based framework for generating decision support information for sustainable grazing land management. In Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society Conference. Charters Towers, Australia.  

Zhang, B., Stone, G., Bruget, D., Carter, J., Day, K., Panjkov, A., & McKeon, G. (2008). Quantifying degradation risk – integrating climate risk into rangeland management. In Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society Conference. Charters Towers, Australia.

Cobon, D. H., & Toombs, N. R. (2007). Climate change impacts on the water resources of the Cooper Creek Catchment. In Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (pp. 483-489). University of Canterbury.

Cobon, D. H., Toombs, N. R., & Zhang, X. (2007). Climate change impacts on the sediment load for the Nogoa catchment of the Fitzroy Basin. In Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (pp. 853-859). University of Canterbury.

Deo, R. C., McAlpine, C. A., & Syktus, J. (2007). On Australian heat waves: time series analysis of extreme temperature events in Australia 1950 – 2005. In Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. University of Canterbury.

Donald, A., Lennox, S., Meinke, H., & White, N. C. (2007). The impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: bridging the gap between weather and climate. In Proceedings of the 87th American Meteorological Society Conference. San Antonio, TX, United States. 

Maia, A. de H. N., & Meinke, H. (2007). Quantifying uncertainties associated with climate variability and climate change studies: The Cox’s semiparametric approach. In Program & abstracts of the 10th International Meeting on Statistical Climatology (pp. 132–134). Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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, 104(52), 20690.

Syktus, J., Deo, R. C., McAlpine, C. A., McGowan, H. A., & Phinn, S. R. (2007). Impact of land cover change on regional climate and El Niño in Australia. In Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. University of Canterbury.  

Scarth, P., Byrne, M., Danaher, T., Henry, B., Hassett, R., Carter, J., & Timmers, P. (2006). State of the paddock: Monitoring condition and trend in groundcover across Queensland. In Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Remote Sensing Conference. Canberra, Australia.

Zhang, X., Meinke, H., DeVoil, P., van Laar, G., Bouman, B. A. M., & Abawi, Y. (2004). Simulating growth and development of lowland rice in APSIM. In Proceedings of the 4th International Crop Science Congress. Brisbane, Australia.

Carter J., Bruget D., Hassett R., Henry B., Ahrens D., Brook K., Day K., Flood N., Hall W., McKeon G., & Paull C. (2003). Australian grassland and rangeland assessment by spatial simulation (Aussie GRASS). In Proceedings of the National Drought Forum: Science for Drought (pp.152-159). Brisbane, Australia.

Day, K., Ahrens, D., & McKeon G. (2003). Simulating historical droughts: some lessons for drought policy. In Proceedings of the National Drought Forum: Science for Drought (pp. 141-151). Brisbane, Queensland.

McKeon, G., Henry, B., Quirk, M., Howden M., & Crimp, S. (2003). Climate impacts on Queensland’s grazed landscapes. In Climate Impacts on Australia's Natural Resources: Current and Future Challenges – Conference Workbook.

Syktus, J., McKeon, G., Flood, N., Smith, I., & Goddard, L. (2003). Evaluation of a dynamical seasonal climate forecast system for Queensland. In Proceedings of the National Drought Forum 2003: Science for Drought. 

Howden, S. M., McKeon, G. M., Carter, J. O., & Beswick, A. (1999). Potential global change impacts on C₃-C₄ grass distributions in eastern Australian rangelands. In D. Eldridge & D. Freudenberger (Eds.), People and rangelands: Building the future. Proceedings of the VI International Rangeland Congress (Vols. 1–2, pp. 41–43).

McKeon, G. M., & Rickert, K. G. (1984). A computer model of the integration of forage options for beef production. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production, 15, 15–19.

McKeon, G. M., Rickert, K. G., Ash, A. J., Cooksley, D. G., & Scattini, W. J. (1982). Pasture production model. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production, 14, 201–204.