Publications

Henry Beverley, Allen Diane, Badgery Warwick, Bray Steven, Carter John, Dalal Ram C., Hall Wayne, Harrison Matthew Tom, McDonald Sarah E., McMillan Hayley. (2024) Soil carbon sequestration in rangelands: a critical review of the impacts of major management strategies. The Rangeland Journal 46, RJ24005.

Fordyce Geoffry, Shephard Richard, Moravek Tim, McGowan Michael R. (2023) Australian cattle herd: a new perspective on structure, performance and production. Animal Production Science 63, 410-421.

Woodrow, L., Carter, J., Fraser, G., and Barnetson, J. (2023). Using Continuous Output Neural Nets to Estimate Pasture Biomass from Digital Photographs in Grazing Lands. AgriEngineering , 5, 1051-1067.

Zhang, H., Jeffrey, S. & Carter, J. (2022) Improved quality gridded surface wind speed datasets for Australia. Meteorol Atmos Phys 134, 85

Zund P. et al. (2022). Soil bicarbonate-extractable P (Colwell-P) map of Queensland main grazing lands (GBP.0043). Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Published 11 March 2022, Meat and Livestock Australia Limited, North Sydney NSW.

Barnetson J, Phinn S, Scarth P., (2021). Climate-Resilient Grazing in the Pastures of Queensland: An Integrated Remotely Piloted Aircraft System and Satellite-Based Deep-Learning Method for Estimating Pasture Yield. AgriEngineering. 3(3):681-702.

Irvine S. (2021), Mapping drought declaration areas from 1936 to 1964 for Queensland, Australia. The Rangeland Journal 43(3) 109-119

McKeon G., Stone G., Ahrens D., Carter J., Cobon D., Irvine S. and Syktus J. (2021). Queensland’s multi-year Wet and Dry periods: implications for grazing enterprises and pasture resources. The Rangeland Journal 43(3) 121-142

Owens, J., McKeon, G., O’Reagain, P., Carter, J., Fraser, G., Nelson, B. and Scanlan, J. (2021). Disentangling the effects of management and climate on perennial grass pastures and the degradation that follows multi-year droughts. In Vervoort, R.W., Voinov, A.A., Evans, J.P. and Marshall, L. (eds) MODSIM2021, 24th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2021, pp. 85–91. ISBN: 978-0-9872143-8-6.

Paxton Gillian (2021) Building cultural capital in drought adaptation: lessons from discourse analysis. The Rangeland Journal 43, 101-108.

Pringle M., Bray S., Carter J. (2021) Modelling the disappearance of coarse woody debris, following a land clearing event. Carbon Balance Manage 16, 36

Pringle M., O'Reagain P., Stone G., Carter J., Orton T., Bushell J. (2021) Using remote sensing to forecast forage quality for cattle in the dry savannas of northeast Australia, Ecological Indicators, Volume 133, 108426, ISSN 1470-160X,

Stone G., Zhang B., Carter J., Fraser G., Whish G., Paton C., McKeon G. (2021) An online system for calculating and delivering long-term carrying capacity information for Queensland grazing properties. Part 1: background and development. The Rangeland Journal 43, 143-157.

Zhang B., Fraser G., Carter J., Stone G., Irvine S., Whish G., Willcocks J., McKeon G. (2021) An online system for calculating and delivering long-term carrying capacity information for Queensland grazing properties. Part 2: modelling and outputs. The Rangeland Journal 43, 159-172.

Barnetson J, Phinn S, Scarth P. (2020) Estimating Plant Pasture Biomass and Quality from UAV Imaging across Queensland’s Rangelands. AgriEngineering. 2020; 2(4):523-543.

Cobon, D., Stone, G., Carter, J., McKeon, G., Zhang, B., Heidemann, H. (2020). Native pastures and beef cattle show a spatially variable response to a changing climate in Queensland, Australia, European Journal of Agronomy, Volume 114, March 2020, 126002

Cobon, D., Kouadio, L., Mushtaq, S., Jarvis, S., Carter, J., Stone, G., Davis, P. (2019). Evaluating the shifts in rainfall and pasture-growth variabilities across the pastoral zone of Australia during 1910–2010. Crop and Pasture Science, 70(7):634-647.

Irvine, S., and Holloway, C. (2019). Spatial Grazing Land Management Land Types of Queensland: Review and amendments (Version 5.4) – January 2019. Technical Report. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland.

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

Stone, G., Dalla Pozza, R., Carter J., & McKeon, G. (2019). Long Paddock: climate risk and grazing information for Australian rangelands and grazing communities. The Rangeland Journal, 41, 225–232

Zhang B., Carter J. (2018)  FORAGE – An online system for generating and delivering property-scale decision support information for grazing land and environmental management. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Volume 150, 302-311

Fraser, G., Rohde, K., & Silburn, M. (2017). Fertiliser management effects on dissolved inorganic nitrogen in runoff from Australian sugarcane farms. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 189(8), 409.

Fraser G. W., Stone G. S. (2016) The effect of soil and pasture attributes on rangeland infiltration rates in northern Australia. The Rangeland Journal 38, 245-259.

Schmidt, M., Carter, J., Stone, G., O’Reagain, P. (2016). Integration of Optical and X-Band Radar Data for Pasture Biomass Estimation in an Open Savannah Woodland, Remote Sens. 2016, 8(12), 989

Day, K.A., Ahrens, D.G. and Peacock A. (Issued monthly 2001–2015). 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. To obtain the password and gain access to the SPOTA-1 reports, visit the SPOTA-1 web site for more information.

Mayer, D. (2013). Improved empirical models of cattle growth, reproduction and mortality from native pastures in northern Australia. Final Report for Meat and Livestock Australia B.NBP.0641, ISBN: 9781925045284. 108pp.

Klingaman, N.P., (2012): 'A literature survey of key rainfall drivers in Queensland, Australia: Rainfall variability and change. QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland. Part 1' (PDF, 2.2M, last updated 03:07PM, 28 June 2012)*. Department of Environmental and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia. 

Klingaman, N.P., (2012): 'Empirical orthogonal teleconnection analysis of interannual-variability in Queensland rainfall. QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland. Part 3' (PDF, 3.6M, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)*. Department of Environment and Resource Management.

Klingaman, N.P., (2012): 'Is the inter-annual variability in Queensland rainfall due to variability in rainfall frequency, intensity, or both? QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland. Part 2' (PDF, 2.2M, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)*. Department of Environment and Resource Management. 

Klingaman, N.P. (2012): Summary brochure also available on the Long Paddock web site. Queensland rainfall — past, present and future (PDF, 850K, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)*

Klingaman, N.P. (2012): The ability of HiGEM to simulate Queensland's rainfall variability and its drivers. QCCCE Research Report: Rainfall in Queensland. Part. 4. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia.
The Part 4/1 report is available (PDF, 1.4M, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.
The Part 4/2 report is available (PDF, 2.7M, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.
The Part 4/3 report is available (PDF, 639K, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.
The Part 4/4 report is available (PDF, 479K, last updated 03:08PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.

Acworth, C. & Lawson, S. (2011). ‘The Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing project – Ten years of managing operations in a highly variable coastal system’ (PDF)*. 20^th NSW Coastal Conference, Tweed Heads, 8-11^th November 2011.

Brundell, J., Cobon, D., Stone, G. & Cliffe, N. (2011). ‘Climate Change Risk Matrix: a process for assessing impacts, adaptation, risk and vulnerability’ (PDF, 256K, last updated 11:33AM, 10 February 2012)*. Factsheet, Queensland Climate Centre of Excellence, Department of Environment and Resource Management 

Chu, J.; Syktus, J.; Thatcher, M.; McAlpine, C.; Jeffrey, S.; Katzfey, J.; Zhang, H. & McGregor, J. and Adams-Hosking, C. (2011). ‘Validation of land surface products for modelling the climate impacts of large-scale revegetation in Queensland’.  Modelling & Simulation Society of Australia & New Zealand; Perth; 12-16 December 2011.

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. and Atif, M. (2011). The CSIRO-Mk3.6.0 Atmosphere-Ocean GCM: participation in CMIP5 and data publication. (PDF)* Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand 2011. International Congress: Sustaining Our Future; Perth; 12-16th December, 2011.

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. (PDF)*’ CLIUAR 2011 Conference: Denver, Colorado, 24-28 October 2011.

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’.  World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference: Climate Research in Service to Society, Denver, Colorado, 24-28 October 2011.  

Fraser, G.W. Carter, J. McKeon, G. Day, K. (2011). ‘A new empirical model of sub-daily rainfall intensity and its application in a rangeland biophysical model’ (PDF)*. The Rangeland Journal., vol. 33, pp. 37-48   

Grainger S, Frederiksen C, Zheng X, Fereday D, Folland C, Jin E, Kinter J, Knight J, Schubert S, Syktus J, et al. (2011). ‘Modes of variability of Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation estimated by AGCMs’ (PDF)*. CLIM DYNAM. 2011; 36 (3-4):473-490.

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’ (PDF)*.  20^th NSW Coastal Conference, Tweed Heads, 8-11^th November 2011.

Klingaman, N.P.;  Woolnough, S. J. & Syktus, J. (2011). ‘On the drivers of inter-annual and decadal rainfall variability in Queensland, Australia’.  International Journal of Climatology.

Klingaman, N. Woolnough, J. and Syktus, J. (2011). ‘On the drivers of inter-annual and decadal rainfall variability in Queensland, Australia’ (PDF)*. World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference: Climate Research in Service to Society; Denver, Colorado, 24-28 October 2011.

Liu, D.L., Timbal, B., Mo, J. & Fairweather, H. (2011). ‘A GIS-based climate change adaptation strategy tool’ International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management. 3, 2.

Office of Climate Change (2011) ‘Climate change risk management matrix' (PDF, 256K, last updated 11:33AM, 10 February 2012)*. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government.   

Office of Climate Change (2011) ‘Tropical Cyclone Yasi Factsheet’ Department of Environment and Resource Management. Queensland Government.  

Patterson, D., Boswood, P. ,Elias G. (2011). ‘Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing Long Term Average sand transport rate’ (PDF)*. 20^th NSW Coastal Conference, Tweed Heads, 8-11^th November 2011.

Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence: (2011). ‘Queensland Coastal Processes and Climate Change (PDF, 2.8M, last updated 03:07PM, 28 June 2012)*’. Brochure, Department of Environment and Resource Management.

Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence: Coastal Unit. (2011). Queensland Coastal Processes and Climate Change. Department of Environment and Resource Management. More information is available (PDF, 2.8M, last updated 03:07PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.

Ricketts, J.H. and Carter, J.O. (2011). ‘Estimating trends in monthly maximum and minimum temperatures in GCM’s for which these data are not archived’. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand 2011 International Congress: Sustaining Our Future; Perth; 12-16^th December, 2011. 

Schwartz, R.; Nielsen, K. & Mohoupt, J. (2011). 'TC Yasi: Coastal Inundation Levels'. Proceedings of the Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference; Perth, 28-30^th September, 2011. 

Syktus, J.; Jeffrey, S.; Rotstayn, L.; Wong, K.; Toombs, N.; Dravitzki, S.; Collier, M. Hamalainen, C. and Moeseneder, C. (2011). ‘The CSIRO-QCCCE contribution to CMIP5 using the CSIRO Mk3.6 climate model’.   Modelling & Simulation Society of Australia & New Zealand; Perth; 12-16 December 2011.  

Tessendorf, S.A., Bruintjes, R.T., Weeks, C., Wilson, J.W., Knight, C.A., Roberts, R.D., Peter, J.R., Collis, S., Buseck, P.R., Freney, E., Dixon, M., Pocernich, M., Ikeda, K., Axisa, D., Nelson, E., May, P., Richter, H., Piketh, S., Burger, R.P., Wilson, L.,  Siems, S.T. Manton, M., Stone, R.C., Pepler, A., Collins, D.R., Bringi, V.N., Thurai, M., Turner, L., McRae, D. (2011). ‘The Queensland Cloud Seeding Research Project’. Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society.

Tessendorf, S.; Bruintjes, R.; Wilson, J.; Roberts, R.; Brandes, E.; Knight, C.; Dixon, M.; Pocernich, M.; Ikeda, K.; Arnold, C.; Axisa, D.; Hall, W.; Freney, E.; Buseck, P. R.; Towler, E.; May, P.; Peter, J.; Wilson, L.; Manton, M.; Siems, S.; Collis, S.; Richter, H.; Pepler, A.; Craig, I.; Stone, R.; Piketh, S.; Burger, R.; Collins, D. (2011). The Queensland Cloud Seeding Research Project.  Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society. Visit the AMS journal web site for more information.

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’.  Modelling & Simulation Society of Australia & New Zealand; Perth; 12-16 December 2011.  

Zhang, X. and McRae, D. (2011). Constructing Regional Climate Change Projections for Queensland: A Methodology Review. In: Greenhouse 2011: The Science of Climate Change. 4-8 April 2011, Cairns, Australia.

Bange M.P., Constable, G.A., McRae D., and Roth G. (2010). Cotton. In C. Stokes  and M. Howden (eds), 'Adapting agriculture to climate change: Preparing Australian agriculture, forestry and fisheries for the future'. (CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia).

Carter, J., Bruget, D., Henry, B., Hassett, R., Stone, G., Day, K., Flood, N. & McKeon, G. (2010). ‘Modeling Vegetation, Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in the Savanna Woodlands of Australia with the AussieGRASS Model’. in Ecosystem Function in Savannas: Measuring and Modelling at Landscape to Global Scales.  eds. Hill, M.J. & Hanan, N.P. CRC Press. 

Mahmood, R; Quintanar, A. I.; Conner, G; Leeper, R; Dobler, S; Pielke, R. A.; Beltran-Przekurat, A; Hubbard, K. G.; Niyogi, D; Bonan, G; Lawrence, P; Chase, T; McNider, R; Wu, Y; McAlpine, C; Deo, R; Etter, A; Gameda, S; Qian, B; Carleton, A; Adegoke, J,O.; Vezhapparambu, S; Asefi, S; Nair, U. S.; Sertel, E; Legates, D. R.; Hale, R; Frauenfeld, O. W.; Watts, A; Shepherd, M; Mitra, C; Anantharaj, V G.; Fall, S; Chang, H; Lund, R; Treviño, A; Blanken, P; Du, J; Syktus, J..  (2010). ‘Impacts of Land Use/Land Cover Change on Climate and Future Research’ Priorities'. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, 37-46. 

McAlpine, C.A., Ryan, J.G., Seabrook, L., Thomas, S., Dargusch, P.J., Syktus, J.I., Pielke Sr, R.A., Etter, A.E., Fearnside, P.M. & Laurance, W.F. (2010). ‘More than CO2: A broader paradigm for managing climate change and variability to avoid ecosystem collapse’.  Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 

OCC / QCCCE. (2010). Increasing Queensland's Resilience to Inland Flooding in a Changing Climate. Department of Environment and Resource Management. Brisbane, Queensland. More information is available (PDF, 392K, last updated 03:07PM, 28 June 2012)* on Long Paddock web site. 

Office of Climate Change. (2010). ‘Consistent Climate Scenarios’ (PDF, 600K, last updated 03:57PM, 13 July 2011)* Factsheet, Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government.   

Parton, W., Scholes, R.J., Day, K., Carter, J.O. & Kelley, R. (2010). ‘CENTURY-SAVANNA Model for True-Grass Ecosystems’. in Ecosystem Function in Savannas – Measurement and Modelling at Landscape to Global Scales., eds. M.J. Hill & N.P. Hanah,. CRC Press.

QCCCE. (2010). Climate Change in Queensland: What the Science is Telling Us. Department of Environment and Resource Management. Brisbane, Queensland. More information is available (PDF, 4.6M, last updated 03:07PM, 28 June 2012)* on the Long Paddock web site.

QCCCE (2010). Chilean Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami (Feb 2010). Department of Environment and Resource Management. Brisbane, Queensland. Visit the EHP web site for more information.

QCCCE Coastal Unit (2010). Tropical Cyclone Ului (March 2010). Department of Environment and Resource Management. Brisbane, Queensland. Visit the EHP web site for more information.

Rotstayn, L.D., Collier, M.A., Dix, M.R., Feng, Y., Gordon, H.B., O'Farrell, S.P., Smith, I.N. & Syktus, J. (2010). ‘Improved simulation of Australian climate and ENSO-related rainfall variability in a global climate model with an interactive aerosol treatment’.  International Journal of Climatology, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 1067-1088.

Strand, LB., Tong, S., Aird, R., McRae, D.A. (2010). ‘Vulnerability of eco-environmental health to climate change: the views of government stakeholders and other specialists in Queensland, Australia’.  BMC Public Health 2010, 10:441 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-441

Tong, S. Maher, P. Fitzgerald, G. Mcrae, D. Verall, K. Walker, D. (2010) ‘Assessing the vulnerability of eco-environmental health to climate change’.  Int. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(2) : 546-64.

Zhang, X., Abawi, Y., Dutta S. and 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: Climate Adaptation Futures: Preparing for the Unavoidable Impacts of Climate Change, 29 Jun - 1 Jul 2010, Gold Coast, Australia.

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. Accessory Publications: Matrix diagrams in Microsoft Excel format   (Excel)‡]

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  

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.

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

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.

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. Final report

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).  

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).  

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’ (PDF)*. Rangl. J. 30, 361-374.   

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. Visit the Farm Institute web site for more information.

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. The paper is available (PDF, 59K, last updated 01:31PM, 17 September 2009)* on the Long Paddock web site.

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?’ (PDF)* Climate Dynamics. DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0462.

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.

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’ (PDF)*.   

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. More information is available (PDF, 1.9M, last updated 03:07PM, 28 June 2012)* on Long Paddock web site.

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.   

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). 

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’ (PDF, 214K, last updated 01:31PM, 17 September 2009)*. Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society Conference. Charters Towers, Australia  

Syktus J., and S. Jeffrey. (2008). ’Stratospheric Ozone Depletion.’ (PDF, 394K, last updated 01:31PM, 17 September 2009)*: The State of Environment in Queensland, Atmosphere. pp. 62-74. 

The GRASP Modelling Team. (2008). ‘Improving Grazing Management using the GRASP Model’. NBP.338 Final Report for Meat and Livestock Australia. Pp. 66.

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’ (PDF, 354K, last updated 01:31PM, 17 September 2009)*. Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society Conference. Charters Towers, Australia.  

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

Zhang, B. (2008) ‘Climate Risk Assessment Report (prototype)’ Issued monthly. Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland Government.

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., Stone, G., Bruget, D., Carter, J., Day, K., Panjkov, A. and McKeon, G. (2008) ‘Quantifying degradation risk – integrating climate risk into rangeland management’ (PDF, 215K, last updated 01:31PM, 17 September 2009)*. Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society Conference. Charters Towers, Australia.

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’ (PDF, 1.5M, last updated 01:41PM, 6 April 2009)*. Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. pp.853–859.

Cobon, D.H. and Toombs, N.R. (2007) ‘Climate change impacts on the water resources of the Cooper Creek Catchment’ (PDF, 1.0M, last updated 01:41PM, 6 April 2009)*. Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. pp.483–489.

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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’ (PDF, 1.5M, last updated 01:41PM, 6 April 2009)*. (Project EP08). Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra 

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’ (PDF, 1.5M, last updated 01:41PM, 6 April 2009)*. Project EP08. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra 

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’ (PDF, 1.1M, last updated 01:41PM, 6 April 2009)*. (Project EP08). Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra.  

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’ (PDF, 3.4M, last updated 01:41PM, 6 April 2009)* (Project EP08). Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra.  

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’ (PDF)*. Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand  

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. 

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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.

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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.

Cai, W., Crimp, S., Jones, R., McInnes, K., Durack, P., Cechet, R., Bathols J. and Scott Wilkinson, S. (2005) ‘Climate Change in Queensland under Enhanced Greenhouse Conditions (Final Report 2004–2005)’ a report on research undertaken for Queensland Departments of State Development, Main Roads, Health, Transport, Treasury, Public Works, Primary Industries and Fisheries, Environmental Protection and Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland Rail, SunWater and CS Energy. CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research, Australian Government.

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Hill M., Roxburgh S., Carter J., McKeon G. (2005). Vegetation state change and consequent carbon dynamics in savanna woodlands of Australia in response to grazing, drought and fire: a scenario approach using 113 years of synthetic annual fire and grassland growth. Australian Journal of Botany 53, 715-739.

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de Vries JJ, Waldron J, Cunningham V (2003) ‘Field tests of the new Datawell DWR-G GPS wave buoy’ (PDF)* Sea Technology 44 (12) 50-55

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Paull, C & Peacock, A (2003) ‘Survey of users of the DPI SOI Hotlines’. Department of Primary Industry, Queensland Government.

Syktus , J, et. Al (2003) ‘Evaluation of a dynamical seasonal climate forecast system for Queensland’ (PDF, 829K, last updated 01:38PM, 5 December 2008)*. National Drought Forum 2003: Science for Drought 

Paull, C (2002) ‘The value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in making business decisions: A review’ Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government.  

Peacock, A., Flood, N., Ahrens, D., Brook,K., Chilcott, C., Bruget, D., Carter, J., Collett, L., Crimp, S., Day, K., Hall, W., Hassett, R., Henry, B., McKeon, G., McRae, D., Paull, C., and Stone, R. (2002) The Long Paddock Website: Climate Management Information for Rural Australia. (PDF)* Australian Rangeland Society 12th Biennial Conference, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 2-5 September 2002

Syktus, J & McKeon, G (2002) ‘Evaluation of Global and Regional Climate Models in simulating spatial and temporal patterns of seasonal rainfall variability in the Australian region (PDF, 7.9M)*’ in ‘Learning From History: Preventing land and pasture degradation under climate change’ (McKeon and Hall, 2002) Climate Impacts and Natural Resource Systems, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines.

Walsh, K., Cai, W., Hennessy, K., Jones, R., McInnes, K., Nguyen, K., Page, C and Whetton, P. (2002) ‘Climate Change in Queensland under Enhanced Greenhouse Conditions (Final Report 1997–2002)’ a report on research undertaken for Queensland Departments of State Development, Main Roads, Health, Transport, Treasury, Public Works, Primary Industries and Fisheries, Environmental Protection and Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland Rail, SunWater and CS Energy. CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research, Australian Government.

Collet, L, Hassett, R,  Taube, C, Flood, N, Hall, W (2001) ‘Validation of NOAA Fire Scar Maps in the Laura Basin Using Landsat TM Imagery and Field Data’ Climate Impacts and Natural Resource Systems. Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines

Day, K & Paull, C (2001) ‘Development and evaluation of reports on seasonal conditions for Queensland’. Rural Risk Strategies Unit, Department of primary Industry, Queensland Government.  

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Tupper, C., Crichton, J., Alcock, D. & Mavi, H. (2001) ‘Australian Grassland and Rangeland Assessment by Spatial Simulation (Aussie GRASS) High Rainfall Zone Temperate Pastures Sub-project’ Department of Natural Resources & Mines, QLD.

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