Tools

Forecasting weather

Posted by : Gordon Rogers | Category : Forecasting weather | Comments : 0 Comments

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Photo by Anthony Cornelius The main reputable online sources of weather and climate forecasts for Australia are: Weather and warnings – Bureau of Meteorology Water and the Land (WATL) – Bureau of Meteorology.  WATL brings together climate and weather information. These include rainfall predictions up to 8 days ahead, cumulative seasons rainfall, temperature, wind, pressure, humidity, evaporation, [...]

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OzClim

Posted by : Gordon Rogers | Category : Forecasting weather | Comments : 0 Comments

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OzClim is the primary site for information on how the climate is predicted to change in the future. This site allows three levels of access to 13 different climate models, 8 different atmospheric greenhouse gas scenarios and rates of global warming to allow users to generate predictions that relate to areas all over Australia. Step [...]

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Cool Farm tool

Posted by : Gordon Rogers | Category : Carbon footprinting and managing emissions | Comments : 0 Comments

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The Cool Farm Tool (CFT) is a greenhouse gas calculator that is free for growers. It can help them measure the carbon footprint of crops as well as livestock. The tool is currently being used by the Australian processing tomato industry. It is also being used worldwide by: Unilever (tomatoes) Costco (eggs) Pulse Canada (navy [...]

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