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2.1.1 - Introduction - some definitions

2.1.2 Sources of Data

2.1.3 - Average climate

2.1.4 - Variability of climate

2.1.5 - Climate of the past Century

2.1.6 - Climate of past serveral Centuries

2.1.7 - Future Climate

References

References

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Bottomley M., Folland C.K., Hsiung J., Newell R.E. & Parker D.E. 1990 Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas “GOSTA”. United Kingdom Meteorological Office.

Houghton J.T., Meira Filho L.G., Cannader B.A., Harris N., Kattenberg A. & Maskell K. 1996 (eds) Climate Change 1995 – The science of climate change. Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 572pp.

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Lough J.M. 1991 Rainfall variations in Queensland, Australia: 1891-1986. International Journal of Climatology 11, 745-768.

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Lough J.M. 1997 Regional indices of climate variation: temperature and rainfall in Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Climatology 17, 55-66.

Lough J.M. 1999 Sea surface temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef: a contribution to the study of coral bleaching. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Research Publication No. 57, GBRMPA, Townsville, 31pp.

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Suppiah R. 1992 The Australian summer monsoon: a review. Progress in Physical Geography 16, 283-318.

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