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Key takeaways
Most climate data available to farmers and land managers is model-based and often derived from external sources, leading to concerns about its reliability. Since this information is not localised, it may not accurately reflect the specific conditions on their land, which can undermine their trust in its usefulness.
Using advanced statistical techniques and expert knowledge, we have been working with our Nodes to analysis multiple towns across the region using 60 years of historical data from post offices and/or airports. Several parameters including minimum and maximum temperatures, rainfall and evaporation have been used.
The first analysis completed was for Southern Gulf NRM who have used the data to help inform their future NRM strategy.
“We are now working with Cape York NRM, Reef Catchments, Fitzroy Basin Association, NQ Dry Tropics and Gulf Savannah on similar climate data trend analyses for their regions. The parameters analysed will be place-based to make sure the information is relevant to each region, such as wind and humidity factors.”
Understanding climates trends to help with decision-making for agricultural communities.
