Purpose
In this section of our
web site we would like to help you find the information you want quickly
and easily. Along the way we hope your awareness of what the Bureau
of Meteorology has to offer will increase, and perhaps you will understand
the field of meteorology better. Consider the following information
as a starting point.
Climate
& weather: what's the difference?
There
is a variety of ways to explain the difference. Here are a few that
may shed some light:
Climate
is what you expect; weather is what you get.
Climate
is about long-term records, trends and averages;
weather is the day to day experience.
Climate is the sum or synthesis of all the weather recorded over
a long period of time. It tells us the average or most common conditions,
or extremes, or counts of events, or frequencies. Weather is
a description of conditions over a short period of time - a "snap
shot" of the atmosphere at a particular time.
If weather is the watch then climate is the calendar.
What's
Available
We
have resources such as brochures, reports and glossaries in the form
of web pages and PDF documents. You will find: weather charts, weather
forecasts, climate data, maps, graphics, animations and details of the
Bureau of Meteorology's structure and services. You will also be able
to order a variety of products.
The Bureau wishes to acknowledge
the work done by the students employed under the Work Experience and
Vocational Education and Training schemes. Some of the web pages and
animations found in the Students and Teachers section were produced
by those students.
Alphabetic
List of Topics and Search Tool
Use
the alphabet navigation bar given below by clicking on the first letter
of your topic. You will then get a list of hot linked topics to choose
from. Brochures
and Bureau sections and services are included. See
below for the meaning of the
and
icons linked to brochures. Both the alphabet
navigation bar and link to the search tool are given with each topic
list.
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