Book Description

This thesis presents three essays on the analysis of historical meteorological data in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has established a network of more than one thousand stations across Australia that have recordings dating from early last century, resulting in a large dataset of meteorological records. These data provide important information on the dynamics of the Australian climate system and systematic investigation using these data can help us to better understand our climate and prepare for possible changes. The purpose of this thesis is to develop models and methods to analyse such meteorological data from a statistical perspective.