The Australian Government's Innovation Report
The Australian Government's Innovation Report
The Australian Government's Innovation Report
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In 2005-06, more than 60 articles reporting research results and authored by BMRC scientists were published in<br />
international peer-reviewed journals and books. A further 90 were published as reports or conference papers.<br />
Scientists served on a wide range of national and international working groups and external advisory committees,<br />
while staff made more than 100 attendances at external conferences, workshops and symposia, both domestic<br />
and international, at which scientific results were presented. In addition, more than 50 overseas visits were<br />
made to meetings of international bodies and to other research institutions.<br />
Collaborations occurred with researchers in at least 10 <strong>Australian</strong> and 20 overseas universities, while significant<br />
local collaborations were undertaken with CSIRO, the Royal <strong>Australian</strong> Navy, the Western <strong>Australian</strong><br />
Government, the <strong>Australian</strong> Greenhouse Office, and the <strong>Australian</strong> Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety<br />
Agency. Overseas collaborations included scientists from US government agencies and national meteorological<br />
services in China, New Zealand, Japan, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and other Asian and Pacific countries.<br />
Planning for major international scientific experiments was also undertaken including for the Tropical Warm<br />
Pool – International Cloud Experiment, the largest meteorological field experiment staged in Australia, held in<br />
and around Darwin in January and February 2006.<br />
An important new collaboration is the <strong>Australian</strong> Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS),<br />
which is a coupled climate and earth system simulator under development as a joint initiative of the Bureau<br />
of Meteorology and CSIRO in cooperation with the university community in Australia.<br />
A major indicator of the success of BMRC’s scientific programmes is the extent to which its research output enhances<br />
the operations and services of the bureau. BMRC undertakes the development of advanced systems (including<br />
regional and global models of the atmosphere and ocean) and techniques which, after thorough testing and<br />
evaluation, become the operational systems that provide the basis for the bureau’s services and products.<br />
Recent implementations include a new fire weather service, and continuing upgrades to modelling systems<br />
used for tropical prediction, ultraviolet alerts, thunderstorm forecast guidance, ocean forecasting, weather<br />
elements and the transport and dispersion of a wide range of airborne elements (including pollutants, volcanic<br />
ash, bushfire smoke, the foot and mouth disease virus, radioactive plumes and dust storms).<br />
More information about BMRC and its programmes and activities can be found at:<br />
www.bom.gov.au/bmrc<br />
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation<br />
<strong>The</strong> Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is Australia’s national science agency,<br />
performing research in a diversity of areas to help build Australia’s prosperity, health and sustainability. CSIRO<br />
adds to Australia’s research reputation and promotes its well-being by focusing its efforts around five core roles:<br />
• addressing major national challenges and opportunities;<br />
• creating new or significantly transforming industries to increase the competitiveness and sustainability<br />
of <strong>Australian</strong> industry;<br />
• delivering incremental innovation to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of existing industries;<br />
• providing fact-based solutions that meet community needs and knowledge that informs government<br />
policy; and<br />
• advancing the frontiers of science.<br />
CSIRO’s scale, diversity and delivery of multidisciplinary research, which is managed at the enterprise level for<br />
impact, differentiate it from other parts of Australia’s research system. <strong>The</strong>se characteristics are epitomised by<br />
CSIRO’s development and management of the six national research flagships. <strong>The</strong>se respond to, and create, major<br />
opportunities in energy, food, light metals, preventative health, water management and delivering impacts from<br />
our ocean.<br />
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