For example, South Eastern Australia maps will be able to show greater detail than Murray Darling Basin maps. This gridpoint analysis technique provides an objective average for each grid square and enables useful estimates of rainfall and temperature in data-sparse areas such as central Australia. Consequently, these area-weighted maps may be different from maps produced by hand. Manual analyses can allow for greater quality control of the input data but are time consuming, difficult to reproduce and will differ between analysts. The low resolution colour GIF images are the ones usually displayed, with links to the other three types placed under the main image.
Place names are generally to be found on the high resolution versions.
PostScript versions of the images are also generated for high-quality printing. Please note however that the PostScript versions are not archived for reasons of space. Occasionally in the data-sparse areas, gross observational errors will slip through the limited automated quality control applied to the shorter period analyses. In these instances, the erroneous maps will be amended as soon as is practicable. Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright Notice and Disclaimer .