PhD opportunity: The attribution of heatwaves and compound events, UNSW Sydney

Posted by Jenny Rislund | Sep 14, 2018 | Uncategorized |

Heatwaves have increased in their intensity, frequency and duration. It is now well-established that heatwaves are not stand-alone events, but occur in the presence of other extremes, such as, droughts, extremely high atmospheric pressure, or teleconnections to other atmospheric phenomena. The PhD will undertake a novel examination of the attribution of heatwaves, coincident with other plausible extreme events.

Research brief: How well can climate models simulate interactions between cool and dry conditions under the current climate?

Posted by Jenny Rislund | Sep 11, 2018 | Research briefs, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks, RP3 Drought |

This paper shows that many models overestimate the interaction between hot and dry conditions in wet regions and therefore overamplify heat extremes. The study points to necessary model improvement to increase confidence in future projections of heat extremes.

Research brief: Does climate change cause longer and more frequent marine heatwaves?

Posted by Jenny Rislund | Aug 23, 2018 | Research briefs, RP2 Heatwaves and cold outbreaks |

This paper examined the likelihood of extreme marine heatwaves global using climate models simulations, with and without anthropogenic influences, concluding that these events were up to fifty times more likely due to anthropogenic climate change.

UNSW15: Does the frequency, intensity or duration of heatwaves and droughts affect how people vote in elections?

Posted by Jenny Rislund | Aug 14, 2018 | Past undergraduate projects

Using France as a case study, this project aims to create a climatology of heatwaves and droughts to investigate possible connections with voting patterns. The ultimate goal would be to help predict voting patterns in the future and to see whether the techniques could be applied more widely to other countries.

MON7: Reassessing the initiation and predictability of El Nino events

Posted by Jenny Rislund | Aug 14, 2018 | Past undergraduate projects |

Despite the improvement in our understanding, numerical models and observations, El Nino events have dramatic impacts on climate and extreme weather around the globe. This project will further study the nature of this stochastic forcing and its relationship to background SSTs.

Author: Jenny Rislund

PhD opportunity: The attribution of heatwaves and compound events, UNSW Sydney

Research brief: How well can climate models simulate interactions between cool and dry conditions under the current climate?

Research brief: Does climate change cause longer and more frequent marine heatwaves?

UNSW15: Does the frequency, intensity or duration of heatwaves and droughts affect how people vote in elections?

MON7: Reassessing the initiation and predictability of El Nino events

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