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A closer look at climate modelling
Climate models come in different forms and are used to understand the Earth’s future.
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What is ocean biogeochemistry?
The oceans’ biology and chemistry influence the climate because ocean, atmospheric and land processes are all interconnected.
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Using Machine Learning to Cut the Cost of Downscaling Global Climate Models
This research has the potential to create RCM emulators that can efficiently downscale multiple variables simultaneously, while preserving the physical relationships between them.
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High impact compound events in Australia
Almost all catastrophic events are the consequence of multiple drivers acting together.
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Atmospheric rivers in Australia
We are conducting research to determine if we can forecast changes in the probability of extreme rainfall events associated with atmospheric rivers 2-6 weeks ahead.
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The role of clouds in coral bleaching events over the Great Barrier Reef
Further understanding of the role of clouds may improve the knowledge of local atmosphere-ocean interactions, aiding the forecasting of coral bleaching events.
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Multi-year La Niña events
La Niña is an important cause of rainfall variability of Australia. A multi-year La Niña event can be particularly important for some climate risks. Some climate models are indicating that La Niña may continue for a third year through spring and summer 2022-23, increasing the chances of more rain and flooding.
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Understanding Australia’s rainfall
By bringing together researchers focussed on the large-scale modes of climate variability with researchers investigating weather and land surface processes, our goal is to improve the regional predictions of how rainfall extremes will change in the future.
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A new global picture of compounding weather and climate hazards
The difference in results between the high-skill and low-skill CMIP6 models highlights an urgent need to examine why some models work well and some don’t, and, ultimately, improve those with weaknesses.
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The impact of climate extremes on Australia’s marine environment
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes is working to understand marine heatwave predictability.