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Research brief: New roadmap aims to quickly integrate real-world data into ecosystem models

October 20, 2020 1:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: New roadmap aims to quickly integrate real-world data into ecosystem models

An international group of researchers performed a critical review of the information infrastructure that connects ecosystem modelling and measurement efforts. This group has now proposed a roadmap to community cyber-infrastructure development that can reduce the divisions between empirical research and modelling, accelerating the pace of discovery.

Research brief: The Sensitivity of Atmospheric River Identification

October 20, 2020 9:43 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: The Sensitivity of Atmospheric River Identification

CLEX researchers explore the challenges of identifying atmospheric rivers and find that detecting these events is highly variable according to resolution, and choice of the integrated water vapour transport thresholds. The uncertainties in a single detection method and data parameters may be as large as uncertainties across AR detection methodologies.

Research brief: IPCC review reveals climate impacts occur at lower temperatures than previously thought.

October 19, 2020 1:59 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: IPCC review reveals climate impacts occur at lower temperatures than previously thought.

An international review of IPCC reports since 2001 has found that as the science has improved with each report, a trend has appeared showing climate related impacts like heatwaves, the collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet and coral bleaching are likely to occur at lower global mean temperatures than estimated in earlier reports.

Demonstrating a sovereign climate risk capability

October 9, 2020 11:53 am Published by Comments Off on Demonstrating a sovereign climate risk capability

PhD student Charuni Pathmeswaran was invited as a climate scientist to take part in a young professionals’ event organized by the NESP Earth Systems and Climate and Change (ESCC) Hub and jointly hosted by the Actuaries Institute and Engineers Australia.

Self-Doubt and Statistical Fallacies: My First Time Reviewing

October 6, 2020 9:59 am Published by Comments Off on Self-Doubt and Statistical Fallacies: My First Time Reviewing

Kim Reid's first peer review task is to review the manuscript of two of the biggest names in her field of expertise. In taking on this daunting challenge she finds a useful online guide and remembers the key teaching of a CLEX chief investigator, Dietmar Dommenget.

Researchers call on Australian citizen scientists to collect storm data

October 1, 2020 12:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Researchers call on Australian citizen scientists to collect storm data

Australia researchers are calling on storm chasers and members of the general public fascinated by severe weather to take part in a citizen science project that will help better capture the occurrence of extreme weather events and improve our ability to forecast them.

Research brief: How uncertainties in data and drought indices affect drought identification

September 24, 2020 10:22 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: How uncertainties in data and drought indices affect drought identification

CLEX researchers examined the uncertainties of the input data of three commonly used drought indices, with the data coming from different sources, including observations and reanalysis. The ability of these indices to detect drought was assessed against soil moisture from multiple global land surface models.