Category: Research briefs
Research brief: How heat in the Indian Ocean moves between the ocean and atmosphere
In this study, CLEX researchers use two years of measurements from a flux mooring combined with satellite data and model outputs to understand the seasonal changes in air‐sea fluxes and the role of ocean currents in controlling ocean surface temperatures in the southeast Indian Ocean.
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Research brief: Wind changes over the Southern Ocean impact its capacity to take up carbon and heat
CLEX researchers and colleagues examined the movement of surface water into the depths of the ocean in response to these wind changes using a global ocean model.
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Research brief: Future directions for the Indian Ocean Observing System
This paper reviews the societal and scientific motivations, current status, and future directions of IndOOS, while also discussing the need for enhanced observations in priority areas.
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Research brief: Tagged seals unlock secrets of eddy driven transport in Antarctica
Observations from Antarctic seals fitted with scientific instruments have revealed how eddy driven transport may be driving the melting of ice shelves, with consequent impacts on sea-level rise.
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Research brief: Climate model projections of Philippines typhoon activity
The Philippines is one of the most exposed countries in the world to tropical cyclones. In order to provide information to help the country build resilience and plan for a future under a warmer climate, researchers built on previous research to investigate implications of future climate change on tropical cyclone activity in the Philippines.
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Research brief: Phosphorus poor soils halve Amazon’s ability to take up carbon dioxide
This study showed that phosphorus availability reduced the projected CO2-induced biomass carbon growth by about 50% over 15 years compared to estimates from carbon and carbon-nitrogen models.
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Research brief: The dynamics of summer heatwaves over Sydney
This study answers the questions: how different is the meteorology of heatwaves in NSW from those in Victoria, and how representative were the heatwaves of 2017 of previous heatwaves in NSW?
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Research brief: How tropical convection is influenced by surrounding atmosphere
This study uses 13 years of weather radar data in Darwin, Australia, to investigate how the structure of convective clouds relates to the environment they are embedded in.
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Research brief: How passive tracers will diffuse on the abyssal ocean floor
CLEX researchers examined the behaviour of a passive tracer released near the seafloor in an idealised two-dimensional flow driven by bottom-enhanced turbulence.
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Research brief: Lost and found? A search for the Tasman Front
Gabriela Pilo and colleagues find that the Tasman Front is not so much a constant current, as is widely accepted, but switches between being an extension of the East Australian Current and an eddy field.
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Research brief: More accurate prediction of tree mortality during droughts
CLEX researchers working with colleagues from the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment revealed a method to predict the probability of tree mortality during droughts.
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Research brief: New calculations reveal Arctic could be ice-free at 1.5°C
Climate scientists testing a new mathematical and statistical method that converts projections of future climate outcomes in a warming world into reliable probabilities have found there is a significant chance the Arctic could be ice-free even if world leaders meet the Paris targets of 1.5°C and 2°C.
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Research Briefs
Research brief: How heat in the Indian Ocean moves between the ocean and atmosphere
Research brief: Wind changes over the Southern Ocean impact its capacity to take up carbon and heat
Research brief: Future directions for the Indian Ocean Observing System
Research brief: Tagged seals unlock secrets of eddy driven transport in Antarctica