Graduate Director Report: April 2019
March 27, 2019 3:00 pm Comments Off on Graduate Director Report: April 2019Graduate Director Melissa Hart gives a high level overview of the CLEX Research Development Program.
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Knowledge brokerage report: April 2019
March 26, 2019 4:01 pm Comments Off on Knowledge brokerage report: April 2019Ian Macadam explains what a knowledge broker does and reports on a WeatheX workshop and recent meetings between CLEx and external stakeholders.
CLEX Media and Communications Report – April 2019
March 25, 2019 10:01 am Comments Off on CLEX Media and Communications Report – April 2019If you need to create an academic poster in a hurry, we have a nice template here that can cut it down to an hour and still be effective. Also check out Kim Reid's new PhD blog and find out about the recent combined Centre of Excellence media workshop.
RP1: Extreme Rainfall report – April 2019
March 23, 2019 10:38 pm Comments Off on RP1: Extreme Rainfall report – April 2019The past four months have seen Extreme Rainfall researchers win a slew of awards and produce some important foundational research on storms, hybrid cyclones, and some unexpected influences on extreme rainfall events.
RP2 Heatwaves and cold air outbreaks report – April 2019
March 22, 2019 10:39 am Comments Off on RP2 Heatwaves and cold air outbreaks report – April 2019AMOS awards, international visitors, cross program research with the drought team, and multiple papers have made it a busy time for the Heatwaves and Cold Air Outbreaks Research Program.
RP3 Drought report – April 2019
March 21, 2019 2:30 pm Comments Off on RP3 Drought report – April 2019New students, an OA for Andy Pitman and some key work on evaporation, the impacts of mesophyll conductance on plant growth, a new algorithm for photosynthesis and future projections of drought made for a strong start to 2019.
RP4 Climate variability and teleconnections report – April 2019
March 20, 2019 2:15 pm Comments Off on RP4 Climate variability and teleconnections report – April 2019The Climate Variability and Teleconnections team welcomed new members, celebrated a range of triumphs and explored questions about Antarctic sea ice extent, ocean heat transfer, ENSO and the Tropical Observing System.
Pete Strutton attends AST-20
March 18, 2019 3:59 pm Comments Off on Pete Strutton attends AST-20The 20th Argo Steering Team meeting (AST-20) was hosted by the Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, in Hangzhou, China, the week of March 11-15. Argo is the international program to maintain at least 3000 profiling floats throughout the global ocean.
CLEX SAM Cluster Workshop and Sea Ice Modelling report
March 18, 2019 3:12 pm Comments Off on CLEX SAM Cluster Workshop and Sea Ice Modelling reportTwo workshops, the Sea Ice Modelling Workshop and Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes “Southern Annular Mode (SAM) Cluster” workshop were held together at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in Hobart from February 19-21.
Citizen science meets urban climate: the Schools Weather and Air Quality (SWAQ) project
March 18, 2019 2:38 pm Comments Off on Citizen science meets urban climate: the Schools Weather and Air Quality (SWAQ) projectSchools Weather and Air Quality (SWAQ) is a citizen science project funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science as part of its Inspiring Australia - Citizen Engagement Program.