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UNSW08: Future Precipitation Extremes in Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)

October 7, 2022 1:12 pm Published by Comments Off on UNSW08: Future Precipitation Extremes in Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)

Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) are vulnerable to the adverse effects of changing climate, especially extreme weather such as heavy precipitation leading to flash floods. A problem in assessing the vulnerability of PSIDS to rising weather and climate extremes is a lack of a high spatial resolution climate projection dataset capable of resolving islands (Mycoo et al., 2022). Current projections using Phase 6 of the Climate Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) dataset are quite coarse to fully capture the complexity... View Article

UNSW04: Tropical cyclones in Australia

August 11, 2022 2:58 pm Published by Comments Off on UNSW04: Tropical cyclones in Australia

This project investigates the relationship between tropical cyclone characteristics in the Australian sector and the sea surface temperature conditions in the Indian Ocean.

UNSW03: Developing a drought impacts database for Australia

August 11, 2022 2:22 pm Published by Comments Off on UNSW03: Developing a drought impacts database for Australia

In this project, you will develop a drought impacts database in a spreadsheet format by mining a wide range of documents.  This database will provide valuable information regarding Australian droughts that will be used for drought research in the future.

UNSW02: Albedo effects on Saharan convection

August 11, 2022 2:19 pm Published by Comments Off on UNSW02: Albedo effects on Saharan convection

Mid-level clouds form with a predictable daily cycle over the Sahara in north Africa. The clouds affect the radiation budget for the region, but form in thin layers that are challenging to correctly simulate in weather and climate models.

UNSW01: Mapping hail boundary conditions in Australia 

August 11, 2022 2:15 pm Published by Comments Off on UNSW01: Mapping hail boundary conditions in Australia 

In this project, the student will use high-resolution data to examine the state of the atmosphere in Australia over the last four decades, and produce maps showing hail boundary conditions – that is, where and when hail could or could not occur.