Thomas will describe the challenges and opportunities in modelling dynamic decision making in integrated climate-economy systems. A particular focus will be on the role of interdisciplinary dialogue in conducting integrated assessment studies and on the acceptance of interdisciplinary research.
Angeline Pendergrass (NCAR). The uneven nature of precipitation and its changes. Video connection details: Name: Bureau of Meteorology – R&D Seminars. Video Address - Bureau Internal: 558912. External Participants: 558912@bom.gov.au. PIN: 3099#. Audio Connection: +61 3 9900 8912.
Phil Dooley (PhilUpOnScience.com.au). Why we should stop explaining science Video connection details: Name: Bureau of Meteorology – R&D Seminars. Video Address - Bureau Internal: 558912. External Participants: 558912@bom.gov.au. PIN: 3099#. Audio Connection: +61 3 9900 8912.
Rob Chadwick (UK Met Office). Understanding Tropical Precipitation and Atmospheric Circulation Responses to Climate Change
In the second of his two talks at CCRC, Thomas will present his work on incorporating climate tipping points into dynamic integrated assessment models. The focus will be on calibrating properties of individual tipping elements and on the Markovian formulation of their dynamic processes. Thomas will present how risks of triggering tipping processes are managed optimally and discuss the implications... View Article
Angie Pendergrass (NCAR). The uneven nature of precipitation and its changes.
The moored current meter observations in the Maluku Channel of the Indonesian seas suggest that upwelling equatorial Kelvin waves in the spring-summer of 2014 are forced by a significant increase of the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) transport toward the Indian Ocean, induced by a northward shift of the Mindanao Current retroflection from an intrusion state to... View Article
Graeme MacGilchrist (University of Princeton). Reframing the carbon cycle of the subpolar Southern Ocean. Global climate is critically sensitive to physical and biogeochemical dynamics in the subpolar Southern Ocean, since this is where the deepest, most carbon-rich layers of the world ocean outcrop and exchange carbon with the atmosphere. Here, we show that the conventional... View Article
Caroline Ummenhofer (Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute). Changes in the width of the Indo-Pacific tropical rain belt from climate model simulations and palaeo proxy records. The Indo-Pacific tropical rain belt (TRB) marks the high-rainfall region in the tropics traversed by the seasonal migration of the intertropical convergence zone. In particular, changes in the position of the northward... View Article
Prof. Primeau will present an inverse model to constrain the residual mean circulation of the ocean and to estimate rates of marine nitrogen fixation. The results demonstrate strong spatial variability in the nitrogen to phosphorus ratio of exported organic matter that greatly increases the global nitrogen-fixation rate.
Kazuuhiro Yoshida (University of Hokaido). Ice algae and primary production. 1pm, Tuesday, February 19. Aurora Theatre, IMAS.
Chris Rudiger (Monash University). About Earth observation data in operational use – background (errors) and uses. 10am, Wednesday, February 20. Level 9 Seminar Room, 700 Collins St, Melbourne.
Lincoln Alves (CCST / INPE Brazil). Understanding the triggering factor of climate vulnerability: climate change impacts in Brazil. 1pm, Thursday, February 21. Level 9 Seminar Room, 700 Collins St, Melbourne.
Description Australia’s international climate targets create frequent misunderstandings, even among experts. Seemingly straightforward, the reality is that the targets are not as intuitive as they appear, with much of the most important detail hidden from view. This presentation draws back the curtain on our target, unpacking the most common misconceptions along the way. Doing so... View Article
Marchus Jochum (University of Copenhagen). The future of ocean modelling. We can only trust current Earth System Models with future projections if they are able to reproduce past events. I will use model realisations of glacial inception and Dangaard-Oeschger events to illustrate what aspects of current ESMs are trustworthy and which ones need more work.... View Article