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ANU01: Measuring the thermal conductivity of sea ice
Sea ice covers approximately 9% of the global oceans at least part of the year, and plays an important role governing heat and freshwater fluxes between the ocean and atmosphere…. View Article
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ANU02: Shallowing the Drake Passage in the Large Rotating Annulus
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) connects all major ocean basins and plays the leading oceanic role in Earth’s climate. The existence of the ACC is only possible because the Drake… View Article
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ANU03: An Investigation into Australian Drought under Warmer and Cooler Climates
This project will investigate the frequency and intensity of Australian drought in stable warmer and cooler climates. The student will utilise two 1000-year runs of the CESM climate model run… View Article
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MON01: Meteorological processes driving the late autumn rainfall decline in southeast Australia
Since the early 1990s, Autumn rainfall has been declining in southeast Australia, particularly through Victoria, southeast South Australia and eastern Tasmania. This ongoing trend has been linked to changes in… View Article
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MON02: Changes in extreme events following recent volcanic eruptions
Volcanic eruptions inject dust particles and other gases into the atmosphere leading to substantial changes in atmospheric temperature and circulation. The volcanically forced climate response is also important because it… View Article
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MON03: Applying methods from extreme value theory to model Australian rainfall extremes
To mitigate the risk posed by extreme rainfall events, we require statistical models that allow us to extrapolate outside the range of our observed data into the tail of our… View Article
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MON04: Inter-event differences in Australia’s rainfall response to extreme phases of ENSO
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation plays a significant role in modulating rainfall variability in eastern Australia. This project will examine the diversity in ENSO, and other underlying environmental conditions, during years… View Article
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UNSWMON01: Building a Human-Labelled Database of Atmospheric Rivers and Tropical Cyclones for AI Training
Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to detect weather features, such as atmospheric rivers, fronts, and tropical cyclones, holds great promise in advancing our understanding and prediction of extreme precipitation events.
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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… View Article
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UNSW07: Drivers of flash droughts in Australia
The student will use multi-source datasets to identify the drivers of flash droughts and quantify their relative role in the Australian context.
