Tag Archive: CLEX

Q&ARC: Meet some of our researchers

December 18, 2020 7:12 am Published by Comments Off on Q&ARC: Meet some of our researchers

Multiple ARC Centres of Excellence came together to produce short videos about their researchers under the title Q&ARC. This is the CLEX version featuring Rishav Goyal, Stacey Hitchcock, Andy Hogg, and Nina Ridder.

The known unknowns of climate change

December 18, 2020 6:50 am Published by Comments Off on The known unknowns of climate change

Lee Constable interviews Prof Christian Jakob about what we don't know about climate change for her channel on the Cimpatico Studios platform, Climate Australia.

COO Report – December 2020

December 14, 2020 1:42 pm Published by Comments Off on COO Report – December 2020

I imagine very few of us will have particularly fond memories of 2020 when we look back on it in a few years. Yet at the same time it’s been a year that has provided opportunities for introspection and reassessment of many aspects of our working lives and how work and life interact.

Data for 400m Australian wide ACCESS simulation (Aus400) released

December 14, 2020 12:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Data for 400m Australian wide ACCESS simulation (Aus400) released

Version 1 of the Aus400 dataset has been released for community use. This dataset is from a simulation using a regional version (v11.4) of the Met Office unified model (the atmosphere component of The Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator, ACCESS) with 400m grid spacing over all of Australia.

RP4 Teleconnections & Variability Report – December 2020

December 14, 2020 11:45 am Published by Comments Off on RP4 Teleconnections & Variability Report – December 2020

It has been remarkable how much we have achieved in this extraordinarily difficult year. Research coming out of the Teleconnections and Variability program over the past four months has strongly focused on how influences in one part of the world can have direct impacts on another.

Media & Communications Report – December 2020

December 14, 2020 11:25 am Published by Comments Off on Media & Communications Report – December 2020

The past four months have seen a lot of activity with the release of Weathex 2.0, a short video Q&ARC introducing some of our researchers, two combined Centre of Excellence media workshops, and a pilot interview program featuring Christian Jakob that explored the challenges of climate science.

RP3 Drought Report – December 2020

December 14, 2020 11:01 am Published by Comments Off on RP3 Drought Report – December 2020

A major component of the research in the Drought program over the past four months has focused on the interface between real-world data and climate models. The aim of much of this research has been to improve how land surface models represent some of the key processes that influence the length, and severity of drought.

CLEX Research Vital Input to IAG/NCAR report

December 12, 2020 6:40 pm Published by Comments Off on CLEX Research Vital Input to IAG/NCAR report

In September 2020, IAG and NCAR released a report Severe Weather in a Changing Climate (second edition), which incorporated research findings from numerous CLEX researchers. CLEX feedback also led to the incorporation of a new section on connected extremes in this report, highlighting the value of research into weather extremes.

ECR Workshop 2020

December 12, 2020 6:07 pm Published by Comments Off on ECR Workshop 2020

With the drama and instability of 2020, many of our ECRs have faced unprecedented challenges including loneliness, homesickness and the mounting uncertainties for their future careers. That latter concern may be why the majority of ECRs wanted this year's virtual ECR workshop to focus on the Future in academia and planning your research career.