Tag Archive: climate extremes

UMELB1: A historical analysis of Australian climate extremes (based at UMelb/BoM)

August 14, 2018 4:22 pm Published by Comments Off on UMELB1: A historical analysis of Australian climate extremes (based at UMelb/BoM)

This project provides an exciting opportunity to develop the longest homogenised daily climate record for Perth using newly digitised observations beginning in 1830. The project will involve working with BoM staff to conduct state-of-the-art quality control measures on the new historical observations to allow a reliable, long-term analysis of extremes and their possible dynamical causes.

MON7: Reassessing the initiation and predictability of El Nino events

August 14, 2018 3:59 pm Published by Comments Off on MON7: Reassessing the initiation and predictability of El Nino events

Despite the improvement in our understanding, numerical models and observations, El Nino events have dramatic impacts on climate and extreme weather around the globe. This project will further study the nature of this stochastic forcing and its relationship to background SSTs.

MON3: Impact of tropical sea surface temperatures on climate extremes in Australia

August 14, 2018 3:32 pm Published by Comments Off on MON3: Impact of tropical sea surface temperatures on climate extremes in Australia

The aim of this project is to gain a better understanding of the drivers of seasonal climate extremes over Australia, with a focus on the potential role of tropical ocean basins. The student researcher will use a range of observations and climate model outputs to examine the variability of extreme temperature and rainfall across Australia.