Tag Archive: Martin de Kauwe

RP3 Drought report: December 2018

November 30, 2018 11:01 am Published by Comments Off on RP3 Drought report: December 2018

The Drought program has been strongly focused on evaluating and improving climate models, and developing a drought database for documenting drought and for benchmarking model performance.

Research brief: MAAT reveals hidden sources of model divergence

August 14, 2018 8:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: MAAT reveals hidden sources of model divergence

The MAAT framework can be used to systematically run multiple model simulations to explore how different underlying model assumptions, hypotheses and parameters lead to predicted model behaviour and isolate the causes of model divergence.

UNSW4: How well can the Australian climate model predict droughts?

August 14, 2018 4:58 pm Published by Comments Off on UNSW4: How well can the Australian climate model predict droughts?

This project will use satellite and flux tower observations to characterise the response of Australian ecosystems to water stress. These data will then be used to evaluate how well the Australian climate model predicts droughts. The successful candidate will obtain skills in programming and analysis of spatial datasets and model outputs.

Research brief: Some trees may survive future heat better than expected

July 11, 2018 11:53 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Some trees may survive future heat better than expected

This research suggests some trees and in particular, Australian trees, may be more resilient than expected to future warming and extreme events. These findings have implications for planning around which species to plant in “green cities” to help mitigate future climate extremes.

Research brief: New insight into plant growth under climate change

July 6, 2018 3:43 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: New insight into plant growth under climate change

The application of a simple carbon balance model, combined with a data assimilation approach, has the potential to improve the process understanding embedded in models, which is used to predict responses of the carbon cycle to climate change.

Research brief: Understanding water-use efficiency in plants

February 23, 2018 4:21 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Understanding water-use efficiency in plants

This study explored the key sources of uncertainty when scaling leaf-level understanding of water-use efficiency to ecosystem scales. The results provide key insights into interpreting (ecosystem-scale) eddy-covariance derived water-use efficiency in an ecophysiological context.