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The University of Melbourne
School of Earth
Sciences
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ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Research in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Science group
covers a wide range of interests, from the broad scale general circulation
of the atmosphere down to climatologies of local weather systems.
Our group also continues to develop and operate the Melbourne University
General Circulation Model (MUGCM), originally developed in part by Professor
Ian Simmonds who is the head of our section.
The current research groups are:
Antarctic Meteorology
Meteorology of the Antarctic Peninsula
Interaction between cyclones and Antarctic sea-ice extent
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Ian Simmonds,
Kevin
Keay
Affiliated: Andrew Watkins (Bureau of Met)
Projects available: John
Bye, Ian
Simmonds, Ian
Simmonds
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Stable isotopes and atmospheric circulation
Southern Hemisphere circulation using observations of spatial and temporal
distribution of stable isotopes in precipitation
Trajectory modelling of rain events over SE Australia
Identifying isotopic fractionation processes
using MUGCM isotope scheme
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Ian Simmonds,
Vaughan
Barras
Affiliated: David Etheridge (CSIRO)
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Palaeoclimate
Australian Quaternary climate and comparison between palaeo proxy evidence
and MUGCM simulations
MUGCM isotopic ratios in tropical waters and comparison with modern and
coral records
Is ice-sheet development enhanced by increased tropical evaporation?
Antarctic ice core analysis for Northern Hemisphere cold event in Southern
Hemisphere
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Ian Simmonds,
John Bye
Recently completed: Josephine
Brown (Univ. of Reading), Cecelia MacFarling, Pandora
Hope (BMRC)
Affiliated: David Etheridge (CSIRO), Richard
Wardle (Monash)
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El Niño-Southern Oscillation(ENSO) &
Tropical Meteorology
Differences in mechanisms behind typical and unusual ENSO events (BMRC
coupled model)
Second most important mode of tropical variability (CSIRO coupled model)
Australian monsoon onset, duration and links to ENSO
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Kevin Walsh,
Lynette
Bettio (NCC), Suwimol Sae-Koe
Recently Completed: Chris
Godfred-Spenning (Bureau of Met)
Affiliated: Scott Power (BMRC)
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Oceanography
Investigating the formation and circulation of water masses in the Great
Australia Bight and South Australian Basin
Interannual and interdecadal variation of the winds along the southern
coast of Australia
Australian monsoon onset, duration and links to ENSO
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John Bye, Malek Ghantous
Recently Completed: Paul
Barker (Acadia Uni)
For project information, contact: John Bye
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Atmospheric Chemistry
Modelling of global methane sources
Remote sensing of CO2 in the atmosphere
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Ian Simmonds, Chris Pickett-Heaps (LSCE - Paris)
Recently completed: Tim
Butler (Max Planck Inst. for Chemistry)
Affiliated: Peter Raynor (LSCE - Paris), Rachel Law (CSIRO)
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Cyclone tracking and climate change
Changes in tropical cyclone number and intensity in Australian region under
enhanced greenhouse conditions
Changes in Southern Hemisphere mid-latitude cyclones
Influence of the Southern Annular Mode
Frontal tracking
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Kevin Walsh,
Ian
Simmonds, Alex Pezza, Belinda Meneghini
Recently completed: Eunpa Lim (BMRC)
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Extended statistical analysis
Links between traffic accidents and weather
Wavelet analysis of synoptic conditions
Ensemble forecasting
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Ian Simmonds,
Kevin
Keay
Affiliated: Harun Rashid (BMRC), Jorgen Frederiksen (CSIRO)
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Last updated: 14th August, 2006
Maintained by: Vaughan Barras (PhD candidate)
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