Category: Newsletter
Media Communications report – August 2020
A constant stream of research has seen some major papers receive international coverage, Kim Reid has shown how to attract opportunistic media, and an online media workshop may be on the cards.
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RP1 Extreme Rainfall report – August 2020
While the Extremes Rainfall RP has found itself in challenging times as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, they have still found moments to celebrate and have been delighted by the enormous range of extraordinary research.
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Graduate Director’s report – August 2020
Melissa Hart discusses how the Centre is doing its best to navigate the COVID crisis with virtual lunches, an online winter school, and the lines of support. Harry the cat also puts in an appearance, of course.
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CMS report – August 2020
Claire Carouge highlights the role the CMS team played in the development of ACCESS-ESM1.5, the role of Payu in the same model, the arrival of CleF 1.0.1, and announces new precipitation datasets have been added to our CLEX collection.
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WeatheX app gets an update
Following a workshop with all the stakeholders, the Weathex app received funds for a range of updates that are available now.
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Knowledge Brokerage Team report – August 2020
The Knowledge Brokerage Team farewells James Goldie who moves ot the Monash Climate Change Communications Research Hub, adds a briefing note highlighting sudden stratospheric warming, and increases its reach in developing school lesson plans.
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What does using climate change science look like?: A Northern Territory mango industry use case
The ESCC hub has provided climate science data to Northern Territory mango growers that will help them prepare for a future where cultivating mangoes may be more difficult.
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RP4 Climate Variability and Teleconnections report – August 2020
Despite the pandemic, the recent few months have seen a range of triumphs with completed PhDs being prominent among them. Our research has revealed the powerful influence of small scale and large scale ocean processes on our current and future climate.
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RP3 Drought report – August 2020
The Drought program farewells Michael Roderick who has retired and looks over an extensive range of research that has been carried out despite the global pandemic. Some significant model improvements, new datasets and deeper insights into past and future climates show the depth of the research effort.
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RP2 Heatwaves and cold air outbreaks report – August 2020
As well as winning a Pulitzer Prize, the RP2 team has been working closely on improving models, developed two new metrics and through studying marine heatwaves may have revealed a method of forecasting these heatwaves around Tasmania up to two years ahead.
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COO report – August 2020
At the start of the Covid pandemic Stephen hypothesised that many people would go through three stages in our personal responses to remote working arrangements and isolation.
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Director’s Report – August 2020
This is a tough and unique time for everyone in CLEX. I had anticipated the pandemic being over by now (note the predictive skill of a modeller) and it is confronting to be writing this while Victoria is in lockdown and world leaders are worried about shower pressure.
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Research Briefs
Research brief: Indian Ocean warming modulates global atmospheric circulation trends
Research brief: Land surface models struggle to reproduce evaporative processes
Research brief: Sea ice cover independently validates air temperature over Antarctic
Research brief: How a glacier tongue break influenced phytoplankton blooms in Antarctica