UTas02: Spatial mapping of Antarctic ice algal biomass using machine learning
In this project, the selected student will develop a numerical algorithm to generate a spatial map of Antarctic ice algal biomass using Machine Learning.
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Category: Past undergraduate projects
UTas01: Understanding polar stratospheric cloud interactions
In this project, you will use unique data collected during the Antarctic winter to understand the interactions between PSCs, the tropopause, and very cold cirrus clouds which are present in the upper troposphere. You will also determine how small-scale changes in stratospheric winds influence the occurrence, composition and brightness of PSCs.
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UNSW14: Developing a parametric extreme weather index for agricultural crop insurance
This project will explore the potential for developing site-based and event-based extreme weather indices for parametric crop insurance using reanalyses of atmospheric climate variables.
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UNSW13: Can we find better models to simulate precipitation extremes over Australia?
The primary goal of this project is to conduct an evaluation of the CMIP5 models for precipitation extremes over Australia. To that end, the student will assess how models simulate key precipitation metrics in comparison to observations.
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UNSW12: How well can we reconstruct past ocean circulation?
There is compelling evidence that under different climate states (e.g. glacial-interglacial cycles), the Atlantic Ocean has experienced significant water mass reorganisations and circulation changes. This project aims to better constrain these variations, using models able to simulate proxy variations.
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UNSW11: Understanding Marine Heatwaves
In this project we will look at one of the two following questions: Do marine heatwaves occur preferentially in certain seasons, and if so why? Do marine heatwaves produce a consistent response in ocean primary production?
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UNSW10: Air-sea heat exchange and upper ocean properties across the Polar Front in the Southern Ocean
This project will quantify the impact of the front on air-sea exchange of heat and characterise how air-sea exchange and upper ocean properties change across the front.
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UNSW09: Assessing regional climate model capabilities to add value to global climate model projections of Australian heatwaves
This project aims to discover where and when regional climate models improve (or not) on the simulation of Australian heatwaves, relative to their host global climate models.
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UNSW08: The effect of the Millennium drought on land
In this project, the student will learn more about the effects of the Millennium drought on the surface energy budget, particularly on the ratio of sensible heat flux to latent heat flux (i.e. SH/LH).
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UNSW07: Identifying the cumulative burden of air pollution on human health in a climate changed Australia
This project will explore different methods of assessing cumulative exposure to air pollution in order to make suggestions as to how we might best make policy recommendations that protect the health of all Australians, including vulnerable communities.
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UNSW 06: Spatially correlated extreme events in Australia over the past 30-40 years
This student project will focus on spatially correlated events in Australia that occurred in the past 30 to 40 years. Using observations over this time period the student will catalogue past compound events; assess possible trends in their occurrence; check for preferred spatial correlation patterns; and assess if these were accurately reproduced in reanalysis products (e.g. BARRA, ERA-5 and/or ERA-Interim).
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UNSW05: Drought termination and extreme precipitation in Australia
This student project will determine the probability of a drought being terminated by an extreme precipitation event to assess the risk of drought-induced flooding. For this the student will assess observations, reanalysis data and results from a large climate model ensemble.
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Research Briefs
Research brief: Warm Atlantic Water explains sea ice melt north of Svalbard
Research brief: The biogeochemical structure of Southern Ocean mesoscale eddies.
Research brief: Decomposing temperature extremes errors in CMIP5 and CMIP6 models
Research brief: How salty seawater can tell us whether to expect rain