Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP170101033
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Annual rainfall variability and extreme drought over the late Holocene. This project aims to understand long-term rainfall variability for Australia by developing a network of extended, high resolution rainfall records from tree rings. How anthropogenic changes to the atmosphere have influenced changing rainfall patterns across Australia is unclear. By extracting climatic information from tree growth rings across a latitudinal gradient from the subtropical north to the south coast of western Australia, the project will extend hydroclimatic records by several centuries, to identify the frequency and extent of extreme droughts across the continent. Outcomes are expected to provide appropriate context for evaluating and adapting to climate change, allowing climate modellers, agricultural producers and other industries to improve forecasts of likely change for risk management.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2017
End Date: 09-2020
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $485,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeoclimatology | Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecological Applications | Conservation and Biodiversity
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Climate Variability (excl. Social Impacts) |
