Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170100184

Funded Activity Summary

Understanding Antarctic dense water formation. This project aims to use a high-resolution global modelling approach to understand how Antarctic dense water formation changed in past climates and how to predict future changes. The Southern Ocean is critical in the uptake of heat and carbon from the atmosphere into the deep ocean. The sinking of cold and saline dense water around the coast of Antarctica transports heat and carbon into the deep ocean. Climate models fail to simulate this process and little is known about how dense water formation responds to changes in climate. Identification of critical vulnerabilities associated with Antarctic ice shelf melting and sea level rise will guide Southern Ocean observation systems and Australian climate adaptation programs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 14-03-2017

End Date: 26-01-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Physical Oceanography | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics | Climate Change Processes | Oceanography

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Environments (excl. Social Impacts) | Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Oceanography | Climate Change Models |

Other Keywords

Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Oceanography | Climate Change Models | Climate Change Processes | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Environments (excl. Social Impacts) | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics | Oceanography | Physical Oceanography

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