Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL100100214

Funded Activity Summary

Future risks associated with ocean surface warming: impacts on climate, rainfall, carbon, and circulation. Climate change is already affecting Australia, with harsh drought, more intense bushfire seasons, increased monsoon rains, heatwaves, and warmer temperatures all a feature of the past few decades. Climate change is expected to accelerate in the future, warming the oceans at an increased rate. This will affect ocean circulation, carbon uptake and ocean-atmosphere modes, such as El Nino, with unknown intensity. This project will improve our preparedness for climate change by better quantifying the risks that ocean warming will transform Australia's climate, rainfall, and sea level; as well as the ocean's uptake of carbon and the global ocean circulation. This will benefit sectors including agriculture, water management, fisheries, and tourism.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2011

End Date: 28-02-2016

Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships

Funding Amount: $2,918,382.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Atmospheric Dynamics | Physical Oceanography | Climate Change Processes | Oceanography

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Climate Variability (excl. Social Impacts) | Climate Change Models |

Other Keywords

Atmospheric Dynamics | Climate Change Models | Climate Change Processes | Climate Variability (excl. Social Impacts) | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Oceanography | Physical Oceanography

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