ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT160100495

Funded Activity Summary

Tropical ocean interactions and implications for regional climate. This project aims to understand the complex interactions across the world’s tropical oceans and their associated climate effects. The El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO), manifesting in the Pacific Ocean, influences precipitation and temperature worldwide. Changes in the tropical Atlantic or Indian Oceans affect ENSO, generating instabilities and irregularities in the response. Understanding the interactions across the tropical Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans can provide critical information for ENSO prognosis, thus improving long-term forecasting. Accurate seasonal and annual climate forecasting is crucial for managing Australia’s water resources, and minimising the socio-economic effects of prolonged droughts and severe wet periods.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2017

End Date: 31-12-2021

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $652,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Atmospheric Dynamics | Atmospheric Sciences | Physical Oceanography | Climatology (excl. Climate Change Processes)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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

Other Keywords

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

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