Posted by Liz Adams on Oct 29, 2015 in Abstracts, Abstracts 2015
Prioritizing climate change adaptation options for iconic marine species Abstract Adaptation options in response to climate impact scenarios for marine mammals and seabirds were developed based on the IPCC vulnerability framework. Under this framework, vulnerability to the physical effects of climate change can be reduced by adaptation options that reduce exposure of individuals, reduce the sensitivity of individuals, and increase the adaptive capacity of individual/species...
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Posted by Liz Adams on Sep 1, 2015 in Abstracts, Abstracts 2014
The Antarctic Ozone Hole during 2012 Abstract We review the 2012 Antarctic ozone hole, making use of various meteorological reanalyses, remotely sensed ozone measurements and ground-based measurements of ultra-violet radiation. Based on analysis of 33 years of satellite records, we find that the ozone hole of 2012 was one of the least severe since the late 1980s in terms of maximum area, minimum ozone level and total ozone deficit. In particular, the estimated integrated...
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Posted by Liz Adams on Sep 1, 2015 in Abstracts, Abstracts 2014
Declining aerosols in CMIP5 projections: effects on atmospheric temperature structure and midlatitude jets Abstract We assess the effects of declining anthropogenic aerosols in Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5 (RCP4.5) in four models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), with a focus on annual, zonal-mean atmospheric temperature structure and zonal winds. For each model, we diagnose the effect of declining aerosols from the difference...
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Posted by Liz Adams on Sep 1, 2015 in Abstracts, Abstracts 2014
Web tools to support Adaptation: www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au Abstract This year sees the completion of a new comprehensive set of climate change projections for Australia, produced by CSIRO in conjunction with the Bureau of Meteorology in close consultation with Natural Resource Management groups and the Australian research community. Increasingly, end-users require ready access to projections through interactive web-based services. To meet this need, a broad range...
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Posted by Liz Adams on Sep 1, 2015 in Abstracts, Abstracts 2014
Evaluation of cloud properties over the Maritime Continent in ACCESS using CloudSat and CALIPSO simulators Abstract This study evaluates cloud properties over the Maritime Continent during the monsoon season from the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS1.3) using the Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Observational Simulator Package (COSP). Cloud properties from the model are assessed against observations from CloudSat and...
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Posted by Liz Adams on Sep 1, 2015 in Abstracts, Abstracts 2014
The AGAGE in situ program for non-CO2 greenhouse gases at Cape Grim, 2009–2010 Abstract This report summarises in situ observations at Cape Grim of atmospheric trace gases that are involved in strato-spheric ozone depletion, climate change and tropo-spheric chemistry. During 2009-2010, two instruments continued to operate at Cape Grim as part of the Ad-vanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE): (1) a composite gas chromatograph-multi detector (GC-MD) instrument;...
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