Project information
SIMMONDS, Prof. Ian
University of Melbourne
Australia (or home country)
Project aim
'Cold outbreaks' are severe meteorological events which have significant impacts on many aspects economic and social life in midlatitude communities. This project will lead to a better scientific understanding of these events, and particularly will quantify the role played by the Antarctic topography and sea ice. The research will reveal how their frequency and intensity have changed over recent decades, and how these might be expected to change under global warming.
Related publications
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Issues relevant for Southern Hemisphere polar latitudes and Antarctica Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Melbourne, Australia, 9-13 February 2009, 2009
(Ref: 14010)
Authors:Category 3: Conference paper
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Southern sea ice, cyclone behaviour and rainfall in Melbourne and Perth Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, Report No. 37, WMO/T-No. 1397, 2007
(Ref: 14002)
Category 6: Report
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'Energy box diagram' investigation of South Atlantic hurricane Catarina Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, Report No. 38, WMO/TD-No. ???, 2008
(Ref: 14001)
Category 6: Report
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Polar outbreaks over Southern Australia: Synoptic mechanisms and planetary links Honours Thesis, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, 2007
(Ref: 13999)
Authors:Category 3: Thesis, higher degree
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Polar outbreaks in South America: Synoptic climatology of cyclone/anticyclone behavior, extreme cases in high latitudes and frost events over 1888-2005 in São Paulo Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 24-28 April 2006, 2006
(Ref: 14009)
Authors:Category 3: Conference paper