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Fossil woods from the Upper Permian Bainmedart Coal Measures, northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica. AGSO Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, 1997 (Ref: 8402)
Authors:
Weaver L.McLoughlin S.Drinnan A.N.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Decadal-scale variability in the upwelling of Upper Circumpolar Deep Water and its impact on primary production of the Southern Ocean 9th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography/16th Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Conference, Melbourne, Australia, February 2009, 2009 (Ref: 13742)
Authors:
Johnston B.Gabric A.
Category 3: Poster

The spatio-temporal variability in the upwelling of iron-rich Upper Circumpolar Deep Water (UCDW) is thought to have a significant impact on primary production in the Southern Ocean, since iron has been shown to be a limiting nutrient in an otherwise high nutrient region.

North Atlantic deep water collapse triggered by a Southern Ocean meltwater pulse in a glacial climate state Geophysical Research Letters, 2008 (Ref: 13751)
Authors:
Trevena J.Sijp W.P.England M.H.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

It is generally accepted that surface freshwater … anomalies in the Southern Ocean drive increases in North … Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) formation via a bipolar … density see-saw. We find that a Southern Ocean freshwater … pulse of comparable magnitude to meltwater pulse 1A, shuts down…

Sensitivity of the present-day climate to freshwater forcing associated with Antarctic sea ice loss Journal of Climate, 2008 (Ref: 13750)
Authors:
Aiken C.M.England M.H.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The role played by Southern Hemisphere sea ice in the global climate system is explored using an earth … system climate model of intermediate complexity.

Antarctic bottom water variability in a coupled climate model Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2008 (Ref: 13749)
Authors:
Santoso A.England M.H.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The natural variability of the Weddell Sea variety of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is examined in … a long-term integration of a coupled climate model. Examination of passive tracer concentrations suggests … that the model AABW is predominantly sourced in the Weddell Sea.

Developing an ice core reconstruction of regional sea ice changes around Antarctica Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2008 (Ref: 13697)
Authors:
Abram N.J.McConnell J.Thomas E.R.Curran M.A.J.Mulvaney R.
Category 3: Abstract

Sea ice is a critical but poorly understood component of … Earth’s climate system. A rapid decline in Arctic sea ice over … recent decades has been documented using historical ship … charts and satellite images. However…

10Be studies in snow and ice from Arctic and Antarctic at monthly and annual resolution spanning the last 70 years 11th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Rome, Italy, 13-19 September 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13701)
Authors:
Smith A.M.Simon K.Pedro J.Fink D.Curran M.van Ommen T.
Category 3: Abstract

Continuous high-temporal resolution black carbon ice core records from Antarctica Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53) Fall Meeting Supplement Abstract C31F-02, 2008 (Ref: 13700)
Authors:
Edwards R.McConnell J.R.Aristarain A.J.Curran M.A.Pedro J.Cataldo M.Evangelista H.
Category 3: Abstract

The Antarctic ice cap is a unique vantage point from which to … observe the global background of black carbon aerosol (BC). Far … removed from sources, BC in the Antarctic atmosphere is largely … due to biomass burning at low- to mid-latitudes modulated by … upper tropospheric…

New high-resolution records of dustiness over recent centuries from Greenland and Antarctic ice cores Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2008 (Ref: 13698)
Authors:
McConnell J.R.Aristarain A.J.Curran M.A.J.Thomas E.R.Banta J.R.Edwards R.
Category 3: Abstract

Archived in glaciers and ice sheets are long term records … of dustiness. Dust impacts Earth’s radiative forcing directly by … modifying the radiation budget and affecting cloud nucleation … and optical properties, and indirectly through ocean … fertilization which alters carbon sequestration.

Methanesulphonic acid (MSA) stratigraphy from a Talos Dome ice core as a tool in depicting sea ice changes and southern atmospheric circulation over the previous 140 years Atmospheric Environment, 2009 (Ref: 13699)
Authors:
Becagli S.Castellano E.Cerri O.Curran M.Frezzotti M.Marino F.Morganti A.Proposito M.Severi M.Traversi R.Udisti R.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Firn core methanesulphonic acid (MSA) stratigraphy from Talos Dome (East … Antarctica) was compared with anomalies of the satellite-measured sea ice … extent (1973–1995) in the Ross Sea and Wilkes Land oceanic sector. In spite … of the sparseness of sea ice data…

Ionospheric convection signatures associated with magnetotail flux ropes Proceedings of SuperDARN 2008 Workshop, Newcastle, Australia, 1 - 6 June 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13784)
Authors:
Grocott A.Lester M.Milan S.E.Yeoman T.K.Parkinson M.L.Down C.Dyson P.L.
Category 3: Conference paper

Bursty bulk flows are understood to be the predominant flux transport mechanism in the … magnetotail.

High spatial resolution observations of ionospheric convection in the midnight sector during the growth of a geomagnetic storm Proceedings of the SuperDARN 2008 Workshop, Newcastle, Australia, 1 - 6 June 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13783)
Authors:
Down C.R.Parkinson M.L.Grocott A.Ye H.Devlin J.C.Dyson P.L.
Category 3: Conference paper

A magnetic cloud in the solar wind impinged the Earths magnetosphere on the 7th January … 2005. Episodic enhancements in the coupling of solar wind energy initiated a familiar sequence … of Geospace events including a succession of substorms of increasing intensity throughout the … day.

Solar cycle variability in solar wind turbulence, magnetospheric currents, and ionospheric electric fields Proceedings of the SuperDARN 2008 Workshop, Newcastle, Australia, 1 - 6 June 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13782)
Authors:
Parkinson M.L.
Category 3: Conference paper

The solar wind, magnetosphere, and ionosphere form a vast multi-scale system.

E-region decameter-scale plasma waves observed by the dual TIGER HF radars Proceedings of the SuperDARN 2008 Workshop, Newcastle, Australia, 1 - 6 June 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13781)
Authors:
Carter B.A.Makarevich R.A.
Category 3: Conference paper

The dual Tasman International Geospace Environment Radar (TIGER) HF radars regularly … observe E-region echoes at sub-auroral magnetic latitudes 58°-60°S including during … geomagnetic storms.

SuperDARN observations of high-velocity E-region echoes from the eastward auroral electrojet Proceedings of the SuperDARN 2008 Workshop, Newcastle, Australia, 1 - 6 June 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13780)
Authors:
Makarevich R.A.
Category 3: Conference paper

A statistical analysis of short-range E-region echoes observed by the SuperDARN HF radars in … the evening sector (16-22 MLT) over 3 years near the solar cycle peak is presented. Significant … populations of the high-velocity (350-450 m/s)…

Propagation mode and scatter type identification of SuperDARN echoes using high Doppler resolution spectral analysis Proceedings of the SuperDARN 2008 Workshop, Newcastle, Australia, 1 - 6 June 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13779)
Authors:
Greenwood R.Parkinson M.L.Dyson P.L.
Category 3: Conference paper

The correct identification of ionospheric echoes and 'ground' or 'sea' echoes is important to a … wide variety of studies using SuperDARN radar data. FITACF correctly distinguishes the … majority of ionospheric and ground echoes…

Investigations of the auroral and sub-auroral regions using the Tasman International Geospace Environment Radar (TIGER) (Invited) 18th National Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics, Adelaide, Australia 30 November - 5 December 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13778)
Authors:
Dyson P.L.
Category 3: Conference paper

E-region irregularities observed by the TIGER HF radars during geomagnetic storms Eos Trans. AGU, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting Supplement, 2008 (Ref: 13777)
Authors:
Carter B.A.Makarevich R.A.
Category 3: Conference paper

AB: We investigate the storm-time E-region backscatter observed by the … Tasman International Geospace Environment Radar (TIGER) HF radars. In … the afternoon sector during the negative geomagnetic storm phase…

Thermospheric winds and temperatures above Mawson, Antarctica, observed with an all-sky imaging, Fabry-Perot spectrometer Eos Trans. AGU, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting Supplement, 2008 (Ref: 13776)
Authors:
Anderson C.Conde M.Dyson P.Davies T.Kosch M.J.
Category 3: Conference paper

A new all-sky imaging Fabry-Perot spectrometer has been installed at … Mawson station (67°36' S, 62°52' E), Antarctica. This instrument is capable … of recording independent spectra from many tens of locations across the sky … simultaneously. Useful operation began in March 2007…

Radio, satellite and optical multipoint observations of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system (Invited) Eos Trans. AGU, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting Supplement, 2008 (Ref: 13775)
Authors:
Dyson P.L.
Category 3: Conference paper

: SuperDARN (SuperDual Auroral Radar Network) provides multi-point … observations of ionospheric flows over both southern and northern … hemisphere auroral regions and similarly GPS TEC and tomography … observations provide images of structures in the ionosphere and … plasmasphere.

Local scale numerical modelling of high latitude thermospheric dynamics: neutral wind response Eos Trans. AGU, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting Supplement, 2008 (Ref: 13774)
Authors:
Cooper S.Conde M.Dyson P.L.
Category 3: Conference paper

A simplified three dimensional, time-dependant model of a small region … of Earth's thermosphere is being developed to investigate dynamical … processes over spatial scales of less than 100 km. Because hydrostatic … equilibrium is not enforced in the model…

Sampling the ground layer of the atmosphere at Dome C using fast sonic-anemometers Proceedings of SPIE 7012, 70124B1-5, 2008 (Ref: 13771)
Authors:
Travouillon T.Aristidi E.Fossat E.Lawrence J.S.Mekarnia D.Moore A.M.Skidmore A.W.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

The ground layer turbulence at Dome C is the cause for more than 90% of the total turbulence column. While the height … of this layer has been currently measured to be approximately 30m, no long term statistics is available from this part of … the atmosphere.

Running PILOT: operational challenges and plans for an Antarctic Observatory Proceedings of SPIE 7016, 70160G1-12, 2008 (Ref: 13770)
Authors:
McGrath A.Saunders W.Gillingham P.Ward D.Storey J.Lawrence J.Haynes R.
Category 3: Conference paper

We highlight the operational challenges and planned solutions faced by an optical observatory taking advantage of the … superior astronomical observing potential of the Antarctic plateau. Unique operational aspects of an Antarctic optical … observatory arise from its remoteness…

Toward a large telescope facility for submm/FIR astronomy at Dome C Proceedings of SPIE 7012, 2008 (Ref: 13769)
Authors:
Durand G.A.Minier V.Lagage P.I.Daddi E.El Khouloudi S.Schneider-Bontemps N.Talvard M.Veyssiere C.Durand G.A.Walter C.Sabbatini L.Challita Z.Storey J.W.V.Calisse P.Pierre A.Busso M.
Category 3: Conference paper

Submillimetre astronomy is the prime technique to unveil the birth and early evolution of stars and galaxies in the local … and distant Universe.

PLATO control and robotics Proceedings of SPIE 7019, 70192U1-10, 2008 (Ref: 13768)
Authors:
Luong-Van D.M.Ashley M.C.B.Everett J.R.Lawrence J.S.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

PLATO, the ‘PLATeau Observatory’, is a robotic Antarctic observatory developed by UNSW for deployment to … Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau. PLATO is designed to run autonomously for up to a year, providing … power…

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