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State transitions and nonphotochemical quenching during a nutrient-induced fluorescence transient in phosphorus-starved Dunaliella tertiolecta Journal of Phycology, 2008 (Ref: 13796)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Assessments of nutrient-limitation in microalgae … using chl a fluorescence have revealed that nitrogen … and phosphorus depletion can be detected as a … change in chl a fluorescence signal when nutrientstarved … algae are resupplied with the limiting nutrient.

HF radar observations of high-velocity E region echoes from the eastward auroral electrojet Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008 (Ref: 13786)
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Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We present a statistical analysis of short-range E region echoes observed by the Super … Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) HF radars in the evening sector (16–22 … MLT) over 3 years. Significant populations of the high-velocity (350–450 m/s)…

Complexity in the high latitude HF radar spectral width boundary region Annales Geophysicae, 2008 (Ref: 13785)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

SuperDARN radars are sensitive to the collective … Doppler characteristics of decametre-scale irregularities in … the high latitude ionosphere. The radars routinely observe … a distinct transition from large spectral width (>100ms−1) located at higher latitudes to low spectral width…

Comparing expeditioner and partner perceptions of Antarctic employment: Two sides of the same coin, or different coins? Guest Lecture at the School of Psychology, University of Tasmania, 2008 (Ref: 13793)
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The positive and negative effects engendered by Antarctic employment have been well-documented within expeditioner populations. However, research to date has primarily focused on individual and organisational factors that influence these outcomes.

The long cold night: comparing expeditioner and partner experiences during Antarctic absences Proceedings of the 43rd APS Conference, 23-27 September 2008, Hobart, Australia, 2008 (Ref: 13792)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Antarctic environment poses both physical and … psychological challenges to human performance, particularly during the austral winter. Additionally, Antarctic employment involves prolonged separation … from existing social support networks.

North Atlantic deep water collapse triggered by a Southern Ocean meltwater pulse in a glacial climate state Geophysical Research Letters, 2008 (Ref: 13751)
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)
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)
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)
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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…

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)
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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)
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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.

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)
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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.

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)
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)
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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)
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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…

E-region irregularities observed by the TIGER HF radars during geomagnetic storms Eos Trans. AGU, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting Supplement, 2008 (Ref: 13777)
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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)
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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)
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: 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)
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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…

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