Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0877824]Researchers: Assoc. Prof. Andy Hogg (Chief Investigator) , The Australian National University (Managed by)
Brief description Causes of Enhanced Warming of the Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean is critical to the global climate system in general, and Australian climate in particular. However, the Southern Ocean is poorly understood, poorly observed and poorly modelled by global climate models. The response of the Southern Ocean to increases in wind forcing (due to the ozone hole and global warming) will be examined. Climate impacts such as Australian rainfall trends, potential instability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and changes to the global overturning circulation will be quantified. Understanding these impacts will help to manage Australia's water resources and to predict the future Southern Ocean circulation.
Funding Amount $287,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- ARC : DP0877824
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0877824