Dr. Joachim Ribbe

 

Associate Professor in Climatology

 

E-mail: Joachim.Ribbe@usq.edu.au

Phone: +61 (0)7 4631 1452

Fax: +61 (0)7 4631 1530

Postal: University of Southern Queensland

Department of Biological & Physical Sciences

Toowoomba Queensland 4350

Australia

 

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Publications [Return to top]

[P] = Peer-reviewed, [C] = Conference; [O] = Others, see e-print server for manuscripts

 

Submitted

 

Gräwe, U., Ribbe, J., and Wolff, J.-O., Climate Change Impact on an East Australian Subtropical Inverse Estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. [P]

 

Faqih, A, Ribbe, J., Meinke, H. An Assessment of Rainfall Simulations for the Austral-Indonesian Region from IPCC AR4 Models. International Journal of Climatology. [P]

 

Cottrill, D. A., and Ribbe, J. An Assessment of 20th and 21st century rainfall over Northeast Australia. Journal of Climate. [P]

 

2008

 

Ribbe. J., (2008). Monitoring and Assessing Salinity and Temperature Variations in Hervey Bay. Final Report prepared for the Burnett Mary Regional Group, Bundaberg, Australia. 45pp. [O]

 

Ribbe, J., Wolff, J.-O., Staneva, J., Gräwe, U. (2008). Assessing Water Renewal Time Scales for Marine Environments from Three Dimensional Modelling: A Case Study For Hervey Bay, Australia. Environmental Modelling and Software. 23(10), 1217-1228, 10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.02.007. [P]

 

Shi, G., Ribbe, J., Cai, W., and Cowan, T. (2008). Interpretation of Australian summer and winter rainfall projections. Geophysical Research Letters. 35, L02702, doi:10.1029/2007GL032436. [P]

 

Shi, G., Cai, W., Cowan, T., Ribbe, J., Rotstayn, L., and Dix, M. (2008). Variability and trend of the northwest Western Australia Rainfall: observations and coupled climate modelling. Journal of Climate. 21, 2938-2959. [P]

 

You, Y., Ribbe, J., Karstensen, J., Church, J. (2008). Matthias Tomczak: a Distinguished Regional Oceanographer and Water-Mass Expert. Progress in Oceanography, 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.05.007. [P]

 

Cottrill, A., Ribbe, J. (2008). Decline of Queensland Rainfall. Proceedings 15th Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Conference.  Publication No. 23. Geelong, Australia, 28-31 January. [C]

 

Cottrill, A., Ribbe, J., Maron, M. (2008). A Detailed Proxy Rainfall Record from Lake Broadwater, Dalby, Southeast Queensland. Poster presented at the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering 4th Quaternary Dating Workshop, Sydney, 26-27 March. [C]

 

Gräwe, U., Ribbe, J., Wolff, J.-O. (2008). The inverse nature of an Australian bay, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 10, EGU2008-A-02290, Geophysical Research Abstracts. In: Proceedings of the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 13-18 April. Vienna, Austria.  [C]

 

Gräwe, U., Ribbe, J., Wolff, J.-O. (2008). Stability of an Australian inverse bay. In: PECS 2008: Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Liverpool, United Kingdom. , August 25-29. Accepted presentation [C]

 

Faqih, A., Ribbe, J., Meinke, H. 2008. An Assessment of Rainfall Simulations for the Austral-Indonesian Region from the Climate Models. WMO Fourth International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-IV). Beijing, China, October 20-25. Accepted presentation. [C]

 

Faqih, A., Ribbe, J., Meinke, H. 2008. Interdecadal Variability of Regional Sea Surface Temperature and Rainfall in the Austral-Indonesian Region. WMO Fourth International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-IV). Beijing, China, October 20-25. Accepted presentation. [C]

 

2007

 

Cai, W., Cown, T., Dix, M., Rotstayn, L., Ribbe, J., Shi, G., and Wijffels, S. (2007). Anthropogenic aerosol forcing and the structure of temperature trends in the southern Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 34, L14611, doi:10.1029/2007GL030380. [P]

 

Shi, G., Ribbe, J., Cai, W., and Cowan, T. (2007). Multidecadal variability in the transmission of ENSO signals to the Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 34, L09706. doi: 10.1029/2007GL029528. [P]

 

Ribbe, J. (2007). Hervey Bay: Hydrographic observations during winter 2004 and 2007. Seabed Biodiversity Mapping of the Tweed-Moreton Bioregion Planning Workshop. Bardon Queensland, 9 October. [C]

 

Gräwe, U., Ribbe, J., Wolff, J.-O., Staneva, J. (2007), Accessing exchange and ventilation times scales from 3-D modelling, GV International Conference 2007, Bremen, 1-5 October. http://www.rcom.marum.de/GV2007.html. [C]

 

Ribbe, J. 2007. Hervey Bay: An Inverse Subtropical Estuary. Conference Proceedings of the  Inaugural Queensland Coastal Conference: Shifting Sands. Bundaberg, 17-19 September.  http://www.iceaustralia.com/qldcoast07/program.html.  [C]

 

Shi, G., Ribbe, J., Cai, W., and Cowan, T. (2007). Multidecadal variability in the Indo-Pacific teleconnection. World Climate Research Program Workshop on Climate Variability and Seasonal Prediction. Barcelona, Spain, 4-8 June. http://www.clivar.org/organization/wgsip/spw/main.html.  [C]

 

Gräwe, U., Ribbe, J., Wolff, J.-O., and Staneva, J. (2007). Ventilation time scales for a subtropical bay from 3-D Modelling. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, 05029. In: Proceedings of the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 15-20 April. http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU2007/05029/EGU2007-J-05029.pdf.  [C]

 

Faqih, A., Ribbe, J., and Meinke, H. (2007), 20th century rainfall variability and the role of large scale climate events within Indo-Pacific region from IPCC AR4 models, reanalysis and observations. Proceedings of the 14 National Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Conference.  Publication No. 22. Adelaide, Australia, 5-8 February. p.34. http://www.amos.org.au/conf2007/AMOS07_ABSTRACTS.pdf.  [C]

 

Shi, G., Ribbe, J., Cown, T., and Cai, W. (2007). A dataset of the wind-driven global ocean circulation for climate research. Proceedings of the 14th National Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Conference.  Publication No. 22. Adelaide, Australia, 5-8 February. p.114. http://www.amos.org.au/conf2007/AMOS07_ABSTRACTS.pdf.  [C]

 

Cottrill, A. and Ribbe, J. (2007). Queensland Rainfall Variability in IPCC AR4 Model Runs. In: Climate, Water and Marine Forecasting: Challenges for the Future. Proceedings 14th National Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Conference. Publication No. 22. Adelaide, Australia, 5-8 February. p17. http://www.amos.org.au/conf2007/AMOS07_ABSTRACTS.pdf. [C]

 

You, J., Herold, N., Muller, D., Sdrolias, M., and Ribbe, J. (2007). Impact of vegetation on the Miocene Climate optimum. In: Climate, Water and Marine Forecasting: Challenges for the Future. Proceedings 14th National Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Conference.  AMOS Publication No. 22. Adelaide, Australia, 5-8 February. p.142. http://www.amos.org.au/conf2007/AMOS07_ABSTRACTS.pdf.  [C]

 

You, J., Muller, D., Sdrolias, M., Herold, N., Ribbe, J. (2007). Sensitivity of middle Miocene climate and regional monsoon to palaeoaltimetry. In: Climate, Water and Marine Forecasting: Challenges for the Future. Proceedings 14 National Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Conference.  Adelaide, Australia, 5-8 February. p143. http://www.amos.org.au/conf2007/AMOS07_ABSTRACTS.pdf. [C]

 

Shi, G., Ribbe, J., Cowan, T., and Cai, W. (2007). A dataset of the wind-driven global ocean circulation for climate research. Technical Report. Project funded by the Australian Research Council Network for Earth System Science (ARCNESS). 12pp. [O]

 

2006

 

Ribbe, J. (2006). A study into the export of saline water from Hervey Bay, Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.  66, 550-558. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2005.10.012. http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0272771405003525. [P]

 

Donald, A., Meinke, H., Power, B., Wheeler, M. C., Maia, A. De H. N., White, N., Stone, R. C., and Ribbe, J. (2006). Near-global impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on rainfall. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L09704, doi:10.1029/2005/GL025155. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2005GL025155.shtml. [P]

 

Ribbe, J. (2006). Modelling Ventilation Time Scales for Hervey Bay, Australia. AMSA Catchment to Coast Conference. Cairns, 9-14 July. http://www.catchments.org.au/index.htm. [C]

 

You, Y., Muller, D., Huber, M., Otto-Bliesner, B., Poulsen, C., Sdrolias, M. and Ribbe, J., 2006. Sensitivity study of the role of vegetation in Miocene climate change. American Geophysical Union Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing, China, 24-27 July. Submission accepted. See link at: http://www.agu.org/meetings/wp06/. [C]

 

Ribbe, J. (2006).. Hervey Bay: A Salt Fountain in Subtropical East Australia. International Geographical Union 2006 Brisbane Conference, 3-7 July. See link at: http://www.igu2006.org/. [C]

 

Donald, L, Meinke, H., Power, B., Wheeler, M., Aline, H. N. M., White, N., Stone, R., and Ribbe, J. (2006). Intra-seasonal climate prediction - linking Weather and Climate Forecasts. 8th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography.  Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná State, Brazil, 24–28 April. See link at: http://gemini.dpi.inpe.br/col/iconet.com.br/banon/2006/02.01.23.21/doc/@tclPage.htm. [C]

 

2005

 

Cai, W., Shi, G., Cowan, T., Bi. D., Ribbe, J. (2005). The response of the southern annual mode, the East Australian Current, and the southern mid-latitude ocean circulation to global warming. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L23706, doi:10.129/2005GL024701. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2005GL024701.shtml. [P]

 

Ribbe, J. (2005). Climate Modelling For the Class Room: The Application of Physics and Mathematics in a New Context. Teaching Science: The Journal of the Australian Science Teachers' Association. 51(3), 24-37. [non ISI] [P]

 

Ribbe, J. (2005). Book Review: The South Atlantic in the Later Quaternary: Reconstruction of Material Budgets and Current Systems. Australian Marine Science Association Bulletin, Spring Edition, p.48. [O]

 

2004

 

Ribbe, J. (2004). The southern supplier. Nature, 427, 23-24. (Note: Invited editorial contribution). http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v427/n6969/full/427023a.html. [P]

 

Murphy, B. F. and Ribbe, J., (2004). Variability of southeast Queensland rainfall and its predictors. International Journal of Climatology, 24(6), 703-721. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/108562449/ABSTRACT. [C]

 

Donald, A., Meinke, M., Power, B., Wheeler, M. and Ribbe, J. (2004). Forecasting with the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the applications for risk management. 4th International Crop Science Conference; Brisbane, Australia, September 26 - October 1, 2004. See link at: http://www.cropscience.org.au/icsc2004/poster/2/6/1362_donalda.htm. [C]

 

Ribbe, J. (2004). Linking Southern Ocean Water Masses and Australian Rainfall Variability. Proceedings Australian Marine Science Association, Hobart, 6-9th July. [C]

 

2003

 

Harris, G, Chudleigh, F., Meinke, H., Donald, A., Power, B., Ribbe, J., Stone, R., and Wheeler, M. (2003). Using Seasonal Climate Forecasts for More Effective Grain-Cotton Production Systems (DAQ104C). Australian Cotton Cooperative Research Centre Annual Science Review, Armidale, 23rd and 24th July 2003. [C]

 

Donald, A., Ribbe, J., Stone, R., Wheeler, M., Meinke, H., Harris, G., and Power, B. (2003). The Madden Julian Oscillation and its relationship with rainfall in Queensland. National Drought Forum, Brisbane, Australia, 15-16 April 2003. [C]

 

Donald, A., Ribbe, J., Stone, R., Wheeler, M., Meinke, H., Harris, G., and Power, B. (2003). Using the Real-Time Multivariate Madden Julian Oscillation Indices to Predict Rainfall in Queensland. 7th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography. Wellington, New Zealand, 24-28 March 2003. Organiser: American Meteorological Society. (see online link for conference proceedings at http://ams.confex.com/ams/7ICSHMO/7ICSHMO/. [C]

 

Donald, A., Ribbe, J., Stone, R., Meinke, H., Harris, G., Power, B., and Weehler, M. (2003). The Influence of the Madden Julian Oscillation on Queensland’s Rainfall. 15th Australian New Zealand Climate Forum, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 19-21 March 2003. (see online link for details: http://anzcf.massey.ac.nz/). [C]

 

2002

 

Ribbe, J. (2002): An Introduction to Internet Based Climate Science Teaching. Australian Sciences Teachers Journal, 48(3), 28-35. [non ISI] [P]

 

Harris, G., Meinke, H., Power, B., Hayman, P., Ribbe, J., Donald, A., and de Voil, P. (2002). PROJECT DAQ104C: Seasonal Climate Forecasts for More Effective Raingrown Grain-Cotton Production Systems, 11th Australian Cotton Conference 2002: Conference Proceedings (CD-Rom, see http://www.csd.net.au/acgra for copies), Brisbane, 13-15 August. Organised by the Australian Cotton Growers Association Inc. [C]

 

Holloway, P. E., and Ribbe, J. (2002). On the Role of Internal Tides in Sediment Resuspension. Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract xxxxx-xx, 2002. Invited Presentation. See online link at: http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/sessionsf?meeting=fm02andpart=OS11C. [C]

 

Donald, A., and Ribbe, J. (2002). The Madden Julian Oscillation: A Literature Review. Consultancy Report. Queensland DPIandF, 14 June 2002, 26pp. [O]

 

Ribbe, J. (2002). New Professional and undergraduate degrees in climatology at the University of Southern Queensland. Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society, 15(3), 54. [O]

 

Ribbe, J. (2002). Book Review Australia – State of the Environment 2001, In: Labnews December/January 2002/2003, p. 14. [O]

 

2001

 

Sørensen, J. T., Ribbe, J. and Shaffer, G. (2001). On Antarctic Intermediate Water Mass Formation in Ocean General Circulation Models. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31, 3295-3311. [P]

 

Ribbe, J. (2001). Intermediate Water Mass Production Controlled by Southern Hemisphere Winds. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(3), 535-538. [P]

 

Ribbe, J. and Holloway, P. E. (2001). Modeling Sediment Transport By Internal Tides. Continental Shelf Research, 21(4), 395-422. [P]

 

Ribbe, J. (2001). Climate Change: What is happening in the ocean? Ciencia Al Dia Internacional. 4(2), 1-18. [non ISI] [P]

 

Ribbe, J. (2001). A Teleconnection between the Southern Hemisphere Mid-Latitude and Equatorial Ocean. Australian New Zealand Climate Forum, Darwin, Australia, 17-22 September. [C]

 

Ribbe, J. (2001). Book Review: Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs edited by E. Wolanski. In: Today’s Life Science, p. 22. [O]

 

2000

 

De Pol Holz, R. and Ribbe, J. (2000). Distribución de las masas de agua en el oceano Pacífico suroriental. XX Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, 23-26 May 2000, Concepción, Chile. [C]

 

Ribbe, J. (2000). Review of Southern Hemisphere Mid-Latitude Water Mass Formation Processes in Ocean Circulation Models. Sixth Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography. American Meteorological Society, 3-7 April 2000. I was on of two Chairpersons of session 2B: Oceanography of the Southern Oceans and Eastern boundary Currents. [C]

 

Williams, M., G. Shaffer, O. Leth and Ribbe, J. (2000). Investigating decadal and interannual variation in the eastern South Pacific with a numerical model. Sixth Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography. American Meteorological Society, 3-7 April 2000. [C]

 

Ribbe, J. (2000). Intermediate Water Mass Production Controlled by Southern Hemisphere Winds. First Latin American School in Ocean and Climate Modeling, 16-27 October 2000, Dichato, Chile. [C]

 

Ribbe, J. (2000). Summary Report, Lecture Notes, and Seminar Abstracts of the First Latin American School in Ocean and Climate Modeling. PROFC Technical Report No. 1, 98 pp. [O]

 

Ribbe, J. (2000). First Latin American School in Ocean and Climate Modeling, EOS Transactions, 81, 267. [O]

 

1999

 

Ribbe, J. (1999). On Wind-Driven Mid-Latitude Convection in Ocean General Circulation Models. Tellus, 51A, 505-516. [P]

 

Ribbe, J. and Tomczak, M. (1997a). Effect of a Missing Indonesian Throughflow in the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model (FRAM). Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27(3), 445-455. [P]

 

Ribbe, J. and Holloway, P. E. (1999). Modelling Suspended Sediment Transport by Internal Tides. Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society Meeting, February 1999, Canberra, Australia. [C]

 

1997

 

Ribbe, J. and Tomczak, M. (1997b). On Convection and the Formation of Subantarctic Mode Water in the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model - FRAM. Journal of Marine Systems, 13, 137-154. [P]

 

Ribbe, J. (1997). Watermass formation in the Southeast Indian Ocean. Proceedings Joint Assemblies of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences and International Association for Physical Sciences of the Oceans. 1-9 July, Melbourne, Australia. [C]

 

Ribbe, J. (1997). What drives mid-latitudinal convection and the formation of Subantarctic Mode Water? International WOCE Newsletter, 29, 20-26. For article see online link at: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/woce_V2/disk01/wocedocs/newsltr/news29/news29.pdf. [O]

 

1996

 

Ribbe, J. and Tomczak, M. (1996). Some indication of a reversed surface flow around Tasmania in the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model. Ocean Modelling, 111, July, 2-5. [O]

 

Ribbe, J., M. Tomczak and Tuniz, C. (1996). On the distribution of bomb carbon-14 in the Southern Ocean. International WOCE Newsletter, 23, 26-28. For article see online link at: apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/data/wocedata_2/ wocedocs/newsltr/news23/contents.htm. [O]

 

Ribbe, J. (1996). Ventilation Processes in a Southern Ocean Model. Ph.D. Thesis, The Flinders University of South Australia, Australia, 251pp. [O]

 

Ribbe, J. and M. Tomczak (1996). Subantarctic Mode Water Formation in the Southeast Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 23-27 July, Brisbane, Australia. [C]

 

Ribbe, J., Bye, J. T., Tomczak, M., Jacobsen, G. E., Lawson, E. M., Smith, A. M., Fink, D., Hotchkis, M. A. C.  and Tuniz, C. (1996). First 14C Observations in Waters of the Great Australian Bight. Radiocarbon, 38(1), 105-106. [C]

 

Ribbe, J. and M. Tomczak (1996). On the Formation of Subantarctic Mode Water in the Southern Ocean. Australian Physical Oceanography and Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society Joint Conference, 5-7 February, Hobart, Australia. [C]

 

1995

 

Ribbe, J. and M. Tomczak (1995). Modelling Radiocarbon Uptake by the Southern Ocean. International WOCE Newsletter, 19, 27-30. [O]

 

Ribbe, J. and M. Tomczak (1995). Modelling Radiocarbon Uptake by the Southern Ocean. Australian Physical Oceanography and Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society Joint Conference. Lorne, 21-23 February. Australia. [C]

 

1994

 

Ribbe, J. and M. Tomczak (1994). The Southern Ocean: Revisiting geostrophic velocity, transports, and investigating its role within the climate system. Australian Meteorology and Oceanography Conference. 14-16 February, Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia. [C]

 

Herzfeld, M. and Ribbe, J. (1994). Radiation Fluxes. In: Lecture Notes and Seminar Abstracts from the Second Australian Climate Research Graduate Summer School. Edited by M. Tomczak. Flinders Institute for Atmospheric and Marine Sciences. Technical Report No. 12. The Flinders University of South Australia. 57-82. [O]

 

1993

 

Ribbe, J. and Tomczak, M. (1993). Reply to a paper by A. Doury. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 26(9), 530. [P]

 

1992

 

Ribbe, J. (1992). French Nuclear Weapon Tests: An Impact Assessment. Pacific Research, 5(1), 20-21. [non ISI] [O]

 

Ribbe, J. and M. Tomczak (1992). An Impact Assessment for the French Nuclear Weapon Test Sites in French Polynesia. Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: Post Cold War Problems and Prospects, 31 January - 4 February, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. [C]

 

1991

 

Ribbe, J., Muller-Navarra, S. H. and Nies, H. (1991). A One-Dimensional Dispersion Model for Radionuclides in the Marine Environment Applied to the Chernobyl Fallout over the Northern Baltic Sea. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 14, 55-74. [P]

 

Ribbe, J., R. L. Oliver and I. T. Webster (1991). Twenty Four Hours at Rushy Billabong: Life in the Fast Line. Australian Society for Limnology, 12-15 July, Lorne VIC, Australia. [C]

 

1990

 

Ribbe, J. and Tomczak, M. (1990). An Impact Assessment for the French Nuclear Weapon Test Sites in French Polynesia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 21(11), 536-542. [P]

 

Ribbe, J. (1990). A Three dimensional Model for the Transport of Radionuclides and its Application to the French Nuclear Weapon Test Site at the Moruroa Atoll. MSc. Thesis, University of Sydney, Australia, 100pp. [O]

 

Ribbe, J. (1990). Trace Metals in the Aquatic Environment. 2nd International Conference, 8-14 July, Sydney NSW, Australia. [C]

 

1989

 

Ribbe, J. (1989). Tschernobyl laesst gruessen - Die radioaktive Verseuchung der Ostsee. Waterkant, 6, 24-28. [non ISI] [P]

 

Ribbe, J. (1989). Exchange of Radioactive Tracers via the Air-Sea Boundary. Third Air-Sea Interaction Conference. Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Meeting, 4-7 February, Coffs Harbour NSW, Australia. [C]

 

1988

 

Ribbe, J. (1988). Die Ausbreitung von Radionukliden in the Ostsee nach dem Kernkraft werkunfall von Tschernobyl. Diplomarbeit, University of Hamburg, Germany, 78p. [O]

 

Ribbe, J. (1988). ‘FS Meteor’ Expedition ‘MINDIK 1987’, Fahrtabschnitt 5/3, T-S-Profile. Institute fur Meereskunde der Universitat Hamburg. Technical Report. [O]

 

1987

 

Ribbe, J. (1987). Small-scale Hydrographic Conditions in the Northern Arabian Sea During FS Meteor Cruise No. 5. International Symposium on the Marine Environment of the Arabian Sea, Karachi, Pakistan. [C]

 

 

 

 

Research Projects [Return to top]

 

 

 

 

Research Students [Return to top]

 

Ms Ge Shi, Topic: Climate variability and change of the Indo-Pacific system and their impacts on Australian rainfall. Ph.D. candidate. Principal Supervisor.

Mr Andrew Cottrill, Topic: Past, present and future rainfall trends in Queensland. Ph.D. candidate. Principal Supervisor.

Mr Akhmad Faqih, Topic: Rainfall variability, its driving mechanism and the role of large scale climate events within the Indonesian and northern Australian region. Ph.D. candidate. Principal Supervisor.

Mr Ulf Gräwe, Topic: The circulation of a tropical Australian Bay. Ph.D. candidate. University of Oldenburg, Germany. External Supervisor.

Mr Stewart Philip, Topic: Impact of Walker Cell circulation changes upon Australia’s climate. Ph.D. candidate. Principal Supervisor.

Ms Maureen Ewai, Topic: The future of climate change and its implications on tropical ecosystems and biodiversity with focus on Papua New Guinea. Ph.D. candidate. Principal Supervisor.

Ms Leanne Harrison, Topic: Impact of climate variability upon ichthyoplankton in Hervey Bay. MSc. candidate. Principal Supervisor.

Mr Adam Blazak, Topic: Statistical Downscaling of projected rainfall for South East Queensland Catchments. MSc. candidate. Principal Supervisor.

Mr Mark MacFarlane, Topic: Pacific Assessment Climate Condition Scale (PACCS). MSc. candiate. Principal Supervisor

Ms Alexis Donald, Topic: The application of the real-time multivariate Madden-Julian Oscillation Index to intraseasonal rainfall forecasting in the mid-latitudes. M.Sc. project. Principal Supervisor.

Mr Nathan Toombs, Topic: The influence of the quasi-biennial oscillation upon rainfall in Australia. Honours project. Principal Supervisor.

 

 

 

Curriculum Vitae [Return to top]

 

Academic Qualification

 

1997 Ph.D., Flinders University of South Australia, Australia.

1990 M.Sc., University of Sydney, Australia.

1988 Diplom Ozeanograph, University of Hamburg, Germany.

 

Positions

 

2008-present Associate Professor in Climatology, University of Southern Queensland

2008-present Acting Dean (Research) Faculty of Sciences, University of Southern Queensland

2006-2007 Senior Lecturer in Climatology, University of Southern Queensland

2001-2005 Lecturer in Climatoloy, University of Southern Queensland

1999-2001 Research Scientist, PROFC, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile.

1998-1999 Research Associate, ADFA, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia.

1997-1998  Research Associate, JISAO, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

 

Teaching Responsibility

 

CLI1110 Introductory Climatology

CLI2110 Physics of Climate

CLI2120 Climates of the Past, Present and Future

CLI3110 Advanced Climatology

CLI8240 Global Environmental Systems

 

Administration

 

Honours Program Coordinator (and examiner of honours program courses SCI4401, SCI4402, SCI4403, SCI4405); Climatology Program Coordinator

 

Research Interests

 

Global environmental changes; Ocean and climate dynamics; Australian rainfall variability; physical modeling of ocean and climate processes; interannual and decadal variability;  the circulation and variability of the South Pacific Ocean and water mass formation processes in the Southern Ocean; physical oceanography, ocean modelling, and climate processes. The ocean's role in climate and climate change. Mid-latitude convection and the formation mechanisms of sub-Antarctic Mode and Antarctic intermediate water; modelling pollution dispersion in the upper and deep oceans; radiocarbon dating of oceanic ventilation; sediment transport processes and internal waves.

 

Research, Teaching, and Travel Grants

 

2008 Climate Change Adaptation Skills for Professionals Small Grants Programme, Department of Climate Change

2007-2008 University of Southern Queensland Infrastructure Grant

2006-2006 Burnett Mary Regional Group

2007 University