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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 |
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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 2008 Ribbe.
J., (2008). Monitoring and Assessing Salinity and Temperature Variations in 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 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 Cottrill, A.,
Ribbe, J., Maron, M. (2008). A Detailed Proxy Rainfall Record from 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, Gräwe, U., Ribbe,
J., Wolff, J.-O. (2008). Stability of an Australian inverse bay. In: PECS
2008: Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, 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). Faqih, A., Ribbe, J., Meinke, H. 2008. Interdecadal Variability of 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 Shi, G., Ribbe, J., Cai, W., and Cowan, T. (2007). Multidecadal
variability in the transmission of ENSO signals to the Ribbe,
J. (2007). Gräwe, U., Ribbe, J., Wolff, J.-O., Staneva, J. (2007), Accessing
exchange and ventilation times scales from 3-D modelling, GV International
Conference 2007, Ribbe,
J. 2007. 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, 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. 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. Cottrill, A. and Ribbe, J. (2007). 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. 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. 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 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 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, Ribbe, J. (2006).. 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, 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 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 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; Ribbe, J. (2004). Linking Southern
Ocean Water Masses and Australian Rainfall Variability. Proceedings
Australian Marine Science Association, 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 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 Donald, A., Ribbe, J., Stone, R., Meinke, H., Harris, G., Power, B., and
Weehler, M. (2003). The Influence of the Madden Julian Oscillation on 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), 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. Ribbe,
J.
(2002). New Professional and undergraduate degrees in climatology at the Ribbe, J. (2002). Book Review 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 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. Ribbe,
J. (2000). Summary Report, Lecture
Notes, and Seminar Abstracts of the Ribbe,
J. (2000). 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, 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 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 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 Ribbe,
J. and M. Tomczak (1996). Subantarctic Mode Water Formation in the 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 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, 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. 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, 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 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 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 Ribbe,
J., R. L. Oliver and 1990 Ribbe,
J. and Tomczak, M. (1990). An
Impact Assessment for the French Nuclear Weapon Test Sites in 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, Ribbe,
J. (1990). Trace Metals in the Aquatic Environment. 2nd
International Conference, 8-14 July, 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, 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
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Research
Projects [Return to top]
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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 Mr Mr Ulf Gräwe, Topic: The circulation of a tropical Mr Stewart Philip, Topic: Impact of Walker Cell circulation changes upon Ms Maureen Ewai, Topic: The
future of climate change and its implications on tropical ecosystems and
biodiversity with focus on Ms Leanne Harrison, Topic: Impact of climate variability
upon ichthyoplankton in 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
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Curriculum
Vitae [Return to top]
1997 Ph.D., Flinders 1990 M.Sc., 1988 Diplom Ozeanograph, Positions 2008-present
Associate Professor in Climatology, 2008-present
Acting Dean (Research) Faculty of Sciences, 2006-2007
Senior Lecturer in Climatology, 2001-2005
Lecturer in Climatoloy, 1999-2001 Research Scientist, PROFC, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile. 1998-1999 Research
Associate, ADFA, 1997-1998 Research Associate, JISAO, 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 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 2006-2006 Burnett Mary Regional Group 2007 | |