The ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather

Imagine predicting the wind flow around you with precision – perhaps to find a refreshing breeze on a hot day or a sheltered spot when it’s chilly. Until now, such predictions would require solving complex physical models on supercomputers – far too demanding for personal devices like smart phones and laptops to handle. Research undertaken at UNSW, led by Jiachen Lu and Negin Nazarian, have changed that. The team, based at the?ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes?and 21st Century Weather, have developed a model that anyone can run – accessible, lightweight, and requiring no advanced expertise. For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/gY7WKSiS

Our review on what causes Australian droughts has just been published. This ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes and The ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather team project was skillfully led by Dr Chiara Holgate. It is a testament to the research advances and early career researcher development that make Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence such an impactful part of our research landscape. https://lnkd.in/gK6dGVrE

Impact attribution can help us to look beyond local extreme events to their global consequences when fairly calculating Loss & Damage. Led by Camille Mora, this interdisciplinary study featured our Chief Investigators Lisa Alexander, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick and Andrew King. Collaborators included Arunima Malik, Rupert Stuart-Smith and Thomas Schinko.

Job opportunity: We are recruiting a Research Fellow based at Monash University. Working with Ailie Gallant, the successful candidate will conduct collaborative research on weather resources critical for renewable energy and agriculture, such as wind, solar radiation, and precipitation. This position offers an opportunity to work with the Bureau of Meteorology, applying advanced analysis and programming skills to operational weather data for forecasting at various time scales. For more information and to apply, follow the link below. Applications close on Thursday 24 April.

Job opportunity: We are recruiting a Research Fellow based at The Australian National University in Canberra. The successful candidate will undertake research to investigate small scale atmospheric and oceanic processes and their role in setting the mean state. They will run coupled experiments with the ACCESS climate model at varying resolutions to address this question. To excel in this role you will have a strong track record of independent research in the field of climate science and the ability to articulate and prosecute innovate research. For more information and to apply, follow the link below. Applications close on Sunday 20 April.

You are invited to join this exciting webinar showcasing the sea-ice Jupyter notebook from the ACCESS-Visualisation Recipes, developed by Owen Kaluza from the Model Evaluation and Diagnostics team (MED). ???Date: 21 March 2025 11 am - 12 pm (AEDT) ??Register: https://bit.ly/41VgYFV ??More details about this webinar: https://bit.ly/41FWW0H This webinar is a fantastic opportunity to explore historical Antarctic climate data, enhance your visualisation skills, and connect with the ACCESS community. We look forward to seeing you there!

The value of communication in science was highlighted by Climate Scientist Dr Kimberley Reid at ‘The solutions of the future’ forum held at Parliament House. The complete video of the forum is available at https://lnkd.in/gyeiMHRH. Presented by Parliament of Victoria together with The Royal Society of Victoria, with the support of Inspiring Victoria and the Department of Education. #science #STEMM #womeninscience #womeninstemm #womenandgirlsinscience #victoria

Chief Investigator Negin Nazarian of UNSW recently returned from a voyage to Antarctica with Homeward Bound Projects. Read about how the adventure will inspire her continued advocacy and leadership in a blog post on our website: https://lnkd.in/gsfWg4BP

?? How can we advance extreme event attribution? The study of extreme event attribution, which links extreme weather events to climate change, has grown rapidly in the last 20 years. New methods and better models have been developed, making it easier to show how climate change affects real-world weather events. However, according to the latest World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and Frontiers research, important challenges still need to be solved to ensure it stays accurate and useful. ?? This article highlights six key areas for improvement: ??data collection ??defining extreme events ??statistical methods ??physical models ??linking impacts to climate change ??and communicating findings effectively. ?? Full paper: https://lnkd.in/eKnbj22p

Tomorrow, I'll be talking to Victorian high school girls at Parliament about the future opportunities, future challenges and future solutions in STEMM ?????????????? I'll be joined by two remarkable women in STEMM, Ruwini Cooray and Dr Morley Muse, and the discussion will be hosted by award winning science journalist Natasha Mitchell. Anyone can join the livestream tomorrow at 12pm AEDT (see below post for link). The ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather University of Melbourne