University of New South Wales - CCRC


	Michael Bates PhD Student Michael in interested in global scale numerical modelling of the worlds oceans. Contact Information
	Deborah Cox PhD Student Deborah is researching Island and Headland Wakes. Flows around islands and headlands in the coastal ocean frequently involve flow separation and the formation of wakes. The form of the wake depends broadly on the Reynolds Number of the flow and the resulting downstream circulations may be highly three dimensional. Wakes in the coastal ocean may influence the transport of pollutants, sediments, nutrients and fish larvae, and the distribution of other biological species. Deborah is currently investigating the three dimensional structure of island and headland wakes and the role of ambient turbulence and other factors on the wake dynamics. Her project involves both field work and numerical modeling using ROMS (Regional Ocean Modeling System).
	Faye Cruz PhD Student Faye is currently studying the influence of vegetation response to increased atmospheric CO2 levels on the drought intensity in Australia. She is also interested in the impact of land cover change on climate.
	Maxwell S. Gonzalez PhD Student Maxwell is interested in stability of the Southern Ocean thermohaline circulation. The Oceans, in particular the Southern Ocean, play an important role on much of the Earths climate system. Over the last 100 years, climate has experienced a dramatic change, partly due to human activity. The aim of my PhD Thesis is to assess the variability and predictability of the Southern Ocean-Atmospheric-ice system over the last 100 years and into the next 100 years, with a main focus (but not exclusive) to the ways in which the ocean may respond to the changing climate and its effect on the Australian/Southern Hemispheres climate.
	Khalia Hill PhD Student Kahlia is researching interannual - decadal extremes in Australian rainfall.
	Mehera Kidston PhD Student Mehera is working on global biogeochemical modelling with the aim of describing biological processes governing nutrient and carbon cycling in the ocean. She is currently looking at the use of age tracers to quantify the biological response to ocean transport processes.
	Greg Miles PhD Student Greg is interested in Boundary Layer meterology, particularly in the Sydney Basin area. His project aims to assimilate data gathered from an airborne LIDAR system, in order to improve forecast data from a numerical weather prediction model.
	Sarah Perkins PhD Student Sarah focuses on the projected change in climate over Australia during the 21st century. Her work will involve seasonal analysis as well as annual. Sarah is also hoping to explore the impact of the projected changes in the extremes on human health.
	Jessica Trevena PhD Student Jessica is currently modelling southern hemisphere rapid climate change and thermohaline circulation, including: Antarctic Bottom Water - response to and effect on southern hemisphere climate changes. Paleoclimate - relating the southern hemisphere proxy record to current and possible future climate states. Atmosphere/ Ocean/ Biological feedbacks - rapid climate change mechanisms.
	Jan Zika PhD Student Jan is investigating development of inverse methods with particular emphasis on determining magnitudes of vertical and lateral diffusivities through box model techniques: Currently looking at mixing in the Mediterranean Outflow and exploiting the regions unique geometry. Looking to apply the same techniques to a region in the South East Pacific and the formation of Antarctic Intermediate Water. Contact information