Project 2.5ii.1 - Regional climate change projections for tropical rainforests
Project Leader: Dr Penny Whetton, CSIRO Marine and
Atmospheric Research
Project 2.5ii.1 will develop new high-resolution OzClim climate models for the North
Queensland region to a spatial resolution of fifteen kilometres
with multiple scenarios so that uncertainty in future climate
change projections can be represented. This Project is
closely linked to Project 2.5i.1, which focuses on the effects of
climate change on marine environments.
Project 2.5ii.1 has three key objectives:
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to utilise the output of global climate models to prepare an
assessment of the range of likely changes in climate means relevant
to tropical rainforests, e.g. minimum and maximum temperature,
humidity, rainfall, seasonality of rainfall, cloud base height,
lapse rate and solar radiation;
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to provide fine resolution detail in projected climate
change for the North Queensland region and enable an assessment to
be made of how local topographical variations impact on the
patterns of projected future climate change; and
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to provide climate change data tailored for use in impact
assessment and for more general MTSRF communications.
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