Hobart

Seminar Abstract

Friday 9 October 2009, 11.30am (Tas time)
CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

Nathan Bindoff
Climate Futures for Tasmania Project Leader
Professor of Physical Oceanography
University of Tasmania and CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Hobart

Climate Futures for Tasmania: Local climate information for local communities

The Climate Futures for Tasmania Project is a climate change research project that focusing on Tasmania. Climate projections will be generated at a finer scale than has ever been done before and the data created will better represent Tasmania's topography and its effect on the local climate.

Producing fine scale (approximately 10 to 15 km resolution) climate projections for Tasmania under a range of accepted greenhouse emission scenarios will inform a wide range of Tasmanian sectors and communities about the likely impacts of climate change on the conditions in which they live.

The data will be available to local government, emergency services, water authorities, power companies, farmers, graziers, fruit growers, vignerons and researchers. The project will also provide an accessible basis for subsequent climate change research, by archiving fine-scale climate model outputs for the entire state of Tasmania.

The talk will illustrate new results from the A2 and B1 scenarios for the 21st century across an ensemble of 6 IPCC models from the AR4 assessment. These simulations will also be validated against the current climate for a range of variables.

Engagement with stakeholders at all levels throughout the project will ensure that the information is delivered in practical and useful ways across the community. The Climate Futures for Tasmania Project started in late 2007 and will run to the end of 2010.

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Location:
CSIRO = Marine Laboratories Auditorium, Castray Esplanade, Hobart

For further information, or to schedule a seminar, contact:
To schedule a seminar, contact:
Clothilde Langlais, (Oceanographic seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5399
Natalie Kelly, (Biology/Modelling seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research 0438 452 483
Jillian Enraght-Moony, (seminar administrator) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5320
Communications Manager, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC (03) 6226 2265
Margaret Hazelwood, Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (IASOS) University of Tasmania (03) 6226 2971

Last updated 9/10/09