Hobart

Seminar Abstract

Friday 26 September 2008, 11.30am (Tas time)
CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

Nathan Bindoff
Professor of Physical Oceanography
University of Tasmania/CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

Climate Futures for Tasmania: information for adaptation - providing improved resolution information of Tasmania’s future climates

The Climate Futures for Tasmania Project is a climate change research project that is focusing on Tasmania. In the project, climate projections will be made at a finer scale than has ever been done before and the data generated will better represent Tasmania's geography 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 project has already acquired high resolution topographic information for a significant portion of the Tasmanian coastline to allow an improved understanding of the risks from storm surge flooding and sea level rise. 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.

Seminar Recording

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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:
Bernadette Sloyan, (Oceanographic seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5152
Thomas Kunz, (Biological seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
(03) 6232 5076
Natalie Dowling, (Fisheries Modelling) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
(03) 6232 5148
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

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