Postgraduate - Climatology - Research - GES
Climate Group
Honours and Postgraduate studies in Climatology / Meteorology
Honours and Postgraduate studies in Climatology / Meteorology can be undertaken within the School of Geography and Environmental Science. Honours can be taken as Atmospheric Science Honours (ATM4000) or as Geography/Climatolgy Honours (GES4000). The Honours program is designed to broaden skills and knowledge already gained during undergraduate studies but moreover to give an opportunity to conduct independent research. The program is generally undertaken over two semester and includes a seminar series, course work and research thesis. A distinction average is required for entry. The Honours degree will aid in competing for job opportunities or lead to further postgraduate studies such as a PhD or Masters degree.
For more information see the Schools Honours page. Honours projects can be developed in conjunction with Nigel Tapper and/or Jason Beringer.
Postgraduate degrees provide students with specialisation in their field, expertise in the methodologies employed and a comprehensive knowledge of their discipline. Graduates establish and develop transferable skills valued by a broad range of employers. Specific projects will add additional skills depending on the methods chosen and any related short-term employment taken up during the course of the degree.
For more information see the Schools Postgraduate page.
Selected student profiles
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Paula Arcari - Masters - climate and health
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Alison Curl - PhD - Climate and viticulture
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Chris Wendt - PhD - Vegetation, fire, climate interactions
Some current and recent honours and postgraduate students and projects
Current PhD and Masters
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| Ian McHugh | Interactions between fire regime and carbon and water dynamics in alpine ecosystems: Impacts and implications of a changing | Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper, Mark Adams (UNSW) |
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| Kenichi Korioka | Investigation of coupled carbon and water cycle of Mountain Ash forests over hourly to centennial time scales | Jason Beringer, Lindsay Hutley (CDU) |
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| Lisa Alexander | Changes in observed climate extremes in southern Australia: Societal and ecological impacts and links to changes in large scale circulation patterns | Amanda Lynch, Nigel Tapper, Neville Nicholls | |
| Sarah Burns | Environmental and human factors influencing fire activity under inter-annual climate variability in northern Australia | Nigel Tapper, David Packham, Ben Orlove (UC Davis) | |
| Kasturi Kanniah | The interaction between solar radiation and aerosols and its role in Savanna productivity: an integrated approach | Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper, Xuan Zhu |
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| Tadhg O'loinsingh | Detection, Monitoring
and Analysis of Dust Storms and their Sources in the Australian Outback. A Climatology and Geomorphology approach |
Nigel Tapper, David Dunkerley |
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| Lee Tryhorn | An integrated assessment of climate vulnerabilities and adaptations in Alpine Shire, Victoria | Amanda Lynch, Jason Beringer, Roger Jones (CSIRO) | |
| Badr Alharbi | Dust Entrainment, Transport and Deposition in Saudi Arabia | Nigel Tapper, Jason Beringer | |
| Fabrizio DAprile | Contribution to response of Silver Fir (Abies alba Mill) to climate change in Middle Italy | Nigel Tapper, Patrick Baker | |
| Musa Kilinc | Carbon, water and energy cycles of different aged forest stands and investigate how they change over successional time scales | Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper, Lindsay Hutley (CDU) |
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| Margaret Loughnan | Does the Australian climate pose a threat to Australians with heart disease? Climate and acute myocardial infarction in Melbourne Australia: a retrospective study 1993 2003 | Nigel Tapper |
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| Alison (Curl) Oke | Environmental factors driving within-vineyard variability in grape yield and quality | Nigel Tapper, Snow Barlow (Melbourne Uni.) |
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| Chris Wendt | Impact of savanna fires on heat, moisture and carbon dioxide fluxes to the atmosphere and feedbacks to local and regional climate | Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper, Lindsay Hutley (CDU) |
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| Probowo | Onset And Retreat Of The Monsoon Over Indonesia | Nigel Tapper, John McBride | |
| Willow Hallgren | Modelling Atmosphere/Biosphere interactions and feedbacks in the Arctic (Climatology /Ecology) | Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper |
Current Honours Projects
| Chris Gerbing | Classification of Synoptic scale circulations in the Australian region and its influence on urban heats island's in Melbourne | Jason Beringer, Amanda Lynch |  |
| Jill Gallucci | Amanda Lynch | ||
| Stephen Wood | Change in Leaf Area index (LAI) and Tree Characteristics of Different Age Mountain Ash Stands to Determine Effects on Water Yield | Jason Beringer | |
| Winnie So | Nigel Tapper, Sharon Pfuller | ||
| Nadine D'Argent | Jason Beringer |
Recent PhD and Masters Projects
| Andrew Coutts |
Completed 2006 - The influence of housing density and urban design on the surface energy balance and local climates of Melbourne, Australia and the impact of Melbourne 2030's vision. (now at DSE) | Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper |
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| Paula Arcari | Completed 2005 - The Importance of Climate for Dengue/DHF in Indonesia (now at ICLEI) | Nigel Tapper, Sharon Pfueller | |
| Alan Wain | Completed 2001 - Air Parcel Transport over the Maritime Continent as Determined from Trajectory Climatologies 94-99. (now at BOM) | Nigel Tapper, John McBride (BMRC) | |
| Dewi Kinero | Completed 2000 - Indonesian Seasonal Rainfall Variability, links to El Nino Southern Oscillation and Agricultural Impacts | Nigel Tapper, John McBride (BMRC) |
Recent Honours Projects
| Chris Ellis | The Effect of Climate Change on the Carbon and Water budgets of Northern Australian Tropical Savannas | Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper |
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| Danni Martin | Analysis of Below-Ground Respiration and Carbon Cycling in a Mountain Ash Forest (now at RMIT/BOM) | Jason Beringer, Lindasy Hutley (CDU) |
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| Matt Brown | An analysis of the role of Ecosystem Respiration in a Northern Australian Tropical Savanna and the influence of precipitation | Jason Beringer |
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| Musa Kilinc | Thunderstruck: The Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Lightning Strikes in the Northern Territory | Jason Beringer |
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| Chloe Tame | Contribution of stem and soil respiration to ecosystem carbon fluxes of savannas | Jason Beringer |
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| Cheryl Hickman | The spatial variation of the Urban Heat Island in Melbourne, Australia | Jason Beringer |
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| Chris Wendt | Investigation of Evapotranspiration from an Arctic Boreal White Spruce Forest | Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper |
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| Andrew Kerley | The Effect of Fire on the Radiation Budget of Northern Australian Tropical Savannas | Jason Beringer |
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| Andrew Coutts | The Effect of Fire on the Surface Energy Balance on the Wet-Dry Tropical Savannas of Northern Australia. | Jason Beringer |
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| Alison (Curl) Oke | Willy willies in the Australian landscape: Environmental controls and dust transport characteristics | Nigel Tapper, David Dunkerley |
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| Ian McHugh | The Influence of the Boreal Forest/Tundra Boundary on the Position of the Arctic Frontal Zone | Nigel Tapper, Jason Beringer |
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