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 (GESHONS). 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 School's 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 School's Postgraduate page.
Some current and recent and Postgraduate students and projects
Current PhD Projects
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| Analysis of carbon, water and energy exchanges in alpine grassland ecosystems using micrometeorological techniques. The aim is to identify key moderators of ecosystem productivity and to assess potential future changes in these ecosystems in response to climate. | Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper, Mark Adams (UNSW ) |
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| Kenichi Kurioka | The effect of climate change and atmospheric CO2 concentration increase on the carbon cycle of Australian temperate (Eucalyptus regnans) forests | Jason Beringer, Lindsay Hutley (CDU) |
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| 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 |
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| Environmental and human controls on fire activity in the northern Australian savannas | Nigel Tapper, David Packham, Ben Orlove (UC Davis) |
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| 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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| Remote sensing of evapotranspiration (ET) using MODIS and integration of ET results into catchment scale hydrological models | Jason Beringer, Peter Isaac, Marc Leblanc (JCU) |
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| 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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| Climate change and implications for adaptation strategies in the tourism industry | Amanda Lynch, Neville Nicolls, Dale Dominey-Howes (UNSW, Sydney) |
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Dust Entrainment, Transport and Deposition in Saudi Arabia |
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| Contribution to response of Silver Fir (Abies alba Mill) to climate change in Middle Italy | Nigel Tapper, Patrick Baker |
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| 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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| 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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| Ecosystem - Atmosphere interactions in Australian tropical savannas | Jason Beringer,Nigel Tapper, Lindsay Hutley (CDU), Peter Isaac |
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| Environmental factors driving within-vineyard variability in grape yield and quality | Nigel Tapper, Snow Barlow (Melbourne Uni.) |
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| Willow Hallgren | Modelling Atmosphere/Biosphere interactions and feedbacks in the Arctic (Climatology /Ecology) | Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper |
Current Honours Projects
| Winnie So | Nigel Tapper, Sharon Pfueller | ||
| 'It's getting hot out here': The impact of climate chnage on human thermal comfort and heat related mortality in the Melbourne region | Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper |
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| Jill Gallucci | Amanda Lynch |
Recent PhD and Masters Projects
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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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| 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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| Paula Arcari | Completed 2005 - The Importance of Climate for Dengue/DHF in Indonesia. (Now at ICLEI) | Nigel Tapper, Sharon Pfueller | |
| Lee Tryhorn | An integrated assessment of climate vulnerabilities and adaptations in Alpine Shire, Victoria | Amanda Lynch, Jason Beringer, Roger Jones (CSIRO ) | |
| Alan Wain | Air Parcel Transport over the Maritime Continent as Determined from Trajectory Climatologies 94-99. (now at BOM) | Nigel Tapper, John McBride (BMRC) | |
| Mulyono Prabowo | Onset And Retreat Of The Monsoon Over Indonesia | Nigel Tapper, John McBride | |
| 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
| Josh Martin | An environmental and economic GIS scenario-based analysis of ecosystem services performed by urban trees in Ringwood and Greenborough, Melbourne, Australia | Jason Beringer, Shobhit Chandra |  |
| Chris Gerbing | Classification of Synoptic scale circulations in the Australian region and its influence on urban heat island's in Melbourne | Jason Beringer, Amanda Lynch |  |
| Above ground growth and Net Primary Productivity trends across an age sequence of Mountain Ash stands | Jason Beringer | ||
| 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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| 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 | |
| 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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