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Academic and Research Staff
Duncan Ackerley |
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Research Fellow |
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Education: |
| BSc PhD (Meteorology) Reading |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 231, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9902 4900 |
| Email: Duncan.Ackerley@monash.edu |
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| Research Topic: |
| Aerosol, climate, clouds, regional climate modelling, global climate modelling, climate change and Australian rainfall. |
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Lorenzo de la Fuente |
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Research Fellow |
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Education: |
| BS (Marine Fisheries) MSc (Meteorology) UP Diliman MSc (Atmospheric Science) Wis.-Madison |
| PhD (Computing and Mathematics) MMU |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 214, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 2269 |
| Email: Lorenzo.Delafuente@monash.edu |
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| Research Topic: |
| Small-scale weather phenomena near the ground as well as discrete CFD methods. |
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Bhupendra Raut |
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Research Fellow |
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Education: |
| MSc PhD (Atmospheric Science) University of Pune, India |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 214, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 2269 |
| Email: Bhupendra.Raut@monash.edu |
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| Research Topic: |
| My major interest is to study precipitating clouds and the rainfall characteristics at all spatio-temporal scales, with special interest in convective clouds. I use remote sensing techniques and numerical modeling tools to get basic understanding of the precipitation processes. Currently working on radar data analysis and downscaling of climate model output at city scales. My previous work was concentrated on study of clouds over Indian monsoon region with IR satellite data. |
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Juliane Schwendike |
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Super Science Fellow |
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Education: |
| Diplom (Meteorology) FU Berlin |
| PhD (Meteorology) Karlsruhe Inst. Tech. |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 213, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 4466 |
| Email: Juliane.Schwendike@monash.edu |
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| Research Topic: |
| Tropical meteorology, tropical cyclones, mesoscale meteorology, subtropical anticyclones. |
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Danijel Belusic |
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Lecturer |
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Education: |
| MSc PhD Zagreb, Croatia |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 208, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 4411 |
| Email: Danijel.Belusic@monash.edu |
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| Research Topic: |
| Multi-scale analysis of atmospheric flows; atmospheric turbulence and waves; mesoscale meteorology; mountain meteorology; air-sea interaction; measurements of the atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric modelling. |
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Hamish Ramsay |
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Lecturer |
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Education: |
| BSc (Meteorology) Melbourne |
| M.S. PhD (Meterology) Oklahoma |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 119, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9902 4213 |
| Email: Hamish.Ramsay@monash.edu |
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| Research Topic: |
| Tropical meteorology; mesoscale meteorology; severe local storms; numerical modelling. |
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Thomas Chubb |
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Ph.D. Student |
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Education: |
| B.Sc. Advanced Mathematics 2004, University of Sydney |
| B.Eng. Aeronautical (Space) Engineering 2006, University of Sydney |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 216, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 4475 |
| Email: Thomas.Chubb@monash.edu |
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| Research Topic: |
| Wintertime clouds and precipitation in the Australian Snowy Mountains |
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| Supervisors: |
| Steve Siems (Monash University), Michael Manton (Monash University) |
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Dietmar Dommenget |
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Senior Lecturer |
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Education: |
| Diploma Physics 1996, University of Hamburg |
| Ph.D. Oceanography 2000, University of Hamburg |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 212, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 4495 |
| Email: Dietmar.Dommenget@monash.edu |
| Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/ddommenget.html |
| Personal Website: http://users.monash.edu.au/~dietmard/ |
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| Research Interests: |
| Understanding of the physical climate system and variability. In particular I study the large scale circulation and climate variability, ranging from seasons to centuries, with the aim of understanding causes of climate variability and change. A central part of my research is the concept of deconstructing the high-dimensional climate system into simplified modes or stochastic models of variability by statistical analysis of observations and a hierarchy of model simulations. |
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| Climate Science;Tropical Meteorology |
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| Recent courses taught: |
| M4541 - Advanced Climate Dynamics |
| M4541 - Statistical Analysis in Climate Research |
| ATM2030 - Clouds, Weather and Forecasting |
| ATM2020 - Climate Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans |
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Laura Davies |
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Research Fellow |
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Education: |
| M.Eng. Electronic Engineering with French 2000, University of Nottingham |
| M.Sc. Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2004, University of Birmingham |
| Ph.D. Meteorology 2008, University of Reading |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 215, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9902 0110 |
| Email: Laura.Davies@monash.edu |
| Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/ldavies.html |
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| Research Interests: |
| I am interested in understanding the physical processes of convection and how the representation of convection in numerical models can be improved. So far my research has focussed on idealised modelling experiments, but I am now coupling theoretical studies with analysis of observational data and the use of large-scale numerical models. |
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| Micrometeorology; Numerical Modelling |
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Neville Nicholls |
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Professor |
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Education: |
| B.Sc. 1970, Monash University |
| M.Sc. Meteorology 1980, Melbourne University |
| Ph.D. 1983, Melbourne University |
| M.B.A. 1985, RMIT |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 220, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9902 0111 |
| Email: Neville.Nicholls@monash.edu |
| Staff page: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/staff/nnicholls.php |
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| Research Interests: |
| Examining climate and weather impacts on agriculture, human health (including drought impacts on suicide, heat and cold impacts on mortality and morbidity, and climate impacts on arbovirus epidemics) and ecosystems, and developing data sets for monitoring climate. |
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| Climate Science |
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Kerry Nice |
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Research Assistant |
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Education: |
| B.A. 1990, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| MES 2011, Monash University |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 232, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Email: Kerry.Nice@monash.edu |
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| Research Interests: |
| Urban micro climate modelling. Effects of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) on urban climates. |
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| Climate Science |
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Salah Jimi |
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Lecturer |
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Education: |
| B.Sc. (Hons.) Applied Physics 1996, Curtin University of Technology |
| Ph. D. Atmospheric Science 2005, Monash University |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 227, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 8284 |
| Email: Salah.Jimi@monash.edu |
| Staff page: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/staff/sjimi.php |
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| Research Interests: |
| Aerosol production in marine environments; Meteorology influencing aerosol production in the marine environments; Boundary layer dynamics; Long-range dust transport using meteorological/climate models; Air quality under changing climate; Climatology and spatial modelling; Urban heat island effects; Carbon accounting. |
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| Climate Science; Micrometeorology; Numerical Modelling |
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| Recent courses taught: |
| ATM2250 - Climate change and variability |
| GES3370 - Applied environmental climatology |
| ATM2211 - Climatology: surface-atmosphere processes and interactions |
| ENV2022 - Environmental analysis 1: sampling and monitoring |
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Nigel Tapper |
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Professor |
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Education: |
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| M.A. 1976 |
| Ph.D. 1981, University of Canterbury, N.Z. |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 222, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 2931 |
| Email: Nigel.Tapper@monash.edu |
| Staff page: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/staff/ntapper.php |
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| Research Interests: |
| Climatology; surface-atmosphere interactions; climate change and variability and impacts (including human health); urban climatology. |
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| Micrometeorology; Climate Science |
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| Recent courses taught: |
| GES3370/ATM3370 - Applied Environmental Climatology |
| ENV4040/ENV5040 - Frontiers in Environment and Sustainability |
| GES2190/ATM2211 - Climatology: Surface-Atmosphere Processes and Interactions |
| GES3260/ENV4260 - Cultural Landscape, Environment and Sustainability in Italy. |
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David Packham |
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Senior Research Fellow |
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Education: |
| Dip. Applied Chemistry 1964, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| M.S. Applied Science 1973, Victorian Institute of Colleges |
| Foundation course in Human Resource Management 1991, Institute of Personnel Management Australia |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 232, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9902 0882 |
| Email: David.Packham@monash.edu |
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| Research Interests: |
| Heat and mass transfer in bushfires, aerial prescribed burning, smoke chemistry and dispersion, nephelometry, air pollution, fire detection in buildings and remote sensing of bushfires. |
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| Climate Science; Micrometeorology |
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Steve Siems |
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Associate Professor |
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Education: |
| B.S. Applied Mathematics 1985, University of Missouri-Rolla |
| M.S. Applied Mathematics 1987, University of Washington |
| Ph.D. Applied Mathematics 1991, University of Washington |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 218, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 3870 |
| Email: Steve.Siems@monash.edu |
| Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/ssiems.html |
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| Research Interests: |
| Microscale meteorology, cloud - climate interaction. Current projects involve both field observations and numerical simulations of cloud processes and aerosols. |
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| Micrometeorology; Climate Science; Numerical Modelling |
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| Recent courses taught: |
| MTH2010 - Multivariable Calculus |
| ATM1030 - The Science of Weather |
| ATM3040 - Dynamical and Physical Meteorology |
| M4451 - Boundary Layer Meteorology |
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Simon Clarke |
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Senior Lecturer; Academic Director of IT |
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Education: |
| B.Sc. University of Adelaide |
| Ph.D. University of Western Australia |
| GCHE, Monash University |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 209, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 4421 |
| Email: Simon.Clarke@monash.edu |
| Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/sclarke.html |
| Personal Website: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~src/ |
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| Research Interests: |
| Evolution of non-linear waves and their application to geophysical flows. Topics of research in this field include; effect of shear of finite-amplitude waves, trapping of non-linear internal waves, internal solitary waves with oscillatory tails, dynamics of finite-amplitude interfacial waves, non-linear critical layers, non-linear wave groups. |
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| Dynamical Meteorology; Numerical Modelling |
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| Recent courses taught: |
| M4411 - Advanced Computational Mathematics A |
| MTH3060 - Advanced ordinary differential equations |
| MTH3360 - Fluid dynamics |
| M4151 - Waves in Fluids |
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Kay Shelton |
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Research Assistant |
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Education: |
| B.Sc. (Hons.) Meteorology 2002, University of Reading |
| M.S. Atmospheric Science 2005, University at Albany/SUNY |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 225, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 4458 |
| Email: Kay.Shelton@monash.edu |
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| Research Interests: |
| My research interests mainly lie in tropical meteorology. I am particularly focussed on topics relating to tropical cyclones. Past reasearch has focussed on the meso- and synoptic scale structure of North Atlantic tropical cyclones using observations. My current research investigates the genesis of tropical cyclones from African easterly waves in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and eastern North Pacific Ocean on a variety of spatial and temporal scales |
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| Tropical Meteorology |
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Christian Jakob |
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Professor |
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Education: |
| "Diplom-Meteorologe" 1992, Humboldt-University Berlin |
| Ph. D. Meteorology 2001, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 231, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 4461 |
| Email: Christian.Jakob@monash.edu |
| Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/cjakob.html |
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| The global energy and water cycle and its representation in weather and climate models. The innovative use of observations in the evaluation of climate models. The role of convection in the tropical circulation and their representation in climate models. The role of clouds in the climate system. |
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| Tropical Meteorology; Micrometeorology; Numerical Modelling |
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| Recent courses taught: |
| ATM2030 - Clouds, Weather and Forecasting |
| ATM4561 - Atmospheric Modelling |
| ATM3040 - Physical Meteorology |
| ATM1020 - The Science of Climate |
| ENG1091 - Mathematics for Engineering |
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Michael Reeder |
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Professor |
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Education: |
| B.Sc. (Hons.) Applied Mathematics 1981, Monash University |
| Ph.D. Applied Mathematics 1985, Monash University |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 219, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 4464 |
| Email: Michael.Reeder@monash.edu |
| Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/mreeder.html |
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| Tropical meteorology, synoptic meteorology, mesoscale meteorology and bushfires. Current projects include: the initiation and large-scale organisation of tropical convection, the role of boundary layers on the dynamics of fronts, the generation of gravity waves by fronts and convection, non-linear waves and the morning glory, tropical cyclone dynamics, the dynamics of pyro-cumulonimbus and pyro-tornadogenesis, and the dynamics of bushfires. |
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| Dynamical Meteorology; Tropical Meteorology; Numerical Modelling |
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| Recent courses taught: |
| M4571 - Advanced Dynamical Meteorology |
| ATM3050 - Dynamical Meteorology |
| ATM2030 - Clouds, Weather and Forecasting |
| ATM1030 - The Science of Weather |
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Gareth Berry |
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Research Fellow |
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| B.Sc. Meteorology 2002, University of Reading |
| M.S. Atmospheric Science 2005, University at Albany/SUNY |
| Ph.D. Atmospheric Science 2009, University at Albany/SUNY |
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| Office: Rm. 213, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 4466 |
| Email: Gareth.Berry@monash.edu |
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| My research interests are focussed on synoptic-dynamic meteorology,primarily in the tropics. I am interested in elucidating the pertinent dynamics that govern atmospheric processes on the synoptic and mesoscales, especially their interactions. My research uses a blend of in-situ and remote sensing observations to compliment results from reanalysis products and numerical models in order to address research questions. I endeavour to work in collaboration with operational personnel to ensure that the findings of my research are targeted toward providing a solution to important operational issues. |
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| Tropical Meteorology; Numerical Modelling; Dynamical Meteorology |
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Michael Page |
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Associate Professor |
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Education: |
| B.Sc. (Hons.) Mathematics, University of Western Australia |
| Ph. D. Mathematics 1981, University College London |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 326, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 4489 |
| Email: Michael.Page@monash.edu |
| Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/mpage.html |
| Personal Website: http://users.monash.edu.au/~map |
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| High-Reynolds-number flows and boundary-layer theory, including flow separation. Geophysical fluid dynamics on an f- and beta-plane, especially at small Ekman numbers. Diffusion-driven stratified flows. Computational fluid dynamics. Immersed interface methods for the solution of partial differential equations in irregular domains. |
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| Micrometeorology; Dynamical Meteorology; Numerical Modelling |
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| Recent courses taught: |
| ENG1090 - Foundation Mathematics |
| MTH3011 - Partial Differential Equations |
| M4422 - Advanced Computational Methods |
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Margaret Loughnan |
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Research Fellow |
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| State Registered Nurse (SRN) 1980, Prince Henry′s Hospital Melbourne |
| B.A. Geography & Sociology 2004, Monash University |
| B.A. Honours 2004, Monash University |
| Ph.D. Health Geography 2008, Monash University |
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| Office: Rm. 205, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 8297 |
| Email: Margaret.Loughnan@monash.edu |
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| My particular area of interest is environmental health with a focus on weather and climate related impacts on public health, and a special interest in social and environmental epidemiology, heat stress, and the spatial determinants of health. |
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| Climate Science |
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Jason Beringer |
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Associate Professor |
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Education: |
| B.Sc. (Hons.) 1992, Monash University |
| Ph.D. Climatology 1999, Monash University |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 229, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 9352 |
| Email: Jason.Beringer@monash.edu |
| Staff page: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/staff/jberinger/index.php |
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| Primary areas of interest include micrometeorology, boundary layer climatology, land/atmosphere interactions, land surface modelling, remote sensing and global change (earth systems science). In particular, I am interested in the detection of changes in the environment and vegetation and its influence on surface energy and trace gas exchanges and ecosystem processes. These include vegetation and ecosystem change, urban change, and land/water interfaces. |
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| Micrometeorology; Numerical Modelling |
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| Recent courses taught: |
| GES2860/ATM2250 - Climate Change and Variability |
| GES3890/GES4890/ATM3261 - Earth System Interactions |
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1) Phone number : +9902 0394
2) Group Tropical Meteorology @ MWAC : please add me to "Tropical Convection" as well.
3) Group Numerical Modelling @ MWAC: Please add me to "Mesoscale Modelling"
4) Group Dynamical Meteorolgy @ MWAC: Please add me to "Waves in the Atmosphere"
Chi Mai Nguyen |
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Research Fellow |
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| B.Sc. (Hons.) Meteorology 1993, Russian State Hydro-Meteorological Institute |
| M.Sc. Meteorology 2001, Monash University |
| PhD, Meteorology 2010, Monash University |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 211, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9902 0394 |
| Email: Chi.Nguyen@monash.edu |
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| Inner core processes affecting intensity change in tropical cyclones. Gravity waves and tropical convection. |
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Numerical Modelling;
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Sarah Harris |
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Research Fellow |
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Education: |
| B.Env.Sci. Geography and Atmospheric Science 2001, Monash University |
| Ph.D. Climatology 2008, Monash University |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 227, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 8284 |
| Email: Sarah.Harris@monash.edu |
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| Research Interests: |
| Research interests include remote sensing, climate dynamics and fire science, particularly fire-climate-vegetation interactions and applications of remote sensing for natural hazards and land cover change. |
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| Climate Science; Micrometeorology |
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Michael Rezny |
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Senior Software Scientist |
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| B.Sc. (Honours) Mathematics 1992, University of Queensland |
| Ph.D 1995, University of Queensland |
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| Contact: |
| Office: Rm. 207, Maths (Bldg. 28) |
| Tel: +61 3 9905 2952 |
| Email: Michael.Rezny@monash.edu |
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| High Performance Computing, Distributed-Memory Parallel Programming (MPI, CAF), Shared-Memory Parallel Programming (OpenMP), Hybrid Parallel Programming, Techniques of Vectorisation, Sequential and Parallel Program Performance Analysis and Optimisation, Mixed-Language Programming, Heterogeneous Programming. Specific programming language interests: C, Fortran, Python, Matlab |
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