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Academic and Research Staff
Duncan Ackerley | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | | B.Sc., Ph.D. (Meteorology) Reading | | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 231, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 4900 | | Email: Duncan.Ackerley@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | Aerosol, climate, clouds, regional climate modelling, global climate modelling, climate change and Australian rainfall. | Return to top | 
Rosemary Andrykanus | | Research Assistant | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Hons), Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University | | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 229, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 4242 | | Email: rose.andrykanus@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | Rose completed Honours in 2010 looking at magnetic termite mounds and their radiation and temperature balances. She is now a Research Assistant for Nigel Tapper and is involved in both the Cities as Water Supply Catchments Program and the OzFlux Program. | Return to top | 
Danijel Belusic | | Lecturer | | | Education: | | M.Sc., Ph.D. Zagreb, Croatia | | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 208, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 4411 | | Email: Danijel.Belusic@monash.edu | | | | | | | | 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. | | | | Personal page | Return to top | 
Jason Beringer | | Associate Professor | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Hons.) 1992, Monash University | | Ph.D. Climatology 1999, Monash University | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 210, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 9352 | | Email: Jason.Beringer@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Micrometeorology; Numerical Modelling | | | Staff page: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/staff/jberinger/index.php Recent courses taught: GES2860/ATM2250 - Climate Change and Variability GES3890/GES4890/ATM3261 - Earth System Interactions | Return to top | 
Gareth Berry | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | 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 | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 213, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 4466 | | Email: Gareth.Berry@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Tropical Meteorology; Numerical Modelling; Dynamical Meteorology | Return to top | 

Thomas Chubb | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | B.Sc. Advanced Mathematics 2004, University of Sydney B.Eng. Aeronautical (Space) Engineering 2006, University of Sydney | | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 113, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 4212 | | Email: Thomas.Chubb@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | Wintertime clouds and precipitation in the Australian Snowy Mountains | | Supervisors: | Steve Siems (Monash University) Michael Manton (Monash University) | Return to top | 
Simon Clarke | | Senior Lecturer; Academic Director of IT | | | Education: | B.Sc. University of Adelaide Ph.D. University of Western Australia | | GCHE, Monash University | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 209, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 4421 | | Email: Simon.Clarke@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Dynamical Meteorology; Numerical Modelling | | | Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/sclarke.html Personal Website: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~src/
Recent courses taught: M4411 - Advanced Computational Mathematics A MTH3060 - Advanced ordinary differential equations MTH3360 - Fluid dynamics M4151 - Waves in Fluids | Return to top | 

Laura Davies | | Research Fellow | | | 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 | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 215, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 0110 | | Email: Laura.Davies@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Micrometeorology; Numerical Modelling | | | | Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/ldavies.html | Return to top | 
Lorenzo de la Fuente | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Marine Fisheries) M.Sc. (Meteorology) UP Diliman M.Sc. (Atmospheric Science) Wis.-Madison | | Ph.D. (Computing and Mathematics) MMU | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 214, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 2269 | | Email: Lorenzo.Delafuente@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | Small-scale weather phenomena near the ground as well as discrete CFD methods. | Return to top | 
Dietmar Dommenget | | Senior Lecturer | | | Education: | | Diploma Physics 1996, University of Hamburg | | Ph.D. Oceanography 2000, University of Hamburg | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 212, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 4495 | | Email: Dietmar.Dommenget@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Climate Science Tropical Meteorology | | | Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/ddommenget.html Personal Website: http://users.monash.edu.au/~dietmard/
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 | Return to top | 
Claudia Frauen | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | | Diploma Mathematics 2007, Aachen University of Applied Sciences | | Ph.D. Meteorology 2010, Kiel University | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 117, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 4211 | | Email: claudia.frauen@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | I am interested in modes of climate variability on interannual to multi-decadal time scales. I developed a new hybrid coupled model to study the mechanisms and interactions of ENSO and am now working on developing a hierarchy of coupled atmosphere-ocean models to perform very long climate simulations to analyze multi-decadal climate variability. Climate Science; Tropical Meteorology; Numerical Modelling; | | | | Staff page | Return to top | 
Ailie Gallant | | Lecturer | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Hons) Atmospheric Science, Monash University, 2004 | | Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, Monash University, 2009 | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Room W822, Menzies (Building 11) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 3216 | | Email: Ailie.Gallant@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | My research focuses on climate variability and change in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere. Current topics include: - The processes causing variations and trends in Australian climate extremes
- Palaeoclimate reconstructions during the late Holocene and the development of objective and process-based reconstruction techniques
- Decadal-scale climate variability, including the non-stationarity of teleconnection patterns and tropical-extratropical interactions
| | | Current teaching:- ATS2776 - Climatology: Land, ecosystems and the atmosphere
- ATS2779 - Climate Change and Variability
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Richard Harris | | Research Assistant | | | Education: | | BSc (Hons) Geography, University of Glasgow with year at University of California, Santa Barbara | | M.Sc. Remote Sensing, University College London | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 229, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 4242 | | Email: richard.harris@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research project | Return to top | 
Sarah Harris | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | | B.Env.Sci. Geography and Atmospheric Science 2001, Monash University | | Ph.D. Climatology 2008, Monash University | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 227, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 8284 | | Email: Sarah.Harris@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Climate Science; Micrometeorology | Return to top | 

Christian Jakob | | Professor | | | Education: | | Diplom-Meteorologe 1992, Humboldt-University Berlin | | Ph.D. Meteorology 2001, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 206, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 4461 | | Email: Christian.Jakob@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Tropical Meteorology; Micrometeorology; Numerical Modelling | | | Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/cjakob.html
Recent courses taught: ATM2030 - Clouds, Weather and Forecasting ATM4561 - Atmospheric Modelling ATM3040 - Physical Meteorology ATM1020 - The Science of Climate ENG1091 - Mathematics for Engineering | Return to top | 
Salah Jimi | | Lecturer | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Hons.) Applied Physics 1996, Curtin University of Technology | | Ph. D. Atmospheric Science 2005, Monash University | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. S202, Bldg. 11 (Menzies) | | Tel: +61 3 990 52918 | | Email: Salah.Jimi@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Climate Science; Micrometeorology; Numerical Modelling | | | Staff page: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/staff/sjimi.php
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 | Return to top | 

Vickal Kumar | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | | BEd, PgDip (Physics), MSc. (Electrical communication), University of the South Pacific | | Ph.D. Space Science, La Trobe University, 2010 | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: | | Tel: +61 3 96694698 | | Email: v.kumar@bom.gov.au | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | Understanding of the tropical congestus and deep convective cloud processes. The central focus my research is to develop a robust technique to determine upward mass flux from the radar observations of clouds. | Return to top | 
Margaret Loughnan | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | 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 | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 205, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 8297 | | Email: Margaret.Loughnan@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Climate Science | Return to top | 

Ian McHugh | | Resarch Assistant | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Hons.) Geography 2006, Monash University | | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 225, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 4458 | | Email: Ian.McHugh@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | Quantifying and investigating environmental controls of carbon exchanges in alpine grasslands. | Return to top | 
Chi Mai Nguyen | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Hons.) Meteorology 1993, Russian State Hydro-Meteorological Institute | | M.Sc. Meteorology 2001, Monash University PhD, Meteorology 2010, Monash University | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 211, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 0394 | | Email: Chi.Nguyen@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | Inner core processes affecting intensity change in tropical cyclones. Gravity waves and tropical convection. Tropical Meteorology; Numerical Modelling; Dynamical Meteorology | Return to top | 
Neville Nicholls | | Professor | | | Education: | B.Sc. 1970, Monash University M.Sc. Meteorology 1980, Melbourne University | Ph.D. 1983, Melbourne University M.B.A. 1985, RMIT | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 220, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 0111 | | Email: Neville.Nicholls@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Climate Science | | | | Staff page: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/staff/nnicholls.php | Return to top | 
Laura O'Brien | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | | PhD, University College Dublin | | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Room 118 (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 990 50173 | | Email: laura.obrien@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | Laura O'Brien has just joined MWACS as a postdoctoral fellow in the CoE. She recently completed her PhD at University College Dublin with Prof. Frédéric Dias, the title of her thesis being Mathematical Modelling of Tsunamis due to Landslides. In the CoE, Laura will work with Michael Reeder on the effect of Rossby waves on low-frequency variability, extratropical cyclones and extremes. | Return to top | 
David Packham | | Senior Research Fellow | | | 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 | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 231, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: | | Email: David.Packham@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Climate Science; Micrometeorology | Return to top | 
Michael Page | | Associate Professor | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Hons.) Mathematics, University of Western Australia | | Ph. D. Mathematics 1981, University College London | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 326, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 4489 | | Email: Michael.Page@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Micrometeorology; Dynamical Meteorology; Numerical Modelling | | | Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/mpage.html Personal Website: http://users.monash.edu.au/~map
Recent courses taught: ENG1090 - Foundation Mathematics MTH3011 - Partial Differential Equations M4422 - Advanced Computational Methods | Return to top | 
Karsten Peters | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | | Diploma (Meteorology) 2008, University of Hamburg | | Ph.D. Meteorology 2011, University of Hamburg and Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 116, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 0219, FAX: +61 3 9905 4403 | | Email: Karsten.Peters@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | I am interested in the role of clouds in the climate system and their representation in conceptual as well as numerical models. In the past, my work has (and will, to a smaller degree) intensively focused on the radiative effects of aerosols on the climate system. I prefer to tackle my projects using both observation- and modelling based approaches. Climate Science; Tropical Meteorology; Numerical Modelling; | | | Staff page Personal page | Return to top | 
Hamish Ramsay | | Lecturer | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Meteorology) Melbourne | | M.Sc., Ph.D. (Meterology) Oklahoma | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 119, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 4213 | | Email: Hamish.Ramsay@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | Tropical meteorology; mesoscale meteorology; severe local storms; numerical modelling. | Return to top | 
Bhupendra Raut | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | | M.Sc., Ph.D. (Atmospheric Science) University of Pune, India | | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 214, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 2269 | | Email: Bhupendra.Raut@monash.edu | | | | | | | | 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. | Return to top | 
Michael Reeder | | Professor | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Hons.) Applied Mathematics 1981, Monash University | | Ph.D. Applied Mathematics 1985, Monash University | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 219, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 4464 | | Email: Michael.Reeder@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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. Dynamical Meteorology; Tropical Meteorology; Numerical Modelling | | | Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/mreeder.html
Recent courses taught: M4571 - Advanced Dynamical Meteorology ATM3050 - Dynamical Meteorology ATM2030 - Clouds, Weather and Forecasting ATM1030 - The Science of Weather | Return to top | 
Michael Rezny | | Senior Software Scientist | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Honours) Mathematics 1992, University of Queensland | | Ph.D 1995, University of Queensland | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 207, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 2952 | | Email: Michael.Rezny@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | 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 Numerical Modelling | Return to top | 
Juliane Schwendike | | Super Science Fellow | | | Education: | | Diplom (Meteorology) FU Berlin | | Ph.D. (Meteorology) Karlsruhe Inst. Tech. | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 213, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 4466 | | Email: Juliane.Schwendike@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | Tropical meteorology, tropical cyclones, mesoscale meteorology, subtropical anticyclones. | Return to top | 
Steve Siems | | Associate Professor | | | 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 | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 218, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 3870 | | Email: Steve.Siems@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | Microscale meteorology, cloud - climate interaction. Current projects involve both field observations and numerical simulations of cloud processes and aerosols. Micrometeorology; Climate Science; Numerical Modelling | | | Staff page: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/staff/ssiems.html Recent courses taught: MTH2010 - Multivariable Calculus ATM1030 - The Science of Weather ATM3040 - Dynamical and Physical Meteorology M4451 - Boundary Layer Meteorology | Return to top | 
Nigel Tapper | | Professor | | | Education: | B.A. M.A. 1976 | | Ph.D. 1981, University of Canterbury, N.Z. | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 222, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9905 2931 | | Email: Nigel.Tapper@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | Climatology; surface-atmosphere interactions; climate change and variability and impacts (including human health); urban climatology. Micrometeorology; Climate Science | | | Staff page: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/staff/ntapper.php
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. | Return to top | 
Emma White | | Research Assistant | | | Education: | | B.Sc. (Hons), Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University | | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Rm. 229, Maths (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 4242 | | Email: emma.white@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | Emma completed her Bachelor of Science at Monash University in 2010. She is now undertaking an Honours project in the study of urban vegetation and its effects on microclimate. Emma has a Research Assistant role in the Cities as Water Supply Catchments Program. | Return to top | 
Yanshan Yu | | Research Fellow | | | Education: | | B.Sc. Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China 2004 | | Ph.D. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, China 2010 | | | | | | Contact: | | Office: Room 215 (Bldg. 28) | | Tel: +61 3 9902 0110 | | Email: yanshan.yu@monash.edu | | | | | | | | Research Topic: | | I am interested in ENSO dynamics, predictability, and its behaviour in future climate projections, especially focusing on the nonlinear processes controlling ENSO behaviour. | Return to top | 
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