Prof Jason Beringer - Researcher Profile

Biography

Associate Professor Jason Beringer's research is on the multidisciplinary interactions between the land, ecosystems and the atmosphere. The initiatives that he has lead focus on synthesising and integrating a broad range of research that addresses issues of national significance, particularly climate change. His career has included postdoctoral work at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, where he examined the impact of Arctic climate change on ecosystem structure and function and the effect of ecosystem changes on regional climate change and variability. Jason has also collaborated on research in land surface and climate modelling at both Colorado State University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA). He has been awarded numerous ARC grants for projects that inform national and international strategies for managing climate change.

Jason has also published widely and presented his work at conferences both in Australia and internationally. In addition, Jason teaches undergraduate units and is keen to engage undergraduate students in the research process. Jason's work has taken him from Australia's Top End to the Arctic Circle.

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Research & Supervision Interests

 

 

 

 

Keywords

CBD development, Climate and meteorology, Earth Systems Science, biogeochemical cycles, boundary layer climatology, carbon cycle and Greenhouse gases, environmental sustainability, land - ecosystem - atmosphere interactions, land surface and ecosystem modelling, micrometeorology, remote sensing and global change

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE (HONOURS)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2008

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2005

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Books

Wong, T., Ross, A., Beringer, J., Deletic, A., Fletcher, T., Gangadharan, L., Gernjak, W., Jakob, C., O'Loan, T., Reeder, M., Tapper, N., walsh, c., 2012, Stormwater Management in a Water Sensitive City: Blueprint 2012, The Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Australia.

Wong, T., Ross, A., Beringer, J., Brown, R., Chaudhri, V., Deletic, A., Fletcher, T., Gernjak, W., Hodyl, L., Jakob, C., Reeder, M., Tapper, N., Walsh, C., 2011, Stormwater Management in a Water Sensitive City: Blueprint 2011, The Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University, Australia.

Book Chapters

Williams, R., Bradstock, R., Barrett, D., Beringer, J., Boer, M., Cary, G., Gill, A., Hutley, L., Keith, H., Maier, S., Meyer, C., Price, O., Roxburgh, S., Russel-Smith, J., 2012, Fire regimes and carbon in Australian vegetation, in Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World, eds Ross A. Bradstock, A. Malcolm Gill & Richard J. Williams, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, VIC, Australia, pp. 273-291.

Hutley, L., Beringer, J., 2011, Disturbance and climatic drivers of carbon dynamics of a north Australian tropical savanna, in Ecosystem Function in Savannas: Measurement and Modeling at Landscape to Global Scales, eds Michael J. Hill and Niall P. Hanan, CRC Press, Boca Raton Florida US, pp. 57-75.

Journal Articles

Coutts, A.M., Tapper, N.J., Beringer, J., Loughnan, M.E., Demuzere, M., 2013, Watering our cities: the capacity for water sensitive urban design to support urban cooling and improve human thermal comfort in the Australian context, Progress in Physical Geography [P], vol 37, issue 1, Sage Publications Ltd., United Kingdom, pp. 2-28.

Kilinc, M., Beringer, J., Hutley, L.B., Haverd, V., Tapper, N.J., 2012, An analysis of the surface energy budget above the world's tallest angiosperm forest, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [P], vol 166-167, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 23-31.

Kanniah, K., Beringer, J., North, P., Hutley, L., 2012, Control of atmospheric particles on diffuse radiation and terrestrial plant productivity: A review, Progress in Physical Geography [P], vol 36, issue 2, Sage Publications Ltd., United Kingdom, pp. 209-237.

Hoogmoed, M., Cunningham, S.C., Thomson, J.R., Baker, P.J., Beringer, J., Cavagnaro, T., 2012, Does afforestation of pastures increase sequestration of soil carbon in Mediterranean climates?, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment [P], vol 159, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 176-183.

Grover, S., Livesley, S., Hutley, L., Jamali, H., Fest, B., Beringer, J., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Arndt, S., 2012, Land use change and the impact on greenhouse gas exchange in north Australian savanna soils, Biogeosciences [P], vol 9, Copernicus GmbH, Germany, pp. 423-437.

Niu, S., Luo, Y., Fei, S., Yuan, W., Schimel, D., Law, B., Ammann, C., Arain, M., Arneth, A., Aubinet, M., Barr, A., Beringer, J., Bernhofer, C., Black, A., Buchmann, N., Cescatti, A., Chen, J., Davis, K., Dellwik, E., Desai, A., Etzold, S., Francois, L., Gianelle, D., Gielen, B., Goldstein, A., Groenendijk, M., Gu, L., Hanan, N., Helfter, C., Hirano, T., Hollinger, D., Jones, M., Kiely, G., Kolb, T., Kutsch, W., Lafleur, P., Lawrence, D., Li, L., Lindroth, A., Litvak, M., Loustau, D., Lund, M., Marek, M., Martin, T., Matteucci, G., Migliavacca, M., Montagnani, L., Moors, E., Munger, W., Noormets, A., Oechel, W., Olejnik, J., Paw U, K., Pilegaard, K., Rambal, S., Raschi, A., Scott, R., Seufert, G., Spano, D., Stoy, P., Sutton, M., Varlagin, A., Vesala, T., Weng, E., Wohlfahrt, G., Yang, B., Zhang, Z., Zhou, X., 2012, Thermal optimatlity of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and underlying mechanisms, New Phytologist [P], vol 194, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., United Kingdom, pp. 775-783.

Beringer, J., Van Niel, T., McVicar, T., Roderick, M., van Dijk, A.I.J., Hutley, L., van Gorsel, E., 2012, Upscaling latent heat flux for thermal remote sensing studies: Comparison of alternative approaches and correction of bias, Journal of Hydrology [P], vol 468-469, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 35-46.

Hutley, L., Beringer, J., Isaac, P., Hacker, J., Cernusak, L., 2011, A sub-continental scale living laboratory: Spatial patterns of savanna vegetation over a rainfall gradient in northern Australia, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [P], vol 151, issue 11, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 1417-1428.

Sea, W., Choler, P., Beringer, J., Weinmann, R., Hutley, L., Leuning, R., 2011, Documenting improvement in leaf area index estimates from MODIS using hemispherical photos for Australian savannas, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [P], vol 151, issue 11, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 1453-1461.

Kanniah, K., Beringer, J., Hutley, L., 2011, Environmental controls on the spatial variability of savanna productivity in the Northern Territory, Australia, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [P], vol 151, issue 11, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 1429-1439.

Ryu, Y., Baldocchi, D., Kobayashi, H., van Ingen, C., Li, J., Black, A., Beringer, J., van Gorsel, E., Knohl, A., Law, B., Roupsard, O., 2011, Integration of MODIS land and atmosphere products with a coupled-process model to estimate gross primary productivity and evapotranspiration from 1 km to global scales, Global Biogeochemical Cycles [P], vol 25, American Geophysical Union, USA, pp. 1-24.

Pearce, J., Beringer, J., Nicholls, N., Hyndman, R., Uotila, J., Tapper, N., 2011, Investigating the influence of synoptic-scale meteorology on air quality using self-organizing maps and generalized additive modelling, Atmospheric Environment [P], vol 45, issue 1, Pergamon, UK, pp. 128-136.

Whitley, R., Macinnis-Ng, C., Hutley, L., Beringer, J., Zeppel, M., Williams, M., Taylor, D., Eamus, D., 2011, Is productivity of mesic savannas light limited or water limited? Results of a simulation study, Global Change Biology [P], vol 17, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., UK, pp. 3130-3149.

Ryua, Y., Baldocchi, D., Black, A., Detto, M., Law, B., Leuninge, R., Miyata, A., Reichstein, M., Vargas, R., Ammann, C., Beringer, J., Flanagan, L., Gu, L., Hutley, L., Kim, J., McCaughey, H., Moors, E., Rambal, S., Vesala, T., 2011, On the temporal upscaling of evapotranspiration from instantaneous remote sensing measurements to 8-day mean daily-sums, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [P], vol 152, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 212-222.

Beringer, J., Hutley, L., Hacker, J., Neininger, B., Paw U, K., 2011, Patterns and processes of carbon, water and energy cycles across northern Australian landscapes: From point to region, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [P], vol 151, issue 11, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 1409-1416.

Cernusak, L., Hutley, L., Beringer, J., Holtum, J., Turner, B., 2011, Photosynthetic physiology of eucalypts along a sub-continental rainfall gradient in northern Australia, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [P], vol 151, issue 11, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 1462-1470.

Pearce, J., Beringer, J., Nicholls, N., Hyndman, R., Tapper, N., 2011, Quantifying the influence of local meteorology on air quality using generalized additive models, Atmospheric Environment [P], vol 45, issue 6, Pergamon, UK, pp. 1328-1336.

Livesley, S., Grover, S., Hutley, L., Jamali, H., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Fest, B., Beringer, J., Arndt, S., 2011, Seasonal variation and fire effects on CH4, N2O and CO2 exchange in savanna soils of northern Australia, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [P], vol 151, issue 11, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 1440-1452.

Beringer, J., Hacker, J., Hutley, L., Leuning, R., Arndt, S., Amiri, R., Bannehr, L., Cernusak, L., Grover, S., Hensley, C., Hocking, D., Isaac, P., Jamali, H., Kanniah, K., Livesley, S., Neininger, B., William, S., Paw U, K., Straten, D., Tapper, N., Weinmann, R., Wood, S., Zegelin, S., 2011, Special - Savanna patterns of energy and carbon integrated across the landscape, Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society [P], vol 92, issue 11, American Meteorological Society, USA, pp. 1467-1485.

Kanniah, K.D., Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., Long, C., 2010, Aerosols and their influence on radiation partitioning and savanna productivity in northern Australia, Theoretical And Applied Climatology [P], vol 100, Springer Wien, Sachsenplatz, Austria, pp. 423-438.

Coutts, A., Beringer, J., Tapper, N., 2010, Changing Urban climate and CO2 emissions: Implications for the development of policies for sustainable cities, Urban Policy and Research [P], vol 28, issue 1, January 2010, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 27-47.

Yi, C., Ricciuto, D., Li, R., Wolbeck, J., Xu, X., Nilsson, M., Aires, L., Albertson, J., Ammann, C., Arain, M., de Araujo, A., Aubinet, M., Aurela, M., Barcza, Z., Barr, A., Berbigier, P., Beringer, J., Bernhofer, C., Black, A., Bolstad, P., Bosveld, F., Broadmeadow, M., Buchmann, N., Burns, S., Cellier, P., Chen, J., Chen, J., Ciais, P., Clement, R., Cook, B., Curtis, P., Dail, D., Dellwik, E., Delpierre, N., Desai, A., Dore, S., Dragoni, D., Drake, B., Dufrene, E., Dunn, A., Elbers, J., Eugster, W., Falk, M., Feigenwinter, C., Flanagan, L., Foken, T., Frank, J., Fuhrer, J., Gianelle, D., Goldstein, A., Goulden, M., Granier, A., Grunwald, T., Gu, L., Guo, H., Hammerle, A., Han, S., Hanan, N., Haszpra, L., Heinesch, B., Helfter, C., Hendriks, D., Hutley, L., Ibrom, A., Jacobs, C., Johansson, T., Jongen, M., Katul, G., Kiely, G., Klumpp, K., Knohl, A., Kolb, T., Kutsch, W., Lafleur, P., Laurila, T., Leuning, R., Lindroth, A., Liu, H., Loubet, B., Manca, G., Marek, M., Margolis, H., Martin, T., Massman, W., Matamala, R., Matteucci, G., McCaughey, H., Merbold, L., Meyers, T., Migliavacca, M., Miglietta, F., Misson, L., Molder, M., Moncrieff, J., Monson, R., Montagnani, L., Montes-Helu, M., Moors, E., Moureaux, C., Mukelabai, M., Munger, W., Myklebust, M., Noormets, A., Nagy, Z., Oechel, W., Oren, R., Pallardy, S., Paw U, K., Pereira, J., Pilegaard, K., Pinter, K., Pio, C., Pita, G., Powell, T., Rambal, S., Randerson, J., von Randow, C., Rebmann, C., Rinne, J., Rossi, F., Roulet, N., Ryel, R., Sagerfors, J., Saigusa, N., Jose Sanz, M., Mugnozza, G., Schmid, H., Seufert, G., Siqueira, M., Soussana, J., Starr, G., Sutton, M., Tenhunen, J., Tuba, Z., Tuovinen, J., Valentini, R., Vogel, C., Wang, J., Wang, S., Wang, W., Welp, L., Wen, X., Wharton, S., Wilkinson, M., Williams, C., Wohlfahrt, G., Yamamoto, S., Yu, G., Zampedri, R., Zhao, B., Zhao, X., 2010, Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents, Environmental Research Letters [P], vol 5, issue 3, IOP Publishing Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom, pp. 1-10.

Grimmond, C.S.B., Blackett, M., Best, M.J., Bail, J.-., Belcher, S.E., Beringer, J., Bohnenstengel, S.I., Calmet, I., Chen, F., Coutts, A., Dandou, A., Fortuniak, K., Gouvea, M.L., Hamdi, R., Hendry, M., Kanda, M., Kawai, T., Kawamoto, Y., Kando, H., Krayenhoff, E.S., Lee, S.-., Loridan, T., Martilli, A., Masson, V., Miao, S., Oleson, K., Ooka, R., Pigeon, G., Porson, A., Ryu, Y.-., Salamanca, F., Steeneveld, G.J., Tombrou, M., Voogt, J.A., Young, D.T., Zhang, N., 2010, Initial results from Phase 2 of the international urban energy balance model comparison, International Journal Of Climatology [P], vol 31, issue 2, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., United Kingdom, pp. 244-272.

Gilmanov, T.G., Aires, L., Barcza, Z., Baron, V.S., Belelli, L., Beringer, J., Billesbach, D., Bonal, D., Bradford, J., Ceschia, E., Cook, D., Corradi, C., Frank, A., Gianelle, D., Gimeno, C., Gruenwald, T., Guo, H., Hanan, N., Haszpra, L., Heilman, J., Jacobs, A., Jones, M.B., Johnson, D.A., Kiely, G., Li, S., Magliulo, V., Moors, E., Nagy, Z., Nasyrov, M., Owensby, C., Pinter, K., Pio, C., Reichstein, M., Sanz, M.J., Scott, R., Soussana, J.F., Stoy, P.C., Svejcar, T., Tuba, Z., Zhou, G., 2010, Productivity, respiration, and light-response parameters of world grassland and agroecosystems derived from flux-tower measurements, Rangeland Ecology and Management [P], vol 63, issue 1, Society for Range Management, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, USA, pp. 16-39.

Beringer, J., Hutley, L., 2010, The comparative role of key environmental factors in determining savanna productivity and carbon fluxes: a review, with special reference to northern Australia, Progress in Physical Geography [P], vol 34, issue 4, Sage Publications, United Kingdom, pp. 459-490.

Zhang, Y., Leuning, R., Hutley, L.B., Beringer, J., McHugh, I., Walker, J.P., 2010, Using long-term water balances to parameterize surface conductances and calculate evaporation at 0.05degrees spatial resolution, Water Resources Research [P], vol 46, issue 5, American Geophysical Union, United States, pp. 1-14.

Schymanski, S.J., Sivapalan, M., Roderick, M., Hutley, L.B., Beringer, J., 2009, An optimality-based model of the dynamic feedbacks between natural vegetation and the water balance, Water Resources Research [P], vol 45, issue W01412, America Geophysical Union, Washington DC, USA, pp. 1-18.

van Gorsel, E., Delpierre, N., Leuning, R., Black, A., Munger, J.W., Wofsy, S., Aubinet, M., Feigenwinter, C., Beringer, J., Bonal, D., Chen, B., Chen, J., Clement, R., Davis, K.J., Desai, A.R., Dragoni, D., Etzold, S., Grunwald, T., Gu, L., Heinesch, B., Hutyra, L.R., Jans, W.W.P., Kutsch, W., Law, B.E., Lecterc, M.Y., Mammarella, I., Montagnami, L., Noormets, A., Rebmann, C., Wharton, S., 2009, Estimating nocturnal ecosystem respiration from the vertical turbulent flux and change in storage of CO2, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [P], vol 149, issue 11, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 1919-1930.

Kanniah, K.D., Beringer, J., Hutley, L.B., Tapper, N.J., Zhu, X., 2009, Evaluation of Collections 4 and 5 of the MODIS Gross Primary Productivity product and algorithm improvement at a tropical savanna site in northern Australia, Remote Sensing of Environment [P], vol 113, issue 9, Elsevier Scienc Inc, New York USA, pp. 1808-1822.

Guerschman, J.P., van Dijk, A.I.J., Mattersdorf, G., Beringer, J., Hutley, L.B., Leuning, R., Pipunic, R.C., Sherman, B.S., 2009, Scaling of potential evapotranspiration with MODIS data reproduces flux observations and catchment water balance observations across Australia, Journal of Hydrology [P], vol 369, Elsevier Scienc BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 107-119.

Schymanski, S.J., Sivapalan, M., Roderick, M.L., Beringer, J., Hutley, L.B., 2008, An optimality-based model of the coupled soil moisture and root dynamics, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol 12, issue 3, Copernicus Publications, Kathlenburg-Linda Germany, pp. 913-932.

Wood, S., Beringer, J., Hutley, L.B., McGuire, A.D., Van Djik, A.D., Kilinc, M., 2008, Impacts of fire on forest age and runoff in mountain ash forests, Functional Plant Biology, vol 35, issue 6, CSIRO Publishing, Collongwood VIC Australia, pp. 483-492.

Coutts, A.M., Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., 2008, Investigating the climatic impact of urban planning strategies through the use of regional climate modelling: A case study for Melbourne, Australia, International Journal of Climatology, vol 28, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester West Sussex England, pp. 1943-1957.

Schymanski, S.J., Roderick, M.L., Sivapalan, M., Hutley, L.B., Beringer, J., 2007, A test of the optimality approach to modelling canopy properties and CO2 uptake by natural vegetation, Plant Cell and Environment, vol 30, issue 12, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford Oxon England, pp. 1586-1598.

Beringer, J., 2007, Application of Problem Based Learning through Research Investigation, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, vol 31, issue 3, Routledge, Mortimer House London UK, pp. 445-457.

Martin, D.N., Beringer, J., Hutley, L.B., McHugh, I., 2007, Carbon Cycling in a Mountain Ash forest: Analysis of Below Ground Respiration, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, vol 147, issue 1-Feb, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 58-70.

Coutts, A.M., Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., 2007, Characteristics influencing the variability of urban CO2 fluxes in Melbourne, Australia, Atmospheric Environment, vol 41, issue 1, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England UK, pp. 51-62.

Coutts, A.M., Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., 2007, Impact of increasing urban density on local climate: Spatial and temporal variations in the surface energy balance in Melbourne, Australia, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology [P], vol 46, issue 4, American Meterological Society, Boston MA USA, pp. 477-493.

Lynch, A.H., Abramson, D.A., Gorgen, K., Beringer, J., Uotila, J.P., 2007, Influence of savanna fire on Australian monsoon season precipitation and circulation as simulated using a distributed computing environment, Geophysical Research Letters, vol 34, issue 20, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-5.

Wendt, C.K., Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., Wendt, L.B., 2007, Local boundary-layer development over burnt and unburnt tropical savanna: An observational study, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol 124, Springer, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 291-304.

Beringer, J., Hutley, L.B., Tapper, N.J., Cemusak, L., 2007, Savanna fires and their impact on net ecosystem productivity in North Australia, Global Change Biology, vol 13, issue 5, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford Oxon England UK, pp. 990-1004.

Kilinc, M., Beringer, J., 2007, The spatial and temporal distribution of lightning strikes and their relationship with vegetation type, elevation, and fire scars in the northern Territory, Journal of Climate, vol 20, issue 7, AMER Meteorological Society, Boston MA USA, pp. 1161-1173.

Lynch, A.H., Beringer, J., Kershaw, A.P., Marshall, A.G., Mooney, S., Tapper, N.J., Turney, C.S.M., Van Der Kaars, W.A., 2007, Using the Paleorecord to Evaluate Climate and Fire Interactions in Australia, Annual review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, vol 35, Annual Reviews, Palo Alto CA USA, pp. 215-239.

Goergen, K., Lynch, A.H., Marshall, A.G., Beringer, J., 2006, Impact of abrupt land cover changes by savanna fire on northern Australian climate, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol 111, issue 19, American Geophysical Union, Washington USA, pp. 1-14.

Thompson, C.C., McGuire, A.D., Clein, J.S., Chapin III, F.S., Beringer, J., 2006, Net carbon exchange across the Arctic tundra-boreal forest transition in Alaska 1981-2000, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, vol 11, issue 4, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 805-827.

Cernusak, L.A., Hutley, L.B., Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., 2006, Stem and leaf gas exchange and their responses to fire in a north Australian tropical savanna, Plant Cell and Environment, vol 29, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford Oxon England, pp. 632-646.

Chambers, S.D., Beringer, J., Randerson, J.T., Chapin III, F.S., 2005, Fire effects on net radiation and energy partitioning: contrasting responses of tundra and boreal forest ecosystems, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol 110, issue D9, American Geophysical Union, Washington USA, pp. 1-9.

Barrett, D.J., Hill, M.J., Hutley, L.B., Beringer, J., Xu, J.H., Cook, G.D., Carter, J.O., Williams, R.J., 2005, Prospects for improving savanna biophysical models by using multiple-constraints model-data assimilation methods, Australian Journal of Botany, vol 53, issue 7, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 689-714.

Chapin III, F.S., Sturm, M., Serreze, M.C., McFadden, J.P., Key, J.R., Lloyd, A.H., McGuire, A.D., Rupp, T.S., Lynch, A.H., Schimel, J.P., Beringer, J., Chapman, B.L., Epstein, H.E., Euskirchen, E.S., Hinzman, L.D., Jia, G., Ping, C.-., Tape, K.D., Thompson, C.D.C., Walker, D., Welker, J.M., 2005, Role of land-surface changes in Arctic summer warming, Science, vol 310, issue 5748, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington USA, pp. 657-660.

Beringer, J., Chapin III, F.S., Thompson, C.D.C., McGuire, A.D., 2005, Surface energy exchanges along a tundra-forest transition and feedbacks to climate, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, vol 131, issue 3-Apr, Elsevier, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 143-161.

Hutley, L.B., Leuning, R., Beringer, J., Cleugh, H.A., 2005, The utility of the eddy covariance techniques as a tool in carbon accounting: tropical savanna as a case study, Australian Journal of Botany, vol 53, issue 7, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 663-675.

Thompson, C., Beringer, J., Chapin III, F.S., McGuire, A.D., 2004, Structural complexity and land-surface energy exchange along a gradient from arctic tundra to boreal forest, Journal of Vegetation Science, vol 15, issue 3, Opulus Press, Sweden, pp. 397-406.

Epstein, H.E., Beringer, J., Gould, W.A., Lloyd, A.H., Thompson, C., Chapin III, F.S., Michaelson, G.J., Ping, C.L., Rupp, T.S., Walker, D.A., 2004, The nature of spatial transitions in the Arctic, Journal of Biogeography, vol 31, issue 12, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 1917-1933.

Beringer, J., Hutley, L.B., Tapper, N.J., Coutts, A.M., Kerley, A.J., O'Grady, A.P., 2003, Fire impacts on surface heat, moisture and carbon fluxes from a tropical savanna in northern Australia, International Journal of Wildland Fire, vol 12, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 333-340.

McGuire, A.D., Wirth, C., Apps, M., Beringer, J., Clein, J., Epstein, H., Kicklighter, D.W., Bhatti, J., Chapin III, F.S., De Groot, B., Efremov, D., Eugster, W., Fukada, M., Gower, T., Hinzman, L., Huntley, B., Jia, G.J., Kasischke, E., Melillo, J., Romanovsky, V., Shvidenko, A., Vaganov, E., Walker, D., 2002, Environmental variation, vegetation distribution, carbon dynamics and water/energy exchange at high latitudes, Journal of Vegetation Science, vol 13, issue 3, Opulus Press Uppsala AB, Sweden, pp. 301-314.

Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., Keenan, T.D., 2002, Evolution of maritime continent thunderstorms under varying meteorological conditions over The Tiwi Islands, International Journal of Climatology, vol 21, issue 8, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, West Sussex England, pp. 1021-1036.

Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., 2002, Surface energy exchanges and interactions with thunderstorms during the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX), Journal of Geophysical Research, vol 107, issue D21, American Geophysical Union, Boston USA, pp. 1-13.

Beringer, J., McIlwaine, S., Lynch, A.H., Chapin III, F.S., Bonan, G.B., 2002, The use of a reduced form model to assess the sensitivity of a land surface model to biotic surface parameters, Climate Dynamics, vol 19, issue 5-Jun, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg Germany, pp. 455-466.

Lynch, A.H., McIlwaine, S., Beringer, J., Bonan, G.B., 2001, An investigation of the sensitivity of a land surface model to climate change using a reduced form model, Climate Dynamics, vol 17, issue 8, Springer-Verlag, New York USA, pp. 643-652.

Lynch, A.H., McIlwaine, S., Beringer, J., Bonan, G.B., 2001, An investigation of the sensivity of a land surface model to climate change using a reduced form model, Climate Dynamics, vol 17, pp. 643-652.

Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., McHugh, I., Chapin III, F.S., Lynch, A.H., Serreze, M.C., Slater, A., 2001, Impact of Arctic treeline on synoptic climate, Geophysical Research Letters.

Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., McHugh, I., Chapin III, S.F., Lynch, A.H., Serreze, A.H., Slater, A., 2001, Impact of Arctic treeline on synoptic climate, Geophysical Research Letters, vol 28, issue 22, American Geophysical Union, Washington USA, pp. 4247-4250.

Beringer, J., Lynch, A.H., Chapin Iii, S.F., Mack, M., Bonan, G.B., 2001, The representation of Arctic soils in the land surface model: the importance of mosses, Journal of Climate, vol 14, issue 15, American Meteorological Society, Boston USA, pp. 3324-3335.

Beringer, J., Lynch, A.H., Chapin III, F.S., Mack, M., Bonan, G.B., 2001, The representation of arctic soils in the land surface model: The importance of mosses, Journal of climate, vol 14, pp. 3324-3335.

Beringer, J., 2000, Community Fire Safety at the Urban/Rural Interface: The Bushfire Risk, Fire Safety Journal, vol 35 issue 1, Elsevier Science, New York NY USA, p. 23.

Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., 2000, The Influence of Subtropical Cold Fronts on the Surface Energy Balance of a Semi-Arid Site, Journal of Arid Environments, vol 44 issue 4, Academic Press, San Diego USA, pp. 437-450.

Conference Proceedings

Pearce, J., Beringer, J., Nicholls, N., Tapper, N., 2011, Investigating the short-term effects of air pollution on daily mortality among the elderly using generalized additive distributed lag modelling, Abstracts: ISEE 22nd Annual Conference, Seoul, Korea, 28 August-1 September 2010, 28 August - 1 September, 2010, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 203-204.

Amiri, R., Beringer, J., Isaac, P., 2011, Narrowband spectral indices for the estimation of chlorophyl along a precipitation gradient, 2011 3rd Workshop on Hyperspectral and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, United States of America, pp. 1-4.

Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., McHugh, I., Chapin, T.F., Lynch, A., 2002, The role of treeline in the location of the Arctic front, Proceedings of the Third Joint Conference of the New Zealand Geographical Society and the Institute of Australian Geographers, 28 January 2001 to 02 February 2001, Brebner Print, Hamilton New Zealand, pp. 133-136.

Tapper, N.J., Beringer, J., 1998, Surface Flux Measurements Over the Tiwi Islands during the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment, Conference Program, Abstracts and Background Information, Perth WA June 29-July 3 1998, Institute of Australian Geographers, Perth WA Australia, p. 1.

Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., 1998, The Energy Balance of a Tropical Forested Site on the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia, Tiwi Islands,Northern Territory, Australia, Albuquerque USA 2-6 Nov 1998, Preprint Vol. 23rd Conf. on Agri. and Forest Met., Boston USA, pp. 34-37.

Tapper, N.J., Beringer, J., 1997, Measurements Of Surface Energy Fluxes Over The Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia, During The Maritime Continent Thunderstorn Experiment (MCTEX), Preprints Fifth International Conference On Southern Hemisphere Meteorology And Oceanography, Pretoria, South Africa, 7-11 April 1997, American Meteorological Society, Boston Mass, pp. 392-393.

Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J., Keenan, T., 1997, Surface Energy Balance Measurements Over the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia, During the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX), Preprints, 22nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Fort Collins, 2-4 October 1997, American Meteorological Society, Boston Mass, pp. 374-375.

Other

Walsh, C.J., Fletcher, T.D., Vietz, G., Thompson, R., Tapper, N.J., Beringer, J., Coutts, A.M., Allen, R.A., 2012, New urban storm water management approaches: Using the water generated by cities for ecosystem services, CityGreen, CUGE (Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology), Singapore.

Beringer, J., 2005, Seward Peninsula, Encyclopedia of the Artic, vol 3, Routledge, New York, USA, pp. 1887-1889.

Beringer, J., 1999, Surface Energy Balance of a Tropical Island and its Interaction with Maritime Continent Thunderstorms.

Activities

Professional organisation memberships

From: 01/01/2008
American Geophysical Union
Member

From: 01/01/2008
American Meteorological Society
Member

From: 01/01/2008
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Member

From: 01/01/2008
EUFIRELAB
a wall-less Laboratory for Wildland Fire Sciences and Technologies in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
(International Science Committee)

From: 01/01/2008
Institute of Australian Geographers
Member

From: 01/01/2008
Integrated Land-Ecosystem-Atmosphere Process
International Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP)
Integrated Land-Ecosystem-Atmosphere Process study (ILEAPS) member

From: 01/01/2008
International Association for Urban Climate
Member

Awards

Academic awards (national, international)

2006
Faculty of Arts Inaugural Early Career Researcher Award
Monash University

From: 01/01/2001
Monash University
Great Australia Science Show - Fresh Science
national selection to present at Melbourne conference centre

From: 01/01/2002
Monash University
2002 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for critical thinking - shortlisted

From: 01/01/2003
Monash University
Faculty Teaching Award (Arts)

From: 01/01/2003
Monash University
Monash University awards for teaching excellence (Special commendation)

From: 01/01/2004
Monash University
2004 Nomination for the Australian awards for University Teaching

From: 01/01/2005
Monash University
Monash University Research award (Time release fellowship for 12 months) $50,000

Grants

Title:

A Biosphere observing network for carbon and water resources.

Investigators:

Beringer, J

Funding:

(2005 - 2009). Monash University.

Title:

Air Quality in Our Changing Climate.

Investigators:

Beringer, J, Tapper, N, Pearce, J

Funding:

(2008 - 2012). Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria.

Title:

Australian Savanna Landscapes: Past, Present and future.

Investigators:

Beringer, J, Hutley, L, Yu, Q, Schymanski, S, Higgins, S, Haverd, V, Ryu, Y, Wang, Y, Williams, M

Funding:

(2013 - 2017). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

Carbon and nitrogen cycling in afforested pastures under a drying climate.

Investigators:

Hoogmoed, M, Cavagnaro, T, Cunningham, S, Beringer, J, Baker, P

Funding:

(2012 - 2016). Philanthropy, ANZ Trustees.

Title:

Carbon in future landscapes: managing carbon farming for multiple benefits.

Investigators:

Thompson, R, Mac Nally, R, Beringer, J

Funding:

(2008 - 2012). Monash University.

Title:

Cities As Water Supply Catchments Program: Green Cities and Micro-Climate (Project 3).

Investigators:

Tapper, N, Beringer, J, Wong, T, Brown, R, Deletic, A

Funding:

(2010 - 2014). Local Government Consortium.

(2010 - 2014). National Water Commission.

(2010 - 2014). South East Water Ltd.

(2010 - 2014). State Government Consortium.

(2010 - 2014). Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development (DIIRD).

Title:

Fire Scar Impacts on Surface Heat and Moisture Fluxes in Australia's Tropical Savanna and Feedbacks to Local and Regional Climate.

Investigators:

Tapper, N, Beringer, J, Siems, S, Hutley, L

Funding:

(2003 - 2009). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2003 - 2009). Monash University.

Title:

Impacts of elevated temperature and CO2 on the critical processes underpinning resilience of aquatic ecosystems.

Investigators:

Thompson, R, Beardall, J, Grace, M, Beringer, J

Funding:

(2011 - 2015). Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency - Australian Government.

Title:

Integrated Water Vapour and Total Electron Content Measurement Using a GPS Based Network.

Investigators:

Beringer, J

Funding:

(2001 - 2005). University Corporation For Atmospheric Research.

Title:

More bang for your carbon buck: carbon, biodiversity and water balance consequences of whole-catchment carbon farming.

Investigators:

Thompson, R, Beringer, J, Cavagnaro, T, Mac Nally, R, Baker, P, Eigenraam, M, Metzeling, L, Giling, D, Hoogmoed, M

Funding:

(2009 - 2013). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2009 - 2013). Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria).

(2009 - 2013). Department of Sustainability and Environment - River Health Division.

(2009 - 2013). Environment Protection Authority Victoria.

(2009 - 2013). Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority.

(2009 - 2013). Kilter Pty Ltd.

(2009 - 2013). Landcare CarbonSMART.

(2009 - 2013). Monash University.

(2009 - 2013). North Central Catchment Management Authority.

(2009 - 2014). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2010 - 2014). Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria).

(2010 - 2014). Kilter Pty Ltd.

Title:

Optimising the implementation of green infrastructure: thermal imagery and surface mapping.

Investigators:

Coutts, A, Tapper, N, Beringer, J

Funding:

(2011 - 2015). Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria).

Title:

Productivity of sustainable Palm Oil plantations and their role in global environmental change.

Investigators:

Beringer, J, Tapper, N

Funding:

(2008 - 2012). Monash University.

Title:

Sustainable futures of Australian temperate forests: An investigation of coupled carbon, water and energy exchanges from hourly to centennial timescales.

Investigators:

Beringer, J, Hutley, L, McGuire, A

Funding:

(2004 - 2008). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2004 - 2008). Monash University.

Title:

The greenhouse gas balance for Oil Palm: It's role in global change and opportunities for sustainable management.

Investigators:

Beringer, J, Calliman, J

Funding:

(2008 - 2013). PT Smart Tbk.

Title:

Urban Ecosystem and Microclimate Analysis for Melbourne in aid of achieving a future sustainable city and mitigating the effects of climate change.

Investigators:

Chandra, S, Beringer, J, Tapper, N

Funding:

(2008 - 2012). Monash University.

Title:

Vulnerability of Australian savannas to climate change and variability.

Investigators:

Beringer, J

Funding:

(2011 - 2015). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

Wallaby Creek OzFlux Facility - TERN.

Investigators:

Beringer, J

Funding:

(2011 - 2015). CSIRO Australia.

Title:

Airborne hyper-spectral scanning for advanced monitoring and assessment of vegetation and water properties.

Investigators:

Hacker, J, Beringer, J, Walker, J, Lewis, M, Lynch, M, Hutley, L, Baker, P, Daly, E, Bishop, I, Stewardson, M, Fearns, P, Maier, S

Funding:

(2009 - 2013). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2009 - 2013). Monash University.

Title:

Impacts of deforestation and afforestation on greenhouse gas emissions, and carbon and water resources in the Daly River catchment, North Australia.

Investigators:

Beringer, J, Hutley, L, Livesley, S, Arndt, S, Boggs, G, Richards, G

Funding:

(2010 - 2014). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

Integrated Greenhouse Gas Measurement System (IGMS) for monitoring agricultural emissions at field to regional scales.

Investigators:

Chen, D, Western, A, Grace, P, Griffith, D, Chung, H, Hacker, J, Ryu, D, Phillips, F, Eckard, R, Beringer, J, Dassanayake, K, Denmead, O

Funding:

(2013 - 2017). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2013 - 2017). Monash University.

Title:

Integrative assessment of distrubance and land-use change on total greenhouse gas balance and nutrient cycling in savanna ecosystems.

Investigators:

Beringer, J, Hutley, L, Arndt, S, Livesley, S, Cook, G, Butterbach-Bahl, K

Funding:

(2007 - 2011). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2008 - 2012). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

MEGA - Mobile Ecosystem Gas-exchange Analyser for Australian landscapes.

Investigators:

Beringer, J, Arndt, S, Livesley, S

Funding:

(2008 - 2012). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2008 - 2012). Monash University.

Title:

Patterns and processes of carbon and water budgets across northern Australian landscapes: From point to region.

Investigators:

Beringer, J, Hacker, J, Paw U, K, Neininger, B, Hutley, L

Funding:

(2006 - 2010). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2007 - 2011). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2007 - 2011). Charles Darwin University.

(2007 - 2011). Flinders University of South Australia.

(2008 - 2012). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

(Improved) micro-climate modelling assessment of the influence of water sensitive urban design on human thermal comfort.

Supervisors:

Tapper, N (Main), Beringer, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Carbon cycling of revegetated agricultural landscapes under a dry climate.

Supervisors:

Cavagnaro, T (Joint-co), Cunningham, S (Joint), Baker, P (Associate), Beringer, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(POSTGRADUATE QUALIFYING OR PRELIMINARY).

Thesis Title:

Climate Science.

Supervisors:

Beringer, J (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Estimating the water balance of dry sclerophyll forest ecosystems within Australia.

Supervisors:

Beringer, J (Main), Tapper, N (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Estimation of actual evapotranspiration using remote sensing data to assess the role of vegetation and water on urban climate: A study of Melbourne city..

Supervisors:

Beringer, J (Main), Coutts, A (Associate), Tapper, N (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation: a transect approach.

Supervisors:

Beringer, J (Main), Isaac, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Integration of stormwater harvesting and baseflow restoration measures to restore catchment low flow hydrology..

Supervisors:

Fletcher, T (Main), Beringer, J (Associate), Daly, E (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The affect of water sensitive urban design and outdoor water-use practices on urban micro-climate: a multi-scale perspective.

Supervisors:

Beringer, J (Joint-co), Tapper, N (Joint), Coutts, A (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Alharbi, B.

Program of Study:

Airborne dust in Saudi Arabia: source areas, entrainment, simulation and composition. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Tapper, N (Main), Beringer, J (Associate).

Student:

Coutts, A.

Program of Study:

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. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Beringer, J (Main), Tapper, N (Associate).

Student:

Hallgren, W.

Program of Study:

Atmosphere-biosphere interactions and feedbacks in the Alaskan Arctic. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Beringer, J (Joint), Tapper, N (Joint-Co).

Student:

Kanniah, K.

Program of Study:

Environmental controls on the spatial and temporal variability of savanna productivity in the Northern Territory, Australia. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Beringer, J (Joint), Tapper, N (Joint-Co), Zhu, X (Associate).

Student:

Kilinc, M.

Program of Study:

Carbon, water and energy exchange from an old growth Mountain Ash forest. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Beringer, J (Main), Hutley, L (Associate), Tapper, N (Associate).

Student:

Niculescu, A.

Program of Study:

Water and soil CO2 fluxes in a biofiltration system. (Masters) 2012.

Supervisors:

Daly, E (Main), Deletic, A (Associate), Beringer, J (Associate).

Student:

Pearce, J.

Program of Study:

Linking meteorology, air pollution and health in Melbourne, Australia. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Beringer, J (Main), Nicholls, N (Associate), Tapper, N (Associate).

Student:

Tryhorn, L.

Program of Study:

An integrated assessment of flooding vulnerabilities in the Alpine Shire of Victoria, Australia. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Lynch, A (Main), Beringer, J (Associate).