Australian Heatwave Workshop 2014

May 5-6, 2014
UNSW Climate Change Research Centre

PRESENTATIONS

Monday, May 5

• Observational changes in heatwaves - Sarah Perkins
• Overview of records of last two summers - Blair Trewin
• Developing heatwave indices for sector applications - Lisa Alexander

Morning Tea

• Heat: What we must know to stay healthy - Liz Hanna
• Heat impacts on agriculture - Dale Grey
• Heat impacts on flying foxes - windows into the future of Australia's wildlife - Justin Welbergen (Currently not available)
• Weather@Home: Initial results - Mitchell Black (Currently not available)

Lunch

• Discussion: Breakout groups

Afternoon tea

• Heatwaves in realtime: How forecasting can help impacts/sectors better prepare - John Nairn
• Intraseasonal forecasting: Providing guidance beyond a weather forecast - Andrew Marshall
• Future projections from the CMIP5 models: Can we prepare for the very long-term future? - Tim Cowan
• Local and large-scale connections in the lead up to Heat Wave events - Ghyslaine Boschat

Open discussion
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Tuesday, May 6

• Heatwave dynamics - Tess Parker (Currently not available)
• Methods of attributing extreme events: a review and future plans - Julie Arblaster
• Case study: Were humans to blame (2013 heat event)? - Sophie Lewis
• The Role of the land surface - Jatin Kala

Morning tea

• Marine heatwaves - Eric Oliver
• Heatwave impacts on Marine ecosystems - Thomas Wernberg (Currently not available)
• Urban changes in heatwaves - Daniel Argueso
• Three recent Australian heat waves: dynamical cause of the warming - John McBride

Lunch

• Discussion: Breakout groups
• Communicating heatwaves: How do we do it? - Alvin Stone

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