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Antarctic associations with Australian and South American cold outbreaks: Present and future

Entry ID: ASAC_2688

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Summary

Abstract: Preliminary Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 2688
See the link below for public details on this project.

'Cold outbreaks' are severe meteorological events which have significant impacts on many aspects economic and social life in midlatitude communities. This project will lead to a better scientific understanding of these events, and particularly will quantify the role played ...

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Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: Public information for ASAC project 2688

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -60.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2005-10-01

Stop Date: 2008-03-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TEMPERATURE INDICES

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

Quality The Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only, and represent the beginning and end of the 2005 - 2008 Antarctic seasons.
The latitudes and longitudes provided in spatial coverage are approximate only.

Access Constraints PDF copies of some of the publications associated with this project are available for download to AAD staff only at the provided URL.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_2688 when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

cold outbreaks

global warming

climate change

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 11 MB

Distribution Format: pdf

Fees: Free

Personnel

IAN SIMMONDS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 9344 7216

Fax: +61 3 9344 7761

Email: simmonds at unimelb.edu.au

Contact Address:

University of Melbourne

School of Earth Sciences

City: PARKVILLE

Province or State: Victoria

Postal Code: 3052

Country: Australia

DAVE CONNELL

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3244

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: dave.connell at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Publications/References

Ashcroft, L.C., Pezza, A.B. and Simmonds, I. (2010), Indian Ocean influences on cold events over southern Australia, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, 40, WMO/TD-No

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2006-07-27

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-02-12

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