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

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Unknown

Publication_Date: Unknown

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

Description:

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 by the Antarctic topography and sea ice. The research will reveal how their frequency and intensity have changed over recent decades, and how these might be expected to change under global warming. This project used data from various sources for it's analysis, and as such did not produce any data of it's own. The findings are presented in various publications, some of which are available for download to AAD staff only at the provided URL. Data sources included: Station data of daily maximum temperature and rainfall for Melbourne and Perth Australian Bureau of Meteorology National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) (Washington USA) reanalysis European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (Reading, UK) ERA-40 Re-Analysis dataset Sea ice data from National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) (Boulder, USA)

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: 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

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Ashcroft, L.C., Pezza, A.B. and Simmonds, I. 2009 Cold outbreaks in southern Australia: synoptic mechanisms and planetary links Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Melbourne, Australia 9-13 February 2009

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Ashcroft, L.C., Pezza, A.B. and Simmonds, I. 2009 Cold events over southern Australia: Synoptic climatology and hemispheric structure Journal of Climate 22 6679-6698

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Simmonds, S. 2009 Issues relevant for Southern Hemisphere polar latitudes and Antarctica Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Melbourne, Australia http://www.bom.gov.au/events/9icshmo/ 9-13 February 2009

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Pezza, A.B., Durrant, T. and Simmonds, I. 2008 Southern Hemisphere synoptic behavior in extreme phases of SAM, ENSO, sea ice extent and southern Australia rainfall Journal of Climate 21 5566-5584

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Pezza, A.B. and Simmonds, I. 2008 Large-scale factors in tropical and extratropical cyclone transition and extreme weather events Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1146 189-211

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Veiga, J.A.P., Pezza, A.B., Simmonds, I. and Silva Dias, P.L. 2008 An analysis of the environmental energetics associated with the transition of the first South Atlantic hurricane Geophysical Research Letters 35 L15806

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Pezza, A.B., Simmonds, I., Veiga, J.A.P. and da Silva Dias, P.L. 2008 Cyclone transitions and weather extremes XV CBMET Congresso Brazileiro de Meteorologica, Sao Paulo, Brazil 5pp 24-29 August, 2008

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Pezza, A.B., Veiga, J.A.P., Simmonds, I. and da Silva Dias, P.L. 2008 'Energy box diagram' investigation of South Atlantic hurricane Catarina Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling 38 WMO/TD-No.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Pezza, A.B., Durrant, T., Simmonds, I. and Smith, I. 2007 Southern sea ice, cyclone behaviour and rainfall in Melbourne and Perth Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling 37 WMO/T-No. 1397 2.23-2.24

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Ashcroft, L. 2007 Polar outbreaks over Southern Australia: Synoptic mechanisms and planetary links Honours Thesis, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne 103pp

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Pezza, A.B., Ambrizzi, T. and Simmonds, I. 2006 Polar outbreaks in South America: Synoptic climatology of cyclone/anticyclone behavior, extreme cases in high latitudes and frost events over 1888-2005 in Sao Paulo Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Foz do Iguazu, Brazil 1909-1917 24-28 April 2006

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20051001

Ending_Date: 20080331

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -60.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TEMPERATURE INDICES

Theme_Keyword: Cold Outbreaks

Theme_Keyword: Global Warming

Theme_Keyword: Climate Change

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: IAN SIMMONDS

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: University of Melbourne

Address: School of Earth Sciences

City: PARKVILLE

State_or_Province: Victoria

Postal_Code: 3052

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 9344 7216

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 9344 7761

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: simmonds@unimelb.edu.au

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

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.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

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Process_Description:

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Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Contact_Person: DATA OFFICER AADC

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

Address: 203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3244

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3351

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: metadata@aad.gov.au

Resource_Description: ASAC_2688

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

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Format_Name: pdf

Transfer_Size: 11 MB

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http://data.aad.gov.au

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DATA CENTER URL

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https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/r...

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Public information for ASAC project 2688

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http://www.bom.gov.au

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Station data of daily maximum temperature and rainfall for Melbourne and Perth - Bureau of Meteorology

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http://www.nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov/ncep_data/

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National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) (Washington USA) reanalysis

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http://www.ecmwf.int/products/data/archive/descrip...

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European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (Reading, UK) ERA-40 Re-Analysis dataset

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http://nsidc.org/

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Sea ice data from National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) (Boulder, USA)

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Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Fees: Free

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20060727

Metadata_Review_Date: 20130212

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: DAVE CONNELL

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

Address: 203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3244

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3351

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dave.connell@aad.gov.au

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time