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Duty statement
Use ocean CO2 observations, and satellite and physical data to establish the variability in the ocean CO2 system for South Pacific, and East Australia seas.
Manage and participate in field campaigns to deliver biogeochemical data needed to contribute to the achievement of research objectives. This includes working with technical staff employed as part of the project to operate and maintain field instrumentation, quality control of data, and documentation of results. Management responsibilities include ensuring project staff adhere to CSIRO Occupational Health and Safety requirements.
Use the integrated dataset and field data from the project to investigate the use of proxies to predict the variability in the marine CO2 system for the region.
Work with 3-D ocean biogeochemical modellers to test model predictions of variability in the CO2 system against the integrated dataset.
Diagnose the drivers of variability in the CO2 system using the tested models and observations.
Utilise the observations and models to predict the evolution of ocean CO2 uptake and carbonate saturation under climate change and CO2 emission scenarios for the South Pacific region.
Submit research papers on the subject in international refereed science journals and deliver reports for Pacific Island communities on the likely development of ocean acidification in the region.
Work with line manager and other scientists to contribute to the ocean carbon research effort through submitting research papers to international refereed journals on the CO2 system in the region and by providing reports on the issue for Pacific Island countries.
Additional Position Information
The Pacific Climate Change Science Program (PCCSP) is part of the Australian Government’s International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative to meet high priority climate change adaptation needs in vulnerable countries in our region. The PCCSP will provide improved climate change science information for planners and decision makers in the Pacific and East Timor.
The lead science agencies for the PCCSP will be the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO through their research partnership in The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research. The Centre will provide a collaborative research environment for developing the PCCSP with countries in the region, regional organisations, other international science agencies and Australian universities.
The PCCSP provides a strategic framework for climate change research in the Pacific and East Timor through four research components:
Recent and current climate and trends to underpin improved projections of future climate change(Component 1);
Major regional climate phenomena (South Pacific Convergence Zone, the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and the monsoon) which drive seasonal and year-to-year variations in rainfall, winds and tropical cyclones(Component 2);
Regional and country level climate projections through more detailed climate projections and fine-resolution modelling (Component 3); and
Ocean processes including sea level rise and ocean acidification (Component 4).
The appointee will join the PCCSP component 4 examining regional projections of sea level change and the effects of climate variability and climate change on extreme sea-levels caused by extreme weather events. The component will also examine the relationship between complex ocean dynamics in the tropical equatorial Pacific and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon and provide improved assessments of how acidification and CO2 uptake in the region will evolve over the 21st century.
