Southern Ocean aerosols: sources, sinks and impact on cloud properties

Our Project

This project aims to provide fundamental process-level understanding of atmospheric aerosol processes over the Southern Ocean, a region that has a profound influence on the Australian and global climate and where climate models perform poorly. Comprehensive observations during 3 Southern Ocean voyages and land-based measurements will enhance our knowledge of aerosols and cloud formation in that region and provide much needed data for improving global climate models. Expected outcomes include more accurate seasonal and latitudinal representations of Southern Ocean aerosol populations, properties and sources. The main benefit includes improvements in weather forecasting and future climate projection for Australia and the Southern Hemisphere.

The project is led by the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH) at QUT and is supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grants (DP240100389).

Our Team

Project Leader:

• Branka Miljevic, QUT

Chief Investigators:

• Zoran Ristovski, QUT
• Dr Marc Mallet, UTAS
• Dr Sonya Fiddes, UTAS
• A/Prof Robyn Schofield, UoM
• Prof Clare Murphy (nee Paton-Walsh), UOW
• Dr Ruhi Humphries, CSIRO
• A/Prof Peter Edwards, UoY
• Dr Alain Protat, BOM