Professor Michael Hutchinson

Research highlights

Professor Michael Hutchinson's main contribution in 2022 was the release of ANUClimate 2.0 grids for Australia

ANUClimate consists of publicly available 0.01 degree resolution monthly and daily climate grids in netcdf format, rainfall from 1900, maximum and minimum temperature, solar radiation, vapour pressure and vapour pressure deficit from 1960, pan evaporation from 1970. There is a detailed summary abstract for each climate variable, including summary predictive error estimates. The climate grids can be used to support a wide range of climate, and climate change, dependent analyses.

Dataset available here: Hutchinson M.F.,  Xu T., Kesteven J.L., Marang I.J., Evans B.J. 2021. ANUClimate v2.0, NCI Australia.

Outreach

The release of ANUClimate 2.0 also included an invited presentation to the Bureau of Meteorology Annual Research and Development Workshop.

• Absract
• Event website

The Australian Earth System Simulator (ACCESS-NRI)

Public policy initiatives

The Australian Earth System Simulator (ACCESS-NRI) team released its Strategic Plan for 2022-2027, outlining its vision, mission, aims, principles and impact for the next five years.

Outreach

• ACCESS-NRI Launch, Canberra, 23 June.
• Inaugural ACCESS-NRI Community workshop, Canberra, 22-23 June.
• Launch of the User community documentation portal ACCESS-Hive and the ACCESS Community Forum, 15 November.
• Participation in e-research Australasia 2022 Conference, Brisbane, 17-20 October.

Media

• Supercomputer Gadi crunches climate change, The Canberra Times and 7 news, 23 June.
• Australian researchers in new push to model climate in fine detail, The Australian, 28 June (paywall).
• Weather and climate model powers up at ANU, ANU Media release published in several newspapers around the country, 23 June.
• ANU Home to new climate prediction facility, City news, 24 June.

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