Cloud-climate interaction over the Great Barrier Reef and Southwest Pacific

本项目旨在研究西南太平洋信风区从区域尺度到大堡礁上的局地强迫的云-气候相互作用。该项目预计将产生关于贸易风云的性质和可变性的新知识，包括它们对地表辐射预算、海洋温度和珊瑚漂白事件的影响。将研究这些云由于全球变暖而可能发生的变化以及随之而来的环境影响。预期结果包括对大堡礁环境进行更好的建模，以及改进对低云反馈的估计。这将在开发漂白事件的预警系统以及区域土地和水管理方面提供重大好处。

This project aims to investigate cloud-climate interactions of the Southwest Pacific trade wind region from the regional scale to local forcing over the Great Barrier Reef. The project expects to generate new knowledge in the nature and variability of the trade wind clouds, including their impact on the surface radiative budget, ocean temperatures and coral bleaching events. Potential changes of these clouds due to global warming and ensuing impacts on the environment will be studied. Expected outcomes include better modelling of the Great Barrier Reef environment and improved estimates of low-cloud feedback. This should provide significant benefits in developing warning systems for bleaching events, and regional land and water management.