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的云-气候相互作用，从区域尺度到大堡礁的局部强迫。该项目期望在信风云的性质和可变性方面产生新的知识，包括它们对地表辐射收支、海洋温度和珊瑚白化事件的影响。由于全球变暖，这些云的潜在变化及其对环境的影响将被研究。预期的结果包括更好地模拟大堡礁环境和改进对低云反馈的估计。这将为开发白化事件预警系统以及区域土地和水管理提供重大好处。

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.