The Australian Climate System Network

气候系统综合了大气、海洋、冰冻圈、生物圈、陆地表面以及这些要素之间的能量、水和地球化学量的通量。气候变化对澳大利亚的影响巨大：例如，最近的干旱造成的损失超过100亿美元。为了使气候系统研究具有国际竞争力，需要建立网络，以加强我们的国家能力和国际连通性。我们将探索通过促进大学、政府机构和CRCs之间的沟通建立气候系统网络。气候系统网络将使与澳大利亚自然和人类环境的可持续性有关的新的气候相关问题得以探讨。

The climate system integrates the atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere, biosphere, land-surface and the fluxes of energy, water and biogeochemical quantities between these elements. Changes in climate affect Australia dramatically: for example, the cost of the recent drought exceeded $10 billion. To enable internationally competitive climate system research, networking is required to enhance our national capability and our international connectivity. We will explore the establishment of a Climate System Network by facilitating communication between Universities, government agencies and CRCs. The Climate System Network will enable new climate-related questions relating to the sustainability of the Australian physical and Human environments to be explored.