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Assoc Prof Joachim Ribbe

Name :	Assoc Prof Joachim Ribbe
Position :	Associate Professor (Climatology) and Head of Department of Biological and Physical Sciences
Section :	Faculty of Sciences Biological and Physical Sciences
Office :	D211
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1452
Extension :	1452
E-mail :
Qualifications :	DipOceanography Hamburg MSc Sydney PhD Flinders

Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/
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Languages

Language	Accredited Translator	Proficiency Levels *N/A = not available
		Speaking	Reading	Writing
GER	No

Professional Memberships

Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Meeresforschung

Research Interests

climate processes and modelling; climate variability; ocean modelling; ocean's role within the climate system; climate impact on coastal systems

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Macfarlane, M, Ribbe, J. 2012. A Simple Climate Scale. In: Proceedings Practical Responses to Climate Change National Conference 2012. Water and Climate: Policy Implementation Challenges. Practical Responses to Climate Change, Engineers Australia National Conference, 1-3 May 2012, Canberra.

Ribbe, J. 2010. Observing Climate Trends and Hypersalinity in an Australian Coastal Bay. In: Climate Alert: Climate Change Monitoring and Strategy (Ed. You & Henderson-Sellers). Sydney University Press.

Ribbe, J., Wolff, J.-O., Staneva, J., Gräwe, U. 2008. Assessing Water Renewal Time Scales for Marine Environments from Three Dimensional Modelling: A Case Study For Hervey Bay, Australia. Environmental Modelling and Software. 23(10), 1217-1228.

Most notable :

Cai, W., Shi, G., Cowan, T., Bi. D., Ribbe, J. 2005. The response of the southern annual mode, the East Australian Current, and the southern mid-latitude ocean circulation to global warming. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L23706.

Ribbe, J. 2004. The southern supplier. Nature. 427, 23-24.

Ribbe, J. and Holloway, P. E. 2001. Modeling Sediment Transport By Internal Tides. Continental Shelf Research, 21(4), 395-422.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

CLI1110 Weather and Climate
CLI2201 Climate Change and Variability
CLI3301 Environmental and Climate Risk Assessment
CLI3302 Adaptation to Climate Change
CLI8204 Global Environmental Systems
CLI8205 Climate and Sustainability

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 12 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Head of Department