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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/users/ribbe
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Languages

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

Professional Memberships

Australian Marine Science Association
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;

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

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.

Shi, G., Ribbe, J., Cai, W., and Cowan, T. (2008). Interpretation of Australian summer and winter rainfall projections. Geophysical Research Letters. 35, L02702.

Shi, G., Cai, W., Cowan, T., Ribbe, J., Rotstayn, L., and Dix, M. (2008). Variability and trend of the northwest Western Australia Rainfall: observations and coupled climate modelling. Journal of Climate. 21, 2938-2959.

Most notable :
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 Introductory Climatology
CLI2110 Physics of Climate
CLI2120 Climates of the Past, Present and Future
CLI3110 Advanced Climatology
CLI8204 Global Environmental Systems

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 9 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Head of Department