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Biography
Ariaan is a lecturer in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment. She is interested in understanding coupled ocean-atmosphere-sea ice interactions across the Southern Hemisphere, with a particular focus on Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate variability and change. Her recent work includes investigating drivers of the current low sea ice around Antarctica and examining the sensitivity of climate responses to different Antarctic meltwater projections.
Ariaan is a co-chair of the CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel, a member of the Southern Ocean freshwater release model experiments initiative task team, and was a co-author of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2022.
Ariaan previously held post-doctoral research positions in the ARC Specical Research Initiative Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, and in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes. Ariaan submitted her PhD in 2018, undertaken at UNSW and CSIRO, where she investigated drivers of recent Antarctic sea ice and surface temperature trends in both observations and climate models. Prior to this, Ariaan worked at CSIRO, and completed her MSc at McGill University, where her research focussed on understanding drivers of precipitation changes across the Southern Ocean and Australia, and heat waves across Australia.
Research interests
- Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate variability and change
- Atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions
- Coupled climate modelling
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, MSc, McGill University
Climate Science, PhD, Understanding the drivers of recent Southern Ocean sea ice and temperature trends, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Chemistry, BSc, University of Western Australia
Environmental Engineering, BEng (Hons), University of Western Australia
Research area keywords
- Southern Ocean
- Antarctica
- sea ice
- SAM
- climate variability
- climate change
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Active
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Hosting ACCESS-NRI Ice Sheet Modelling team
McCormack, F. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Purich, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jakob, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Arblaster, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mackintosh, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Selwyn Jones, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tetley, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bird, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Hogg, A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/04/25 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Southern Ocean Sea Ice – what happened and what happens next?
Doddridge, E. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Hobbs, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Purich, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & England, M. H. (Chief Investigator (CI))
30/12/23 → 29/12/26
Project: Research
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Coral Sr/Ca-SST reconstruction from Fiji extending to ~1370 CE reveals insights into the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation
D'Olivo, J. P., Zinke, J., Goyal, R., England, M. H., Purich, A., Corrège, T., Zorita, E., Scholz, D., Weber, M. & Carriquiry, J. D., 16 Aug 2024, In: Science Advances. 10, 33, 13 p., eado5107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Distinct Central and Eastern Pacific El Niño Influence on Antarctic Surface Mass Balance
Macha, J. M. A., Mackintosh, A. N., McCormack, F. S., Henley, B. J., McGregor, H. V., van Dalum, C. T. & Purich, A., 16 Jun 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 51, 11, 12 p., e2024GL109423.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Emerging long-term trends and interdecadal cycles in Antarctic polynyas
Duffy, G. A., Montiel, F., Purich, A. & Fraser, C. I., 12 Mar 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 11, 3 p., e2321595121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Antarctic shelf ocean warming and sea ice melt affected by projected El Niño changes
Cai, W., Jia, F., Li, S., Purich, A., Wang, G., Wu, L., Gan, B., Santoso, A., Geng, T., Ng, B., Yang, Y., Ferreira, D., Meehl, G. A. & McPhaden, M. J., Mar 2023, In: Nature Climate Change. 13, 3, p. 235-239 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access26 Citations (Scopus) -
Can southern Australian rainfall decline be explained? A review of possible drivers
McKay, R. C., Boschat, G., Rudeva, I., Pepler, A., Purich, A., Dowdy, A., Hope, P., Gillett, Z. E. & Rauniyar, S., 1 Mar 2023, In: WIREs Climate Change. 14, 2, 24 p., e820.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access43 Citations (Scopus)