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Refereed papers

Downes, S. M., N. L. Bindoff and S. R. Rintoul (2009). Impacts of climate change on the subduction of mode and intermediate water masses in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Climate, 22 (12), 3289–3302.pdf

Downes, S. M., N. L. Bindoff and S. R. Rintoul (2010). Changes in the subduction of Southern Ocean water masses at the end of the 21st century in eight IPCC models. J. Climate, 23(24), 6526-6541.

Griffies, S. M., M. Winton, L. J. Donner, L. W. Horowitz, S. M. Downes, R. Farneti, A. Gnanadesikan, W. J. Hurlin, H.-C. Lee, Z. Lang, J. B. Palter, B. L. Samuels, A. T. Wittenberg, B. L. Wyman, J. Yin, and N. Zadeh (2011). GFDLs CM3 coupled climate model: characteristics of the ocean and sea ice simulations. J. Climate, 24(13), 3520-3544.

Downes, S. M., A. Gnanadesikan, S. M. Griffies, J. L. Sarmiento (2011). Water mass exchange in the Southern Ocean in coupled climate models. J. Phys. Ocean., 41(9), 1756-1771.

Downes, S. M., A. S. Budnick, J. L. Sarmiento and R. Farneti (2011). Impacts of wind stress on Antarctic Circumpolar Current fronts and subduction. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L11605 (doi:10.1029/2011GL047668).



Papers in preparation

Downes, S. M., R. M. Key, K. G. Speer, A. H. Orsi and J. H. Swift (2012). Tracing South Pacific bottom water using potential vorticity and Helium-3. Under review in J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Downes, S. M., D. Menemenlis, H. Zhang, E. Y. Kwon and J. L. Sarmiento (2012). The role of large-scale phenomena in varying the subduction of Pacific mode and intermediate waters. In prep. for Geophys. Res. Lett.

Kwon, E. Y., S. M. Downes, J. L. Sarmiento, R. Farneti and C. Deutsch (2012). The role of the seasonal cycle in subduction rates of Southern Ocean thermocline waters. In prep. for J. Climate.

 

Theses

Dupre, S. M. (2004) Impacts of latitude shifts in the Southern Ocean Westerly Winds on past and present climates. Honours Thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Downes, S.M. (2009) An analysis of the impacts of climate change on the Southern Ocean overturning circulation. PhD Thesis, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.


Oral and poster presentations at conferences and meetings

2005 AIP 16th Biennial Congress/AMOS, ANU, Canberra, Jan 31 - Feb 4, 2005.

ACE CRC 2005 Symposium, Hobart, Tasmania, Aug 30 - 31, 2005.

Greenhouse 2005: Action on Climate Change Conference, Melbourne, Nov 13 - 17.

Tasmanian Polar Network Inc. General Meeting, Hobart, Tasmania, March 3, 2006.

ACE CRC 2006 Symposium, Hobart, Tasmania, Aug 29 - 30, 2006.

14th National AMOS Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, Feb 5 - 8, 2007.

Greenhouse 2007: The Latest Science & Technology Conference, Sydney, Oct 2 - 5, 2007.

ACE CRC 2007 Symposium, Hobart, Tasmania, Nov 20 - 21, 2007.

ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, Mar 2 - 7, 2008.

Tasmanian Polar Network Inc. General Meeting, Hobart, Tasmania, March 6, 2009.

DOE Climate Change Prediction Program Meeting, Bethesda, MA, April 7 – 9, 2009.

OCB Floats & Gliders Workshop, CA, April 28 – 30, 2009.

OCB Southern Ocean Workshop, NJ, June 9 - 11, 2009.

Climate Process Team 2009 Annual Meeting, Princeton, NJ, Jun 11 – 12, 2009.

Atmosphere-Ocean Energy Transport Meeting, CA, Nov 5 – 7, 2009.

NASA/JPL (invited seminar), CA, Nov 11, 2009.

ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, OR, Feb 22-26, 2010.

DOE Climate Modeling Science Team Meeting, Mar 29 – Apr 2, 2010.

IPY Oslo Science Conference, Oslo, Norway, Jun 8 – 12, 2010.

Climate Process Team 2010 Annual Meeting, Princeton, NJ, July 29 – 30, 2010.

18th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, Spokane, WA, Jun 13 - 17, 2011.

Climate Process Team 2011 Annual Meeting, Princeton, NJ, Jun 27 - 28, 2011.

DOE Climate Modeling Meeting, Washington D.C., Sept 20 - 23, 2011.

AMOS Annual Conference, Sydney, Jan 31 - Feb 3, 2012.