[Aqualist] Workshop: Australian Rainfall Records

[Tim Barrows]

Australian Rainfall Records, beyond the instrumental record
An overview of Rainfall reconstructions from Cave deposits around Australia.

Where & When?
Wednesday 23 January 2008, 10 am – 5 pm
AINSE Theatre, ANSTO, Lucas Heights
Organisers: Dr Henk Heijnis & Dr Ed Hodge
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Email: <mailto:hhx at ansto.gov.au>hhx at ansto.gov.au 
or <mailto:ed.hodge at ansto.gov.au>ed.hodge at ansto.gov.au



Preliminary Program:

1)      Setting the scene:
a.        Issues in Water Resource Management.  Henk Heijnis (ANSTO)
b.      Climate: Current Rainfall Variability, 
Current Climate (Rainfall patterns, ENSO, IPO, 
IOD, etc.) Ian Goodwin (Macquarie Uni)
10.00 – 11.00

Morning coffee 11.00 – 11.15

2)      Current Research and Innovation in Cave Stalagmites
(Intro on speleothems – formation and location - 
Russell Drysdale (Newcastle Uni))
a.       Cave monitoring & sampling - Janece 
McDonald (Newcastle Uni)/Chris Waring (ANSTO)
b.      Analysing Stalagmites in high resolution - Pauline Treble (ANU)
c.       Stalagmite Dating - Ed Hodge (ANSTO)/John Hellstrom (Melbourne Uni)
11.15 – 12.45

Lunch
12.45 – 13.30

3)      Regional Examples – Reconstruction of 
regional rainfall records and application to 
water resource management -Danielle Verdon (SKM consulting).
(Examples from Wombeyan Caves Janece McDonald 
(Newcastle Uni), Christmas Island Dale Redwood 
(Newcastle Uni), Margaret River Caves Pauline 
Treble (ANU), Sydney Basin stable isotopes 
Matthew Fischer (ANSTO), Chillagoe Caves ? Jonathan Nott – (James Cook Uni))
13.30 – 15.30

Tea Break 15.30 -15.45

4)      Future Sites, Work, Collaboration, Cave 
Access & knowledge Gaps Panel Discussion
15.45– 17.00




Henk Heijnis , BSc, Drs , PhD, Adjunct Professor (UTS)

Institute for Environmental Research

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

Telephone: 02 97179086

Fax: 02 97179270

Monday to Wednesday only

For the rest of the week: president at aqua.org.au