ACCESS-NRI

February 7, 2025

What’s the difference between climate and weather models? It all comes down to chaos

This is a recent article in The Conversation, authored by our Director, Andy Hogg, Associate Director Kelsey Druken and Release Team leader, Aidan Heerdegen. Weather…

December 10, 2024

Supercharging Australian climate science: Australia’s Earth system model gets revamped for a clearer view of our future and past climate.

In short: Australia’s climate simulator (ACCESS-NRI) upgraded the ACCESS Earth system model to make it easier to use, ensuring reliable results and tailoring the code to…

November 7, 2024

Report: 2024 ACCESS Community Workshop

Climate, weather and Earth system models play a crucial role in understanding and predicting the Earth’s climate system. The annual ACCESS Community Workshop aims to…

November 7, 2024

ACCESS-NRI participates in eResearch Australasia 2024

Each year the eResearch Australasia conference provides an exciting opportunity to engage, connect and share ideas and exemplars concerning new information-centric research capabilities, and how…

August 5, 2024

Including land ice in the ACCESS Earth System Model: a community-led model selection approach

In short: ACCESS-NRI has adopted the Ice-sheet and Sea-level System Model (ISSM) as its support Ice Sheet model after an open and rigorous community-led selection…

July 15, 2024

Observing and modelling the ocean: highlights from our recent national workshop

Recently, 110 ocean observers and modellers from all over Australia met in Canberra for a three-day workshop showcasing the latest research and development in coastal…

May 16, 2024

Modernising climate modelling software: the ACCESS OM2 model starts using a new software pipeline  

  In short: ACCESS-NRI, Australia’s Climate Simulator, has completed its first fully supported model release: the ACCESS-OM2 Ocean and Sea-Ice Model. This release uses a…

May 14, 2024

Report: CMIP7 Evaluation Hackathon

From March 12-14, a group of climate modelers and developers gathered at CSIRO in Aspendale, Victoria for the CMIP7 ACCESS evaluation hackathon to evaluate Australia’s…

March 7, 2024

Visualising Antarctica’s heartbeat

The first astronauts to witness Earth from space were awed by the inspiring sight. They felt a shift in their perspective and an understanding of…

March 6, 2024

A visual expedition to Antarctica’s past

As Antarctic sea ice appears to have shifted to a different state of lower coverage, a new visualisation of the historical voyage of the ship…

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