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The location of Tasmania exposes the island to climate influences from the tropics and subtropics to the north and the Southern Ocean and Antarctica to the south. This presentation will identify the dominant climate drivers in the region and interpret how their interactions contribute to climate variability in Tasmania on seasonal, interannual and longer timescales. The distinction between climate and weather will be discussed.
Mike Pook is an Honorary Fellow at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere. He worked as a meteorologist in Australia and Papua New Guinea before becoming a senior forecaster in Hobart and spent a summer at Casey in Antarctica.
After completing a PhD at the University of Tasmania he became an academic, science communicator and administrator at the Antarctic CRC until taking up a research scientist position with CSIRO. Mike was ABC Tasmania’s TV weather presenter for about 18 years.
If you are unable to join this public lecture in person, you can register to join via Zoom at www.rst.org.au
Museum at Inveresk, 2 Invermay Road, Launceston, 7250, View Map
2 Invermay Road , Launceston 7250
Free for members of the Royal Society of Tasmania | $6 general admission | $4 for students, QVMAG or TMAG Friends, and members of Launceston Historical Society