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SEACI: understanding climate change and variability in south-eastern Australia

The South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative's research aims to improve our understanding of the causes and impacts of climate change and variability in south-eastern Australia, and improve projections of future climate.

• 29 June 2010 | Updated 14 October 2011

Overview

• Understanding climate change and variability
• Partners in research
• Synthesis of findings: Phase 1

Understanding climate change and variability

Phase 2 of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative (SEACI) is a three-year, A$9 million research program investigating the causes and impacts of climate change and climate variability across south-eastern Australia.

SEACI is developing improved predictions of future climate over a range of timescales. It aims to improve projections of rainfall and streamflow for hydrological and agricultural application.

Research throughout SEACI will address key research questions of importance to the SEACI partners through three linked research themes.

Through these projects and their associated milestones, the program aims to deliver a holistic and better integrated understanding of climate change and climate variability across south-eastern Australia.

Partners in research

As was Phase 1 of SEACI, which concluded in 2009, Phase 2 of SEACI is a partnership between several agencies, including:

• CSIRO
• Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
• Murray-Darling Basin Authority
• Bureau of Meteorology
• Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment.

Synthesis of findings: Phase 1 of SEACI

Research under SEACI is now in its second phase, which will conclude in 2012. The first phase of SEACI ran from 2006–09. Climate variability and change in south-eastern Australia is a synthesis report of the findings from Phase 1.

Find out more about the SEACI [external link].