ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator
We deliver world-class computer simulations for climate, weather and Earth systems, specifically designed for Australia and the southern hemisphere. NCRIS-enabled #NCRISimpact
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator✨💻 We loved welcoming NYSF students to NCI to showcase how Australia’s national research infrastructure enables impactful science 🧬🧑🔬 Brilliant talks from NCI, @phenomicsaustralia.org.au & @access-nri.bsky.social, plus a tour of NCI data hall and ACCESS-NRI’s ocean simulator 🌊
- What does a career at the interface of software engineering 👩💻, climate science 🌏, and high-performance computing 💽 look like? Students from the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) found out at a recent collaborative event.
- ACCESS-NRI staff Paige Martin and @penguianista.bsky.social provided thoughtful insights into their ‘squiggly’ careers that transitioned from science and mathematics academia to research software engineering. 📈
- Thanks to Kial Stewart for a fantastic tour of the Climate & Fluids Laboratory that highlighted climate science research in an engaging, interactive way! And thank you to the @nci-australia.bsky.social for organising the event and running a tour of the Gadi supercomputer.
- Event contributors included @nci-australia.bsky.social, ACCESS-NRI, @phenomicsaustralia.org.au, and the ANU Climate & Fluid Physics Laboratory at the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences. It's great to have strong collaboration between NCRIS facilities for outreach. #NCRISImpact
- How well do climate models represent aerosols in the Southern Ocean? ☁️ 🌊 We spoke with Dr Sonya Fiddes from the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (@antarctic.bsky.social) about her recent paper published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 🔗 Read our interview here: bit.ly/FiddesAerosols
- Thrilled to share our 2024-2025 Highlights Report! Check out our achievements in engagement, training, model development, model release & more. Huge thanks to the ACCESS community and our amazing team! 📑 Read more or download: zenodo.org/records/1762... #ACCESSHighlights25 #NCRISImpact
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate SimulatorAustralia's climate future: new ACCESS model goes global - @access-nri.bsky.social l www.access-nri.org.au/australias-c...
- 📢Big news for climate science in Australia! 🌏 This week, Australia’s latest climate model, ACCESS-ESM1.6, is ready to enter the global stage through the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP7), which will inform the next IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social report. #NCRISImpact 📖Read more: bit.ly/497IQu5
- The CMIP7 submissions are led by CSIRO with support from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program NESP Climate Systems Hub, along with ACCESS-NRI and @nci-australia.bsky.social both funded through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
- 🌏 Behind every COP summit is a massive global climate modeling effort that compares Earth system models around the world: #CMIP7. Read this article by @andyhogg.bsky.social and Tilo Ziehn about how Australia is participating to help predict our planet's future. 🔗 theconversation.com/behind-every...
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator🌍 Last week, 140+ Antarctic scientists came together in #Hobart for our ACEAS Research Forum 2025 to share the latest research and insights about the climate risks emerging from #Antarctica and the #SouthernOcean. Read more: antarctic.org.au/aceas-resear...
- 💡 Sharing knowledge and expertise with peers is important. ACCESS-NRI had strong representation at the eResearch conference last week, with staff members participating in 10 sessions across the 3-day conference. 🧑🏫
- The overarching theme of the conference was the value of enabling research through software and data. We are privileged at ACCESS-NRI to have this as our focus. 👨💻 👩💻 It was great to see the collaboration between ACCESS-NRI and other NCRIS facilities during the conference:
- - Kelsey Druken presented with Lesley Wyborn from @ardc.edu.au for a BoF session on preserving raw data for future science 💾 - Harshula Jayasuriya and Aidan Heerdegen collaborated with Emily Kahl from @pawseycentre.bsky.social for a BoF session on using Spack for building software environments 🏗️
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View full threadThank you to other ACCESS-NRI staff: Justin Kin Jun Hew, Tommy Gatti, Jasmeen Kaur, Paul Leopardi and Romain Boucher for your presentations and contributions!
- Attending the eResearch Australasia Conference this week? Say hello at our exhibition stand, or attend a session featuring our fabulous staff! View the full program here: conference.eresearch.edu.au/program/
- A fantastic video staring our visualisation expert Owen Kaluza, on the power of visualisations for climate and weather research. These visualisations are created using supercomputers like @pawseycentre.bsky.social and @nci-australia.bsky.social #NCRISImpact Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4va...
- Credits: this video was created by @pawseycentre.bsky.social and the visualisations were created using the @nci-australia.bsky.social supercomputer and in collaboration with multiple research organisations.
- Issue 15 of the ACCESStory newsletter is now available! bit.ly/ACCESStory-I... Our popular "In conversation with" section features interviews with ACCESS-NRI's recent PhD interns: Claire Yung and Jemma Jeffree. To get our newsletter and updates direct to your inbox, sign up here: eepurl.com/hUExr5
- Other highlights from this issue include: - new partnership with the Australian Antarctic Division - selected visualisation projects - changes to help and support system - releases of new models, tools and data - new Research Software Community group - upcoming events and recent publications.
- We are excited to share this important overview of #CMIP7! Australia is submitting one model configuration, ACCESS-ESM1.6, for the FastTrack component of CMIP7, and mobilising a large-scale initiative of researchers from many disciplines and institutions. 🔗Paper: bit.ly/3VSzIlO 🔗More: bit.ly/42vlGu5
- We are thrilled to welcome the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) as a partner organisation! This positions Australia at the forefront of Antarctic and Southern Ocean research, combining ACCESS-NRI's world-class modelling infrastructure with AAD's scientific expertise. 🌏More: bit.ly/4nK26Cj
- 📷Image credit: Adele Morrison, ANU
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate SimulatorToday, the Academy is leading global change as co-convener of the landmark ‘Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action’ at the UN General Assembly alongside @burnetinstitute.bsky.social Brown University & The OSLUV Project – building on the WHO's 2021 declaration clean air is a basic human right.
- We just heard an ocean eddy during #ACCESSWorkshop25 and it was marvelous! Dark Oceanography is an interdisciplinary collaboration that integrating climate science with experimental music by the School of Music and Performance at @monashuniversity.bsky.social and @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social
- The last Keynote speaker of the #ACCESSCommunity25 Workshop @renatobrgh.bsky.social form @caltech.edu presented on the challenges of Minding the Carbon Gap: Bridging Observations and Process-Based Understanding for Earth System Modeling Innovation. Lots of food for thought + a great intro to #CliMA
- We started the second day of the #ACCESSCommunity25 Workshop with a fantastic keynote from Cat Vreugdenhil from the University of Melbourne, entitled "Ocean convection, circulation and ice shelves: A fine-scale numerical simulation approach to modelling ocean processes"
- An insightful presentation from our first keynote speaker Gokhan Danabasoglu from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the US, showing the significant advances and challenges of the high-resolution simulations with the Community Earth System Model (CESM). #ACCESSCommunity25
- Our #ACCESSCommunity25 Workshop is officially open in Melbourne and we're absolutely overwhelmed by the amazing turnout from our community! A special acknowledgment to the powerful Welcome to Country ceremony from Wurundjeri Elder Tony Garvey. Looking forward to three days of talks + discussions!
- The ACCESS Training Day 2025 was a success: 5 structured sessions, 9 unstructured sessions and approx 60 participants on topics covering use of the ACCESS models (CM3, ESM1.5, CABLE, AM3, OM3) and GitHub Best practices, evaluating ENSO, Xarray and Dask and more! #NCRISImpact #ACCESSCommunity25 🎉
- We are thrilled to announce our three keynote speakers for the 🌏#ACCESSCommunity25 Workshop next week in Melbourne! We have a program full of exciting talks, lunchtime discussions training sessions and opportunities to collaborate. 👩🏫 Program: bit.ly/4lH8UA6 👨💻 Training Day program: bit.ly/4kYZG0O
- Happy #scienceweek! We support researchers in running models that represent different parts of our Earth: the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and land. These models use nature’s hidden language—physics—with the help of powerful supercomputers to decode and better understand Earth’s climate #NCRISImpact
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate SimulatorWoah, the hot spot across the northern Pacific is even more prominent in last month's sea surface temperature map. This is really quite striking! Though the extratropics in both hemispheres are warmer than average too. Data from @noaa.gov OISSTv2.1 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt...
- What does an ocean climate model sound like? Check out this article in The Conversation. To find out more, why not join the ACCESS Community Workshop 2025 from 8–12 September? @navidcy.bsky.social and collaborators have a 15 min plenary talk on this very topic! 🌐 Workshop info: bit.ly/4lH8UA6
- Dark Oceanography project integrates climate science with experimental music, modelling generative oceanic systems of mesoscale eddies in spatial audio and percussion. Read about the project at theconversation.com/what-would-a... @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social @access-nri.bsky.social
- 3D Visualisation Project EoIs close soon! Collaborate with ACCESS-NRI on a 3-month visualisation project. We offer technical support and expert guidance to help bring your science to life. 🌐 More info: bit.ly/3IS0ZSb 📝 Apply here: bit.ly/45da2Ex See a past visualisation project below.
- Which sessions are you going to? Draft programs for the ACCESS Community Workshop and ACCESS Training Day are now available! Check out the fantastic line-up of speakers and topics planned. 👩🏫 Workshop program: bit.ly/4lH8UA6 👨💻 Training Day program: bit.ly/4kYZG0O 🌐 More info: bit.ly/3YRL3V5
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator📣 Job opportunity 📣 Come work with us at Monash as a 3yr Research Fellow on ice sheet-atmosphere coupling! You'll sit within @arcsaef.bsky.social and be part of the @access-nri.bsky.social ice sheets team, pushing frontiers in Earth System Modelling ❄️🇦🇶 👉 careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate SimulatorKeen to work on ice sheet 🧊🏔️ model development 👩🏾💻🌏 with @fsmccormack.bsky.social and @access-nri.bsky.social? Seize the opportunity!👇🏼 careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
- Wondering what ACCESS-NRI is working on and how it may benefit the ACCESS community this year? We are thrilled to unveil our Annual Work Plan for 2025–2026! 📖Read or download: bit.ly/3IO36Gg ✍️Access the feedback from the ACCESS Community go to the ACCESS-Hive Forum: bit.ly/3Iw1ctV #NCRISImpact
- Want to up your modelling game? Sign up for the ACCESS Training Day 2025! This event is at Melbourne Connect on 9 September, during the same week as the ACCESS Community Workshop 2025. 📝 Register: bit.ly/4eERwsU 🌐 More info: bit.ly/3YRL3V5
- Missed out on submitting your abstract? No worries – you can still submit a poster! The ACCESS Community Workshop 2025 is at Melbourne Connect on 8–12 September. Registrations are open and poster submissions close 20 July. 📝 Registration: bit.ly/44kYj7y 🧑🏫 Poster submission: bit.ly/44FzBOn
- Our second training workshop at #AMOS2025 on "Working with Australia's climate model output data: first steps for researchers" introduced +25 participants to how to access manage and use data output at the @nci-australia.bsky.social Gadi supercomputer #NCRISImpact #ACCESSImpact
- Our User Training lead, Paige Martin at #AMOS2025 talking about how ACCESS-NRI empowers climate modelling through collation, innovation and training. 🌏⛹️♀️
- Great talk at #AMOS225 by Lachlan Whyborn, from our Land Surface model team on recent developments in the CABLE Surface model including improvements to the water balance and groundwater, as well as other developments on the model workflow. #NCRISImpact
- A great start of Day 2 at #AMOS2025 with our Workshop on Australia's climate and weather models 🌏. 30+ participants enjoyed breakfast, a climate model inspired song/dance, an overview of what climate models are, and an introduction to the role of the different teams at ACCESS-NRI. #NCRISImpact
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator#AMOS2025 Meyers Medal awarded to Dr Ed Doddridge for his work on sea ice. 🧊 🌊
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate SimulatorDr Michael Grose gives his talk on climate update. Six supported datasets agree in global mean temperature trends
- Fascinating talk by Dr Chermelle Engel from our Atmosphere Modelling team at #AMOS2025 on the technical hurdles of high resolution ACCESS regional nesting suites for research purposes on the Gadi supercomputer. #ACCESSImpact #NCRISImpact
- Andrew Kiss from COSIMA giving an insightful talk at #AMOS2025 on the many new capabilities of the ocean model ACCESS-OM3 compared with ACCESS-OM2 #ACCESSImpact
- Fantastic presentation by Felicity Chun at #AMOS2025 from our Model Evaluation and Diagnostics (MED) team on ACCESS-ENSO Recipes and ACCESS-Vis. This tools aim to provide a seamless workflow from model evaluation to impactful data visualisations to improve climate model accuracy. #NCRISImpact
- The exciting program for #AMOS2025 has started with an intro by @sarahinscience.bsky.social from @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social. I you here, find our booth and say hello!😁 ACCESS-NRI is a proud sponsor of this event.
- 📢Great news! Registrations for our #ACCESSCommunity25 workshop are open + we've extended the abstract submission deadline to 22 June. Don't miss out! 📑Register: bit.ly/44kYj7y ✍️Submit your abstract: bit.ly/457DqOn 🔖Abstract guidelines: bit.ly/4kgj6yP 🌏More: bit.ly/3YRL3V5
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate Simulator🗓 Upcoming Event: Australian Trust and Identity for National Research Infrastructure - Information Session | 18 June, 11am AEST #Online Featuring guest speakers from @nifaustralia.bsky.social, @access-nri.bsky.social and @micro-au.bsky.social. Register now > aaf.edu.au/project/trus...
- Submit your abstract now! Abstract submissions are closing on 3 days (15 June). ✍️Submit your abstract now: bit.ly/457DqOn 🔖Abstract guidelines: bit.ly/4kgj6yP 🌏More: bit.ly/3YRL3V5
- Hurry up! Abstract submissions are closing on the 15 June 2025. ✍️Submit your abstract now: bit.ly/457DqOn 🔖Abstract guidelines: bit.ly/4kgj6yP 🌏More: bit.ly/3YRL3V5
- If you are using ACCESS model output for your research or running or developing the models, we would like to hear from you! Everyone is welcome, especially students and Early Career Researchers. ✍️Submit your abstract now: bit.ly/457DqOn 🔖Abstract guidelines: bit.ly/4kgj6yP 🌏More: bit.ly/3YRL3V5
- #RSAA25 is a great opportunity for students and ECRs to present your work, explore career paths in research software engineering and network! 🚀 Submit a presentation: lnkd.in/giGydtuH before 22 June, 2025 ℹ️ More info: rseaa.org 🌏 ACCESS-NRI is a proud sponsor of this event. #RSAA25
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate SimulatorOut today in Nature, our paper on the drivers of the record 2023 summer heating of the North Atlantic. Temperatures warmed to record levels in just a few months. The impacts on climate & ecosystems were severe. A thread on how this work came about and what we found.👇👇🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Thank you @nci-australia.bsky.social for an amazing tour of Gadi, the home of our climate, weather and Earth system computer models!❤️
- ACCESS-NRI at NCI: A Closer Look at Gadi and Sustainable Supercomputing It was a pleasure to host the @access-nri.bsky.social team at NCI last week! During their visit, the team toured the data centre and got a behind-the-scenes view of the advanced infrastructure supporting their work.
- Reposted by ACCESS-NRI, Australia's Climate SimulatorACCESS-NRI at NCI: A Closer Look at Gadi and Sustainable Supercomputing It was a pleasure to host the @access-nri.bsky.social team at NCI last week! During their visit, the team toured the data centre and got a behind-the-scenes view of the advanced infrastructure supporting their work.
- The latest issue of our newsletter #ACCESStory is out! Find all ACCESS Community related news, events, opportunities and more! 📚 Read: bit.ly/3SVfw0V 🌏 Check out older issues and subscribe: www.access-nri.org.au/accesstory/ #NCRISImpact
