Dr Rachel Law

Senior Principal Research Scientist

https://people.csiro.au/L/R/Rachel-Law

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Biography

Dr Rachel Law works in the 'Modelling the Earth System' group in the Climate Atmosphere Ocean Interactions Program. The major focus of her work is coordinating an Australian submission to the World Climate Research Programme's Coupled Modelling Intercomparison Project Phase 7 (CMIP7) using the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS). The CMIP7 submission will be a multi-agency effort led by CSIRO. New configurations of ACCESS are currently being developed, to be ready for CMIP7 'production' simulations in around 2026.

Rachel is a member of the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS) National Research Infrastructure Scientific Advisory Committee.

Rachel's research interests include:
* ongoing development of the ACCESS earth system model which simulates the carbon cycle alongside climate
* using ACCESS experiments to explore interactions between the carbon cycle and climate
* interpreting the atmospheric measurements of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide, to better understand where anthropogenic carbon is taken up by the land biosphere and oceans

Professional Areas

Current Roles

ACCESS group leader
Managing 5 teams focussed on modelling multi-annual to centennial climate variability and change, interactions with the carbon cycle and process studies supported by ocean observations and wind tunnel experiments.
Principal Research Scientist
Using ACCESS-ESM to explore carbon-climate interactions. Interpreting atmospheric measurements of greenhouse gases.
Aspendale Site Leader
Provides local leadership for the CSIRO Aspendale Site

Academic Qualifications

1993

PhD
University of Melbourne
1988

B. Sc. (Hons)
University of Melbourne

Professional Experiences

2015-2016

Land surface modelling team leader
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
2003-2009

Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
2000-2003

Research Scientist
CSIRO Atmospheric Research
1994-2000

Research Fellow
CRC for Southern Hemisphere Research, Monash University

Achievements and Awards

2019-current

Fellow
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

Other highlights

1996-2008

Leadership role in TransCom project, an international project assessing transport model uncertainty for greenhouse gas emissions estimates. Multiple publications including highly-citied 2002 Gurney et al., Nature paper
2009-2013

Contributing to REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) project with co-authorship of 4 papers.

Publications

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