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Seasonal Prediction, Coral Reef Management, Wave Modelling, Science Communication, Pacific Island Countries
Australia

Biography

Dr Grant Smith is an oceanographer for the Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac) and Research section of the Bureau of Meteorology. He is primarily involved with marine seasonal forecasting for sub-seasonal to seasonal time scales for both Australia and the Pacific, as well as wave modelling.

Activities

Employment (1)

Australian Bureau of Meteorology: Melbourne, VIC, AU

2013-07-01 to present | Senior Research Scientist (Seasonal Forecasting)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Swinburne University of Technology: Hawthorn, VIC, AU

PhD (Ocean Engineering)
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Deakin University: Geelong, Victoria, AU

Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental) (Engineering)
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Deakin University: Geelong, Victoria, AU

Bachelor of Computer Science (Programming & Software Development) (Engineering)
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Professional activities (1)

Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

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Works (14)

Seasonal climate summary southern hemisphere (autumn 2020): another coral bleaching event for the Great Barrier Reef without an active El Niño

Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science
2024-10-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Grant A. Smith; Blair Trewin
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Global ocean surface and subsurface temperature forecast skill over subseasonal to seasonal timescales

Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science
2024-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Grant A. Smith; Claire M. Spillman; Christopher Reason
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Quantifying the Benefits of Altimetry Assimilation in Seasonal Forecasts of the Upper Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2023-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Matthew J. Widlansky; Xiaoyu Long; Magdalena A. Balmaseda; Claire M. Spillman; Grant Smith; Hao Zuo; Yonghong Yin; Oscar Alves; Arun Kumar
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Forecasting extreme marine heat events in key aquaculture regions around New Zealand

Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science
2022-03-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine O. de Burgh-Day; Claire M. Spillman; Grant Smith; Craig L. Stevens
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Subseasonal prediction of the 2020 Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea marine heatwave

Environmental Research Letters
2021-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jessica A Benthuysen; Grant A Smith; Claire M Spillman; Craig R Steinberg
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Global wave hindcast with Australian and Pacific Island Focus: From past to present

Geoscience Data Journal
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Grant A. Smith; Mark Hemer; Diana Greenslade; Claire Trenham; Stefan Zieger; Tom Durrant
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Seasonal Forecasting Skill of Sea‐Level Anomalies in a Multi‐Model Prediction Framework

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaoyu Long; Matthew J. Widlansky; Claire M. Spillman; Arun Kumar; Magdalena Balmaseda; Philip R. Thompson; Yoshimitsu Chikamoto; Grant A. Smith; Bohua Huang; Chul‐Su Shin et al.
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Ocean Temperature Outlooks - Coral Bleaching Risk: Great Barrier Reef and Australian waters

Bureau of Meteorology
2020-06 | Report
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New high-resolution sea surface temperature forecasts for coral reef management on the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs
2019-10-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Grant Smith; Claire Spillman
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Diagnosis of historical inundation events in the Marshall Islands to assist early warning systems

Natural Hazards
2019-10-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Grant Smith; Nover Juria
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Lessons From the Pacific Ocean Portal: Building Pacific Island Capacity to Interpret, Apply, and Communicate Ocean Information

Frontiers in Marine Science
2019-08-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-7745
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Multi-model ensemble sea level forecasts for tropical Pacific islands

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
2017 | Journal article
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Marine Habitat Mapping Incorporating Both Derivatives of LiDAR Data and Hydrodynamic Conditions

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
2015 | Journal article
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Introduction of a new friction routine into the SWAN model that evaluates roughness due to bedform and sediment size changes

Coastal Engineering
2011 | Journal article
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Peer review (11 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for Communications earth & environment. (1)
Review activity for Journal of climate. (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (1)
Review activity for Scientific data. (1)
Review activity for Weather and climate extremes. (7)