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1106
National Ranking
73

Overview

Richard J. Matear is affiliated with CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere in Australia. Their research spans significant aspects of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Atmospheric Science.

The main scientific topics covered by Matear's work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Their recent publications reflect these interests, with notable papers such as:

  • Widespread phytoplankton blooms triggered by 2019-2020 Australian wildfires, 2021, Nature
  • Global increase in wildfire potential from compound fire weather and drought, 2022, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Background nutrient concentration determines phytoplankton bloom response to marine heatwaves, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Insights into projected changes in marine heatwaves from a high-resolution ocean circulation model, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Likelihood of unprecedented drought and fire weather during Australia's 2019 megafires, 2021, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Matear frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers, including James S. Risbey, Didier P. Monselesan, Dougal T. Squire, Peter G. Strutton, and Carly R. Tozer.

The scientist's work is often published in venues specialized in climate and atmospheric sciences. Common outlets for their research include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Climate
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Best Publications

  • Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty-first century and its impact on calcifying organisms

    James C. Orr;Victoria J. Fabry;Olivier Aumont;Laurent Bopp

  • The carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2

    IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden

  • Ocean Salinities Reveal Strong Global Water Cycle Intensification During 1950 to 2000

    Paul J. Durack;Susan E. Wijffels;Susan E. Wijffels;Richard J. Matear;Richard J. Matear

  • Response of ocean ecosystems to climate warming

    Jorge L. Sarmiento;Richard D. Slater;Richard T. Barber;Laurent Bopp

  • Southern Ocean acidification: A tipping point at 450-ppm atmospheric CO2

    Ben I. McNeil;Richard J. Matear

  • Climate change and Australian marine life

    E. S. Poloczanska;R. C Babcock;A. Butler;A. J. Hobday

  • Long‐term changes in dissolved oxygen concentrations in the ocean caused by protracted global warming

    R. J. Matear;A. C. Hirst

  • Mixed responses of tropical Pacific fisheries and aquaculture to climate change

    Johann D. Bell;Alexandre Ganachaud;Peter C. Gehrke;Shane P. Griffiths

  • Evaluating Global Ocean Carbon Models: The Importance of Realistic Physics

    Scott C. Doney;Keith Lindsay;K. Caldeira;J.-M. Campin;J.-M. Campin

  • Impact of circulation on export production, dissolved organic matter, and dissolved oxygen in the ocean: Results from Phase II of the Ocean Carbon-cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP-2)

    Raymond G. Najjar;X. Jin;F. Louanchi;Olivier Aumont

  • Evaluation of ocean carbon cycle models with data-based metrics

    K. Matsumoto;Jorge L. Sarmiento;Robert M. Key;Olivier Aumont

  • Effects of climate-driven primary production change on marine food webs: implications for fisheries and conservation

    C.J. Brown;C.J. Brown;E.A. Fulton;A.J. Hobday;R.J. Matear

  • Evaluation of ocean model ventilation with CFC-11: comparison of 13 global ocean models

    Jean-Claude Dutay;John L. Bullister;Scott C. Doney;James C. Orr

  • Global increase in wildfire potential from compound fire weather and drought

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  • Seasonal and interannual variability in particle fluxes of carbon, nitrogen and silicon from time series of sediment traps at Ocean Station P, 1982–1993: relationship to changes in subarctic primary productivity

    C.S. Wong;F.A. Whitney;D.W. Crawford;K. Iseki

  • Anthropogenic CO2 Uptake by the Ocean Based on the Global Chlorofluorocarbon Data Set

    Ben I. McNeil;Richard J. Matear;Robert M. Key;John L. Bullister

  • Anthropogenic CO2 in the oceans estimated using transit time distributions

    D. W. Waugh;T. M. Hall;B. I. McNeil;R. Key

  • Localized subduction of anthropogenic carbon dioxide in the Southern Hemisphere oceans

    Jean-Baptiste Sallée;Richard J. Matear;Stephen R. Rintoul;Stephen R. Rintoul;Andrew Lenton

  • Widespread phytoplankton blooms triggered by 2019–2020 Australian wildfires

    Weiyi Tang;Weiyi Tang;Joan Llort;Jakob Weis;Jakob Weis;Morgane M. G. Perron

  • Sea–air CO 2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean for the period 1990–2009

    Andrew Lenton;Bronte Tilbrook;Bronte Tilbrook;R. M. Law;Dorothee C. E. Bakker

  • Biogeochemical protocols and diagnostics for the CMIP6 Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP)

    James C. Orr;Raymond G. Najjar;Olivier Aumont;Laurent Bopp

  • Parameter optimization and analysis of ecosystem models using simulated annealing: a case study at Station P

    Richard J. Matear

  • Changes in dissolved oxygen in the Southern Ocean with climate change

    R. J. Matear;A. C. Hirst;B. I. McNeil

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Lenton
Andrew Lenton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Peter G. Strutton
Peter G. Strutton University of Tasmania
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
James C. Orr
James C. Orr French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Scott C. Doney
Scott C. Doney University of Virginia
Bronte Tilbrook
Bronte Tilbrook CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Andrew Yool
Andrew Yool National Oceanography Centre
Fortunat Joos
Fortunat Joos University of Bern
Keith Lindsay
Keith Lindsay National Center for Atmospheric Research

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