Joëlle Gergis

PUBLICATIONS

Gergis, J. and Fowler, A. (2005). Classification of synchronous oceanic and atmospheric El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events for palaeoclimate reconstruction. International Journal of Climatology, 25: 1541–1565. Download an updated version of the Coupled ENSO Index (CEI) timeseries here.

Gergis, J., Fowler, A., Braganza, K., Risbey, J. and Mooney, S (2006). Reconstructing El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) from high-resolution palaeoarchives. Journal of Quaternary Science, 21(7):707-722. * This paper was the 4th most cited paper in JQS in 2006.

Gergis, J. and Fowler, A. (2006). How unusual was late Twentieth Century El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)? Assessing evidence from tree-ring, coral, ice and documentary archives, A.D. 1525-2002. Advances in Geosciences, 6: 173-179.

Gergis, J. (2006). Reconstructing El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO); evidence from tree-ring, coral, ice core and documentary palaeoarchives, A.D. 1525-2002. PhD Thesis, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Gergis, J., Boswijk, G. and Fowler, A. (2005). An update of modern Northland Kauri (Agathis australis) tree-ring chronologies Part 1: Puketi State Forest. New Zealand tree-ring Site Report No.19 School of Geography and Environmental Science Working Paper 29, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Gergis, J., Boswijk, G. and Fowler, A. (2005). An update of modern Northland Kauri (Agathis australis) tree-ring chronologies Part 2: Trounson Kauri Park. New Zealand tree-ring Site Report No. 20, School of Geography and Environmental Science Working Paper 30, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Gergis, J. (2006). Reconstructing El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO); evidence from tree-ring, coral, ice core and documentary palaeoarchives, A.D. 1525-2002. Quaternary Australasia 24(1):14.

Braganza, K., Gergis, J., Risbey, J., Fowler, A., Turney, C. and Nicholls, N. (2006). Palaeo-evidence of historic Australian climate variability. Climatic Change Research in the Bureau of Meteorology, BMRC Research Report No. 125 p7-8, Bureau of Meteorology Australia.

Gergis, J. (2007). A report on the 2nd International Young Scientists’ Global Change Conference and the 2nd Earth System Science Partnership’s Open Science Conference, Nov 5-12th 2006, Beijing, China. Quaternary Australasia, 24(2):40-42.

Fowler, A.M., Boswijk, G., Gergis, J. and Lorrey, A. (2008). ENSO history recorded in Agathis australis (Kauri) tree-rings Part A: Kauri’s potential as an ENSO proxy. International Journal of Climatology 28(1):1–20.

Fowler, A.M. (2008). ENSO history recorded in Agathis australis (Kauri) tree-rings Part B: 423 years of ENSO robustness. International Journal of Climatology 28(1):21–35.

Gergis, J. and Fowler, A. A history of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events since A.D. 1525; implications for future climate change. Climatic Change in press.

Braganza, K., Gergis, J., Power, S., Risbey, J., and Fowler, A. A new Pacific basin-wide index of El Niño-Southern Oscillation, A.D. 1525-1982. Journal of Geophysical Research in press.

MEDIA

Smith, D. (2007). A spot of time travel finds a golden result. Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 2007.

NZ Press Association (2007). Kauri help build picture of El Niño variations. New Zealand Herald, 2 February 2007.

RMIT Openline (2007). RMIT student wins prestigious Wentworth scholarship, 24 August 2007.

Gergis, J. (2007). Portrait: The Weather Warrior (Karl Braganza). COSMOS magazine, issue 16 (June/July) 2007. See the ABC’s Catalyst profile based on this article.

Gergis, J. (2007). No more climate distractions. COSMOS online, 27 July 2007.

Gergis, J. (2007). Lessons of the elders. COSMOS magazine, issue 18 (Dec/Jan), p74–79.

Gergis, J. (2007). Backing Australia’s ability? Wet Ink, issue 9 (Dec/Jan), p14–15.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Gergis, J. (2003). Late Twentieth Century El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the Context of Holocene Climate Change. Australasian Quaternary Association Biennial Conference, February 3-7 2003, Westport, New Zealand.

Gergis, J. Fowler, A., and Mooney, S. (2004). A Multiproxy Analysis of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Variability. 1st International CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) Science Conference, June 21-25 2004, Baltimore, USA.

Gergis, J. Fowler, A., and Mooney, S. (2004). A Multiproxy Approach to El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Australasian Quaternary Association Biennial Conference, December 6-10 2004, Cradle Mountain, Australia.

Gergis, J., Fowler, A. and Mooney, S. (2005). A Multiproxy Analysis of El Niño-Southern Oscillation Variability. 1st Alexander Von Humboldt International Conference on the El Niño Phenomenon and its Global Impact, May 16-20 2005, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Gergis, J., Fowler, A., Braganza, K., Risbey, J. and Mooney, S. (2005). Multiproxy approaches to El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) reconstruction; integrating evidence from tree-ring, coral, ice and documentary archives, A.D. 1525-2002. Reconstructing Past Climates for Future Prediction: Integrating High-Resolution Palaeo Data for Meaningful Prediction in the Australasian Region, June 27-28, Canberra, Australia.

Gergis, J., Fowler, A., Braganza, K., Mooney, S. and Risbey, J. (2005). El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) since A.D. 1525: integrating evidence from tree-ring, coral, ice-core and documentary archives. PAGES 2nd Open Science Meeting: Palaeoclimate, Environmental Sustainability and Our Future, August 10-12, Beijing, China.

Braganza, K., Gergis, J., Risbey, J., and Fowler, A. (2006). El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) since A.D. 1525; evidence from tree-ring, coral and ice-core records. 13th Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) National Conference Climate, Water and Sustainability, February 6-8, 2006 Newcastle, NSW. Australia.

Gergis, J., Braganza, K., Risbey, J., Fowler, A., and Mooney, S. (2006). Reconstructing El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO); evidence from tree-ring, coral and ice-core records, A.D. 1525-2002. A Workshop On Earth System Models Of Intermediate Complexity 20–21 February, 2006, Melbourne, Australia.

Gergis, J., Braganza, K., Risbey, J., Fowler, A., and Mooney, S. (2006). El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) since A.D. 1525; evidence from tree-ring, coral and ice-core records. 2nd International Young Scientists’ Global Change Conference, Beijing, China, 6– 8 November, 2006.

Gergis, J., Braganza, K., Risbey, J., Fowler, A., and Mooney, S. (2006). El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) since A.D. 1525; evidence from tree-ring, coral and ice-core records. 2nd Earth System Science Partnership’s Open Science Conference; Global Environmental Change: Regional Challenges, Beijing, China, November 9-12th, 2006.

Gergis J. and Fowler, A. (2007). Reconstructing El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO): Integrating evidence from tree-ring, coral, ice-core and documentary palaeoarchives, A.D. 1525-2002. XVll International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Congress, Cairns, Australia, 28 July - 3 August 2007.

Braganza, K., Gergis, J., Power, S., Risbey, J., and Fowler, A. (2007). A new basin-wide multi-proxy index of the El Nino Southern Oscillation, A.D. 1525-1982. XVll International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Congress, Cairns, Australia, 28 July - 3 August 2007.

Boswijk, G., Fowler, A., Lorrey, A., Gergis, J., and Palmer, J. (2007). Improving replication: the addition of new archaeological data to the late-Holocene kauri record. XVll International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Congress, Cairns, Australia, 28 July - 3 August 2007.

Fowler, A., Boswijk, G., Gergis, J., Lorrey, A., and Palmer, J. (2007). A multi-century ENSO reconstruction from kauri tree rings. XVll International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Congress, Cairns, Australia, 28 July - 3 August 2007.

Gergis, J. and Fowler, A. (2007). A history of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events since A.D. 1525; implications for future climate change. Climatic Changes in the Last 1500 Years: Their Impact on Pacific Islands, Honolulu, Hawaii, 13–15 November 2007.

Gergis, J., Fowler, A., Braganza, K., Power, S., Risbey, J. (2008). New Pacific basin-wide reconstructions of El Niño-Southern Oscillation, A.D. 1525-1982. Reconciling ENSO chronologies for the Past 500 Years, Papeete, Tahiti, 2–4 April 2008.