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Prof

Ian Young

Honorary
Engineering and IT
Ocean Waves
Ocean Wind & Waves
Ocean Climate
science & technology
physical sciences
oceanography
technology
engineering
engineering, ocean
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Prof

Ian Young

 
Division
Engineering and IT
 
Primary Interest
Physical Oceanography
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects from 15 for Ian Young.

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The Spectral Evolution of Ocean Swell

2021 - 2023
Active
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Coastal Waves and Sea Level Study

2019 - 2022
Active
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SRS Surface Wave Sub-Facility - Wind Scatterometer Extension

2019 - 2021
Active
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Global investigation of trends in extreme wind speed and direction

2020 - 2021
Completed
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Wind and wave climate study of Kenmare Moma

2020 - 2020
Completed
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PREDICTING ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMES IN A PERIOD OF CLIMATE CHANGE

This project has the potential to reduce the uncertainty in the predictions of extreme winds and waves used to design and operate coastal an..

2016 - 2020
Completed
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AUSTRALIA-CHINA CENTRE FOR MARITIME ENGINEERING (ACCME)

2016 - 2020
Completed
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AN INTEGRATED MODELLING SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATIONAL AID IN TIDAL INLETS

2017 - 2020
Completed
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AN INTEGRATED MODELLING SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATIONAL AID IN TIDAL INLETS

2017 - 2020
Completed
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Satellite Measurements of Ocean Wave Breaking

This project aims to develop a methodology for global satellite measurements of ocean wave breaking and determine global trends. Measurement..

2017 - 2019
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

9

Research Grant

4

Internal Research Grant

2

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works from 170 for Ian Young.

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Positive relationship between seasonal Indo-Pacific Ocean wave power and SST

Sukhwinder Kaur, Prashant Kumar, Evan Weller, Ian R Young

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

The influence of increasing sea surface temperatures (SSTs), in response to greenhouse warming, on wave power (WP) remains uncerta..

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Carbon pricing of international transport fuels: Impacts on carbon emissions and trade activity

Gabriela Mundaca, Jon Strand, Ian R Young

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

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Global Wave Hindcasts Using the Observation-Based Source Terms: Description and Validation

Qingxiang Liu, Alexander V Babanin, W Erick Rogers, Stefan Zieger, Ian R Young, Jean-Raymond Bidlot, Tom Durrant, Kevin Ewans, Changlong Guan, Cagil Kirezci, Gil Lemos, Keith MacHutchon, Il-Ju Moon, Henrique Rapizo, Agustinus Ribal, Alvaro Semedo, Juanjuan Wang

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS

Global wave hindcasts are developed using the third generation spectral wave model WAVEWATCH III with the observation-based source..

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The Physics of Ocean Wave Evolution within Tropical Cyclones

Ali Tamizi, Jose-Henrique Alves, Ian R Young

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

AbstractA series of numerical experiments with the WAVEWATCH III spectral wave model are used to investigate the physics of wave e..

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Structured design of Australia's in situ wave observing network

DJM Greenslade, MA Hemer, IR Young, CR Steinberg

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY

This work revisits and extends an analysis of the Australian wave observing network. The method is based on calculating correlatio..

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Spatial dependence of extreme seas in the North East Atlantic from satellite altimeter measurements

R Shooter, E Ross, A Ribal, IR Young, P Jonathan

Journal article  |  2021  |  ENVIRONMETRICS

The extremal spatial dependence of significant wave height in the North East Atlantic is explored using Joint Altimetry Satellite ..

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Long-Term and Seasonal Trends in Global Wave Height Extremes Derived from ERA-5 Reanalysis Data

Alicia Takbash, Ian R Young

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

A non-stationary extreme value analysis of 41 years (1979–2019) of global ERA5 (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts..

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Global scatterometer observations of the structure of tropical cyclone wind fields

A Tamizi, IR Young, A Ribal, JH Alves

Journal article  |  2020  |  Monthly Weather Review

A very large database containing 24 years of scatterometer passes is analyzed to investigate the surface wind fields within tropic..

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The Sea State CCI dataset v1: towards a sea state climate data record based on satellite observations

Guillaume Dodet, Jean-Francois Piolle, Yves Quilfen, Saleh Abdalla, Mickael Accensi, Fabrice Ardhuin, Ellis Ash, Jean-Raymond Bidlot, Christine Gommenginger, Gwendal Marechal, Marcello Passaro, Graham Quartly, Justin Stopa, Ben Timmermans, Ian Young, Paolo Cipollini, Craig Donlon

Journal article  |  2020  |  EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA

Sea state data are of major importance for climate studies, marine engineering, safety at sea and coastal management. However, lon..

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The Global Wind Resource Observed by Scatterometer

Ian R Young, Ebru Kirezci, Agustinus Ribal

Journal article  |  2020  |  REMOTE SENSING

A 27-year-long calibrated multi-mission scatterometer data set is used to determine the global basin-scale and near-coastal wind r..

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Keyword Analysis

Maritime Engineering
Marine Systems and Management
Oceanography
Air Quality, Atmosphere and Weather
Climate Change Science
Understanding Climate Change
Renewable Energy
Energy Exploration
Expanding Knowledge
Other Environmental Management

News

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Unwelcome sea change: new research finds coastal flooding may cost up to 20% of global economy by 2100

Ebru Kirezci, Ian Young

Darren Pateman/AAPOver the past two weeks, storms pummelling the New South Wales coast have left beachfront hom..

July 30, 2020
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Rising global flood risk demands action

Ebru Kirezci, Ian Young

We know climate change will cause rising sea levels and increase the frequency of storms and extreme waves, putting large stretches of land ..

July 30, 2020
pursuit Article
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Extreme waves set to be bigger and more frequent

Alberto Meucci, Ian Young, Ebru Kirezci

When most of us think about what climate change will do to our coastlines we tend to focus on how sea-levels are rising as the polar ice cap..

June 10, 2020
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Perubahan iklim dapat ubah tinggi gelombang laut dan ancam banjiri daerah pesisir di dunia

Mark Hemer, Ian Young, Joao Morim Nascimento, Nobuhito Mori

Kenaikan permukaan laut bukan satu-satunya dampak perubahan iklim yang akan memengaruhi daerah pesisir. Penelitian kami, yang dipublikasikan..

September 24, 2019
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Climate change may change the way ocean waves impact 50% of the world’s coastlines

Mark Hemer, Ian Young, Joao Morim Nascimento, Nobuhito Mori

The rise in sea levels is not the only way climate change will affect the coasts. Our research, published today in Nature Climate Change, fo..

August 19, 2019
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Ocean waves and winds are getting higher and stronger

Ian Young, Agustinus Ribal

During extreme storms, ocean waves can be more than 20 metres high, or as tall as a five-storey building. More than being just a product of ..

April 24, 2019
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2014

Officer of the Order of Australia

2001

Centenary Medal

Australian Government
2001

FTSE - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

1998

FIEAUST - Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Australia

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Member Of The American Geophysical Union

American Geophysical Union

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

James Cook University of North Queensland

Master of Engineering Science

James Cook University of North Queensland

Bachelor of Engineering with Honours

James Cook University of North Queensland

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