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Eva Cougnon

Research Associate

Room 213.17 , IMAS Hobart

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eva.cougnon@utas.edu.au

Doctor Eva Cougnon is a research associate in ocean temperature extremes. Her research interests are in ocean and climate dynamics, ocean temperature extremes and their potential predictability. Ocean temperature extremes can have severe impacts on the marine coastal ecosystems, for some fisheries and in aquaculture. Eva wants to understand what drives these events in order to predict them and better inform decision making and assist stakeholder engagement. She also has a great interest in regional oceanography, in particular near Antarctica, and the understanding of the interactions between the ocean and the Antarctic ice shelves and the sensitivity of water mass formation to the ocean-cryosphere interactions. This will help to better understand/estimate the impact of the sea level rise due to Antarctic ice shelf melting.

Biography

Before starting her current research associate position Eva undertook a PhD in physical oceanography at the University of Tasmania, using a regional model to study the sensitivity of water mass formation near the Antarctic continent.

Career summary

Qualifications

PhD

Modelling the sensitivity of dense shelf water formation in the Mertz Glacier region, East Antarctica

University of Tasmania

Australia

13/12/2016

MSc

Atmospheric controls on coastal Antarctic circulation and water mass formation

University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse

France

15/06/2011

Languages (other than English)

French (mother tongue) and basic Spanish

Research Appointments

2017-present: research associate in ocean temperature extremes

2012-2016: PhD candidate, UTAS

2012: Capability Development Fund (CDF) internship at CSIRO

View more on Dr Eva Cougnon in WARP

Expertise

Ocean climate dynamics and ocean temperature extremes (including skills in statistical analysis)

Regional ocean modelling (with a focus in Antarctica)

Ocean-ice shelf interactions and dense shelf water formation around Antarctica

Research Themes

Eva’s research contributes to the UTAS research theme of Marine, Antarctic and Maritime. She has two main interests:

  • Ocean climate extremes, such as ocean temperature extremes around Australia and their potential predictability;
  • Ocean-ice shelf processes that can influence the lower limb of the overturning circulation.

Current projects

Predictability of marine extremes: http://nespclimate.com.au/decadal-prediction/

Fields of Research

  • Physical oceanography (370803)
  • Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) (310305)
  • Chemical oceanography (370802)

Research Objectives

  • Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes (180402)
  • Climate variability (excl. social impacts) (190502)
  • Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem) (190101)
  • Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts) (190503)
  • Social impacts of climate change and variability (190103)
  • Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments (180404)
  • Measurement and assessment of freshwater quality (incl. physical and chemical conditions of water) (180306)

Publications

Total publications

11

Journal Article

(11 outputs)
YearCitationAltmetrics
2020Li Z, Holbrook NJ, Zhang X, Oliver ECJ, Cougnon EA, 'Remote forcing of Tasman Sea marine heatwaves', Journal of Climate, 33, (12) pp. 5337-5354. ISSN 0894-8755 (2020) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0641.1 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 22Web of Science - 17

Co-authors: Li Z; Holbrook NJ; Oliver ECJ

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2019Moreau S, Lannuzel D, Janssens JP, Arroyo MC, Corkill M, et al., 'Sea ice meltwater and circumpolar deep water drive contrasting productivity in three Antarctic polynyas', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, (5) pp. 2943-2968. ISSN 2169-9275 (2019) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1029/2019JC015071 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 15Web of Science - 15

Co-authors: Moreau S; Lannuzel D; Janssens JP; Corkill M; Genovese C; Legresy B; Lenton A; Ratnarajah L; Rintoul S; Rosenberg M; Strutton PG; Tilbrook B

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2019Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE, King AD, Cougnon EA, Grose MR, Oliver ECJ, et al., 'The role of natural variability and anthropogenic climate change in the 2017/18 Tasman Sea marine heatwave', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100, (1) pp. 105-110. ISSN 0003-0007 (2019) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0116.1 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 38Web of Science - 35

Co-authors: Holbrook NJ

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2018Jansen J, Hill NA, Dunstan PK, Cougnon EA, Galton-Fenzi BK, et al., 'Mapping Antarctic suspension feeder abundances and seafloor food-availability, and modeling their change after a major glacier calving', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6 Article 94. ISSN 2296-701X (2018) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00094 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 5

Co-authors: Jansen J; Hill NA; Galton-Fenzi BK; Johnson CR

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2017Cougnon EA, Galton-Fenzi BK, Rintoul SR, Legresy B, Williams GD, et al., 'Regional changes in icescape impact shelf circulation and basal melting', Geophysical Research Letters, 44, (22) pp. 11,519-11,527. ISSN 0094-8276 (2017) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1002/2017GL074943 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 16Web of Science - 15

Co-authors: Galton-Fenzi BK; Rintoul SR; Legresy B; Williams GD; Fraser AD; Hunter JR

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2017Langlais CE, Lenton A, Matear R, Monselesan D, Legresy B, et al., 'Stationary Rossby waves dominate subduction of anthropogenic carbon in the Southern Ocean', Scientific Reports, 7 Article 17076. ISSN 2045-2322 (2017) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17292-3 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 20Web of Science - 21

Co-authors: Lenton A; Legresy B; Rintoul S

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2017Nitsche FO, Porter D, Williams G, Cougnon EA, Fraser AD, et al., 'Bathymetric control of warm ocean water access along the East Antarctic Margin', Geophysical Research Letters, 44, (17) pp. 8936-8944. ISSN 0094-8276 (2017) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1002/2017GL074433 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 28Web of Science - 28

Co-authors: Williams G; Fraser AD

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2016Fogwill CJ, van Sebille E, Cougnon EA, Turney CSM, Rintoul SR, et al., 'Brief communication: impacts of a developing polynya off Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica, triggered by grounding of iceberg B09B', Cryosphere, 10 pp. 2603-2609. ISSN 1994-0416 (2016) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-2603-2016 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 9

Co-authors: Rintoul SR; Galton-Fenzi BK

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2016Gwyther DE, Cougnon EA, Galton-Fenzi BK, Roberts JL, Hunter JR, et al., 'Modelling the response of ice shelf basal melting to different ocean cavity environmental regimes', Annals of Glaciology, 57, (73) pp. 131-141. ISSN 0260-3055 (2016) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1017/aog.2016.31 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 18Web of Science - 17

Co-authors: Gwyther DE; Galton-Fenzi BK; Roberts JL; Hunter JR

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2016Williams GD, Fraser AD, Lucieer A, Turner D, Cougnon E, et al., 'Drones in a cold climate', Eos, 97 pp. 1-6. ISSN 0096-3941 (2016) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]

DOI: 10.1029/2016EO043673 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 5

Co-authors: Williams GD; Fraser AD; Lucieer A; Turner D

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2013Cougnon EA, Galton-Fenzi B, Meijers AJS, Legresy B, 'Modeling interannual dense shelf water export in the region of the Mertz Glacier Tongue (1992-2007)', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118, (10) pp. 5858-5872. ISSN 2169-9275 (2013) [Refereed Article]

DOI: 10.1002/2013JC008790 [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 31Web of Science - 32

Co-authors: Galton-Fenzi B; Legresy B

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