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Biography
Dr Chiara Holgate connects weather with water resources. Her research investigates the weather system processes that cause hydroclimatological extremes like droughts and floods and their impact on water availability, and explores how these processes are being shaped by climate change. Chiara is a Senior Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Weather of the 21st Century. She has a PhD in Hydrology and Climate Science from the Australian National University and has previously worked as a Research Scientist at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Prior to research Chiara worked as a Hydrologist and Water Resources Engineer at a global engineering consulting firm where she provided advice to government and industry in a variety of areas, including flood risk, environmental hazard strategies, and water demand, availability and quality assessment. Chiara was named as a 2022/2023 Superstar of STEM by Science and Technology Australia.
Research Interests
My research interests lie at the intersection between climate science and hydrology. Available student projects include:
- Weather systems crucial to Australia's water resources
- Midlatitude cyclones: hazard or resource?
- Weather systems for hydropower
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Land-atmosphere interactions and their effect on Australian precipitation
Award Date: 16 Jul 2021
Master, Master of Hydrology
Award Date: 31 Aug 2015
Bachelor, Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), University of New South Wales
Award Date: 28 Apr 2008
External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations
ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
ARC Centre of Excellence for Weather of the 21st Century
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Anthropogenic warming reduces the likelihood of drought-breaking extreme rainfall events in southeast Australia
Holgate, C. M., Pepler, A. S., Rudeva, I. & Abram, N. J., Dec 2023, In: Weather and Climate Extremes. 42, 100607.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Australia’s Tinderbox Drought: An extreme natural event likely worsened by human-caused climate change
Devanand, A., Falster, G. M., Gillett, Z. E., Hobeichi, S., Holgate, C. M., Jin, C., Mu, M., Parker, T., Rifai, S. W., Rome, K. S., Stojanovic, M., Vogel, E., Abram, N. J., Abramowitz, G., Coats, S., Evans, J. P., Gallant, A. J. E., Pitman, A. J., Power, S. B. & Rauniyar, S. P. & 2 others, , 6 Mar 2024, In: Science advances. 10, 10, 22 p., eadj3460.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Linking ENSO to Synoptic Weather Systems in Eastern Australia
Gillett, Z. E., Taschetto, A. S., Holgate, C. M. & Santoso, A., 16 Aug 2023, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 50, 15, e2023GL104814.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Impact of Interacting Climate Modes on East Australian Precipitation Moisture Sources
Holgate, C., Evans, J. P., Taschetto, A. S., Gupta, A. S. & Santoso, A., 15 May 2022, In: Journal of Climate. 35, 10, p. 3147-3159 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Multiscale Evaluation of the Wet 2022 in Eastern Australia
Reid, K. J., Barnes, M. A., Gillett, Z. E., Parker, T., Udy, D. G., Ayat, H., Boschat, G., Bowden, A., Grosfeld, N. H., King, A. D., Richardson, D., Shao, Y., Teckentrup, L., Trewin, B., Hope, P., Zhou, L., Borowiak, A. R., Holgate, C. M. & Isphording, R. N., Feb 2025, In: Journal of Climate. 38, 4, p. 909-929 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
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NESP 2 - Climate Systems Hub Activity Schedule 6
Shakespeare, C. (PI), Dutta, D. (CoI) & Holgate, C. (CoI)
4/08/25 → 30/06/27
Project: Research