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Government of South Australia SARDI - South Australian Research and Development Institute


Melissa Rebbeck

Project Leader/Senior Research Officer, Climate Applications

B App Sci, Grad Dip Ag

Phone: + 61 8 8303 9639 
Email: melissa.rebbeck@sa.gov.au

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Roles and expertise:

  • Developing and delivering projects on the application of climate science to decision makers in primary industries
  • Communication amongst stakeholders regarding climate risk issues
  • Research on frost risk in grains and climate risk in all primary industry enterprises
  • Communication and application of climate risk information including agronomic advice/frost risk management
    to end user
  • Production of climate risk management tools and services 
  • Decision analysis and modelling of primary production
  • Commercialisation of research outputs

Experience:

  • 10 years experience in Climate Risk Management Applications
  • Wide knowledge of the grains, wool and beef industries
  • Broad knowledge of seasonal climate outlook tools and services
  • Broad knowledge of climate change and risk impacts and adaptation techniques 
 

Current and recent projects:

  • Agronomic practices to reduce frost (GRDC)
  • Agronomic practices to reduce frost (GRDC)
  • Delving to reduce frost (GRDC)
  • Climate support program (SARDI)
  • Seasonal Climate Forecasts for SA Grains - Looking Forward (SAGIT)
  • Ocean to Grains (CSIRO)
  • Improving seasonal climate forecasts for wool producers (LWW)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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