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Hendrickson, C., Butcherine, P., Tagliafico, A., Ellis, S. L., Harrison, D. P., & Kelaher, B. P. (2024). Combining shading and lipid-enriched diets as an adaption tool to reduce coral bleaching. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 572, 151988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2024.151988
Hernandez-Jaramillo, D. C., Medcraft, C., Braga, R. C., Butcherine, P., Doss, A., Kelaher, B., Rosenfeld, D., & Harrison, D. P. (2024). New airborne research facility observes sensitivity of cumulus cloud microphysical properties to aerosol regime over the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EA00009A
Richards, L. S., Siems, S. T., Huang, Y., Zhao, W., Harrison, D. P., Manton, M. J., & Reeder, M. J. (2024). The meteorological drivers of mass coral bleaching on the central Great Barrier Reef during the 2022 La Niña. Scientific Reports, 14, 23867. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74181-2
Ryan, R. G., Eckert, C., Kelaher, B. P., Harrison, D. P., & Schofield, R. (2024). Boundary layer height above the Great Barrier Reef studied using drone and Mini-Micropulse LiDAR measurements. Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 74. https://doi.org/10.1071/ES24008
Scofield, J. M. P., Prime, E. L., Flores, F., Severati, A., Mongin, M., Bougeot, E., Baird, M. E., Negri, A. P., & Qiao, G. G. (2024). The development of a floating mono-particle “Sun Shield” to protect corals from high irradiance during bleaching conditions. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12, 1809. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12101809
Harrison DP (2024) An Overview of Environmental Engineering Methods for Reducing Coral Bleaching Stress. In: Wolanski E, Kingsford M (eds) Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs. CRC Press, pp484
Foster, R., Shumway, N., Harrison, D., & Fidelman, P. (2025). Governing marine cloud brightening for ecosystem conservation under a warming climate. Earth System Governance, 23, 100240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2025.100240
Baresi, U., Baum, C. M., Fischer, T. B., Lockie, S., Piggott-McKellar, A., Graham, V., Bohensky, E., Fritz, L. B., Shumway, N., Harrison, D. P., Foster, R., Sovacool, B. K., Vella, K., & Ristovski, Z. (2025). A call for strategic assessments of regional applications of solar radiation management: Exploring the challenges and opportunities from marine cloud brightening and albedo surface modification. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 110, 107701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107701
Braga, R. C., Rosenfeld, D., Hernandez, D., Medcraft, C., Efraim, A., Moser, M., Lucke, J., Doss, A., & Harrison, D. (2025). Cloud processing dominates the vertical profiles of aerosols in marine air masses over the Great Barrier Reef. Atmospheric Research, 107928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.107928
Deschaseaux, E. S. M., Dunne, E., Schulz, K. G., Eyre, B. D., & Harrison, D. P. (2025). The Central Great Barrier Reef as a net source of climatically relevant biogenic volatile organic compounds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130, e2024JC021192. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021192
Hernandez-Jaramillo, D. C., Kelaher, B., & Harrison, D. P. (2025a). A review of plume dispersion and measurement techniques applicable to marine cloud brightening. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1450175
Hernandez-Jaramillo, D. C., Harrison, L., Gunner, G., McGrath, A., Junkermann, W., Lieff, W., Hacker, J., Rosenfeld, D., Kelaher, B., & Harrison, D. P. (2025). First generation outdoor marine cloud brightening trial increases aerosol concentration at cloud base height. Environmental Research Letters, 20, 054065. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adccd7
Virah-Sawmy, D., Beck, F. J., & Sturmberg, B. (2025). The synergy between battery and hydrogen storage in stand-alone hybrid systems: A parameterised load approach. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 141, 266–282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.05.324
Ellis, S. L., Baird, M. E., Harrison, L. P., Schulz, K. G., & Harrison, D. P. (2025). A photophysiological model of coral bleaching under light and temperature stress: Experimental assessment. Conservation Physiology, 13. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaf020
Harrison, L. P., Medcraft, C., & Harrison, D. P. (2025). Effervescent nozzle design to enable outdoor marine cloud brightening experimentation. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 5, 1071–1080. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EA00073D
Ryan, R. G., Toms-Hardman, L., Smirnov, A., Harrison, D. P., & Schofield, R. (2025). Aerosol vertical profiling over the Southern Great Barrier Reef using lidar and MAX-DOAS measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 11183–11197. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-11183-2025
Horchler, E. J., Alroe, J., Harrison, L., Cravigan, L., Harrison, D. P., & Ristovski, Z. D. (2025). Measurement report: Aerosol and cloud nuclei properties along the Central and Northern Great Barrier Reef — impact of continental emissions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 10075–10087. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-10075-2025
Yu, J., et al (2025). A coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian approach with explicit volume diffusion subgrid modeling in turbulent jet breakup and spray dispersion. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 24, Article 100350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaecs.2025.100350
Khan, S. B., Alroe, J., Medcraft, C., Sauret, E., Harrison, D., & Ristovski, Z. (2025). Secondary droplet breakup of impaction-pin nozzle: Comparison between experimental and CFD-DPM modelling. Journal of Aerosol Science, 190, Article 106664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2025.106664
Wu, L., Horchler, E. J., Ristovski, Z., Liu, J., Yu, F., Han, S., Zhao, W., Richards, L., Harrison, D., Zheng, J., & Miljevic, B. (2025). Ammonia emissions from an avian-rich island in the Great Barrier Reef: Environmental drivers and observational insights. Atmospheric Environment, 361, Article 121525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2025.121525
Medcraft, C., et al. (2025). Flash atomisation of saltwater through convergent-divergent nozzles: Implications for marine cloud brightening. Journal of Aerosol Science, 191, Article 106677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2025.106677
Li, Z., Harrison, L., Alroe, J., Scoble, H., Chen, C., Medcraft, C., Holloway, C., Brown, R., Baker, P., Harrison, D. P., & Ristovski, Z. (2025). Characterizing the crosswind structure of artificial seawater droplet plumes during a sea trial on the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(50), 27222–27229. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c10024
Virah-Sawmy, D., Beck, F. J., & Sturmberg, B. (2025). Uncertainty ahead: Should stand-alone energy systems bet on hydrogen backup? Energy Reports, 14, 3481–3494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2025.10.026
Ryan, R.G., Harrison, D.P., Johansson, L. et al. Ship fuel sulfur content regulations may exacerbate mass coral bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef. Commun Earth Environ 7, 46 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-03088-1
Eckert C, Monteforte KI, Medcraft C, Doss A, Harrison DP, Kelaher BP. Drone-Based Measurements of Marine Aerosol Size Distributions and Source–Receptor Relationships over a Great Barrier Reef Lagoon. Remote Sensing. 2026; 18(2):251. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18020251
Eckert, C., Tong, F., Harrison, D. P., & Kelaher, B. P. (2026). Quantifying drone propeller-induced flow for optimal aerosol sensor placement. Physics of Fluids, 38(1), Article 015179. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0310240
Richards, L. S., Siems, S. T., Huang, Y., Harrison, D. P., & Zhao, W. (2026). Trade wind regimes during the Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching season. Weather and Climate Dynamics, 7(1), 109–127. https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-109-2026
Hendrickson, C. A., Butcherine, P., & Ellis, S. L. (2026). Experimental evaluation of marine fogging as a coral bleaching intervention method. Marine Environmental Research, 217, 107943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2026.107943
Hendrickson, C., Kyle, J. S., Butcherine, P., Harrison, D., & Kelaher, B. P. (2026). Seawater fogging reduces mortality and bleaching in two coral species during a heatwave and subsequent recovery. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13, Article 1793318.
Harrison, D., Ristovski, Z., Ryan, R., Zhao, W., Sulo, J., Horchler, J., Huang, Y., Schofield, R., Deschaseaux, E., Harrison, L., Holloway, C., Braga, R., Rosenfeld, D., and Siems, S. (2025) Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program – GBR Atmospheric Survey (CS-01) Final Report 2025. (33 pp).
Harrison, D. P., Huang, Y., Woodhouse, M., Schofield, R., Chavez, S., Jackson, R., Ryan, R., Zhao, W., Harrison, L., Braga, R., and Holloway, C. (2025) Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program – Environmental Modelling (CS-03) Final Report 2025. (56 pp).
Harrison, D.P., and Holloway, C. (2025) Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program – Cooling and Shading Sub-program Management (CS-04) Final Report 2025. (56 pp).
Harrison, D. P., Ristovski, Z., Rosenfeld, D., Holloway, C., Cleary, M., Kourmatzis, A., Harrison, L., Braga, R. C., Medcraft, C., Hernandez-Jaramillo, D. C., Efraim, A., Chen, C., Sturmberg, B., Virah-Sawmy, D., Yu, J., Harper-Harris, J., Galindo Lopez, S., Li, Z., Hunt, H., Fitzgerald, S., McGrath, D., and Reardon, E. (2025) Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program –Cloud and Sky Brightening Development (CS-06) Final Report 2025. (56 pp).
Harrison D. P., Ristovski, Z., Butcherine, P., Harrison, L., Ellis, S., Alroe, J., Li, Z., Chen, C., Hendrickson, C., Kelaher, B. and Holloway, C. (2025) Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program – Fogging Development (CS-07) Final Report 2025. (59 pp).
