Senior Research Fellow
Tel +64 3 470 3577
Email jen.purdie@otago.ac.nz
Background
Dr Jen Purdie works at the nexus of climate and energy. Her research interests include climate change impacts on the energy system, and climate forecasting on a range of timescales.
Jen worked in the energy industry from 2008 to 2020, more recently modelling climate change impacts on the energy system, working in wind, water, and snow forecasting and giving climate change advice.
Her PhD was completed in 2007 and involved seasonal forecasting of hydro lake inflows in the Waitaki catchment.
Jen also regularly gives general climate change talks to schools and community groups.
Current and recent research projects
Supervision
Current masters' students
- Aleida Powell (Masters 2023) Long term modelling of the NZ power system: the impacts of rapid electric vehicle uptake.
Publications
Powell, A., Jack, M., & Purdie, J. (2022). Modelling the long-term impacts of EV uptake within a 100% renewable New Zealand power system. Proceedings of the 16th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium: An Equitable and Low-Cost Energy Transition. (pp. 31). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc/symposia
Purdie, J. (2022). New Zealand must get over its obsession with big cars and go smaller or electric to cut emissions. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/new-zealand-must-get-over-its-obsession-with-big-cars-and-go-smaller-or-electric-to-cut-emissions-183424
Powell, A., Jack, M., & Purdie, J. (2021). Modelling the long-term impacts of increased demand response within a 100% renewable New Zealand power system. Proceedings of the 15th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium: The Challenge of Net Zero by 2050. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc/symposia
Purdie, J. (2021). As NZ gets serious about climate change, can electricity replace fossil fuels in time? The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/as-nz-gets-serious-about-climate-change-can-electricity-replace-fossil-fuels-in-time-155123
Levy, R. H., Dunbar, G. B., Vandergoes, M. J., Howarth, J. D., Kingan, T., Pyne, A. R., … Dagg, B., … Kenton, E., Little, S., … Moy, C., … Fitzsimons, S., … Gorman, A. R., … Nelson, F., Purdie, J., … Wilson, G. S. (2018). A high-resolution climate record spanning the past 17 000 years recovered from Lake Ohau, South Island, New Zealand. Scientific Drilling, 24, 41-50. doi: 10.5194/sd-24-41-2018
Levy, R. H., Dunbar, G. B., Vandergoes, M. J., Howarth, J. D., Kingan, T., Pyne, A. R., … Dagg, B., … Kenton, E., Little, S., … Moy, C., … Fitzsimons, S., … Gorman, A. R., … Nelson, F., Purdie, J., … Wilson, G. S. (2018). A high-resolution climate record spanning the past 17 000 years recovered from Lake Ohau, South Island, New Zealand. Scientific Drilling, 24, 41-50. doi: 10.5194/sd-24-41-2018
Journal - Research Article
Roop, H. A., Dunbar, G. B., Levy, R., Vandergoes, M. J., Forrest, A. L., Walker, S. J., Purdie, J., … Whinney, J. (2015). Seasonal controls on sediment transport and deposition in Lake Ohau, South Island, New Zealand: Implications for a high-resolution Holocene palaeoclimate reconstruction. Sedimentology, 62, 826-844. doi: 10.1111/sed.12162
Journal - Research Article
Purdie, J. M., & Bardsley, W. E. (2010). Seasonal prediction of lake inflows and rainfall in a hydro-electricity catchment, Waitaki river, New Zealand. International Journal of Climatology, 30, 372-389. doi: 10.1002/joc.1897
Journal - Research Article
Bardsley, W. E., & Purdie, J. M. (2007). An invalidation test for predictive models. Journal of Hydrology, 338, 57-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.02.019
Journal - Research Article
Purdie, J., & Fitzharris, B. (1999). Processes and rates of ice loss at the terminus of Tasman Glacier, New Zealand. Global & Planetary Change, 22, 79-91. doi: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00027-2
Journal - Research Article
Purdie, J. (2022). New Zealand must get over its obsession with big cars and go smaller or electric to cut emissions. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/new-zealand-must-get-over-its-obsession-with-big-cars-and-go-smaller-or-electric-to-cut-emissions-183424
Journal - Research Other
Purdie, J. (2021). As NZ gets serious about climate change, can electricity replace fossil fuels in time? The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/as-nz-gets-serious-about-climate-change-can-electricity-replace-fossil-fuels-in-time-155123
Journal - Research Other
Powell, A., Jack, M., & Purdie, J. (2022). Modelling the long-term impacts of EV uptake within a 100% renewable New Zealand power system. Proceedings of the 16th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium: An Equitable and Low-Cost Energy Transition. (pp. 31). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc/symposia
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Powell, A., Jack, M., & Purdie, J. (2021). Modelling the long-term impacts of increased demand response within a 100% renewable New Zealand power system. Proceedings of the 15th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium: The Challenge of Net Zero by 2050. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc/symposia
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
