By Dr Fiona Johnson

Journal articles

Guo D; Johnson F; Marshall L, 2018, 'Assessing the Potential Robustness of Conceptual Rainfall-Runoff Models Under a Changing Climate', Water Resources Research, 54, pp. 5030 - 5049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018WR022636

Pham HT; Marshall L; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2018, 'A method for combining SRTM DEM and ASTER GDEM2 to improve topography estimation in regions without reference data', Remote Sensing of Environment, 210, pp. 229 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.026

Mehrotra R; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2018, 'A software toolkit for correcting systematic biases in climate model simulations', Environmental Modelling and Software, 104, pp. 130 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.02.010

Pham HT; Marshall L; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2018, 'Deriving daily water levels from satellite altimetry and land surface temperature for sparsely gauged catchments: A case study for the Mekong River', Remote Sensing of Environment, 212, pp. 31 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.04.034

Li J; Wasko C; Johnson F; Evans JP; Sharma A, 2018, 'Can Regional Climate Modeling Capture the Observed Changes in Spatial Organization of Extreme Storms at Higher Temperatures?', Geophysical Research Letters, 45, pp. 4475 - 4484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077716

Johnson F; Green J, 2018, 'A comprehensive continent-wide regionalisation investigation for daily design rainfall', Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 16, pp. 67 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2018.03.001

Kim S; Paik K; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2018, 'Building a Flood-Warning Framework for Ungauged Locations Using Low Resolution, Open-Access Remotely Sensed Surface Soil Moisture, Precipitation, Soil, and Topographic Information', IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 11, pp. 375 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2790409

Nahar J; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2018, 'Addressing Spatial Dependence Bias in Climate Model Simulations—An Independent Component Analysis Approach', Water Resources Research, 54, pp. 827 - 841, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021293

Li J; Sharma A; Evans J; Johnson F, 2018, 'Addressing the mischaracterization of extreme rainfall in regional climate model simulations – A synoptic pattern based bias correction approach', Journal of Hydrology, 556, pp. 901 - 912, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.04.070

Li J; Johnson F; Evans J; Sharma A, 2017, 'A comparison of methods to estimate future sub-daily design rainfall', Advances in Water Resources, 110, pp. 215 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.10.020

Eghdamirad S; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2017, 'How reliable are GCM simulations for different atmospheric variables?', Climatic Change, 145, pp. 237 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-2086-x

Kim S; Balakrishnan K; Liu Y; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2017, 'Spatial Disaggregation of Coarse Soil Moisture Data by Using High-Resolution Remotely Sensed Vegetation Products', IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14, pp. 1604 - 1608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2017.2725945

Nahar J; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2017, 'A rank-based approach for correcting systematic biases in spatial disaggregation of coarse-scale climate simulations', Journal of Hydrology, 550, pp. 716 - 725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.05.045

Nahar J; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2017, 'Assessing the extent of non-stationary biases in GCMs', Journal of Hydrology, 549, pp. 148 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.03.045

Eghdamirad S; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2017, 'Using second-order approximation to incorporate GCM uncertainty in climate change impact assessments', Climatic Change, 142, pp. 37 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-1944-x

Li J; Evans J; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2017, 'A comparison of methods for estimating climate change impact on design rainfall using a high-resolution RCM', Journal of Hydrology, 547, pp. 413 - 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.02.019

Hasan MM; Sharma A; Mariethoz G; Johnson F; Seed A, 2016, 'Improving radar rainfall estimation by merging point rainfall measurements within a model combination framework', Advances in Water Resources, 97, pp. 205 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.09.011

Kiem AS; Johnson F; Westra S; van Dijk A; Evans JP; O’Donnell A; Rouillard A; Barr C; Tyler J; Thyer M; Jakob D; Woldemeskel F; Sivakumar B; Mehrotra R, 2016, 'Natural hazards in Australia: droughts', Climatic Change, 139, pp. 37 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1798-7

Johnson F; White CJ; van Dijk A; Ekstrom M; Evans JP; Jakob D; Kiem AS; Leonard M; Rouillard A; Westra S, 2016, 'Natural hazards in Australia: floods', Climatic Change, 139, pp. 21 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1689-y

Hasan MM; Sharma A; Johnson F; Mariethoz G; Seed A, 2016, 'Merging radar and in situ rainfall measurements: An assessment of different combination algorithms', Water Resources Research, 52, pp. 8384 - 8398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018441

Kim S; Parinussa RM; Liu YY; Johnson FM; Sharma A, 2016, 'Merging alternate remotely-sensed soil moisture retrievals using a non-static model combination approach', Remote Sensing, 8, pp. 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs8060518

Sarhadi A; Burn DH; Johnson F; Mehrotra R; Sharma A, 2016, 'Water resources climate change projections using supervised nonlinear and multivariate soft computing techniques', Journal of Hydrology, 536, pp. 119 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.02.040

Parinussa RM; Lakshmi V; Johnson FM; Sharma A, 2016, 'A new framework for monitoring flood inundation using readily available satellite data', Geophysical Research Letters, 43, pp. 2599 - 2605, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068192

Johnson F; Hutchinson MF; The C; Beesley C; Green J, 2016, 'Topographic relationships for design rainfalls over Australia', Journal of Hydrology, 533, pp. 439 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.12.035

Parinussa RM; Lakshmi V; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2016, 'Comparing and combining remotely sensed land surface temperature products for improved hydrological applications', Remote Sensing, 8, pp. 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs8020162

Eghdamirad S; Johnson F; Woldemeskel F; Sharma A, 2016, 'Quantifying the sources of uncertainty in upper air climate variables', Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, pp. 3859 - 3874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024341

Wasko C; Sharma A; Johnson F, 2015, 'Does storm duration modulate the extreme precipitation-temperature scaling relationship?', Geophysical Research Letters, 42, pp. 8783 - 8790, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066274

Li J; Sharma A; Johnson F; Evans J, 2015, 'Evaluating the effect of climate change on areal reduction factors using regional climate model projections', Journal of Hydrology, 528, pp. 419 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.06.067

Kim S; Parinussa RM; Liu YY; Johnson FM; Sharma A, 2015, 'A framework for combining multiple soil moisture retrievals based on maximizing temporal correlation', Geophysical Research Letters, 42, pp. 6662 - 6670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL064981

Haddad K; Johnson F; Rahman A; Green J; Kuczera G, 2015, 'Comparing three methods to form regions for design rainfall statistics: Two case studies in Australia', Journal of Hydrology, 527, pp. 62 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.04.043

Johnson F; Sharma A, 2015, 'What are the impacts of bias correction on future drought projections?', Journal of Hydrology, 525, pp. 472 - 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.04.002

Kim S; Liu YY; Johnson FM; Parinussa RM; Sharma A, 2015, 'A global comparison of alternate AMSR2 soil moisture products: Why do they differ?', Remote Sensing of Environment, 161, pp. 43 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.02.002

Hasan MM; Sharma A; Johnson F; Mariethoz G; Seed A, 2014, 'Correcting bias in radar Z-R relationships due to uncertainty in point rain gauge networks', Journal of Hydrology, 519, pp. 1668 - 1676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.09.060

Westra S; Fowler HJ; Evans JP; Alexander LV; Berg P; Johnson F; Kendon EJ; Lenderink G; Roberts NM, 2014, 'Future changes to the intensity and frequency of short-duration extreme rainfall', Reviews of Geophysics, 52, pp. 522 - 555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014RG000464

Rocheta E; Sugiyanto M; Johnson F; Evans J; Sharma A, 2013, 'How well do GCMs represent low-frequency rainfall variability?', Water Resources Research, 50, pp. 2108 - 2123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2012WR013085

Johnson F; Sharma A, 2012, 'A nesting model for bias correction of variability at multiple time scales in general circulation model precipitation simulations', Water Resources Research, 48, pp. Article number: W01504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011WR010464

Johnson FM; Sharma A, 2011, 'Accounting for interannual variability: A comparison of options for water resources climate change impact assessments', Water Resources Research, 47, pp. Article no: W04508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010WR009272

Johnson FM; Westra S; Sharma A; Pitman AJ, 2011, 'An Assessment of GCM Skill in Simulating Persistence across Multiple Time Scales', Journal of Climate, 24, pp. 3609 - 3623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI3732.1

Johnson FM; Sharma A, 2010, 'A comparison of Australian open water body evaporation trends for current and future climates estimated from Class A evaporation pans and general circulation models', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 11, pp. 105 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2009JHM1158.1

Johnson FM; Sharma A, 2009, 'Measurement of GCM skill in predicting variables relevant for hydroclimatological assessments', Journal of Climate, 22, pp. 4373 - 4382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2009jcli2681.1

Conference Papers

Ko J; Johnson F, 2018, 'Performance of urban On-Site Detention systems using ARR2016 design rainfall inputs', in 2018 Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, HWRS 2018: Water and Communities, Melbourne, pp. 442 - 455, presented at HWRS 2018 – Water and Communities, Melbourne, 03 December 2018 - 06 December 2018, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=125349702470498;res=IELENG

Chhetri N; Henderson M; Johnson F, 2018, 'Lessons in Biochar: Advancing research through service learning courses in Nepal', in IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), San Jose, pp. 1 - 7, presented at IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, San Jose, 18 October 2018 - 21 October 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ghtc.2018.8601906

Johnson F; Foster S; Frankel C; Johnson S; Moore S; Stuetz R; Thomas J, 2017, 'Making a difference: creating opportunities for undergraduate students to contribute to humanitarian engineering projects', Manly, presented at 28th Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Manly, 10 December 2017 - 13 December 2017

Bates BC; McLuckie D; Westra S; Johnson FM; Green J; Mummery J; Abbs D, 2015, 'Australian Rainfall and Runoff - The Interim Climate Change Guideline', in Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium HWRS 2015, Hobart, presented at HWRS2015 - The Art and Science of Water, Hobart, 07 December 2015 - 10 December 2015

Evans JP; Johnson F, 2015, 'How and why is flood risk changing in Australia?', in The Art and Science of Water - 36th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, HWRS 2015, Hobart, pp. 1284 - 1291, presented at 36th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Hobart, 07 December 2015 - 10 December 2015

Johnson FM; White C; Van Dijk A; Ekstrom M; Evans JP; Jakob D; Kiem AS; Leonard M; Rouillard A; Westra S, 2015, 'How and why are floods changing in Australia?', in Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium HWRS2015, Hobart, presented at HWRS2015 - the art and science of water, Hobart, 07 December 2015 - 10 December 2015, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=823916853045157;res=IELENG

The C; Hutchinson M; Johnson F; Beesley C; Green J, 2014, 'Application of ANUSPLIN to produce new intensity-frequency-duration (IFD) index rainfalls across Australia', in Engineers Australia (ed.), Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium 2014. Barton, ACT: Engineers Australia, 2014, Engineers Australia, Perth, pp. 557 - 564, presented at Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium 2014, Perth, 24 February 2014 - 27 February 2014, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=385768220564380;res=IELENG

Green J; Johnson F, 2014, 'How Climate Change is Currently Being Incorporated into Intensity-Frequency-Duration (IFD) Design Rainfall – An Overview', in ydrology and Water Resources Symposium 2014. Barton, ACT -Engineers Australia, Engineers Australia, Perth, pp. 277 - 284, presented at Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium 2014, 24 February 2014 - 27 February 2014

Green J; Johnson F; Xuereb K; Beesley C; The C; Jolly C, 2014, 'Changes to the Intensity-Frequency-Duration (IFD) design rainfalls across Australia', in Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium 2014 /​ Engineers Australia and National Committee on Water Engineering., Engineers Australia, Perth, pp. 533 - 540, presented at Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium 2014, - , http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/189393292?selectedversion=NBD52433628

Johnson FM, 2013, 'Using the Concept of Areal Reduction Factors to Estimate Climate Change Impacts on Extreme Rainfall', in Proceedings of the 2013 IAHR World Congress, Chengdu, presented at 2013 IAHR World Congress, Chengdu, 09 September 2013 - 13 September 2013

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