By Professor Andy Pitman

Journal articles

Pitman AJ; Lorenz R, 2016, 'Scale dependence of the simulated impact of Amazonian deforestation on regional climate', Environmental Research Letters, 11, pp. 094025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094025

Berg A; Findell K; Lintner B; Giannini A; Seneviratne SI; Van Den Hurk B; Lorenz R; Pitman A; Hagemann S; Meier A; Cheruy F; Ducharne A; Malyshev S; Milly PCD, 2016, 'Land-atmosphere feedbacks amplify aridity increase over land under global warming', Nature Climate Change, 6, pp. 869 - 874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3029

Ukkola AM; Pitman AJ; Decker M; De Kauwe MG; Abramowitz G; Kala J; Wang YP, 2016, 'Modelling evapotranspiration during precipitation deficits: Identifying critical processes in a land surface model', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20, pp. 2403 - 2419, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2403-2016

Haughton N; Abramowitz G; Pitman AJ; Or D; Best MJ; Johnson HR; Balsamo G; Boone A; Cuntz M; Decharme B; Dirmeyer PA; Dong J; Ek M; Guo Z; Haverd V; van den Hurk BJJ; Nearing GS; Pak B; Santanello JA; Stevens LE; Vuichard N, 2016, 'The plumbing of land surface models: Is poor performance a result of methodology or data quality?', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17, pp. 1705 - 1723, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-15-0171.1

Kala J; De Kauwe MG; Pitman AJ; Medlyn BE; Wang YP; Lorenz R; Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE, 2016, 'Impact of the representation of stomatal conductance on model projections of heatwave intensity', Scientific Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23418

Ma S; Pitman AJ; Lorenz R; Kala J; Srbinovsky J, 2016, 'Earlier green-up and spring warming amplification over Europe', Geophysical Research Letters, 43, pp. 2011 - 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068062

Seneviratne SI; Donat MG; Pitman AJ; Knutti R; Wilby RL, 2016, 'Allowable CO2 emissions based on regional and impact-related climate targets', Nature, 529, pp. 477 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16542

Lorenz R; Argüeso D; Donat MG; Pitman AJ; Hurk BVD; Berg A; Lawrence DM; Chéruy F; Ducharne A; Hagemann S; Meier A; Milly PCD; Seneviratne SI, 2016, 'Influence of land-atmosphere feedbacks on temperature and precipitation extremes in the GLACE-CMIP5 ensemble', Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, pp. 607 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024053

Lorenz R; Pitman AJ; Sisson SA, 2016, 'Does Amazonian deforestation cause global effects; Can we be sure?', Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, pp. 5567 - 5584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024357

Hirsch AL; Pitman AJ; Haverd V, 2016, 'Evaluating land-atmosphere coupling using a resistance pathway framework', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17, pp. 2615 - 2630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-15-0204.1

Ukkola AM; De Kauwe MG; Pitman AJ; Best MJ; Abramowitz G; Haverd V; Decker M; Haughton N, 2016, 'Land surface models systematically overestimate the intensity, duration and magnitude of seasonal-scale evaporative droughts', Environmental Research Letters, 11, pp. 104012 - 104012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/10/104012

De Kauwe MG; Zhou SX; Medlyn BE; Pitman AJ; Wang YP; Duursma RA; Prentice IC, 2015, 'Do land surface models need to include differential plant species responses to drought? Examining model predictions across a mesic-xeric gradient in Europe', Biogeosciences, 12, pp. 7503 - 7518, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7503-2015

Kala J; De Kauwe MG; Pitman AJ; Lorenz R; Medlyn BE; Wang YP; Lin YS; Abramowitz G, 2015, 'Implementation of an optimal stomatal conductance scheme in the Australian Community Climate Earth Systems Simulator (ACCESS1.3b)', Geoscientific Model Development, 8, pp. 3877 - 3889, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-3877-2015

Green D; Bambrick H; Tait P; Goldie J; Schultz R; Webb L; Alexander L; Pitman A, 2015, 'Differential Effects of Temperature Extremes on Hospital Admission Rates for Respiratory Disease between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory', Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 12, pp. 15352 - 15365, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121214988

Haughton N; Abramowitz G; Pitman A; Phipps SJ, 2015, 'Weighting climate model ensembles for mean and variance estimates', Climate Dynamics, 45, pp. 3169 - 3181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2531-3

Kala J; Evans JP; Pitman AJ, 2015, 'Influence of antecedent soil moisture conditions on the synoptic meteorology of the Black Saturday bushfire event in southeast Australia', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141, pp. 3118 - 3129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.2596

De Kauwe MG; Zhou S-X; Medlyn BE; Pitman AJ; Wang Y-P; Duursma RA; Prentice IC, 2015, 'Do land surface models need to include differential plant species responses to drought? Examining model predictions across a latitudinal gradient in Europe', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-12-12349-2015

Kala J; De Kauwe MG; Pitman AJ; Lorenz R; Medlyn BE; Wang Y-P; Lin Y-S; Abramowitz G, 2015, 'Implementation of an optimal stomatal conductance model in the Australian Community Climate Earth Systems Simulator (ACCESS1.3b)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmdd-8-5235-2015

De Kauwe MG; Kala J; Lin YS; Pitman AJ; Medlyn BE; Duursma RA; Abramowitz G; Wang YP; Miralles DG, 2015, 'A test of an optimal stomatal conductance scheme within the CABLE land surface model', Geoscientific Model Development, 8, pp. 431 - 452, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-431-2015

Argüeso D; Evans JP; Pitman AJ; Luca AD; Di Luca A; Argüeso Barriga D, 2015, 'Effects of city expansion on heat stress under climate change conditions', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0117066, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117066

Lorenz R; Pitman AJ; Hirsch AL; Srbinovsky J, 2015, 'Intraseasonal versus interannual measures of land-atmosphere coupling strength in a global climate model: GLACE-1 versus GLACE-CMIP5 experiments in ACCESS1.3b', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16, pp. 2276 - 2295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0206.1

Hirsch AL; Pitman AJ; Kala J; Lorenz R; Donat MG, 2015, 'Modulation of land-use change impacts on temperature extremes via land–atmosphere coupling over Australia', Earth Interactions, 19, pp. 1 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/EI-D-15-0011.1

Wang YP; Zhang Q; Pitman AJ; Dai Y, 2015, 'Nitrogen and phosphorous limitation reduces the effects of land use change on land carbon uptake or emission', Environmental Research Letters, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014001

Best MJ; Abramowitz G; Johnson HR; Pitman AJ; Balsamo G; Boone A; Cuntz M; Decharme B; Dirmeyer PA; Dong J; Ek M; Guo Z; Haverd V; van Den Hurk BJJ; Nearing GS; Pak B; Peters-Lidard C; Santanello JA; Stevens L; Vuichard N, 2015, 'The plumbing of land surface models: Benchmarking model performance', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16, pp. 1425 - 1442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0158.1

Ukkola AM; Pitman AJ; Decker M; De Kauwe MG; Abramowitz G; Kala J; Wang YP, 2015, 'Modelling evapotranspiration during precipitation deficits: identifying critical processes in a land surface model', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 12, pp. 10789 - 10825

Exbrayat JF; Pitman AJ; Abramowitz G, 2014, 'Disentangling residence time and temperature sensitivity of microbial decomposition in a global soil carbon model', Biogeosciences, 11, pp. 6999 - 7008, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6999-2014

Exbrayat JF; Pitman AJ; Abramowitz G, 2014, 'Response of microbial decomposition to spin-up explains CMIP5 soil carbon range until 2100', Geoscientific Model Development, 7, pp. 2683 - 2692, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-2683-2014

Andersen A; Beringer J; Bull CM; Byrne M; Cleugh H; Christensen R; French K; Harch B; Hoffmann A; Lowe AJ; Moltmann T; Nicotra A; Pitman A; Phinn S; Wardle G; Westoby M, 2014, 'Foundations for the future: A long-term plan for Australian ecosystem science', Austral Ecology, 39, pp. 739 - 748, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12188

Kala J; Evans JP; Pitman AJ; Schaaf CB; Decker M; Carouge C; Mocko D; Sun Q, 2014, 'Erratum: "Implementation of a soil albedo scheme in the CABLEv1.4b land surface model and evaluation against MODIS estimates over Australia" (Geosci. Model Dev. (2014) 7 (2121-2140))', Geoscientific Model Development, 7, pp. 2501, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-2501-2014

Macadam I; Pitman AJ; Whetton PH; Liu DL; Evans JP, 2014, 'The use of uncorrected regional climate model output to force impact models: A case study for wheat simulations', Climate Research, 61, pp. 215 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/cr01258

Haughton N; Abramowitz G; Pitman A; Phipps SJ, 2014, 'On the generation of climate model ensembles', Climate Dynamics, 43, pp. 2297 - 2308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2054-3

Lorenz R; Pitman AJ, 2014, 'Effect of land-atmosphere coupling strength on impacts from Amazonian deforestation', Geophysical Research Letters, 41, pp. 5987 - 5995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL061017

Hirsch AL; Pitman AJ; Kala J, 2014, 'The role of land cover change inmodulating the soil moisture-temperature land-atmosphere coupling strength over Australia', Geophysical Research Letters, 41, pp. 5883 - 5890, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL061179

Lorenz R; Pitman AJ; Donat MG; Hirsch AL; Kala J; Kowalczyk EA; Law RM; Srbinovsky J, 2014, 'Representation of climate extreme indices in the ACCESS1.3b coupled atmosphere-land surface model', Geoscientific Model Development, 7, pp. 545 - 567, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-545-2014

Hirsch AL; Pitman AJ; Seneviratne SI; Evans JP; Haverd V, 2014, 'Summertime maximum and minimum temperature coupling asymmetry over Australia determined using WRF', Geophysical Research Letters, 41, pp. 1546 - 1552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013GL059055

Kala J; Evans JP; Pitman AJ; Schaaf CB; Decker M; Carouge C; Mocko D; Sun Q, 2014, 'Implementation of a soil albedo scheme in the CABLEv1.4b land surface model and evaluation against MODIS estimates over Australia', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmdd-7-1671-2014

Hirsch AL; Kala J; Pitman AJ; Carouge C; Evans JP; Haverd V; Mocko D, 2014, 'Impact of land surface initialization approach on subseasonal forecast skill: A regional analysis in the Southern Hemisphere', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15, pp. 300 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-13-05.1

Zhang Q; Wang YP; Matear RJ; Pitman AJ; Dai YJ, 2014, 'Nitrogen and phosphorous limitations significantly reduce future allowable CO2 emissions', Geophysical Research Letters, 41, pp. 632 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013GL058352

Moles AT; Perkins SE; Laffan SW; Flores-Moreno H; Awasthy M; Tindall ML; Sack L; Pitman A; Kattge J; Aarssen LW; Anand M; Bahn M; Blonder B; Cavender-Bares J; Cornelissen JHC; Cornwell WK; Díaz S; Dickie JB; Freschet GT; Griffiths JG; Gutierrez AG; Hemmings FA; Hickler T; Hitchcock TD; Keighery M; Kleyer M; Kurokawa H; Leishman MR; Liu K; Niinemets Ü; Onipchenko V; Onoda Y; Penuelas J; Pillar VD; Reich PB; Shiodera S; Siefert A; Sosinski EE; Soudzilovskaia NA; Swaine EK; Swenson NG; van Bodegom PM; Warman L; Weiher E; Wright IJ; Zhang H; Zobel M; Bonser SP; Flores Moreno H; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2014, 'Which is a better predictor of plant traits: Temperature or precipitation?', Journal of Vegetation Science, 25, pp. 1167 - 1180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12190

Kala J; Evans JP; Pitman AJ; Schaaf CB; Decker M; Carouge C; Mocko D; Sun Q; Lea T; Prestage G; Wilson D; de Wit J, 2014, 'Corrigendum to', Geoscientific Model Development, 7, pp. 2501 - 2501, http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.19.1.21154

Decker M; Pitman A; Evans J, 2014, 'Diagnosing the seasonal land–atmosphere coupling strength over Northern Australia: dependence on soil moisture state and coupling strength definition.', Hydrology & Earth System Sciences Discussions, 11

Kala J; Evans JP; Pitman AJ; Schaaf CB; Decker M; Carouge C; Mocko D; Sun Q, 2014, 'Implementation of a soil albedo scheme in the CABLEv1. 4b land surface model and evaluation against MODIS estimates over Australia', Geoscientific Model Development, 7, pp. 2121 - 2140

Kala J; Decker M; Exbrayat J-F; Pitman AJ; Carouge C; Evans JP; Abramowitz G; Mocko D, 2014, 'Influence of leaf area index prescriptions on simulations of heat, moisture, and carbon fluxes', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15, pp. 489 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-13-063.1

Zhang Q; Pitman AJ; Wang YP; Dai YJ; Lawrence PJ, 2013, 'The impact of nitrogen and phosphorous limitation on the estimated terrestrial carbon balance and warming of land use change over the last 156 yr', Earth System Dynamics, 4, pp. 333 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esd-4-333-2013

Clarke H; Evans JP; Pitman AJ, 2013, 'Fire weather simulation skill by the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model over south-east Australia from 1985 to 2009', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 22, pp. 739 - 756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF12048

Decker M; Pitman AJ; Evans J, 2013, 'Applying Scaled Vegetation Greenness Metrics to Constrain Simulated Transpiration Anomalies: A Study over Australia*', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15, pp. 1607 - 1623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jhm-d-13-070.1

Exbrayat J-F; Pitman AJ; Zhang Q; Abramowitz G; Wang Y-P, 2013, 'Examining soil carbon uncertainty in a global model: response of microbial decomposition to temperature, moisture and nutrient limitation', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-10-10229-2013

Exbrayat JF; Pitman A; Zhang Q; Abramowitz G; Wang YP, 2013, 'Examining soil carbon uncertainty in a global model: response of microbial decomposition to temperature, moisture and nutrient limitation', Biogeosciences, 10, pp. 7095 - 7108, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7095-2013

Decker M; Pitman AJ; Evans JP, 2013, 'Groundwater constraints on simulated transpiration variability over southeastern Australian forests', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14, pp. 543 - 559

Exbrayat JF; Pitman AJ; Abramowitz G; Wang YP, 2013, 'Sensitivity of net ecosystem exchange and heterotrophic respiration to parameterization uncertainty', Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 118, pp. 1640 - 1651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012JD018122

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