By Professor Gab Abramowitz

Journal articles

Whitley R; Beringer J; Hutley LB; Abramowitz G; De Kauwe MG; Duursma R; Evans B; Haverd V; Li L; Ryu Y; Smith B; Wang YP; Williams M; Yu Q, 2016, 'A model inter-comparison study to examine limiting factors in modelling Australian tropical savannas', Biogeosciences, 13, pp. 3245 - 3265, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3245-2016

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

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

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

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; 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

Mendoza PA; Clark MP; Barlage M; Rajagopalan B; Samaniego L; Abramowitz G; Gupta H, 2015, 'Are we unnecessarily constraining the agility of complex process-based models?', Water Resources Research, 51, pp. 716 - 728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014WR015820

Abramowitz G; Bishop CH, 2015, 'Climate model dependence and the ensemble dependence transformation of CMIP projections', Journal of Climate, 28, pp. 2332 - 2348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00364.1

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

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

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

Hall M; Medlyn BE; Abramowitz G; Franklin O; Räntfors M; Linder S; Wallin G, 2013, 'Which are the most important parameters for modelling carbon assimilation in boreal Norway spruce under elevated [CO2] and temperature conditions?', Tree Physiology, 33, pp. 1156 - 1176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpt014

Vargas R; Sonnentag O; Abramowitz G; Carrara A; Chen JM; Ciais P; Correia A; Keenan TF; Kobayashi H; Ourcival JM; Papale D; Pearson D; Pereira JS; Piao S; Rambal S; Baldocchi DD, 2013, 'Drought Influences the Accuracy of Simulated Ecosystem Fluxes: A Model-Data Meta-analysis for Mediterranean Oak Woodlands', Ecosystems, 16, pp. 749 - 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-013-9648-1

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

Evans JP; Ji F; Abramowitz G; Ekström M, 2013, 'Optimally choosing small ensemble members to produce robust climate simulations', Environmental Research Letters, 8, pp. 044050, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044050

Sasse TP; McNeil B; Abramowitz G, 2013, 'A new constraint on global air-sea CO2 fluxes using bottle carbon data', Geophysical Research Letters, 40, pp. 1594 - 1599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50342

Bishop CH; Abramowitz G, 2013, 'Climate model dependence and the replicate Earth paradigm', Climate Dynamics, 41, pp. 885 - 900, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-012-1610-y

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

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

Sasse TP; McNeil BI; Abramowitz G, 2012, 'A novel method for diagnosing seasonal to inter-annual surface ocean carbon dynamics from bottle data using neural networks', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-9-15329-2012

Luo YQ; Randerson J; Abramowitz G; Bacour C; Blyth E; Carvalhais N; Ciais P; Dalmonech D; Fisher J; Fisher R; Friedlingstein P; Hibbard K; Hoffman F; Huntzinger D; Jones CD; Koven C; Lawrence D; Li DJ; Mahecha M; Niu SL; Norby R; Piao SL; Qi X; Peylin P; Prentice IC; Riley W; Reichstein M; Schwalm C; Wang Y; Xia JY; Zaehle S; Zhou XH, 2012, 'A framework for benchmarking land models', Biogeosciences, 9, pp. 3857 - 3874, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3857-2012

Sasse TP; McNeil BI; Abramowitz G, 2012, 'A novel method for diagnosing seasonal to inter-annual surface ocean carbon dynamics from bottle data using neural networks', Biogeosciences Discussions, 9, pp. 15329 - 15380, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-9-15329-2012

Avila FB; Pitman AJ; Donat MG; Alexander LV; Abramowitz G, 2012, 'Climate model simulated changes in temperature extremes due to land cover change', Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 117, pp. 4621 - 4640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016382

Abramowitz G; Pouyanne L; Ajami H, 2012, 'On the information content of surface meteorology for downward atmospheric long-wave radiation synthesis', Geophysical Research Letters, 39, pp. L04808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GL050726

Gupta HV; Clark MP; Vrugt JA; Abramowitz G; Ye M, 2012, 'Towards a comprehensive assessment of model structural adequacy', Water Resources Research, 48, pp. W08301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011044

Abramowitz G, 2012, 'Towards a public, standardized, diagnostic benchmarking system for land surface models', Geoscientific Model Development, 5, pp. 819 - 827, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-5-819-2012

Wang Y; Kowalczyk E; Leuning R; Abramowitz G; Raupach MR; Pak B; Luhar A; van Gorsel E, 2011, 'Diagnosing errors in a land surface model (CABLE) in the time and frequency domains', Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, pp. Article number: G01034, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010JG001385

Mao J; Pitman AJ; Phipps SJ; Abramowitz G; Wang Y, 2011, 'Global and regional coupled climate sensitivity to the parameterization of rainfall interception', Climate Dynamics, 37, pp. 171 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-010-0862-7

Pitman AJ; Avila F; Abramowitz G; Wang Y; Phipps SJ; De Noblet-Ducoudre N, 2011, 'Importance of background climate in determining impact of land-cover change on regional climate', Nature Climate Change, 1, pp. 472 - 475, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1294

Mao J; Phipps SJ; Pitman AJ; Wang Y; Abramowitz G; Pak B, 2011, 'The CSIRO Mk3L climate system model v1.0 coupled to the CABLE land surface scheme v1.4b: Evaluation of the control climatology', Geoscientific Model Development, 4, pp. 1115 - 1131, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-4-1115-2011

Abramowitz G, 2010, 'Model independence in multi-model ensemble prediction', Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 59, pp. 3 - 6, http://www.bom.gov.au/amm/docs/2010/abramowitz.pdf

Macadam I; Pitman AJ; Whetton P; Abramowitz G, 2010, 'Ranking climate models by performance using actual values and anomalies: Implications for climate change impact assessments', Geophysical Research Letters, 37, pp. L16704, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010GL043877

Abramowitz G; Leuning R; Clark M; Pitman AJ, 2008, 'Evaluating the performance of land surface models', Journal of Climate, 21, pp. 5468 - 5481

Abramowitz G; Gupta H, 2008, 'Toward a model space and model independence metric', Geophysical Research Letters, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2007GL032834

Abramowitz G; Pitman AJ; Gupta H; Kowalczyk EA; Wang Y, 2007, 'Systematic Bias in Land Surface Models', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8 (5), pp. 989 - 1001

Abramowitz G; Gupta H; Pitman AJ; Wang Y; Leuning R; Cleugh H; Hsu K, 2006, 'Neural Error Regression Diagnosis (NERD): a tool for model bias identification and prognostic data assimilation', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8, pp. 989 - 1001

Abramowitz G, 2005, 'Towards a benchmark for land surface models', Geophysical Research Letters, 32, pp. L22702

Pitman AJ; Abramowitz G, 2005, 'What are the limits to statistical error correction in land surface schemes when projecting the future', Geophysical Research Letters, 32, pp. L14403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GL023158

Conference Papers

Wang B; Liu DL; Macadam I; Alexander LV; Abramowitz G; Yu Q, 2015, 'Multi-model ensemble projections of future extreme temperature change using a statistical downscaling method in eastern Australia', in Proceedings - 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2015, pp. 1565 - 1571

Conference Presentations

Ukkola A; De Kauwe M; Roderick M; Abramowitz G; Pitman A, 2021, 'Robust Future Changes in Meteorological Drought in CMIP6 Projections Despite Uncertainty in Precipitation', http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-1889

Reports

Laws RM; Raupach MR; Abramowitz G; Dharssi I; Haverd V; Pitman AJ; Renzullo V; Van DA; Wang , 2013, The Community Atmosphere Biosphere Land Exchange (CABLE) model Roadmap for 2012-2017, The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne, 057, http://www.cawcr.gov.au/publications/technicalreports

Kowalczyk EA; Wang Y; Law RM; McGregor JL; Abramowitz G, 2006, The CSIRO Atmosphere Biosphere Land Exchange (CABLE) model for use in climate models and as an offline model, CSIRO, Research Technical Paper 013

Working Papers

Knutti R; Abramowitz G; Collins M; Eyring V; Glecker PJ; Hewitson B; Mearns L, 2010, Good Practice Guidance Paper on Assessing and Combining Multi Model Climate Projections, University of Bern, Switzerland, http://dx.doi.org

Preprints

Rampal N; Gibson PB; Sherwood S; Abramowitz G, 2024, On the Extrapolation of Generative Adversarial Networks for downscaling precipitation extremes in warmer climates, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2409.13934

Rampal N; Gibson PB; Sherwood S; Abramowitz G; Hobeichi S, 2024, A Reliable Generative Adversarial Network Approach for Climate Downscaling and Weather Generation, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/essoar.171352077.78968815/v2

Rampal N; Gibson PB; Sherwood S; Abramowitz G; Hobeichi S, 2024, A Robust Generative Adversarial Network Approach for Climate Downscaling and Weather Generation, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/essoar.171352077.78968815/v1

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