By Professor Jason Evans

Journal articles

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

Ershadi A; McCabe MF; Evans JP; Chaney NW; Wood EF; Ershadi Esmaeilabadi A, 2014, 'Multi-site evaluation of terrestrial evaporation models using FLUXNET data', Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 187, pp. 46 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.11.008

Argüeso D; Evans JP; Fita L; Argüeso Barriga D, 2013, 'Precipitation bias correction of very high resolution regional climate models', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, pp. 4379 - 4388, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-4379-2013

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

Simpson CC; Sharples JJ; Evans J; McCabe MF, 2013, 'Large eddy simulation of atypical wildland fire spread on leeward slopes', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 22, pp. 599 - 614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF12072

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

Ershadi A; McCabe MF; Evans JP; Mariethoz G; Kavetski D, 2013, 'A Bayesian analysis of sensible heat flux estimation: quantifying uncertainty in meteorological forcing to improve model prediction', Water Resources Research, 49, pp. 2343 - 2358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20231

Westra SP; Evans JP; Mehrotra R; Sharma A, 2013, 'A conditional disaggregation algorithm for generating fine time-scale rainfall data in a warmer climate', Journal of Hydrology, 479, pp. 86 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.11.033

Liu Y; Evans JP; McCabe MF; De Jeu R; Van Dijk A; Dolman A; Dolman A, 2013, 'Changing Climate and Overgrazing Are Decimating Mongolian Steppes', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e57599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057599.g001

Evans JP; McCabe MF, 2013, 'Effect of model resolution on a regional climate model simulation over southeast Australia', Climate Research, 56, pp. 131 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/cr01151

Ershadi A; McCabe MF; Evans JP; Walker JP, 2013, 'Effects of spatial aggregation on the multi-scale estimation of evapotranspiration', Remote Sensing of Environment, 131, pp. 51 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.12.007

Liu Y; Van dijk AIJM; McCabe MF; Evans JP; De Jeu R, 2013, 'Global vegetation biomass change (1988-2008) and attribution to environmental and human drivers', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, pp. 692 - 705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12024

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

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

Argueso BD; Evans JP; Fita Borrell L; Bormann KJ, 2013, 'Temperature response to future urbanization and climate change', Climate Dynamics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-1789-6

Jha S; Mariethoz G; Evans JP; McCabe MF, 2012, 'Demonstration of a geostatistical approach to physically consistent downscaling of climate modeling simulations', Water Resources Research, 49, pp. 245 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012WR012602

Wang L; D'Odorico P; Evans JP; Eldridge DJ; McCabe MF; Caylor KK; King EG, 2012, 'Dryland ecohydrology and climate change: Critical issues and technical advances', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 9, pp. 4777 - 4825, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-9-4777-2012

Evans JP; Westra SP, 2012, 'Investigating the mechanisms of diurnal rainfall variability using a regional climate model', Journal of Climate, 25, pp. 7232 - 7247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00616.1

Evans JP; Boyer-souchet I, 2012, 'Local sea surface temperatures add to extreme precipitation in northeast Australia during La Niña', Geophysical Research Letters, 39, pp. L10803, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012gl052014

Bryan SE; Cook AG; Evans J; Hebden K; Hurrey L; Colls P; Jell JS; Weatherley DK; Firn J, 2012, 'Rapid, long-distance dispersal by pumice rafting', PLoS One, 7, pp. Article no. e40583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040583

Bormann KJ; Mccabe M; Evans JP, 2012, 'Satellite based observations for seasonal snow cover detection and characterisation in Australia', Remote Sensing of Environment, 123, pp. 57 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.003

Bormann ; Westra SP; Evans JP; McCabe MF; bormann , 2012, 'Spatial and temporal variability in seasonal snow density', Journal of Hydrology, 484, pp. 63 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.01.032

Liu Y; Dorigo W; Parinussa R; De Jeu R; Wagner W; McCabe MF; Evans JP; Van dijk AIJM, 2012, 'Trend-preserving blending of passive and active microwave soil moisture retrievals', Remote Sensing of Environment, 123, pp. 280 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.014

Peirson WL; Shand TD; Ruprecht JE; Evans J; Cox RJ, 2011, 'Assessment of the Effects of Air-Sea-Land Interaction Processes on the Intensity and Impact of Modelled and Observed Coastal Extratropical Cyclones', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada548928

Evans JP; Pitman AJ; Cruz FT, 2011, 'Coupled atmospheric and land surface dynamics over southeast Australia: a review, analysis and identification of future research priorities', International Journal of Climatology, 31, pp. 1758 - 1772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.2206

Liu Y; Parinussa R; Dorigo W; de Jeu RAM; Wagner W; Van dijk AIJM; McCabe MF; Evans JP, 2011, 'Developing an improved soil moisture dataset by blending passive and active microwave satellite-based retrievals', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15, pp. 425 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-425-2011

Evans JP; Ekstrom M; Ji F, 2011, 'Evaluating the performance of a WRF physics ensemble over South-East Australia', Climate Dynamics, 39, pp. 1241 - 1258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-011-1244-5

Liu YY; De Jeu R; McCabe MF; Evans JP; Van dijk A, 2011, 'Global long-term passive microwave satellite-based retrievals of vegetation optical depth', Geophysical Research Letters, 38, pp. L.18402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GL048684

Evans JP; Alsamawi A, 2011, 'The Importance of the Zagros Mountains Barrier Jet to Future Precipitation in the Fertile Crescent.', The Open Atmospheric Science Journal, 5, pp. 87 - 95, http://www.benthamscience.com/open/toascj/openaccess2.htm

Cruz FT; Pitman AJ; Mcgregor JL; Evans JP, 2010, 'Contrasting Regional Responses to Increasing Leaf-Level Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide over Australia', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 11, pp. 296 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2009JHM1175.1

Evans JP, 2010, 'Global warming impact on the dominant precipitation processes in the Middle East', Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 99, pp. 389 - 402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-009-0151-8

Liu Y; Evans JP; McCabe MF; de Jeu RAM; Van dijk AIJM; Su H, 2010, 'Influence of cracking clays on satellite estimated and model simulated soil moisture', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14, pp. 979 - 990, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-979-2010

Evans JP; McCabe MF, 2010, 'Regional climate simulation over Australia's Murray-Darling basin: A multitemporal assessment', Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009JD013277

Evans JP, 2009, '21st century climate change in the Middle East', Climatic Change, 92, pp. 417 - 432

Evans JP, 2008, 'Changes in Water Vapor Transport and the Production of Precipitaion in the Eastern Fertile Cresent as a Result of Global Warming', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 9, pp. 1390 - 1401

Evans JP; Zaitchik BF, 2008, 'Modelling the large-scale water balance impact of different irrigation systems', Water Resources Research, 44, pp. W08448

Zaitchik BF; Evans JP; Geerken RA; Smith RB, 2007, 'Climate and vegetation in the Middle East: inter-annual variability and drought feedbacks', Journal of Climate, 20, pp. 3924 - 3941

Smith RB; Evans JP, 2007, 'Orographic precipitation and water vapor fractionation over the southern Andes', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8, pp. 3 - 19

Zaitchik BF; Evans JP; Smith RB, 2007, 'Regional impact of an elevated heat source: The Zagros plateau of Iran.', Journal of Climate, 20, pp. 4133 - 4146

Evans JP; Geerken RA, 2006, 'Classifying rangeland vegetation type and coverage using a Fourier component based similarity measure', Remote Sensing of Environment, 105, pp. 1 - 8

Evans JP; Smith RB, 2006, 'Water vapor transport and the production of precipitation in the Eastern Fertile Crescent', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 7, pp. 1295 - 1307

Zaitchik BF; Evans JP; Smith RB, 2005, 'Regional drivers of aridity in southwest asia and sensitivity to surface change', 85th AMS Annual Meeting, American Meteorological Society - Combined Preprints, pp. 2063 - 2070

Geerken RA; Zaitchik BF; Evans JP, 2005, 'Classifying rangeland vegetation type and coverage from NDVI time-series using Fourier Filtered Cycle Similarity', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26, pp. 5535 - 5554

Zaitchik BF; Evans JP; Smith RB, 2005, 'MODIS-derived boundary conditions for a mesoscale climate model: application to irrigated agriculture in the Euphrates Basin', Monthly Weather Review, 133, pp. 1727 - 1743

Evans JP; Oglesby RJ; Lapenta WM, 2005, 'Time series analysis of regional climate model performance', Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, pp. D04104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004JD005046

Evans JP; Geerken RA, 2004, 'Discrimination between climate and human induced dryland degradation', Journal of Arid Environments, 57, pp. 535 - 554

Evans JP; Smith RB; Oglesby RJ, 2004, 'Middle East climate simulation and dominant precipitation processes', International Journal of Climatology, 24, pp. 1671 - 1694

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