By Professor Lisa Alexander

Journal articles

Smale DA; Wernberg T; Oliver ECJ; Thomsen M; Harvey BP; Straub SC; Burrows MT; Alexander LV; Benthuysen JA; Donat MG; Feng M; Hobday AJ; Holbrook NJ; Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE; Scannell HA; Sen Gupta A; Payne BL; Moore PJ, 2019, 'Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services', Nature Climate Change, 9, pp. 306 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0412-1

Liu Y; Donat MG; Taschetto AS; Doblas-Reyes FJ; Alexander LV; England MH, 2019, 'A Framework to Determine the Limits of Achievable Skill for Interannual to Decadal Climate Predictions', Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, pp. 2882 - 2896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029541

Funk C; Harrison L; Alexander L; Peterson P; Behrangi A; Husak G, 2019, 'Exploring trends in wet-season precipitation and drought indices in wet, humid and dry regions', Environmental Research Letters, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab4a6c

Lewis E; Fowler H; Alexander L; Dunn R; Mcclean F; Barbero R; Guerreiro S; Li XF; Blenkinsop S, 2019, 'GSDR: A global sub-daily rainfall dataset', Journal of Climate, 32, pp. 4715 - 4729, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0143.1

Oliver ECJ; Donat MG; Burrows MT; Moore PJ; Smale DA; Alexander LV; Benthuysen JA; Feng M; Sen Gupta A; Hobday AJ; Holbrook NJ; Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE; Scannell HA; Straub SC; Wernberg T, 2018, 'Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century', Nature Communications, 9, pp. 1324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03732-9

Bao J; Sherwood SC; Alexander LV; Evans JP, 2018, 'Comments on “temperature-extreme precipitation scaling: A two-way causality?”', International Journal of Climatology, 38, pp. 4661 - 4663, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.5665

Dittus AJ; Karoly DJ; Donat MG; Lewis SC; Alexander LV, 2018, 'Understanding the role of sea surface temperature-forcing for variability in global temperature and precipitation extremes', Weather and Climate Extremes, 21, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2018.06.002

Contractor S; Donat MG; Alexander LV, 2018, 'Intensification of the Daily Wet Day Rainfall Distribution Across Australia', Geophysical Research Letters, 45, pp. 8568 - 8576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078875

Bador M; Donat MG; Geoffroy O; Alexander LV, 2018, 'Assessing the robustness of future extreme precipitation intensification in the CMIP5 ensemble', Journal of Climate, 31, pp. 6505 - 6525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0683.1

Angélil O; Stone D; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S; Alexander LV; Wehner M; Shiogama H; Wolski P; Ciavarella A; Christidis N, 2018, 'On the nonlinearity of spatial scales in extreme weather attribution statements', Climate Dynamics, 50, pp. 2739 - 2752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-3768-9

Thomas Z; Turney C; Allan R; Colwell S; Kelly G; Lister D; Jones P; Beswick M; Alexander L; Lippmann T; Herold N; Jones R, 2018, 'A new daily observational record from Grytviken, South Georgia: Exploring twentieth-century extremes in the South Atlantic', Journal of Climate, 31, pp. 1743 - 1755, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0353.1

Goldie J; Alexander L; Lewis SC; Sherwood SC; Bambrick H, 2018, 'Changes in relative fit of human heat stress indices to cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal hospitalizations across five Australian urban populations', International Journal of Biometeorology, 62, pp. 423 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00484-017-1451-9

Gross MH; Donat MG; Alexander LV; Sisson SA, 2018, 'The sensitivity of daily temperature variability and extremes to dataset choice', Journal of Climate, 31, pp. 1337 - 1359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0243.1

Sillmann J; Thorarinsdottir T; Keenlyside N; Schaller N; Alexander LV; Hegerl G; Seneviratne SI; Vautard R; Zhang X; Zwiers FW, 2017, 'Understanding, modeling and predicting weather and climate extremes: Challenges and opportunities', Weather and Climate Extremes, 18, pp. 65 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2017.10.003

Pepler AS; Alexander LV; Evans JP; Sherwood SC, 2017, 'The influence of topography on midlatitude cyclones on Australia's east coast', Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122, pp. 9173 - 9184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027345

Goldie J; Alexander L; Lewis SC; Sherwood S, 2017, 'Comparative evaluation of human heat stress indices on selected hospital admissions in Sydney, Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41, pp. 381 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12692

Loughran TF; Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE; Alexander LV, 2017, 'Understanding the spatio-temporal influence of climate variability on Australian heatwaves', International Journal of Climatology, 37, pp. 3963 - 3975, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4971

Gross M; Alexander ; macadam ; Green D; evans , 2017, 'The representation of health-relevant heatwave characteristics in a Regional Climate Model ensemble for New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia', Int. J. Climatol., 37, pp. 1195 - 1210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4769.

Loughran TF; Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE; Alexander LV; Pitman AJ, 2017, 'No significant difference between Australian heat wave impacts of Modoki and eastern Pacific El Niño', Geophysical Research Letters, 44, pp. 5150 - 5157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073231

Pepler AS; Fong J; Alexander LV, 2017, 'Australian east coast mid-latitude cyclones in the 20th Century Reanalysis ensemble', International Journal of Climatology, 37, pp. 2187 - 2192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4812

Gross MH; Alexander LV; Macadam I; Green D; Evans JP, 2017, 'The representation of health-relevant heatwave characteristics in a Regional Climate Model ensemble for New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia', International Journal of Climatology, 37, pp. 1195 - 1210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4769

Herold N; Alexander L; Green D; Donat M, 2017, 'Greater increases in temperature extremes in low versus high income countries', Environmental Research Letters, 12, pp. 034007, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5c43

Alexander LV; Arblaster JM, 2017, 'Historical and projected trends in temperature and precipitation extremes in Australia in observations and CMIP5', Weather and Climate Extremes, 15, pp. 34 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2017.02.001

Donat MG; Lowry AL; Alexander LV; O’gorman PA; Maher N, 2017, 'Addendum: More extreme precipitation in the world’s dry and wet regions', Nature Climate Change, 7, pp. 154 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE3160

Bao J; Sherwood SC; Alexander LV; Evans JP, 2017, 'Future increases in extreme precipitation exceed observed scaling rates', Nature Climate Change, 7, pp. 128 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3201

Gibson PB; Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE; Alexander LV; Fischer EM, 2017, 'Comparing Australian heat waves in the CMIP5 models through cluster analysis', Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, pp. 3266 - 3281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025878

Herold N; Behrangi A; Alexander LV, 2017, 'Large uncertainties in observed daily precipitation extremes over land', Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, pp. 668 - 681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025842

Gibson PB; Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE; Uotila P; Pepler AS; Alexander LV, 2017, 'On the use of self-organizing maps for studying climate extremes', Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, pp. 3891 - 3903, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JD026256

Pepler AS; Alexander LV; Evans JP; Sherwood SC, 2016, 'The influence of local sea surface temperatures on Australian east coast cyclones', Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, pp. 13 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025495

Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE; White CJ; Alexander LV; Argüeso D; Boschat G; Cowan T; Evans JP; Ekström M; Oliver ECJ; Phatak A; Purich A, 2016, 'Natural hazards in Australia: heatwaves', Climatic Change, 139, pp. 101 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1650-0

Donat MG; Alexander LV; Herold N; Dittus AJ, 2016, 'Temperature and precipitation extremes in century-long gridded observations, reanalyses, and atmospheric model simulations', Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, pp. 11174 - 11189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025480

Gibson PB; Uotila P; Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE; Alexander LV; Pitman AJ, 2016, 'Evaluating synoptic systems in the CMIP5 climate models over the Australian region', Climate Dynamics, 47, pp. 2235 - 2251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2961-y

Angélil O; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S; Alexander LV; Stone D; Donat MG; Wehner M; Shiogama H; Ciavarella A; Christidis N, 2016, 'Comparing regional precipitation and temperature extremes in climate model and reanalysis products', Weather and Climate Extremes, 13, pp. 35 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2016.07.001

Wang B; Liu DL; Macadam I; Alexander LV; Abramowitz G; Yu Q, 2016, 'Multi-model ensemble projections of future extreme temperature change using a statistical downscaling method in south eastern Australia', Climatic Change, 138, pp. 85 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1726-x

Di Luca A; Evans JP; Pepler AS; Alexander LV; Argüeso D, 2016, 'Evaluating the representation of Australian East Coast Lows in a regional climate model ensemble', Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science, 66, pp. 108 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.22499/3.6002.003

Herold N; Kala J; Alexander LV, 2016, 'The influence of soil moisture deficits on Australian heatwaves', Environmental Research Letters, 11, pp. 064003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/064003

Donat MG; Lowry AL; Alexander LV; O'Gorman PA; Maher N, 2016, 'More extreme precipitation in the worldâ €™ s dry and wet regions', Nature Climate Change, 6, pp. 508 - 513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2941

Kim YH; Min SK; Zhang X; Zwiers F; Alexander LV; Donat MG; Tung YS, 2016, 'Attribution of extreme temperature changes during 1951–2010', Climate Dynamics, 46, pp. 1769 - 1782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2674-2

Alexander LV, 2016, 'Global observed long-term changes in temperature and precipitation extremes: A review of progress and limitations in IPCC assessments and beyond', Weather and Climate Extremes, 11, pp. 4 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2015.10.007

Hobday AJ; Alexander LV; Perkins SE; Smale DA; Straub SC; Oliver ECJ; Benthuysen JA; Burrows MT; Donat MG; Feng M; Holbrook NJ; Moore PJ; Scannell HA; Sen Gupta A; Wernberg T; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2016, 'A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves', Progress in Oceanography, 141, pp. 227 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.12.014

Herold N; Alexander LV; Donat MG; Contractor S; Becker A, 2016, 'How much does it rain over land?', Geophysical Research Letters, 43, pp. 341 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066615

Pepler AS; Di Luca A; Ji F; Alexander LV; Evans JP; Sherwood SC, 2016, 'Projected changes in east Australian midlatitude cyclones during the 21st century', Geophysical Research Letters, 43, pp. 334 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL067267

Dittus AJ; Karoly DJ; Lewis SC; Alexander LV; Donat MG, 2016, 'A multiregion model evaluation and attribution study of historical changes in the area affected by temperature and precipitation extremes', Journal of Climate, 29, pp. 8285 - 8299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0164.1

Di Luca A; Evans JP; Pepler AS; Alexander LV; Argueso D, 2016, 'Evaluating the representation of Australian East Coast Lows in a regional climate model ensemble', Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 66, pp. 108 - 124

Donat MG; King AD; Overpeck JT; Alexander LV; Durre I; Karoly DJ, 2016, 'Extraordinary heat during the 1930s US Dust Bowl and associated large-scale conditions', Climate Dynamics, 46, pp. 413 - 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2590-5

Thorne PW; Donat MG; Dunn RJH; Williams CN; Alexander LV; Caesar J; Durre I; Harris I; Hausfather Z; Jones PD; Menne MJ; Rohde R; Vose RS; Davy R; Klein-Tank AMG; Lawrimore JH; Peterson TC; Rennie JJ, 2016, 'Reassessing changes in diurnal temperature range: Intercomparison and evaluation of existing global data set estimates', Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, pp. 5138 - 5158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015jd024584

Thorne PW; Donat MG; Dunn RJH; Williams CN; Alexander LV; Caesar J; Durre I; Harris I; Hausfather Z; Jones PD, 2016, 'Reassessing changes in diurnal temperature range: Intercomparison and evaluation of existing global data set estimates', Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, pp. 5138 - 5158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024583

Pepler AS; Alexander LV; Evans JP; Sherwood SC, 2016, 'Zonal winds and southeast Australian rainfall in global and regional climate models', Climate Dynamics, 46, pp. 123 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2573-6

Luca AD; Evans JP; Pepler AS; Alexander LV; Argüeso D, 2016, 'Evaluating the representation of Australian East Coast Lows in a regional climate model ensemble', Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 66, pp. 108 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/es16011

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

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