By Professor Lisa Alexander

Journal articles

King AD; Donat MG; Fischer EM; Hawkins E; Alexander LV; Karoly DJ; Dittus AJ; Lewis SC; Perkins SE; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2015, 'The timing of anthropogenic emergence in simulated climate extremes', Environmental Research Letters, 10, pp. 094015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/094015

Avila FB; Dong S; Menang KP; Rajczak J; Renom M; Donat MG; Alexander LV, 2015, 'Systematic investigation of gridding-related scaling effects on annual statistics of daily temperature and precipitation maxima: A case study for south-east Australia', Weather and Climate Extremes, 9, pp. 6 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2015.06.003

Yin H; Donat MG; Alexander LV; Sun Y, 2015, 'Multi-dataset comparison of gridded observed temperature and precipitation extremes over China', International Journal of Climatology, 35, pp. 2809 - 2827, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4174

King AD; Donat MG; Alexander LV; Karoly DJ, 2015, 'The ENSO-Australian rainfall teleconnection in reanalysis and CMIP5', Climate Dynamics, 44, pp. 2623 - 2635, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2159-8

Dittus AJ; Karoly DJ; Lewis SC; Alexander LV, 2015, 'A multiregion assessment of observed changes in the areal extent of temperature and precipitation extremes', Journal of Climate, 28, pp. 9206 - 9220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00753.1

Contractor S; Alexander LV; Donat MG; Herold N, 2015, 'How Well Do Gridded Datasets of Observed Daily Precipitation Compare over Australia?', Advances in Meteorology, 2015, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/325718

Pepler AS; Di Luca A; Ji F; Alexander LV; Evans JP; Sherwood SC, 2015, 'Impact of identification method on the inferred characteristics and variability of Australian east coast lows', Monthly Weather Review, 143, pp. 864 - 877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-14-00188.1

Di Luca A; Evans JP; Pepler A; Alexander L; Argüeso D, 2015, 'Resolution sensitivity of cyclone climatology over Eastern Australia using six reanalysis products', Journal of Climate, 28, pp. 9530 - 9549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00645.1

Dunn RJH; Donat MG; Alexander LV, 2014, 'Investigating uncertainties in global gridded datasets of climate extremes', Climate of the Past, 10, pp. 2171 - 2199, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-2171-2014

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

Mcgree S; Whan K; Jones D; Alexander LV; Imielska A; Diamond H; Ene E; Finaulahi S; Inape K; Jacklick L; Kumar R; Laurent V; Malala H; Malsale P; Moniz T; Ngemaes M; Peltier A; Porteous A; Pulehetoa-Mitiepo R; Seuseu S; Skilling E; Tahani L; Teimitsi F; Toorua U; Vaiimene M, 2014, 'An updated assessment of trends and variability in total and extreme rainfall in the western Pacific', International Journal of Climatology, 34, pp. 2775 - 2791, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.3874

Seneviratne S; Donat MG; Mueller B; Alexander LV, 2014, 'No pause in the increase of hot temperature extremes (vol 4, pg 161, 2014)', NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, 4, pp. 320 - 320

Seneviratne SI; Donat MG; Mueller B; Alexander LV, 2014, 'No pause in the increase of hot temperature extremes', Nature Climate Change, 4, pp. 161 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2145

Webb L; Bambrick H; Tait P; Green D; Alexander L, 2014, 'Effect of ambient temperature on Australian northern territory public hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease among indigenous and non-indigenous populations', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11, pp. 1942 - 1959, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110201942

Willett K; Williams C; Jolliffe IT; Lund R; Alexander LV; Brönnimann S; Vincent LA; Easterbrook S; Venema VKC; Berry D; Warren RE; Lopardo G; Auchmann R; Aguilar E; Menne MJ; Gallagher C; Hausfather Z; Thorarinsdottir T; Thorne PW, 2014, 'A framework for benchmarking of homogenisation algorithm performance on the global scale', Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 3, pp. 187 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gi-3-187-2014

Dittus AJ; Karoly DJ; Lewis SC; Alexander LV, 2014, 'An investigation of some unexpected frost day increases in Southern Australia', Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 64, pp. 261 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.22499/2.6404.002

Willett K; Williams C; Jolliffe I; Lund R; Alexander L; Broenniman S; Vincent LA; Easterbrook S; Venema V; Berry D; Warren R; Lopardo G; Auchmann R; Aguilar E; Menne M; Gallagher C; Hausfather Z; Thorarinsdottir T; Thorne PW, 2014, 'Concepts for benchmarking of homogenisation algorithm performance on the global scale', GEOSCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION METHODS AND DATA SYSTEMS, 4, pp. 235 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gid-4-235-2014

Donat MG; Sillmann J; Wild S; Alexander LV; Lippmann T; Zwiers FW, 2014, 'Consistency of temperature and precipitation extremes across various global gridded in situ and reanalysis datasets', Journal of Climate, 27, pp. 5019 - 5035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00405.1

King AD; Klingaman NP; Alexander LV; Donat MG; Jourdain NC; Maher P, 2014, 'Extreme rainfall variability in Australia: Patterns, drivers, and predictability', Journal of Climate, 27, pp. 6035 - 6050, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00715.1

King AD; Karoly DJ; Donat MG; Alexander LV, 2014, 'CLIMATE CHANGE TURNS AUSTRALIA'S 2013 BIG DRY INTO A YEAR OF RECORD-BREAKING HEAT', BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 95, pp. S41 - S45

Perkins SE; Lewis SC; King AD; Alexander LV; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2014, 'INCREASED SIMULATED RISK OF THE HOT AUSTRALIAN SUMMER OF 2012/13 DUE TO ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY AS MEASURED BY HEAT WAVE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY', BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 95, pp. S34 - S37

Perkins SE; Alexander LV; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2013, 'On the measurement of heat waves', Journal of Climate, 26, pp. 4500 - 4517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00383.1

Donat MG; Alexander LV; Yang H; Durre I; Vose R; Caesar J, 2013, 'Global land-based datasets for monitoring climatic extremes', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, pp. 130125093450003 - 130125093450003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-12-00109

Alexander L; Perkins S; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2013, 'Debate heating up over changes in climate variability', Environmental Research Letters, 8, pp. 041001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/041001

Skansi MDLM; Brunet M; Sigró J; Aguilar E; Arevalo Groening JA; Bentancur OJ; Castellón Geier YR; Correa Amaya RL; Jácome H; Malheiros Ramos A; Oria Rojas C; Pasten AM; Sallons Mitro S; Villaroel Jiménez C; Martínez R; Alexander LV; Jones PD, 2013, 'Warming and wetting signals emerging from analysis of changes in climate extreme indices over South America', Global and Planetary Change, 100, pp. 295 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.11.004

King AD; Donat MG; Alexander L, 2013, 'Asymmetry in the response of Eastern Australia extreme rainfall to low-frequency Pacific variability', Geophysical Research Letters, 40, pp. 2271 - 2277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50427

Westra SP; Alexander LV; Zwiers FW, 2013, 'Global increasing trends in annual maximum daily precipitation', Journal of Climate, 26, pp. 3904 - 3918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00502.1

Donat MG; Alexander L; Yang H; Durre I; Vose R; Caesar J, 2013, 'Global land-based datasets for monitoring climatic extremes', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94, pp. 997 - 1006., http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00109.1

King AD ; Lewis SC ; Perkins SE ; Alexander LV ; Donat MG ; Karoly DJ ; Black MT ; Donat M; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S; Alexander L; King A; Lewis S, 2013, 'Limited Evidence of Anthropogenic Influence on the 2011-12 Extreme Rainfall over Southeast Australia. [in ³Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective²]', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94, pp. 555 - 558, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00085.1

King AD; Alexander LV; Donat MG, 2013, 'The efficacy of using gridded data to examine extreme rainfall characteristics: a case study for Australia', International Journal of Climatology, 33, pp. 2376 - 2387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.3588

Whan K; Alexander LV; Imielska A; McGree S; Jones D; Ene E; Finaulahi S; Inape K; Jacklick L; Kumar R; Laurent V; Malala H; Malsale P; Pulehetoa-Mitiepo R; Ngemaes M; Peltier A; Porteous A; Seuseu S; Skilling E; Tahani L; Toorua U; Vaiimene M, 2013, 'Trends and variability of temperature extremes in the tropical Western Pacific', International Journal of Climatology, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.3861

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

Pitman AJ; De Noblet-Ducoudre N; Avila F; Alexander LV; Boisier J-P; Brovkin V; Delire C; Cruz FT; Donat MG; Gayler V; Van Den Hurk BJ; Reick CH; Voldoire A, 2012, 'Effects of land cover change on temperature and rainfall extremes in multi-model ensemble simulations', Earth System Dynamics, 3, pp. 213 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esd-3-213-2012

Perkins SE; Alexander LV; Nairn JR, 2012, 'Increasing frequency, intensity and duration of observed global heatwaves and warm spells', Geophysical Research Letters, 39, pp. Article number: L20714, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GL053361

Arblaster JM; Alexander LV, 2012, 'The impact of the El Nio-Southern Oscillation on maximum temperature extremes', Geophysical Research Letters, 39, pp. Art. No. L20702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GL053409

Caesar J; Alexander L; Trewin B; Tse-ring K; Sorany L; Vuniyayawa V; Keosavang N; Shimana A; Htay MM; Karmacharya J; Jayasinghearachchi DA; Sakkamart J; Soares E; Hung LT; Thuong LT; Hue CT; Dung NTT; Hung P; Cuong HD; Cuong NM; Sirabaha S, 2011, 'Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes over the Indo-Pacific region from 1971 to 2005', International Journal of Climatology, 31, pp. 791 - 801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.2118

Alexander L, 2011, 'Extreme heat rooted in dry soils', Nature Geoscience, 4, pp. 12 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1045

Zhang X; Alexander LV; Hegerl G; Jones P; Tank AK; Peterson TC; Trewin B; Zwiers FW, 2011, 'Indices for monitoring changes in extremes based on daily temperature and precipitation data', WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE, 2, pp. 851 - 870, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcc.147

Donat MG; Renggli D; Wild S; Alexander LV; Leckebusch GC; Ulbrich U, 2011, 'Reanalysis suggests long-term upward trends in European storminess since 1871', Geophysical Research Letters, 38, pp. L14703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GL047995

Alexander L; Wang XL; Wan H; Trewin B, 2011, 'Significant decline in storminess over south-east Australia since the late 19th century', Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 61, pp. 23 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1045

Arndt DS; Baringer MO; Johnson MR; Alexander LV; Diamond HJ; Fogt RL; Levy JM; Richter-Menge J; Thorne PW; Vincent LA; Watkins AB; Willett KM, 2010, 'State of the climate in 2009', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-91-7-StateoftheClimate

Alexander L; Uotila P; Nicholls N; Lynch A, 2010, 'A new daily pressure dataset for Australia and its application to the assessment of changes in synoptic patterns during the last century', Journal of Climate, 23, pp. 1111 - 1126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2009JCLI2972.1

Green D; Alexander L; Mcinnes K; Church J; White N, 2010, 'An assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation for the Torres Strait Islands, Australia', Climatic Change, 102, pp. 405 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-009-9756-2

Rangan H; Kull C; Alexander L, 2010, 'Forest plantations, water availability and regional climate change: controversies surrounding Acacia mearnsii plantations in the upper Palnis Hills, southern India', REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, 10, pp. 103 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-009-0098-4

Nicholls N; Uotila P; Alexander L, 2010, 'Synoptic influences on seasonal, interannual and decadal temperature variations in Melbourne, Australia', International Journal of Climatology, 30, pp. 1372 - 1381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.1965

Alexander L; Arblaster J, 2009, 'Assessing trends in observed and modelled climate extremes over Australia in relation to future projections', International Journal of Climatology, 29, pp. 417 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.1730

Alexander L; Tapper N; Zhang X; Fowler HJ; Tebaldi C; Lynch A, 2009, 'Climate Extremes: Progress and Future Directions', International Journal of Climatology, 29, pp. 317 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.1861

Alexander L; Allan R; Tett SFB, 2009, 'Fluctuations in autumn-winter severe storms over the British Isles: 1920 to present', International Journal of Climatology, 29, pp. 357 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.1765

Alexander L; Uotila P; Nicholls N, 2009, 'Influence of sea surface temperature variability on global temperature and precipitation extremes', Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114, pp. D18116 - D18116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009JD012301

Alexander L; Power S, 2009, 'Severe storms inferred from 150 years of subdaily pressure observations along Victoria`s "Shipwreck Coast"', Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 58, pp. 129 - 133

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