By Professor Steven Sherwood

Journal articles

Sherwood SC, 1996, 'Maintenance of the free-tropospheric tropical water vapor distribution. Part I: Clear regime budget', Journal of Climate, 9, pp. 2903 - 2918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2903:MOTFTT>2.0.CO;2

Sherwood SC, 1996, 'Maintenance of the free-tropospheric tropical water vapor distribution. Part II: Simulation by large-scale advection', Journal of Climate, 9, pp. 2919 - 2934, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2919:MOTFTT>2.0.CO;2

Sherwood SC; Ramanathan V; Barnett TP; Tyree MK; Roeckner E, 1994, 'Response of an atmospheric general circulation model to radiative forcing of tropical clouds', Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, pp. 20 - 845, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/94jd01632

Goldie J; Sherwood SC; Green D; Alexander L, 'Temperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia', ANNALS OF GLOBAL HEALTH, 81, pp. 333 - 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2015.07.003

Conference Papers

Wu DL; Baum BA; Choi YS; Foster MJ; Karlsson KG; Heidinger A; Poulsen C; Pavolonis M; Riedi J; Roebeling R; Sherwood S; Thoss A; Watts P, 2016, 'Toward global harmonization of derived cloud products', in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, University of Lille, Villeneuve-d’Ascq, Lille, France, pp. ES49 - ES52, presented at FIRST WORKSHOP OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLOUD WORKING GROUP (ICWG), University of Lille, Villeneuve-d’Ascq, Lille, France, 17 May 2016 - 20 May 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0234.1

Sherwood S; Jones E, 1998, 'Learning relationships among noisy variables using a Bayesian network', in FIRST CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, AZ, PHOENIX, pp. J1 - J4, presented at 1st Conference on Artificial Intelligence at the 78th American-Meteorological-Society Annual Meeting, AZ, PHOENIX, 11 January 1998 - 16 January 1998, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000076779400038&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Posters

Prasad A; Trapeznikov K; Sherwood S; Fuchs D; Gimlett J, 2023, 'Pretraining and fine-tuning surrogates for hybrid climate model development', Brisbane, Australia, presented at CLEX Annual Workshop, Brisbane, Australia, 19 November 2023 - 23 November 2023

Prasad A; Sherwood S; Fuchs D; Trapeznikov K; Gimlett J, 2023, 'Accelerating climate models using an AI surrogate', Canberra, Australia, presented at ACCESS Community Workshop 2023, Canberra, Australia, 04 September 2023 - 06 September 2023

Prasad AA; Sherwood S; Brogniez H, 2017, 'Constraining WRF Simulations of Convective Environments using Observations', Crowne Plaza, San Diego, CA, USA, presented at 17th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Crowne Plaza, San Diego, CA, USA, 24 July 2017 - 27 July 2017, https://ams.confex.com/ams/17MESO/webprogram/Paper320134.html

Prasad AA; Sherwood S; Brogniez H, 2017, 'Constraining simulations of convective environments using humidity observations in Northern Australia', Bates College, Lewiston, ME, USA, presented at Gordon Research Conference, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, USA, 16 July 2017 - 21 July 2017

Prasad AA; Sherwood S; Brogniez H, 2017, 'Constraining simulations of convective environments using humidity observations in Northern Australia', Bates College, Lewiston, ME, presented at Gordon Research Seminar, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 15 July 2017 - 16 July 2017

Prasad AA; Sherwood SC; Reeder MJ, 2015, 'Simulating Roll Clouds associated with Low-Level Convergence', San Francisco, presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 14 December 2015 - 18 December 2015

Conference Presentations

Prasad A; Trapeznikov K; Sherwood S; Fuchs D; Gimlett J, 2024, 'Pretraining AI surrogates for hybrid climate simulations', presented at 30th Conference of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Canberra, Australia, 05 February 2024 - 09 February 2024

Prasad A; Fuchs D; Trapeznikov K; Sherwood S; Gimlett J, 2022, 'The development and performance of the Global AI Accelerator (GAIA) in simulating MJO', presented at 29th AMOS Annual Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 28 November 2022 - 01 December 2022

Prasad A; Sherwood S, 2021, 'Sensitivity of Convective Trigger Functions', presented at 28th AMOS Annual Conference, Remote, 08 February 2021 - 12 March 2021

Prasad A; Sherwood S, 2020, 'Improved Convective Trigger using Roll Circulations', presented at 27th AMOS Annual Meeting and International Conference on Indian Ocean Meteorology and Oceanography (AMOS 2020), Fremantle, Western Australia, 10 February 2020 - 14 February 2020

Prasad A; Sherwood S; Reeder M; Lane T, 2019, 'Fluctuations in Cirrus Clouds from Convectively-Generated Gravity Waves', presented at 27th IUGG General Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 08 July 2019 - 18 July 2019

Prasad A; Sherwood S, 2019, 'Triggering in Convective Cloud Lines', presented at 27th IUGG General Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 08 July 2019 - 18 July 2019

Prasad A; Sherwood S, 2019, 'Convective Triggering in Cloud Lines', presented at AMOS Annual Meeting and International Conference on Tropical Meteorology and Oceanography, Darwin, Australia, 10 June 2019 - 14 June 2019

N O; C W; S S; D M; Osborne N; Sherwood S, 2019, 'Pollen Flowing over the Great Dividing Range, Australia', http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.ee9.0000610820.53949.3a

Prasad AA; Sherwood S; Reeder M; Lane T, 2018, 'Assessment of convectively-generated gravity waves over Northern Australia in satellite observations and mesoscale model simulations', presented at Understanding and Modelling Atmospheric Processes, Lorne, Melbourne, Australia, 26 February 2018 - 02 March 2018

Prasad AA; Sherwood S; Reeder M; Lane T, 2018, 'Analysis of convectively-generated gravity waves over Northern Australia in satellite observations and mesoscale model simulations', presented at AMOS-ICSHMO Conference 2018, Sydney, Australia, 05 February 2018 - 09 February 2018

Prasad AA; Sherwood S; Brogniez H, 2017, 'Constraining simulations of convective cloud lines using Megha-Tropiques and radiosonde data in Northern Australia', presented at AMOS/MSNZ Annual Conference 2017, Canberra, Australia, 07 February 2017 - 10 February 2017

Prasad AA; Sherwood SC, 2016, 'Assessment of simulated roll clouds associated with low-level convergence', presented at AMOS/ARCCSS National Conference 2016, Melbourne, Australia, 08 February 2016 - 11 February 2016

Conference Abstracts

Patel T; Raupach TH; Sherwood SC; Warren RA, 2025, ' Understanding the land—ocean contrast in lightning strikes across the Australian tropics', http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/ecss2025-149

Raupach T; Portmann R; Siderius C; Sherwood S, 2025, 'Global projections of hail hazard frequency under climate change', in EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, presented at EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 April 2025 - 02 May 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-13858

Reports

England M; Allison I; Bird M; Church J; Enting I; Karoly D; Raupach M; Palutikof J; Sherwood S, 2010, The Science of Climate Change: Questions and Answers, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, https://www.climatechangeauthority.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-06/submissions/2015/Australian%20Academy%20of%20Science%20-%20attachment.pdf

Preprints

Rampal N; Ward-Leikis B; Koh YS; Gibson PB; Liu H-Y; Kitsios V; Meyers T; Adie J; Juntao Y; Sherwood SC, 2026, An intercomparison of generative machine learning methods for downscaling precipitation at fine spatial scales, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2512.13987

Jiang Q; Sherwood S; Singh M; O'Gorman P, 2026, Local Mixing Governs the Buildup of Humid Heat Events in the World's Leading Hotspot, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9408455/v1

Jiang Q; Sherwood S; Singh M; O'Gorman P, 2026, Local Mixing Governs the Buildup of Humid Heat Events in the World's Leading Hotspot, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9408455/v2

Rafei ME; Isaza A; Sherwood S; Evans JP; Brown A; Ji F; Dowdy A, 2025, Downdrafts and Convective Gusts in High-Resolution Simulations: An Australian Case Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/essoar.174594974.49633296/v2

Rampal N; Gibson PB; Sherwood SC; Queen LE; Lewis H; Abramowitz G, 2025, Downscaling with AI reveals the large role of internal variability in fine-scale projections of climate extremes, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2507.06527

Rafei ME; Isaza A; Sherwood S; Evans JP; Brown A; Ji F; Dowdy A, 2025, Downdraft and Convective Gust Properties and Driving Mechanisms in High-Resolution Numerical Simulations: A Case Study of an Extreme Event in South-Eastern Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/essoar.174594974.49633296/v1

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

Rafei ME; Sherwood S; Evans JP; Dowdy AJ; Ji F, 2023, Biases in estimating long-term recurrence intervals of extreme events due to regionalised sampling, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/essoar.167839988.80634934/v1

Ayat H; Evans JP; Sherwood SC; Soderholm J, 2021, A Radar Object-Based Examination of Rain System Climatology and Including Climate Variability, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-783979/v1

Costa AA; Sherwood S, 2005, Parcel model simulations of aerosol – warm phase cloud microphysics interactions over the Amazon, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acpd-5-481-2005

Dessler AE; Sherwood SC, A model of HDO in the tropical tropopause layer, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acpd-3-4489-2003

Rafei ME; Sherwood S; Evans J; Dowdy A, Analysis and characterisation of extreme wind gust hazards in New South Wales, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1563734/v1

Hwong Y-L; Colin M; Aglas-Leitner P; Muller C; Sherwood S, Assessing Memory in Convection Schemes Using Idealized Tests, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/essoar.168056812.21996560/v1

Schlund M; Lauer A; Gentine P; Sherwood SC; Eyring V, Emergent constraints on Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity in CMIP5: do they hold for CMIP6?, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esd-2020-49

Gross MH; Donat MG; Alexander LV; Sherwood SC, Enhanced warming of seasonal cold extremes relative to the mean in the Northern Hemisphere extratropics, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esd-2019-36

Sherwood S; Forest C, Opinion: Can uncertainty in climate sensitivity be narrowed further?, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1647

Lutsko N; Sherwood SC; Zhao M, Precipitation Efficiency and Climate Sensitivity (Invited Chapter for the AGU Geophysical Monograph Series “Clouds and Climate”), http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10507822.1

Tsushima Y; Brient F; Klein SA; Konsta D; Nam C; Qu X; Williams KD; Sherwood SC; Suzuki K; Zelinka MD, The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Diagnostic Codes Catalogue – metrics, diagnostics and methodologies to evaluate, understand and improve the representation of clouds and cloud feedbacks in climate models, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2017-69

Allen RJ; Sherwood SC; Norris JR; Zender CS, The equilibrium response to idealized thermal forcings in a comprehensive GCM: implications for recent tropical expansion, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acpd-11-31643-2011

Winkelmann R; Dennis DP; Donges JF; Loriani S; Klose AK; Abrams JF; Alvarez-Solas J; Albrecht T; McKay DA; Bathiany S; Navarro JB; Brovkin V; Burke E; Danabasoglu G; Donner RV; Drüke M; Georgievski G; Goelzer H; Harper AB; Hegerl G; Hirota M; Hu A; Jackson LC; Jones C; Kim H; Koenigk T; Lawrence P; Lenton TM; Liddy H; Licón-Saláiz J; Menthon M; Montoya M; Nitzbon J; Nowicki S; Otto-Bliesner B; Pausata F; Rahmstorf S; Ramin K; Robinson A; Rockström J; Romanou A; Sakschewski B; Schädel C; Sherwood S; Smith RS; Steinert NJ; Swingedouw D; Willeit M; Weijer W; Wood R; Wyser K; Yang S, The Tipping Points Modelling Intercomparison Project (TIPMIP): Assessing tipping point risks in the Earth system, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1899

Loriani S; Aksenov Y; McKay DA; Bala G; Born A; Chiessi CM; Dijkstra H; Donges JF; Drijfhout S; England MH; Fedorov AV; Jackson L; Kornhuber K; Messori G; Pausata F; Rynders S; Salée J-B; Sinha B; Sherwood S; Swingedouw D; Tharammal T, Tipping points in ocean and atmosphere circulations, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2589

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