By Scientia Professor Andy Pitman

Journal articles

Pitman AJ; Yang ZL; Henderson-Sellers A, 1993, 'Sub-grid scale precipitation in ALCMs: re-assessing the land surface sensitivity using a single column model', Climate Dynamics, 9, pp. 33 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00208012

Pitman AJ; Durbidge TB; Henderson‐Sellers A; McGuffie K, 1993, 'Assessing climate model sensitivity to prescribed deforested landscapes', International Journal of Climatology, 13, pp. 879 - 898, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.3370130806

Henderson-Sellers A; Dickinson RE; Durbidge TB; Kennedy PJ; McGuffie K; Pitman AJ, 1993, 'Tropical deforestation: modeling local- to regional-scale climate change', Journal of Geophysical Research, 98, pp. 7289 - 7315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/92JD02830

PITMAN AJ, 1992, 'CLIMATE CHANGE AND WORLD AGRICULTURE - PARRY,M', AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER, 23, pp. 87 - 88, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1992HV94800017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Henderson-Sellers A; Pitman AJ, 1992, 'Land-surface schemes for future climate models: specification, aggregation, and heterogeneity', Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, pp. 2687 - 2696, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/91JD01697

Pitman AJ, 1991, 'A simple parameterization of sub-grid scale open water for climate models', Climate Dynamics, 6, pp. 99 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00209983

Thomas G; Henderson‐Sellers A; Pitman AJ, 1991, 'Regional‐scale surface hydrologic simulations from global climate models: A case study', Atmosphere Ocean, 29, pp. 420 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07055900.1991.9649411

HENDERSON-SELLERS A; PITMAN A, 1991, 'VEGETATION AND CLIMATE INTERACTIONS IN SEMIARID REGIONS - INTRODUCTION', VEGETATIO, 91, pp. R9 - R9, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1991FE70000002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

HENDERSON-SELLERS A; PITMAN AJ, 1991, 'VEGETATION AND CLIMATE INTERACTIONS IN SEMIARID REGIONS - PREFACE', VEGETATIO, 91, pp. R7 - R7, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1991FE70000001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Pitman AJ, 1991, 'Parameterization of sub-grid scale processes in climate models', IAHS Publication International Association of Hydrological Sciences, pp. 65 - 74

Pitman AJ, 1991, 'Sensitivity of the land surface to sub-grid scale processes: implications for climate simulations', Vegetatio, 91, pp. 121 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00036052

Pitman AJ; Giorgi F; Henderson-Sellers A, 1991, 'Southeast Australia's wintertime precipitation: sensitivity of climate predictions to model resolution', Australian Meteorological Magazine, 39, pp. 21 - 35

Pitman AJ, 1991, 'The parameterization of sub-grid scale processes in climate models', Hydrological Interactions Between Atmosphere Soil and Vegetation Proc Symposium Vienna 1991, pp. 65 - 74

Pitman AJ; Henderson-Sellers A; Yang ZL, 1990, 'Sensitivity of regional climates to localized precipitation in global models', Nature, 346, pp. 734 - 737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/346734a0

Henderson-Sellers A; Pitman AJ; Dickinson RE, 1990, 'Sensitivity of the surface hydrology to the complexity of the land- surface parameterization scheme employed', Atmosfera, 3, pp. 183 - 201

Reed RJ; Cortner HJ; Morrisette PM; Pitman AJ, 1990, 'Book reviews', Climatic Change, 16, pp. 357 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00144509

Conference Papers

Polcher J; McAvaney B; Viterbo P; Gaertner MA; Hahmann A; Mahfouf JF; Noilhan J; Phillips T; Pitman A; Schlosser CA; Schulz JP; Timbal B; Verseghy D; Xue Y, 1998, 'A proposal for a general interface between land surface schemes and general circulation models', in Global and Planetary Change, pp. 261 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8181(98)00052-6

Desborough CE; Pitman AJ, 1998, 'The BASE land surface model', in Global and Planetary Change, pp. 3 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8181(98)00038-1

Henderson-Sellers A; Polcher J; Chen TH; Nakken M; Pitman AJ, 1996, 'Predicting global change at the land-surface: The project for intercomparison of land-surface parameterization schemes (PILPS) (phase 4)', in SEVENTH SYMPOSIUM ON GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES, AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, GA, ATLANTA, pp. 59 - 66, presented at 7th Symposium on Global Change Studies, GA, ATLANTA, 28 January 1996 - 02 February 1996, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1996BG36L00012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Desborough CE; Pitman AJ; Irannejad P, 1996, 'Analysis of the relationship between bare soil evaporation and soil moisture simulated by 13 land surface schemes for a simple non-vegetated site', in Global and Planetary Change, pp. 47 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0921-8181(95)00036-4

Pitman AJ; Desborough CE, 1996, 'Brief description of bare essentials of surface transfer and results from simulations with the HAPEX-MOBILHY data', in Global and Planetary Change, pp. 135 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0921-8181(95)00042-9

Henderson-Sellers A; Dickinson RE; Pitman AJ, 1995, 'Atmosphere-landsurface modelling', in Mathematical and Computer Modelling, pp. 5 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0895-7177(95)00045-4

Pitman AJ, 1995, 'Simulating heterogeneous vegetation in climate models. Identifying when secondary vegetation becomes important', in Hydrological Processes, pp. 719 - 728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.3360090516

Pitman AJ; Henderson-Sellers A, 1995, 'Simulating the diurnal temperature range: Results from Phase I(a) of the Project for Intercomparison of Landsurface Parameterisation Schemes (PILPS )', in Atmospheric Research, pp. 229 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-8095(94)00079-S

Yang ZL; Pitman AJ; Henderson-Sellers A, 1993, 'Implementing an advanced land surface scheme into an AGCM: methodology and results', in Exchange Processes at the Land Surface for A Range of Space and Time Scales Proc International Symposium Yokohama 1993, pp. 583 - 590

Yang ZL; Pitman AJ, 1993, 'Land-surface parameterizations for climate models: a new method for composite fluxes', in Exchange Processes at the Land Surface for A Range of Space and Time Scales Proc International Symposium Yokohama 1993, pp. 551 - 559

Pitman AJ, 1993, 'The sensitivity of the land surface to the parameter values: a reassessment', in Macroscale Modelling of the Hydrosphere Proc International Conference Yokohama 1993, pp. 125 - 132

Kalma JD; Lyons TJ; Nunez M; Pitman AJ, 1991, 'Advances in understanding meso-scale climatic variability', in Climatic Risk in Crop Production Proc International Symposium Brisbane 1990, pp. 445 - 466

HENDERSONSELLERS A; PITMAN AJ, 1989, 'QUANTIFICATION OF REGIONAL DRY AND WET CANOPY EVAPORATION', in BOUWMAN AF (ed.), SOILS AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT, JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, NETHERLANDS, WAGENINGEN, pp. 343 - 352, presented at INTERNATIONAL CONF ON SOILS AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT, NETHERLANDS, WAGENINGEN, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1990BS64K00016&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Presentations

Sabot M; De Kauwe M; Pitman A; Medlyn B; Ellsworth D; Caldararu S; Zaehle S; Mu M; Gimeno T, 2022, 'Predicting resilience through the lens of competing adjustments to vegetation function', presented at EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23 May 2022 - 27 May 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4244

Sabot M; De Kauwe M; Pitman A; Medlyn B; Caldararu S; Zaehle S; Ellsworth D, 2021, 'On which timescale(s) do optimal adjustments to vegetation function confer resilience? A case study in South-Eastern Australia', http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14908

Mu M; De Kauwe M; Ukkola A; Pitman A; Gimeno T; Medlyn B; Or D; Yang J; Ellsworth D, 2021, 'Evaluating a land surface model at a water-limited site: implications for land surface contributions to droughts and heatwaves', http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-4083

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

Conference Abstracts

Teckentrup L; De Kauwe M; Pitman A; Bastrikov V; Goll D; Haverd V; Jain A; Joetzjer E; Kato E; Lienert S; Lombardozzi D; McGuire12 P; Melton J; Nabel J; Pongratz J; Sitch S; Walker A; Wiltshire A; Zaehle S, 2021, 'Assessing the representation of the Australian carbon cycle in global vegetation models', Copernicus Publications, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-3620

Reports

Bui H; Gillett Z; Neogi S; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S; Kim Y; Alinejadtabrizi T; Ukkola A; Zhao Z; Aiken C; Patel R; Holbrook N; Richardson D; Sengupta A; King A; Falster G; Barnes M; Reid K; Poncet L; Bowden A; Raupach T; Earl N; Johnston D; Rowe J; Bhagtani D; Vincent C; Huneke W; Udy D; Meyer A; Page J; Kaplish A; Wilson A; Arblaster J; Alexander L; Pitman A, 2024, The State of Weather and Climate Extremes 2023, Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/92kr-0w80

Gillett Z; Shao Y; Parker T; Barnes M; Reid K; Arblaster J; Meyer A; Pitman A; Yang D; Raupach T; Brown AL; Hitchcock S; El Rafei M, 2023, The State of Weather and Climate Extremes 2022, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/b0az-0920

Barker A; Pitman A; Evans J; Spaninks F; Uthayakumaran L, 2019, Probabilistic forecasts for water consumption in Sydney, Australia from stochastic weather scenarios and a panel data consumption model., http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5d534d6145702

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

Working Papers

Ukkola AM; Roderick ML; Barker A; Pitman AJ, 2019, Exploring the stationarity of australian temperature, precipitation and pan evaporation records over the last century, http://dx.doi.org10.1088/1748-9326/ab545c

Preprints

Nazarian N; Pitman AJ; Lipson MJ; Hart MA; Cleugh H; Harman I; Thatcher MJ; Hirsch AL; Di Virgilio G; Riley ML; Tapper N; Evans JP; Jakob C; Perez P, 2025, Strengthening national capability in urban climate science: an Australian perspective, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.03968

Devanand A; Evans JP; Abramowitz G; Hobeichi S; Pitman AJ, 2022, ­­­What is the Probability that a Drought Will Break in Australia?, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4251061

De Kauwe MG; Kala J; Lin Y-S; Pitman AJ; Medlyn BE; Duursma RA; Abramowitz G; Wang Y-P; Miralles DG, A test of an optimal stomatal conductance scheme within the CABLE Land Surface Model, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmdd-7-6845-2014

Wang L; Abramowitz G; Wang Y-P; Pitman A; Rossel RV, An ensemble estimate of Australian soil organic carbon using machine learning and process-based modelling, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-3016

Devanand A; Falster G; Gillett Z; Hobeichi S; Holgate C; Jin C; Mu M; Parker T; Rifai S; Rome K; Stojanovic M; Vogel E; Abram N; Abramowitz G; Coats S; Evans J; Gallant A; Pitman A; Power S; Rauniyar S; Taschetto A; Ukkola A, Australia’s Tinderbox Drought: an extreme natural event likely worsened by human-caused climate change, http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/x53q2b

Wartenburger R; Hirschi M; Donat MG; Greve P; Pitman AJ; Seneviratne SI, Changes in regional climate extremes as a function of global mean temperature: an interactive plotting framework, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2017-33

Richardson D; Pitman A; Ridder N, Climate controls on compound solar and wind droughts in Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/x5w09w

Decker M; Pitman A; Evans J, Diagnosing the seasonal land–atmosphere coupling strength over Northern Australia: dependence on soil moisture state and coupling strength definition, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-11-10431-2014

Exbrayat J-F; Pitman AJ; Abramowitz G, Disentangling residence time and temperature sensitivity of microbial decomposition in a global soil carbon model, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-4995-2014

Pitman AJ; de Noblet-Ducoudré N; Avila FB; Alexander LV; Boisier J-P; Brovkin V; Delire C; Cruz F; Donat MG; Gayler V; van den Hurk B; Reick C; Voldoire A, Effects of land cover change on temperature and rainfall extremes in multi-model ensemble simulations, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esdd-3-597-2012

Page JC; De Kauwe MG; Abramowitz G; Cleverly J; Hinko-Najera N; Hovenden MJ; Liu Y; Pitman AJ; Ogle K, Examining the Role of Environmental Memory in the Predictability of Carbon and Water Fluxes Across Australian Ecosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-2021-254

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