Can southern Australian rainfall decline be explained? A review of possible drivers

RC McKay, G Boschat, I Rudeva… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Southern Australia's rainfall is highly variable and influenced by factors across scales from
synoptic weather to large‐scale circulation and remote climate modes of variability …

Cut-off lows over South Africa: a review

NG Xulu, H Chikoore, MJM Bopape, T Ndarana… - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
Every year, cut-off low (COL) pressure systems produce severe weather conditions and
heavy rainfall, often leading to flooding, devastation and disruption of socio-economic …

Climate influence on compound solar and wind droughts in Australia

D Richardson, AJ Pitman, NN Ridder - npj Climate and Atmospheric …, 2023 - nature.com
Solar photovoltaic and wind power are central to Australia's renewable energy future,
implying an energy sector vulnerable to weather and climate variability. Alignment of …

Linking ENSO to synoptic weather systems in eastern Australia

ZE Gillett, AS Taschetto, CM Holgate… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the main driver of interannual east
Australian rainfall variability, but its link with rain‐producing synoptic weather systems is …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of interacting climate modes on east Australian precipitation moisture sources

C Holgate, JP Evans, AS Taschetto… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Modes of climate variability can drive significant changes to regional climate affecting
extremes such as droughts, floods, and bushfires. The need to forecast these extremes and …

[HTML][HTML] Tropical, subtropical, and extratropical atmospheric rivers in the Australian region

KJ Reid, AD King, TP Lane, D Hudson - Journal of Climate, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Studies of atmospheric rivers (ARs) over Australia have, so far, only focused on northwest
cloudband–type weather systems. Here we perform a comprehensive analysis of AR …

Heavy versus extreme rainfall events in southeast Australia

RA Warren, C Jakob, SM Hitchcock… - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Focussing on the major cities of Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne in southeast Australia,
this study seeks to determine the environmental factors that distinguish between heavy …

Anthropogenic warming reduces the likelihood of drought-breaking extreme rainfall events in southeast Australia

CM Holgate, AS Pepler, I Rudeva, NJ Abram - Weather and Climate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Future climate change is projected to increase the frequency and severity of droughts in
many drought-prone regions of the world. However, coarsely-resolved and sometimes …

[HTML][HTML] The role of heavy rainfall in drought in Australia

T Parker, AJE Gallant - Weather and Climate Extremes, 2022 - Elsevier
Droughts are initiated and significantly maintained by precipitation deficits. This study
demonstrates that meteorological droughts in Australia are strongly related to changes in the …

[HTML][HTML] Waves to weather: Exploring the limits of predictability of weather

GC Craig, AH Fink, C Hoose, T Janjić… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Waves to Weather: Exploring the Limits of Predictability of Weather in: Bulletin of the American
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