How well do climate modes explain precipitation variability?

S Hobeichi, G Abramowitz, A Sen Gupta… - npj Climate and …, 2024 - nature.com
Large-scale modes of climate variability, such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, North
Atlantic Oscillation, and Indian Ocean Dipole, show significant regional correlations with …

Machine Learning Identification of Attributes and Predictors for a Flash Drought in Eastern Australia

M Speer, J Hartigan, LM Leslie - Climate, 2024 - mdpi.com
Flash droughts (FDs) are natural disasters that strike suddenly and intensify quickly. They
occur almost anywhere, anytime of the year, and can have severe socio-economic, health …

A tale of two novembers: confounding influences on La Niña's relationship with rainfall in Australia

CR Tozer, JS Risbey, MJ Pook… - Monthly Weather …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Despite common background La Niña conditions, Australia was very dry in
November 2020 and wet in November 2021. This paper aims to provide an explanation for …

Predicting Australian energy demand variability using weather data and machine learning

D Richardson, S Hobeichi, L Sweet… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Managing energy systems requires understanding the variability of energy demand, which
on daily timescales is driven primarily by the weather. Historical records of demand typically …

Quantifying ENSOs impact on Australia's regional monthly rainfall risk

S McGregor, A Gallant… - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is considered an important driver of
rainfall variability in Australia, amongst many other global locations. Despite knowledge of …

Controlling factors of wildfires in Australia and their changes under global warming

HX Bui, YX Li, D Dommenget - Environmental Research Letters, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
This study investigates a fire weather index (FWI) and its associated components in Australia
using the downscaled projects for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 …

Australian rainfall increases during multi‐year La Niña

AT Huang, ZE Gillett… - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Australia is one of the regions strongly affected by the El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
The recent 2020–2023 La Niña event was marked by record‐breaking rainfall and flooding …

Observed Associations between Fire Danger and Climate Modes and their Representation in ACCESS-S2

R Taylor, AG Marshall, S Crimp… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
The increasing frequency and severity of wildfires in Australia, driven by climate change,
pose a significant threat to ecosystems, lives, and property. This study examines the impact …

Westward Displacement of Atmospheric East–West Circulation Ameliorated Drought-Induced Conditions in Australia and India during the Major 2023–24 and 1997 …

RJ Allan, RC Stone - Bulletin of the American Meteorological …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Based on a compilation of widely available climate analysis products, we show evidence for
a significant variation in the spatial pattern of the large-scale vertical zonal atmospheric …

A moisture budget perspective on Australian rainfall variability

SK Pariyar, G Liguori, C Jakob… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rainfall variability over Australia is revisited from the viewpoint of the atmospheric moisture
budgets in three regions: the extratropics, Subtropics, and Tropics. The budgets are …