By Emeritus Professor John Alexander Church

Journal articles

Richter K; Meyssignac B; Slangen ABA; Melet A; Church JA; Fettweis X; Marzeion B; Agosta C; Ligtenberg SRM; Spada G; Palmer MD; Roberts CD; Champollion N, 2020, 'Detecting a forced signal in satellite-era sea-level change', Environmental Research Letters, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab986e

Todd A; Zanna L; Couldrey M; Gregory J; Wu Q; Church JA; Farneti R; Navarro-Labastida R; Lyu K; Saenko O; Yang D; Zhang X, 2020, 'Ocean-Only FAFMIP: Understanding Regional Patterns of Ocean Heat Content and Dynamic Sea Level Change', Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019MS002027

Lyu K; Zhang X; Church JA, 2020, 'Regional Dynamic Sea Level Simulated in the CMIP5 and CMIP6 Models: Mean Biases, Future Projections, and Their Linkages', Journal of Climate, 33, pp. 6377 - 6398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-1029.1

Lyu K; Zhang X; Church JA; Wu Q, 2020, 'Processes responsible for the southern hemisphere ocean heat uptake and redistribution under anthropogenic warming', Journal of Climate, 33, pp. 3787 - 3807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0478.1

Todd A; Zanna L; Couldrey M; Gregory JM; Wu Q; Church JA; Farneti R; Navarro-Labastida R; Lyu K; Saenko OA; Yang D; Zhang X, 2020, 'Ocean-only FAFMIP: Understanding Regional Patterns of Ocean Heat Content and Dynamic Sea Level Change.', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10501557.1

Gregory JM; Griffies SM; Hughes CW; Lowe JA; Church JA; Fukimori I; Gomez N; Kopp RE; Landerer F; Cozannet GL; Ponte RM; Stammer D; Tamisiea ME; van de Wal RSW, 2019, 'Concepts and Terminology for Sea Level: Mean, Variability and Change, Both Local and Global', Surveys in Geophysics, 40, pp. 1251 - 1289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10712-019-09525-z

Gregory JM; Griffies SM; Hughes CW; Lowe JA; Church JA; Fukumori I; Gomez N; Kopp RE; Landerer F; Cozannet GL; Ponte RM; Stammer D; Tamisiea ME; van de Wal RSW, 2019, 'Correction to: Concepts and Terminology for Sea Level: Mean, Variability and Change, Both Local and Global (Surveys in Geophysics, (2019), 40, 6, (1251-1289), 10.1007/s10712-019-09525-z)', Surveys in Geophysics, 40, pp. 1291 - 1292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10712-019-09555-7

Stammer D; van de Wal RSW; Nicholls RJ; Church JA; Le Cozannet G; Lowe JA; Horton BP; White K; Behar D; Hinkel J, 2019, 'Framework for High-End Estimates of Sea Level Rise for Stakeholder Applications', Earth S Future, 7, pp. 923 - 938, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001163

Irving DB; Wijffels S; Church JA, 2019, 'Anthropogenic Aerosols, Greenhouse Gases, and the Uptake, Transport, and Storage of Excess Heat in the Climate System', Geophysical Research Letters, 46, pp. 4894 - 4903, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082015

Hinkel J; Church JA; Gregory JM; Lambert E; Le Cozannet G; Lowe J; McInnes KL; Nicholls RJ; van der Pol TD; van de Wal R, 2019, 'Meeting User Needs for Sea Level Rise Information: A Decision Analysis Perspective', Earth S Future, 7, pp. 320 - 337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018EF001071

Palmer MD; Durack P; Chidichimo MP; Church J; Cravatte SE; Hill KL; Johannessen J; Karstensen J; Lee T; Legler D; Mazloff M; Oka E; Purkey S; Rabe B; Sallée JB; Sloyan BM; Speich S; von Schuckmann K; Willis J; Wijffels SE, 2019, 'Adequacy of the ocean observation system for quantifying regional heat and freshwater storage and change', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00416

Wu Q; Zhang X; Church JA; Hu J, 2019, 'ENSO-Related global ocean heat content variations', Journal of Climate, 32, pp. 45 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0861.1

Meyssignac B; Boyer T; Zhao Z; Hakuba MZ; Landerer FW; Stammer D; Köhl A; Kato S; L'Ecuyer T; Ablain M; Abraham JP; Blazquez A; Cazenave A; Church JA; Cowley R; Cheng L; Domingues C; Giglio D; Gouretski V; Ishii M; Johnson GC; Killick RE; Legler D; Llovel W; Lyman J; Palmer MD; Piotrowicz S; Purkey S; Roemmich D; Roca R; Savita A; Schuckmann KV; Speich S; Stephens G; Wang GG; Wijffels SE; Zilberman N, 2019, 'Measuring global ocean heat content to estimate the earth energy imbalance', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00432

Cazenave A; Meyssignac B; Ablain M; Balmaseda M; Bamber J; Barletta V; Beckley B; Benveniste J; Berthier E; Blazquez A; Boyer T; Caceres D; Chambers D; Champollion N; Chao B; Chen J; Cheng L; Church JA; Chuter S; Cogley JG; Dangendorf S; Desbruyères D; Döll P; Domingues C; Falk U; Famiglietti J; Fenoglio-Marc L; Forsberg R; Galassi G; Gardner A; Groh A; Hamlington B; Hogg A; Horwath M; Humphrey V; Husson L; Ishii M; Jaeggi A; Jevrejeva S; Johnson G; Kolodziejczyk N; Kusche J; Lambeck K; Landerer F; Leclercq P; Legresy B; Leuliette E; Llovel W; Longuevergne L; Loomis BD; Luthcke SB; Marcos M; Marzeion B; Merchant C; Merrifield M; Milne G; Mitchum G; Mohajerani Y; Monier M; Monselesan D; Nerem S; Palanisamy H; Paul F; Perez B; Piecuch CG; Ponte RM; Purkey SG; Reager JT; Rietbroek R; Rignot E; Riva R; Roemmich DH; Sørensen LS; Sasgen I; Schrama EJO; Seneviratne SI; Shum CK; Spada G; Stammer D; van de Wal R; Velicogna I; Schuckmann KV; Wada Y; Wang Y; Watson C; Wiese D; Wijffels S; Westaway R; Woppelmann G; Wouters B, 2018, 'Global sea-level budget 1993-present', Earth System Science Data, 10, pp. 1551 - 1590, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1551-2018

Royston S; Watson CS; Legrésy B; King MA; Church JA; Bos MS, 2018, 'Sea-Level Trend Uncertainty With Pacific Climatic Variability and Temporally-Correlated Noise', Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 123, pp. 1978 - 1993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013655

Slangen ABA; Meyssignac B; Agosta C; Champollion N; Church JA; Fettweis X; Ligtenberg SRM; Marzeion B; Melet A; Palmer MD; Richter K; Roberts CD; Spada G, 2017, 'Evaluating model simulations of twentieth-century sea level rise. Part I: Global mean sea level change', Journal of Climate, 30, pp. 8539 - 8563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0110.1

Meyssignac B; Slangen ABA; Melet A; Church JA; Fettweis X; Marzeion B; Agosta C; Ligtenberg SRM; Spada G; Richter K; Palmer MD; Roberts CD; Champollion N, 2017, 'Evaluating model simulations of twentieth-century sea-level rise. Part II: Regional sea-level changes', Journal of Climate, 30, pp. 8565 - 8593, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0112.1

Carson M; Köhl A; Stammer D; Meyssignac B; Church J; Schröter J; Wenzel M; Hamlington B, 2017, 'Regional Sea Level Variability and Trends, 1960–2007: A Comparison of Sea Level Reconstructions and Ocean Syntheses', Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 122, pp. 9068 - 9091, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012992

Nerem RS; Cazenave A; Church J, 2017, 'Sea-level rise: No chaos in the satellite-data record', Nature, 549, pp. 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/549334d

Zhang X; Church JA; Monselesan D; McInnes KL, 2017, 'Sea level projections for the Australian region in the 21st century', Geophysical Research Letters, 44, pp. 8481 - 8491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074176

Lyu K; Zhang X; Church JA; Hu J; Yu JY, 2017, 'Distinguishing the Quasi-decadal and multidecadal sea level and climate variations in the pacific: Implications for the ENSO-like low-frequency variability', Journal of Climate, 30, pp. 5097 - 5117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0004.1

Chen X; Zhang X; Church JA; Watson CS; King MA; Monselesan D; Legresy B; Harig C, 2017, 'The increasing rate of global mean sea-level rise during 1993-2014', Nature Climate Change, 7, pp. 492 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3325

Wu Q; Zhang X; Church JA; Hu J, 2017, 'Variability and change of sea level and its components in the Indo-Pacific region during the altimetry era', Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 122, pp. 1862 - 1881, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012345

Lyu K; Zhang X; Church JA; Hu J, 2016, 'Evaluation of the interdecadal variability of sea surface temperature and sea level in the Pacific in CMIP3 and CMIP5 models', International Journal of Climatology, 36, pp. 3723 - 3740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4587

Slangen ABA; Church JA; Agosta C; Fettweis X; Marzeion B; Richter K, 2016, 'Anthropogenic forcing dominates global mean sea-level rise since 1970', Nature Climate Change, 6, pp. 701 - 705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2991

Slangen ABA; Church JA; Agosta C; Fettweis X; Marzeion B; Richter K, 2016, 'Anthropogenic forcing dominates global mean sea-level rise since 1970 (vol 11, pg 1, 2016)', NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, 6, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000378608900027&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Herraiz-Borreguero L; Church JA; Allison I; Peña-Molino B; Coleman R; Tomczak M; Craven M, 2016, 'Basal melt, seasonal water mass transformation, ocean current variability, and deep convection processes along the Amery Ice Shelf calving front, East Antarctica', Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 121, pp. 4946 - 4965, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011858

Albert S; Leon JX; Grinham AR; Church JA; Gibbes BR; Woodroffe CD, 2016, 'Interactions between sea-level rise and wave exposure on reef island dynamics in the Solomon Islands', Environmental Research Letters, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/5/054011

Wijffels S; Roemmich D; Monselesan D; Church J; Gilson J, 2016, 'Ocean temperatures chronicle the ongoing warming of Earth', Nature Climate Change, 6, pp. 116 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2924

Carson M; Köhl A; Stammer D; A. Slangen AB; Katsman CA; W. van de Wal RS; Church J; White N, 2016, 'Coastal sea level changes, observed and projected during the 20th and 21st century', Climatic Change, 134, pp. 269 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1520-1

Boyer T; Domingues CM; Good SA; Johnson GC; Lyman JM; Ishii M; Gouretski V; Willis JK; Antonov J; Wijffels S; Church JA; Cowley R; Bindoff NL, 2016, 'Sensitivity of global upper-ocean heat content estimates to mapping methods, XBT bias corrections, and baseline climatologies', Journal of Climate, 29, pp. 4817 - 4842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0801.1

Lago V; Wijffels SE; Durack PJ; Church JA; Bindoff NL; Marsland SJ, 2016, 'Simulating the role of surface forcing on observed multidecadal upper-ocean salinity changes', Journal of Climate, 29, pp. 5575 - 5588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0519.1

Clark PU; Church JA; Gregory JM; Payne AJ, 2015, 'Recent Progress in Understanding and Projecting Regional and Global Mean Sea Level Change', Current Climate Change Reports, 1, pp. 224 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40641-015-0024-4

Lyu K; Zhang X; Church JA; Hu J, 2015, 'Quantifying internally generated and externally forced climate signals at regional scales in CMIP5 models', Geophysical Research Letters, 42, pp. 9394 - 9403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065508

McIntosh PC; Church JA; Miles ER; Ridgway K; Spillman CM, 2015, 'Seasonal coastal sea level prediction using a dynamical model', Geophysical Research Letters, 42, pp. 6747 - 6753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065091

Watson CS; White NJ; Church JA; King MA; Burgette RJ; Legresy B, 2015, 'Unabated global mean sea-level rise over the satellite altimeter era', Nature Climate Change, 5, pp. 565 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2635

Monselesan DP; O'Kane TJ; Risbey JS; Church J, 2015, 'Internal climate memory in observations and models', Geophysical Research Letters, 42, pp. 1232 - 1242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062765

Roemmich D; Church J; Gilson J; Monselesan D; Sutton P; Wijffels S, 2015, 'Unabated planetary warming and its ocean structure since 2006', Nature Climate Change, 5, pp. 240 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2513

McInnes KL; Church J; Monselesan D; Hunter JR; O'Grady JG; Haigh ID; Zhang X, 2015, 'Information for Australian Impact and Adaptation Planning in response to Sea-level Rise', Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 65, pp. 127 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.22499/2.6501.009

Slangen ABA; Church JA; Zhang X; Monselesan DP, 2015, 'The sea level response to external forcings in historical simulations of CMIP5 climate models', Journal of Climate, 28, pp. 8521 - 8539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0376.1

Lyu K; Zhang X; Church JA; Slangen ABA; Hu J, 2014, 'Time of emergence for regional sea-level change', Nature Climate Change, 4, pp. 1006 - 1010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2397

Miles ER; Spillman CM; Church JA; McIntosh PC, 2014, 'Seasonal prediction of global sea level anomalies using an ocean–atmosphere dynamical model', Climate Dynamics, 43, pp. 2131 - 2145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-2039-7

Slangen ABA; Church JA; Zhang X; Monselesan D, 2014, 'Detection and attribution of globalmean thermosteric sea level change', Geophysical Research Letters, 41, pp. 5951 - 5959, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL061356

Gregory JM; Church JA; Clark PU; Payne AJ; Merrifield MA; Nerem RS; Nunn PD; Pfeffer WT; Stammer D, 2014, 'Comment on "Expert assessment of sea-level rise by AD 2100 and AD 2300", by Horton etal. (2014)', Quaternary Science Reviews, 97, pp. 193 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.024

White NJ; Haigh ID; Church JA; Koen T; Watson CS; Pritchard TR; Watson PJ; Burgette RJ; McInnes KL; You ZJ; Zhang X; Tregoning P, 2014, 'Australian sea levels-Trends, regional variability and influencing factors', Earth Science Reviews, 136, pp. 155 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.05.011

Zhang X; Church JA; Platten SM; Monselesan D, 2014, 'Projection of subtropical gyre circulation and associated sea level changes in the Pacific based on CMIP3 climate models', Climate Dynamics, 43, pp. 131 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-1902-x

Abraham JP; Baringer M; Bindoff NL; Boyer T; Cheng LJ; Church JA; Conroy JL; Domingues CM; Fasullo JT; Gilson J; Goni G; Good SA; Gorman JM; Gouretski V; Ishii M; Johnson GC; Kizu S; Lyman JM; Macdonald AM; Minkowycz WJ; Moffitt SE; Palmer MD; Piola AR; Reseghetti F; Schuckmann K; Trenberth KE; Velicogna I; Willis JK, 2013, 'A review of global ocean temperature observations: Implications for ocean heat content estimates and climate change', Reviews of Geophysics, 51, pp. 450 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rog.20022

Church JA; White NJ; Konikow LF; Domingues CM; Graham Cogley J; Rignot E; Gregory JM; Van Den Broeke MR; Monaghan AJ; Velicogna I, 2013, 'Erratum: Revisiting the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008 (Geophysical Research Letters (2013) 40 (4066) doi:10.1002/grl.50752)', Geophysical Research Letters, 40, pp. 4066, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50752

Burgette RJ; Watson CS; Church JA; White NJ; Tregoning P; Coleman R, 2013, 'Characterizing and minimizing the effects of noise in tide gauge time series: Relative and geocentric sea level rise around Australia', Geophysical Journal International, 194, pp. 719 - 736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggt131

Gregory JM; White NJ; Church JA; Bierkens MFP; Box JE; Van Den Broeke MR; Cogley JG; Fettweis X; Hanna E; Huybrechts P; Konikow LF; Leclercq PW; Marzeion B; Oerlemans J; Tamisiea ME; Wada Y; Wake LM; Van De Wal RSW, 2013, 'Twentieth-century global-mean sea level rise: Is the whole greater than the sum of the parts?', Journal of Climate, 26, pp. 4476 - 4499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00319.1

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