By Professor Andy Pitman

Journal articles

Desborough CE; Pitman AJ; McAvaney B, 2001, 'Surface energy balance complexity in GCM land surface models. Part II: Coupled simulations', Climate Dynamics, 17, pp. 615 - 626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003820000131

Zhao M; Pitman AJ; Chase TN, 2001, 'Climatic effects of land cover change at different carbon dioxide levels', Climate Research, 17, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/cr017001

Slater AG; Schlosser CA; Desborough CE; Pitman AJ; Henderson-Sellers A; Robock A; Vinnikov KY; Mitchell K; Boone A; Braden H; Chen F; Cox PM; De Rosnay P; Dickinson RE; Dai YJ; Duan Q; Entin J; Etchevers P; Gedney N; Gusev YM; Habets F; Kim J; Koren V; Kowalczyk EA; Nasonova ON; Noilhan J; Schaake S; Shmakin AB; Smirnova TG; Verseghy D; Wetzel P; Xue Y; Yang ZL; Zeng Q, 2001, 'The representation of snow in land surface schemes: Results from PILPS 2(d)', Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2, pp. 7 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1525-7541(2001)002<0007:TROSIL>2.0.CO;2

Kirkup H; Pitman AJ; Hogan J; Brierley G, 2001, 'An initial analysis of river discharge and rainfall in Coastal New South Wales, Australia using wavelet transforms', Australian Geographical Studies, 39, pp. 313 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8470.00149

Leese JA; Jackson T; Pitman A; Dirmeyer P, 2001, 'Meeting summary: GEWEX/BAHC international workshop on soil moisture monitoring, analysis, and prediction for hydrometeorological and hydroclimatological applications', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82, pp. 1423 - 1430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<1423:MSGBIW>2.3.CO;2

Feddes RA; Hoff H; Bruen M; Dawson T; De Rosnay P; Dirmeyer P; Jackson RB; Kabat P; Kleidon A; Lilly A; Pitman AJ, 2001, 'Modeling root water uptake in hydrological and climate models', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82, pp. 2797 - 2809, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<2797:MRWUIH>2.3.CO;2

Zhao M; Pitman AJ; Chase T, 2001, 'The impact of land cover change on the atmospheric circulation', Climate Dynamics, 17, pp. 467 - 477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00013740

Hallgren WS; Pitman AJ, 2000, 'The uncertainty in simulations by a global biome model (BIOME3) to alternative parameter values', Global Change Biology, 6, pp. 483 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.00325.x

Pitman AJ; Zhao M, 2000, 'The relative impact of observed change in land cover and carbon dioxide as simulated by a climate model', Geophysical Research Letters, 27, pp. 1267 - 1270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/1999GL011029

Rich DC; Pitman AJ; Gosper MV, 2000, 'Integrated IT-based geography teaching and learning: A Macquarie University case study', Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 24, pp. 109 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098260085180

Schlosser CA; Slater AG; Robock A; Pitman AJ; Vinnikov KY; Henderson-Sellers A; Speranskaya NA; Mitchell K; Boone A; Braden H; Chen F; Cox P; De Rosnay P; Desborough CE; Dickenson RE; Dai YJ; Duan Q; Entin J; Etchevers P; Gedney N; Gusev YM; Habets F; Kim J; Koren V; Kowalczyk E; Nasonova ON; Noilhan J; Schaake J; Shmakin AB; Smirnova TG; Verseghy D; Wetzel P; Xue Y; Yang ZL, 2000, 'Simulations of a boreal grassland hydrology at Valdai, Russia: PILPS phase 2(d)', Monthly Weather Review, 128, pp. 301 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0301:soabgh>2.0.co;2

Pitman AJ; Henderson-Sellers A; Desborough CE; Yang ZL; Abramopoulos F; Boone A; Dickinson RE; Gedney N; Koster R; Kowalczyk E; Lettenmaier D; Liang X; Mahfouf JF; Noilhan J; Polcher J; Qu W; Robock A; Rosenweig C; Schlosser CA; Shmakin AB; Smith J; Suarez M; Verseghy D; Wetzel P; Wood E; Xue Y, 1999, 'Key results and implications from phase 1(c) of the Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parametrization Schemes', Climate Dynamics, 15, pp. 673 - 684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003820050309

Pitman AJ; Slater AG; Desborough CE; Zhao M, 1999, 'Uncertainty in the simulation of runoff due to the parameterization of frozen soil moisture using the Global Soil Wetness Project methodology', Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 104, pp. 16879 - 16888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/1999JD900261

Pitman AJ; Zhao M; Desborough CE, 1999, 'Investigating the sensitivity of a land surface scheme's simulation of soil wetness and evaporation to spatial and temporal leaf area index variability within the global soil wetness project', JOURNAL OF THE METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 77, pp. 281 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.2151/jmsj1965.77.1B_281

Pitman AJ; Henderson-Sellers A, 1998, 'Recent progress and results from the project for the intercomparison of landsurface parameterization schemes', Journal of Hydrology, 212-213, pp. 128 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00206-6

Pitman AJ, 1998, 'Climate process and change', AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER, 29, pp. 266 - 267, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000075386400015&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Pitman AJ, 1998, 'Communicating in geography and the environmental sciences', AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER, 29, pp. 263 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049189808703219

Kirkup H; Brierley G; Brooks A; Pitman A, 1998, 'Temporal variability of climate in south-eastern Australia: a reassessment of flood- and drought-dominated regimes', Australian Geographer, 29, pp. 241 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049189808703217

Qu W; Henderson-Sellers A; Pitman AJ; Chen TH; Abramopoulos F; Boone A; Chang S; Chen F; Dai Y; Dickinson RE; Dümenil L; Ek M; Gedney N; Gusev YM; Kim J; Koster R; Kowalczyk EA; Lean J; Lettenmaier D; Liang X; Mahfouf JF; Mengelkamp HT; Mitchell K; Nasonova ON; Noilhan J; Robock A; Rosenzweig C; Schaake J; Schlosser CA; Schulz JP; Shmakin AB; Verseghy DL; Wetzel P; Wood EF; Yang ZL; Zeng Q, 1998, 'Sensitivity of latent heat flux from PILPS land-surface schemes to perturbations of surface air temperature', Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 55, pp. 1909 - 1927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1909:SOLHFF>2.0.CO;2

Slater AG; Pitman AJ; Desborough CE, 1998, 'Simulation of freeze-thaw cycles in a general circulation model land surface scheme', Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 103, pp. 11303 - 11312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/97JD03630

Hutjes RWA; Kabat P; Running SW; Shuttleworth WJ; Field C; Bass B; Da Silva Dias MAF; Avissar R; Becker A; Claussen M; Dolman AJ; Feddes RA; Fosberg M; Fukushima Y; Gash JHC; Guenni L; Hoff H; Jarvis PG; Kayane I; Krenke AN; Liu C; Meybeck M; Nobre CA; Oyebande L; Pitman A; Pielke RA; Raupach M; Saugier B; Schulze ED; Sellers PJ; Tenhunen JD; Valentini R; Victoria RL; Vörösmarty CJ, 1998, 'Biospheric aspects of the hydrological cycle', Journal of Hydrology, 212-213, pp. 1 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00255-8

Slater AG; Pitman AJ; Desborough CE, 1998, 'The validation of a snow parameterization designed for use in general circulation models', International Journal of Climatology, 18, pp. 595 - 617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199805)18:6<595::aid-joc275>3.0.co;2-o

Slater AG; Pitman AJ; Desborough CE, 1998, 'The validation of a snow parameterization designed for use in general circulation models', International Journal of Climatology, 18, pp. 595 - 617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199805)18:6<595::aid-joc275>3.0.co;2-o

Timbal B; Hahmann AN; Pitman A; Qu W; Henderson-Sellers A; Slater A, 1997, 'Integrating land-surface and atmospheric models', Eos, 78, pp. 173 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/97EO00115

Rich DC; Pitman AJ; Gosper M; Jacobson C, 1997, 'Restructuring of Australian higher education: Information technology in geography teaching and learning', Australian Geographer, 28, pp. 135 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049189708703189

Chen T; Henderson-Sellers A; Milly PC; Pitman AJ; Shao Y; Beljaars AC; Boone A; Chang S; Chen F; Dai YY; Desborough C; Dickinson RE; Dumenil L; Ek M; Garratt JR; Gedney N; Gusev Y; Kim JS; Koster R; Kowalczyk EA; Laval K; Lean J; Lettenmaier D; Liang XP; Mahfouf JF; Mengelkamp HT; Mitchell K; Nasonova ON; Noilhan J; Robock A; Rozenzweig C; Schaake J; Schlosser CA; Shulz JP; Shmakin AB; Verseghy DL; Wetzel P; Wood EF; Xue Y; Yang ZL; Zeng Q; Polcher J; Abrahamopoulos F, 1997, 'Cabauw Experimental Results from the Project for Intercomparison of Landsurface Parameterisation Schemes (PILPS)', Journal of Climate, 10, pp. 1194 - 1215

Chiew FHS; Pitman AJ; McMahon TA, 1996, 'Conceptual catchment scale rainfall-runoff models and AGCM land-surface parameterisation schemes', Journal of Hydrology, 179, pp. 137 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-1694(95)02877-3

Pitman AJ; Chiew FHS, 1996, 'Testing a GCM land surface scheme against catchment-scale runoff data', Climate Dynamics, 12, pp. 685 - 699, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003820050136

Henderson-Sellers A; McGuffie K; Pitman AJ, 1996, 'The Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parametrization Schemes (PILPS): 1992 to 1995', Climate Dynamics, 12, pp. 849 - 859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003820050147

Yang ZL; Pitman AJ; McAvaney B; Henderson-Sellers A, 1995, 'The impact of implementing the bare essentials of surface transfer land surface scheme into the BMRC GCM', Climate Dynamics, 11, pp. 279 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00211680

Henderson-Sellers A; Henderson-Sellers B; Pollard D; Verner JM; Pitman AJ, 1995, 'Applying software engineering metrics to land surface parameterization schemes', Journal of Climate, 8, pp. 1043 - 1059, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<1043:ASEMTL>2.0.CO;2

McGuffie K; Henderson-Sellers A; Zhang H; Durbidge TB; Pitman AJ, 1995, 'Global climate sensitivity to tropical deforestation', Global and Planetary Change, 10, pp. 97 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0921-8181(94)00022-6

Yang ZL; Dickinson RE; Henderson-Selles A; Pitman AJ, 1995, 'Preliminary study of spin-up processes in land surface models with the first stage data of project for intercomparison of land surface parameterization schemes phase 1(a)', Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, pp. 16 - 578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/95jd01076

Henderson-Sellers A; Pitman AJ; Love PK; Irannejad P; Chen TH, 1995, 'The project for intercomparison of land surface parameterization schemes (PILPS): phases 2 and 3', Bulletin American Meteorological Society, 76, pp. 489 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1995)076<0489:TPFIOL>2.0.CO;2

PITMAN A, 1994, 'DICTIONARY OF GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE - MAUNDER,WJ', AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER, 25, pp. 93 - 94, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1994NU36000012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Pitman AJ, 1994, 'Assessing the sensitivity of a land-surface scheme to the parameter values using a single column model', Journal of Climate, 7, pp. 1856 - 1869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1994)007<1856:ATSOAL>2.0.CO;2

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

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