By Professor Lisa Alexander

Journal articles

Alexander LV, 2016, 'Global observed long-term changes in temperature and precipitation extremes: A review of progress and limitations in IPCC assessments and beyond', Weather and Climate Extremes, 11, pp. 4 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2015.10.007

Hobday AJ; Alexander LV; Perkins SE; Smale DA; Straub SC; Oliver ECJ; Benthuysen JA; Burrows MT; Donat MG; Feng M; Holbrook NJ; Moore PJ; Scannell HA; Sen Gupta A; Wernberg T; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2016, 'A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves', Progress in Oceanography, 141, pp. 227 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.12.014

Herold N; Alexander LV; Donat MG; Contractor S; Becker A, 2016, 'How much does it rain over land?', Geophysical Research Letters, 43, pp. 341 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066615

Pepler AS; Di Luca A; Ji F; Alexander LV; Evans JP; Sherwood SC, 2016, 'Projected changes in east Australian midlatitude cyclones during the 21st century', Geophysical Research Letters, 43, pp. 334 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL067267

Dittus AJ; Karoly DJ; Lewis SC; Alexander LV; Donat MG, 2016, 'A multiregion model evaluation and attribution study of historical changes in the area affected by temperature and precipitation extremes', Journal of Climate, 29, pp. 8285 - 8299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0164.1

Di Luca A; Evans JP; Pepler AS; Alexander LV; Argueso D, 2016, 'Evaluating the representation of Australian East Coast Lows in a regional climate model ensemble', Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 66, pp. 108 - 124

Donat MG; King AD; Overpeck JT; Alexander LV; Durre I; Karoly DJ, 2016, 'Extraordinary heat during the 1930s US Dust Bowl and associated large-scale conditions', Climate Dynamics, 46, pp. 413 - 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2590-5

Thorne PW; Donat MG; Dunn RJH; Williams CN; Alexander LV; Caesar J; Durre I; Harris I; Hausfather Z; Jones PD; Menne MJ; Rohde R; Vose RS; Davy R; Klein-Tank AMG; Lawrimore JH; Peterson TC; Rennie JJ, 2016, 'Reassessing changes in diurnal temperature range: Intercomparison and evaluation of existing global data set estimates', Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, pp. 5138 - 5158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015jd024584

, 2016, 'Reassessing changes in diurnal temperature range: Intercomparison and evaluation of existing global data set estimates', Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, pp. 5138 - 5158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024583

Pepler AS; Alexander LV; Evans JP; Sherwood SC, 2016, 'Zonal winds and southeast Australian rainfall in global and regional climate models', Climate Dynamics, 46, pp. 123 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2573-6

Luca AD; Evans JP; Pepler AS; Alexander LV; Argüeso D, 2016, 'Evaluating the representation of Australian East Coast Lows in a regional climate model ensemble', Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 66, pp. 108 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/es16011

Green D; Bambrick H; Tait P; Goldie J; Schultz R; Webb L; Alexander L; Pitman A, 2015, 'Differential Effects of Temperature Extremes on Hospital Admission Rates for Respiratory Disease between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory', Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 12, pp. 15352 - 15365, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121214988

Goldie J; Sherwood S; Green D; Alexander L, 2015, 'Temperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia', Annals of Global Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2015.07.003

King AD; Donat MG; Fischer EM; Hawkins E; Alexander LV; Karoly DJ; Dittus AJ; Lewis SC; Perkins SE; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2015, 'The timing of anthropogenic emergence in simulated climate extremes', Environmental Research Letters, 10, pp. 094015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/094015

Avila FB; Dong S; Menang KP; Rajczak J; Renom M; Donat MG; Alexander LV, 2015, 'Systematic investigation of gridding-related scaling effects on annual statistics of daily temperature and precipitation maxima: A case study for south-east Australia', Weather and Climate Extremes, 9, pp. 6 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2015.06.003

Yin H; Donat MG; Alexander LV; Sun Y, 2015, 'Multi-dataset comparison of gridded observed temperature and precipitation extremes over China', International Journal of Climatology, 35, pp. 2809 - 2827, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4174

King AD; Donat MG; Alexander LV; Karoly DJ, 2015, 'The ENSO-Australian rainfall teleconnection in reanalysis and CMIP5', Climate Dynamics, 44, pp. 2623 - 2635, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2159-8

Dittus AJ; Karoly DJ; Lewis SC; Alexander LV, 2015, 'A multiregion assessment of observed changes in the areal extent of temperature and precipitation extremes', Journal of Climate, 28, pp. 9206 - 9220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00753.1

Contractor S; Alexander LV; Donat MG; Herold N, 2015, 'How Well Do Gridded Datasets of Observed Daily Precipitation Compare over Australia?', Advances in Meteorology, 2015, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/325718

Pepler AS; Di Luca A; Ji F; Alexander LV; Evans JP; Sherwood SC, 2015, 'Impact of identification method on the inferred characteristics and variability of Australian east coast lows', Monthly Weather Review, 143, pp. 864 - 877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-14-00188.1

Di Luca A; Evans JP; Pepler A; Alexander L; Argüeso D, 2015, 'Resolution sensitivity of cyclone climatology over Eastern Australia using six reanalysis products', Journal of Climate, 28, pp. 9530 - 9549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00645.1

Dunn RJH; Donat MG; Alexander LV, 2014, 'Investigating uncertainties in global gridded datasets of climate extremes', Climate of the Past, 10, pp. 2171 - 2199, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-2171-2014

Westra S; Fowler HJ; Evans JP; Alexander LV; Berg P; Johnson F; Kendon EJ; Lenderink G; Roberts NM, 2014, 'Future changes to the intensity and frequency of short-duration extreme rainfall', Reviews of Geophysics, 52, pp. 522 - 555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014RG000464

Mcgree S; Whan K; Jones D; Alexander LV; Imielska A; Diamond H; Ene E; Finaulahi S; Inape K; Jacklick L; Kumar R; Laurent V; Malala H; Malsale P; Moniz T; Ngemaes M; Peltier A; Porteous A; Pulehetoa-Mitiepo R; Seuseu S; Skilling E; Tahani L; Teimitsi F; Toorua U; Vaiimene M, 2014, 'An updated assessment of trends and variability in total and extreme rainfall in the western Pacific', International Journal of Climatology, 34, pp. 2775 - 2791, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.3874

Seneviratne S; Donat MG; Mueller B; Alexander LV, 2014, 'No pause in the increase of hot temperature extremes (vol 4, pg 161, 2014)', NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, 4, pp. 320 - 320

Seneviratne SI; Donat MG; Mueller B; Alexander LV, 2014, 'No pause in the increase of hot temperature extremes', Nature Climate Change, 4, pp. 161 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2145

Webb L; Bambrick H; Tait P; Green D; Alexander L, 2014, 'Effect of ambient temperature on Australian northern territory public hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease among indigenous and non-indigenous populations', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11, pp. 1942 - 1959, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110201942

Willett K; Williams C; Jolliffe IT; Lund R; Alexander LV; Brönnimann S; Vincent LA; Easterbrook S; Venema VKC; Berry D; Warren RE; Lopardo G; Auchmann R; Aguilar E; Menne MJ; Gallagher C; Hausfather Z; Thorarinsdottir T; Thorne PW, 2014, 'A framework for benchmarking of homogenisation algorithm performance on the global scale', Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems, 3, pp. 187 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gi-3-187-2014

Dittus AJ; Karoly DJ; Lewis SC; Alexander LV, 2014, 'An investigation of some unexpected frost day increases in Southern Australia', Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 64, pp. 261 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.22499/2.6404.002

Willett K; Williams C; Jolliffe I; Lund R; Alexander L; Broenniman S; Vincent LA; Easterbrook S; Venema V; Berry D; Warren R; Lopardo G; Auchmann R; Aguilar E; Menne M; Gallagher C; Hausfather Z; Thorarinsdottir T; Thorne PW, 2014, 'Concepts for benchmarking of homogenisation algorithm performance on the global scale', GEOSCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION METHODS AND DATA SYSTEMS, 4, pp. 235 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gid-4-235-2014

Donat MG; Sillmann J; Wild S; Alexander LV; Lippmann T; Zwiers FW, 2014, 'Consistency of temperature and precipitation extremes across various global gridded in situ and reanalysis datasets', Journal of Climate, 27, pp. 5019 - 5035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00405.1

King AD; Klingaman NP; Alexander LV; Donat MG; Jourdain NC; Maher P, 2014, 'Extreme rainfall variability in Australia: Patterns, drivers, and predictability', Journal of Climate, 27, pp. 6035 - 6050, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00715.1

King AD; Karoly DJ; Donat MG; Alexander LV, 2014, 'CLIMATE CHANGE TURNS AUSTRALIA'S 2013 BIG DRY INTO A YEAR OF RECORD-BREAKING HEAT', BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 95, pp. S41 - S45

Perkins SE; Lewis SC; King AD; Alexander LV; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2014, 'INCREASED SIMULATED RISK OF THE HOT AUSTRALIAN SUMMER OF 2012/13 DUE TO ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY AS MEASURED BY HEAT WAVE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY', BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 95, pp. S34 - S37

Perkins SE; Alexander LV; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2013, 'On the measurement of heat waves', Journal of Climate, 26, pp. 4500 - 4517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00383.1

Donat MG; Alexander LV; Yang H; Durre I; Vose R; Caesar J, 2013, 'Global land-based datasets for monitoring climatic extremes', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, pp. 130125093450003 - 130125093450003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-12-00109

Alexander L; Perkins S; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2013, 'Debate heating up over changes in climate variability', Environmental Research Letters, 8, pp. 041001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/041001

Skansi MDLM; Brunet M; Sigró J; Aguilar E; Arevalo Groening JA; Bentancur OJ; Castellón Geier YR; Correa Amaya RL; Jácome H; Malheiros Ramos A; Oria Rojas C; Pasten AM; Sallons Mitro S; Villaroel Jiménez C; Martínez R; Alexander LV; Jones PD, 2013, 'Warming and wetting signals emerging from analysis of changes in climate extreme indices over South America', Global and Planetary Change, 100, pp. 295 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.11.004

King AD; Donat MG; Alexander L, 2013, 'Asymmetry in the response of Eastern Australia extreme rainfall to low-frequency Pacific variability', Geophysical Research Letters, 40, pp. 2271 - 2277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50427

Westra SP; Alexander LV; Zwiers FW, 2013, 'Global increasing trends in annual maximum daily precipitation', Journal of Climate, 26, pp. 3904 - 3918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00502.1

Donat MG; Alexander L; Yang H; Durre I; Vose R; Caesar J, 2013, 'Global land-based datasets for monitoring climatic extremes', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94, pp. 997 - 1006., http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00109.1

King AD ; Lewis SC ; Perkins SE ; Alexander LV ; Donat MG ; Karoly DJ ; Black MT ; Donat M; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S; Alexander L; King A; Lewis S, 2013, 'Limited Evidence of Anthropogenic Influence on the 2011-12 Extreme Rainfall over Southeast Australia. [in ³Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective²]', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94, pp. 555 - 558, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00085.1

King AD; Alexander LV; Donat MG, 2013, 'The efficacy of using gridded data to examine extreme rainfall characteristics: a case study for Australia', International Journal of Climatology, 33, pp. 2376 - 2387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.3588

Whan K; Alexander LV; Imielska A; McGree S; Jones D; Ene E; Finaulahi S; Inape K; Jacklick L; Kumar R; Laurent V; Malala H; Malsale P; Pulehetoa-Mitiepo R; Ngemaes M; Peltier A; Porteous A; Seuseu S; Skilling E; Tahani L; Toorua U; Vaiimene M, 2013, 'Trends and variability of temperature extremes in the tropical Western Pacific', International Journal of Climatology, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.3861

Avila FB; Pitman AJ; Donat MG; Alexander LV; Abramowitz G, 2012, 'Climate model simulated changes in temperature extremes due to land cover change', Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 117, pp. 4621 - 4640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016382

Pitman AJ; De Noblet-Ducoudre N; Avila F; Alexander LV; Boisier J-P; Brovkin V; Delire C; Cruz FT; Donat MG; Gayler V; Van Den Hurk BJ; Reick CH; Voldoire A, 2012, 'Effects of land cover change on temperature and rainfall extremes in multi-model ensemble simulations', Earth System Dynamics, 3, pp. 213 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esd-3-213-2012

Perkins SE; Alexander LV; Nairn JR, 2012, 'Increasing frequency, intensity and duration of observed global heatwaves and warm spells', Geophysical Research Letters, 39, pp. Article number: L20714, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GL053361

Arblaster JM; Alexander LV, 2012, 'The impact of the El Nio-Southern Oscillation on maximum temperature extremes', Geophysical Research Letters, 39, pp. Art. No. L20702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GL053409

Caesar J; Alexander L; Trewin B; Tse-ring K; Sorany L; Vuniyayawa V; Keosavang N; Shimana A; Htay MM; Karmacharya J; Jayasinghearachchi DA; Sakkamart J; Soares E; Hung LT; Thuong LT; Hue CT; Dung NTT; Hung P; Cuong HD; Cuong NM; Sirabaha S, 2011, 'Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes over the Indo-Pacific region from 1971 to 2005', International Journal of Climatology, 31, pp. 791 - 801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.2118

Alexander L, 2011, 'Extreme heat rooted in dry soils', Nature Geoscience, 4, pp. 12 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1045

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