Abstract: n assessment of how well climate models simulate the Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) is undertaken using 20 coupled models that have partaken in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). Compared with models ...

Abstract: ecent studies have shown that the impact of the Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) on southern Australia occurs via equivalent barotropic Rossby wave trains triggered by convective heating in the tropical Indian Ocean. Furthermore, ...

Abstract: AbstractPrecipitation is often organized along coherent lines of low-level convergence, which at longer time and space scales form well-known convergence zones over the world?s oceans. Here, an automated, objective method ...

Abstract: A regional-scale estimate of the surface heat budget of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea (10°?26°S, 142°?155°E) has been developed for the period 1995?2005 in the hope of understanding the trends of sea surface ...

Abstract: This study provides the first quantitative assessment of observed long-term changes in summer season timing and length in the Southern Hemisphere (SH) and its sub-regions over the past 60 years, enabling a global completeness ...

Abstract: ff the Western Australia coast, interannual variations of wind regime during the austral winter and spring are significantly correlated with the Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) and the southern annular mode (SAM) variability. ...

Abstract: he Australian decade-long ?Millennium Drought? broke in the summer of 2010/11 and was considered the most severe drought since instrumental records began in the 1900s. A crucial question is whether climate change played a ...

Abstract: xtreme ocean surface wave heights significantly affect coastal structures and offshore activities and impact many vulnerable populations of low-lying islands. Therefore, better understanding of ocean wave height variability ...