Variability and long‐term change in Australian monsoon rainfall: A review

H Heidemann, T Cowan, BJ Henley… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Australian monsoon delivers seasonal rain across a vast area of the continent stretching
from the far northern tropics to the semi‐arid regions. This article provides a review of …

Megadroughts and pluvials in southwest Australia: 1350–2017 CE

AJ O'Donnell, WL McCaw, ER Cook, PF Grierson - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
Declining winter rainfall coupled with recent prolonged drought poses significant risks to
water resources and agriculture across southern Australia. While rainfall declines over …

Compound climate extremes driving recent sub-continental tree mortality in northern Australia have no precedent in recent centuries

KJ Allen, DC Verdon-Kidd, JZ Sippo, PJ Baker - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Compound climate extremes (CCEs) can have significant and persistent environmental
impacts on ecosystems. However, knowledge of the occurrence of CCEs beyond the past …

Unprecedented High Northern Australian Streamflow Linked to an Intensification of the Indo‐Australian Monsoon

PA Higgins, JG Palmer, MP Rao… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Streamflow in Australia's northern rivers has been steadily increasing since the 1970s, most
likely due to increased intensity in the Indo‐Australian monsoon. However, because of …

Tree-ring-based hydroclimatic reconstruction for the northwest Argentine Patagonia since 1055 CE and its teleconnection to large-scale atmospheric circulation

MA Hadad, A Gonzalez-Reyes, FA Roig… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
State-of-the-art climate models project droughts of stronger intensity and longer persistence
in many arid and semi-arid regions such as northern Patagonia, which constitutes a serious …

Pacific‐driven salinity variability in the Timor Passage since 1777

EW Patterson, JE Cole, KA Dyez… - Paleoceanography …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Salinity in the Indonesian seas integrates regional oceanographic and atmospheric
processes, such as Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) and monsoon rainfall. Here we present a …

Tree-ring-based drought reconstruction in Northern North China over the past century

Y Wang, H Zhang, H Wang, J Guo, E Zhang, J Wang… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
A tree-ring width chronology was developed from the Chinese pine (Pinus tabuliformis) in
northern North China. To acquire a long-term perspective on the history of droughts in this …

Two severe prolonged hydrological droughts analysis over Mainland Australia using GRACE satellite data

W Wang, Y Shen, F Wang, W Li - Remote sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, many droughts have happened over mainland Australia, especially the two
severe prolonged droughts, from 2006 to 2009 and 2018 to 2020, resulting in serious water …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct geographical and seasonal signals in two tree-ring based streamflow reconstructions from Tasmania, southeastern Australia

KJ Allen, DC Verdon-Kidd, MB Freund… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Western Tasmania, southeastern Australia. Study focus We present
two new tree-ring based inflow reconstructions from western Tasmania in southeastern …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-centennial drought reconstruction from tree-rings reveals a growing threat to Christmas Island's water resources

S Sharifazari, JG Palmer, F Johnson, CSM Turney… - …, 2024 - Elsevier
Small islands that depend on limited freshwater resources are at significant risk from
seasonal drought, which poses a major threat to both their ecosystems and communities …