Todd Lane

The Sensitivity of Atmospheric River Identification to Integrated Water Vapor Transport Threshold, Resolution, and Regridding Method

Kimberley J Reid, Andrew D King, Todd P Lane, Ewan Short

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are elongated narrow bands of enhanced water vapor that can cause intense rainfall and flooding. ARs only..

Shear-Parallel Tropical Convective Systems: Importance of Cold Pools and Wind Shear

LD Grant, MW Moncrieff, TP Lane, SC van den Heever

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geophysical Research Letters

The impact of cold pools on line-orientated convective systems is assessed using idealized simulations of tropical oceanic convect..

Sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction of rainfall extremes in Australia

Andrew D King, Debra Hudson, Eun-Pa Lim, Andrew G Marshall, Harry H Hendon, Todd P Lane, Oscar Alves

Journal article  |  2020  |  Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Gravity Wave Influences On Mesoscale Divergence: An Observational Case Study

CC Stephan, TP Lane, C Jakob

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geophysical Research Letters

Characteristics of tropospheric low-frequency gravity waves are diagnosed in radiosonde soundings from the TropicalWarm Pool-Inter..

Global and regional impacts differ between transient and equilibrium warmer worlds

Andrew D King, Todd P Lane, Benjamin J Henley, Josephine R Brown

Journal article  |  2020  |  NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE

under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. There has recently been interest in understanding the differences between spec..

Locally forced convection in sub‐kilometre scale simulations with the Unified Model and WRF

M Jucker, TP Lane, CL Vincent, S Webster, SA Wales, V Louf

Journal article  |  2020  |  Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

This study evaluates the performance and benefits of kilometre and sub‐kilometre scale convection permitting simulations over trop..

Identifying Key Controls on Storm Formation over the Lake Victoria Basin

Beth J Woodhams, Cathryn E Birch, John H Marsham, Todd P Lane, Caroline L Bain, Stuart Webster

Journal article  |  2019  |  MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW

The Lake Victoria region in East Africa is a hot spot for intense convective storms that are responsible for the deaths of thousan..

A first evaluation of the contribution of aeolian sand transport to lagoon island accretion in the Maldives

MJ Hilton, DR Borrie, TM Konlechner, SJ Wakes, TP Lane, PS Kench, DM Kennedy, Mohamed Aslam

Journal article  |  2019  |  Aeolian Research

Aeolian sedimentation and dune development have not been reported from coral atolls at equatorial latitudes. This study presents h..

Rapidly Evolving Cirrus Clouds Modulated by Convectively Generated Gravity Waves

Abhnil A Prasad, Steven C Sherwood, Michael J Reeder, Todd P Lane

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Cirrus clouds can strongly affect Earth's radiation balance, but questions remain about their growth mechanisms and rates. Here we..

Diurnal Cycle of Surface Winds in the Maritime Continent Observed through Satellite Scatterometry

Ewan Short, Claire L Vincent, Todd P Lane

Journal article  |  2019  |  MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW