Todd Lane

A Doppler radar study of convective draft lengths over Darwin, Australia

Nicholas KH Yeung, Steven C Sherwood, Alain Protat, Todd P Lane, Christopher Williams

Journal article  |  2021  |  Monthly Weather Review

AbstractData from an upward-pointing wind profiler radar pair at Darwin in tropical Australia are used to determine the characteri..

Coral-reef-derived dimethyl sulfide and the climatic impact of the loss of coral reefs

Sonya L Fiddes, Matthew T Woodhouse, Todd P Lane, Robyn Schofield

Journal article  |  2021  |  ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is a naturally occurring aerosol precursor gas which plays an important role in the global sulfur budget, a..

Extreme rainfall in New Zealand and its association with Atmospheric Rivers

Kimberley J Reid, Suzanne M Rosier, Luke J Harrington, Andrew D King, Todd P Lane

Journal article  |  2021  |  Environmental Research Letters

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are narrow and elongated regions of enhanced horizontal water vapour transport. Considerable research on ..

Does Lower‐Stratospheric Shear Influence the Mesoscale Organization of Convection?

Todd P Lane

Journal article  |  2021  |  Geophysical Research Letters

Organized mesoscale convection is important for many atmospheric phenomena and hazards, however the understanding of its governing..

Diurnally forced convection in the australian monsoon

TP Lane, CL Vincent, M Jucker, M Bergemann, S Narsey

Book Chapter  |  2021  |  World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate

The Australian monsoon features diverse multiscalar interactions that manifest as a variety of convective cloud features and modes..

Environment and Mechanisms of Severe Turbulence in a Midlatitude Cyclone

Stanley B Trier, Robert D Sharman, Domingo Munoz-Esparza, Todd P Lane

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

A large midlatitude cyclone occurred over the central United States from 0000 to 1800 UTC 30 April 2017. During this period, there..

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

Seasonal climate prediction to date has largely focussed on probabilistic forecasts for above- and below-average conditions in cli..

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..