Prof Ian Simmonds
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
301 Scholarly works
24 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Journal article
A new metric for net extratropical cyclone activity and its insights into surface climate trends
DOI: 10.1088/2752-5295/ae4cc42026
Journal article
Predicting the unprecedented: assessing contributions from large-scale modes of variability and climate change to Southeast Australia’s record spring rainfall in 2022
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-026-08122-22025
Book Chapter
Interannual and Intraseasonal Variability in the Southern Hemisphere
DOI: 10.1017/9781009352680.0132025
Journal article
Recent Accelerated Decadal Shift in Winter North American Temperature Patterns Under Pacific-Atlantic Decadal Variability
DOI: 10.1029/2025EF0060062025
Journal article
Causality in the Winter Interaction Between Extratropical Storm Tracks, Atmospheric Circulation, and Arctic Sea Ice Loss
DOI: 10.1029/2024JD0421282025
Journal article
Impacts of Background Conditions on the Evolutionary Disparities between Greenland and Euro-Atlantic Blocking
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-24-0016.12016
Research Contracts
Victorian Government (DELWP) to Fund One UoM Master’s Degree Student and One Workshop Related to Climate Change.
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2025
Journal article
Origins of Barents-Kara sea-ice interannual variability modulated by the Atlantic pathway of ENSO
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-17032024
Journal article
Rapid summer Russian Arctic sea-ice loss enhances the risk of recent Eastern Siberian wildfires
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49677-02024
Journal article
The role played by the Indian Ocean High in affecting winter precipitation over Victoria, Australia
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2024.1014842024
Journal article
Arctic amplification-induced intensification of planetary wave modulational instability: A simplified theory of enhanced large-scale waviness
DOI: 10.1002/qj.4740
RECENT PROJECTS
2016
Research Grant
Trends in Polar Sea Ice and Associated Global Atmospheric Circulations
2014
Research Grant
Tropical Climate Change, the Hadley and Walker Circulations, and Australian Climate
2013
Research Grant
The Analysis of Antarctic Upper Air and Surface Temperature Trends Since IGY and the Identification of Their Causes Using Climate Model Analyses
2013
Research Grant
Weekly Cycles of Atmospheric Parameters Over Australia and the Quantification of Human Influences on Climate