Publications

Work in progress

• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A, Briggs PR, England MH, McIntosh PC, Meyers GA, Pook MJ, Raupach MR, and Risbey JS. (2009). Indian and Pacific Ocean influences on Southeast Australian drought and hydrology. Journal of Climate, submitted.
• Taschetto AS, Haarsma RD, Sen Gupta A, Ummenhofer CC, Hill KJ, and England MH. (2009). Australian monsoon variability driven by a Gill-Matsuno type response to central-west Pacific warming. Journal of Climate, submitted.
• England MH, Santoso A, Phipps SJ, and Ummenhofer CC. (2009). Role of the Indonesian Throughflow in controlling regional mean climate and rainfall variability. Journal of Climate, submitted.

Please contact me for further information on any current work.

Peer-reviewed articles

• D'Arrigo R, Abram N, Ummenhofer C, Palmer J, and Mudelsee M (2009). Reonstructed streamflow for Citarum River, Java, Indonesia: linkages to tropical climate dynamics. Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0717-2. Reprint
• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A, Taschetto AS, and England MH. (2009). Modulation of Australian precipitation by meridional gradients in East Indian Ocean sea surface temperature. Journal of Climate, 22, 5597-5610. Reprint
  
• Taschetto AS, Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A, and England MH. (2009). The effect of anomalous warming in the central Pacific on the Australian monsoon. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L12704, doi:10.1029/2009GL038416. Reprint
  
• Ummenhofer CC, England MH, McIntosh PC, Meyers GA, Pook MJ, Risbey JS, Sen Gupta A, and Taschetto AS. (2009). What causes Southeast Australia's worst droughts? Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L04706, doi:10.1029/2008GL036801. Reprint
  
• Sen Gupta A, Santoso A, Taschetto AS, Ummenhofer CC, England MH, and Trevena J. (2009). Projected changes to the Southern Hemisphere ocean and sea-ice in IPCC AR4 climate models, Journal of Climate, 22, 3047-3078. Reprint
  
• Pook M, Lisson S, Risbey J, Ummenhofer CC, McIntosh P and Rebbeck M. (2009). The autumn break for cropping in Southeast Australia: trends, synoptic influences and impacts on wheat yields. International Journal of Climatology, 29, 2012-2026. Reprint
  
• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A, England MH and Reason CJC. (2009). Contributions of Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures to enhanced East African rainfall. Journal of Climate, 22, 993-1013. Reprint
  
• Risbey JS, Pook MJ, McIntosh PC, Ummenhofer CC and Meyers G. (2009). Variability of synoptic features associated with cool season rainfall in southeastern Australia. International Journal of Climatology, 29, 1595-1613. Reprint
  
• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A and England MH. (2009). Causes of late Twentieth Century New Zealand precipitation trends. Journal of Climate, 22, 3-19. Reprint
  
• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A, Pook MJ and England MH. (2008). Anomalous rainfall over southwest Western Australia forced by Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures. Journal of Climate, 21, 5113-5134. Reprint
  
• Ummenhofer CC and England MH. (2007). Interannual extremes in New Zealand precipitation linked to modes of Southern Hemisphere climate variability. Journal of Climate, 20, 5418-5440. Reprint
  
• England MH, Ummenhofer CC and Santoso A. (2006). Interannual rainfall extremes over southwest Western Australia linked to Indian Ocean climate variability. Journal of Climate, 19, 1948-1969. Reprint
  
• Krell A, Ummenhofer C, Kattner G, Naumov A, Evans D, Dieckmann GS and Thomas, DN. (2003). The biology and chemistry of land fast ice in the White Sea, Russia - A comparison of winter and spring conditions. Polar Biology, 26, 707-719.

Conference proceedings

• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A, Taschetto AS and England MH. (2009). Modulation of Australian precipitation by Indian Ocean Dipoles. EGU, Apr. 19-24, 2009, Vienna, Austria
• Taschetto AS, Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A, Ambrizzi T and England MH. (2009). Relative contributions of Pacific and Indian SST anomalies to regional climate variability. EGU, Apr. 19-24, 2009, Vienna, Austria
• Taschetto AS, Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A and England MH. (2009). Australian monsoon variability linked to tropical Pacific SST anomalies. EGU, Apr. 19-24, 2009, Vienna, Austria
• Ummenhofer CC, England MH, McIntosh PC, Meyers GA, Sen Gupta A and Taschetto AS. (2009). Tropical Indian Ocean variability forcing Southeast Australian droughts. EGU, Apr. 19-24, 2009, Vienna, Austria
• England MH, Ummenhofer CC and Sen Gupta A. (2009). Effect of tropical and subtropical Indian Ocean dipoles in driving precipitation around the Indian Ocean rim countries. "A changing climate: Western Australia in focus", Mar. 27, 2009, Perth, Australia
• Taschetto AS, Sen Gupta A, Ummenhofer CC and England MH. (2009). Effect of El Nino Modoki on Australian rainfall. 9ICSHMO, Feb. 9-13, 2009, Melbourne, Australia
• Sen Gupta A, Santoso A, Taschetto A, Ummenhofer C, and England MH. (2009). Changes to the Southern Hemisphere extratropical ocean and sea-ice in the IPCC coupled climate models. 9ICSHMO, Feb. 9-13, 2009, Melbourne, Australia
• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A and England MH. (2009). Effect of tropical and subtropical Indian Ocean dipoles in driving precipitation around the Indian Ocean rim countries. 9ICSHMO, Feb. 9-13, 2009, Melbourne, Australia
• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A and England MH. (2008). The role of Indian Ocean SST anomalies in modulating regional rainfall variability and long-term change. AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 15-19, 2008, San Francisco, USA
• England MH, Ummenhofer CC, and Sen Gupta A. (2008). Indian Ocean SST forcing regional rainfall variability: Mechanisms and predictability. Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, July 29 - Aug. 1, 2008, Cairns, Australia
• Sen Gupta A, Santoso A, Taschetto A, Ummenhofer C, Trevena J, and England MH. (2008). Present-day simulation of, and future changes to, the Southern Hemisphere extratropical ocean and sea-ice in the CMIP3 coupled climate models. Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, July 29 - Aug. 1, 2008, Cairns, Australia
• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A and England MH. (2008). Contribution of Indian Ocean SST to regional rainfall variability - Mechanisms and implications for forecasting. AOGS2008, June 16-20, 2008, Busan, South Korea
• Sen Gupta A, Santoso A, Taschetto A, Ummenhofer C, and England MH. (2008). Fidelity in the present-day simulation and projected changes to the Southern Hemisphere extratropical ocean and sea-ice system in the AR4 coupled climate models. Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans Symposium, May 19-23, 2008, Gijon, Spain
• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A, Pook MJ and England MH. (2008). Anomalous rainfall over southwest Western Australia forced by Indian Ocean SST - Mechanisms and forecasting skill. 15th National Australian Meteorological and Oceangraphic Society Conference, Jan. 29 - Feb. 01, 2008, Geelong, Australia
• McIntosh P, Pook M, Risbey J and Ummenhofer C. (2008). Do climate models get the weather systems right? 15th National Australian Meteorological and Oceangraphic Society Conference, Jan. 29 - Feb. 01, 2008, Geelong, Australia
• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A and England MH. (2007). Impact of Indian Ocean variability on Australian rainfall patterns. IUGG XXIV, July 2-13, 2007, Perugia, Italy
• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A and England MH. (2007). Influence of the Southern Annular Mode on interannual variability and long-term trends in New Zealand precipitation. Southern Annular Mode Workshop, Feb. 8, 2007, Adelaide, Australia
• England MH, Ummenhofer CC and Santoso A. (2007). Indian Ocean variability linked to interannual rainfall extremes over southwest Western Australia. 14th National Australian Meteorological and Oceangraphic Society Conference, Feb. 5-7, 2007, Adelaide, Australia
• Pook M, Lisson S, Risbey J, McIntosh P, Ummenhofer C and Rebbeck M. (2006). Autumn breaks in Southeastern Australia: Characteristics, trends and synoptic climatology. 17th Australia New Zealand Climate Forum, Sep. 5-7, 2006, Canberra, Australia
• England MH, Ummenhofer CC and Santoso A. (2005). Interannual rainfall extremes over southwest Western Australia linked to Indian Ocean climate variability. Dynamic Planet 2005 Conference, Aug. 22-26, 2005, Cairns, Australia

Others

• Taschetto AS, Sen Gupta A, Ummenhofer CC, England MH. (2009) How does El Nino Modoki affect the Australian monsoon? CLIVAR Exchanges, 14, 35-37. Reprint
• Ummenhofer C and Sen Gupta A. (2009). Why the Big Dry? Australasian Science, 30, 28-29.
• Ummenhofer CC. (2008). Southern Hemisphere regional precipitation and climate variability: Extremes, trends, and prediction. PhD Thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 253 pp. Reprint
• Ummenhofer CC, Sen Gupta A, Pook MJ and England MH. (2007). Seasonal rainfall anomalies over Western Australia forced by Indian Ocean SST – Scope for improved forecasting. CLIVAR Exchanges, 12, 30-32. Reprint
• England MH, Ummenhofer CC and Santoso A. (2006). Indian Ocean variability linked to interannual rainfall extremes over southwest Western Australia. CLIVAR Exchanges, 11, 28.
• Ummenhofer CC. (2003). Interannual rainfall extremes over Southwest Australia linked to Southern and Indian Ocean variability. B.Sc. Honours Thesis, University of Wales, Bangor, UK, 54 pp.

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