Selected Publications by Scott Power


Selected Publications Decadal Climate Variability and Predictability Power, S.B., and R. Colman, 2006: Multi-year predictability in a coupled general circulation model. Climate Dynamics, 26, 247-272. Power, S., M. Haylock, R. Colman, and X. Wang, 2006: The predictability of interdecadal changes in ENSO and ENSO teleconnections. J. Climate, 8, 2161-2180. Meinke, H., De Voil, P. Hammer, G., Power, S., Allan, R., Stone, R., Folland, C., and A. Potgieter, 2005: Rainfall variability at decadal and longer time-scales: Signal or noise? J. Climate, 18, 89-96. McGregor, S., Holbrook, N.J., and S. B. Power, 2006: Interdecadal SST variability in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Part I: The role of off-equatorial windstresses and oceanic Rossby waves. J. Climate, (submitted). Power, S., R. Colman, X. Wang, and P. Hope, 2005: Can we predict decadal changes in Southern Hemisphere climate? Chapter 10, In: Predictions in Ungauged Basins: International Perspectives on the State of the Art and Pathways Forward. IHAS Publication 301, IHSS 0144-7815, S. Franks, M. Sivapalan, K. Takeuchi, Tachkawa, Eds., 109-113. Power, McGregor, S., Holbrook, N.J., and S. B. Power, 2004: On the dynamics of interdecadal thermocline depth and SST in low to mid latitudes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L24201, doi:10.1029/2004GL021241. Power, S.B., Kleeman, R., Colman, R.A., and B.J. McAvaney, 1995: Modeling the surface heat flux response to long-lived SST anomalies in the North Atlantic. J. Climate, 8, 2161-2180. Power, S.B., F. Tseitkin, M. Dix, R. Kleeman, R. Colman, and D. Holland, 1995: Stochastic variability at the air-sea interface on decadal time scales. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 2593-2596. Power, S., Tseitkin, F., Torok, S., Lavery, B., and B. McAvaney, 1998: Australian temperature, Australian rainfall, and the Southern Oscillation, 1910-1996: Coherent variability and recent changes. Aust. Meteorol. Mag., 47, 85-101. Kleeman, R. and S. Power, 1999: Modulation of ENSO on decadal and longer time-scales. In: El Niño and the Southern Oscillation, Multi-scale Variability and its Impact on Natural Ecosystems and Society. (Edited by H.F. Diaz and V. Markgraf), 413-442, Cambridge, 496 pp. Power, S., Tseitkin, F., Mehta, V., Torok, S., Lavery, B., 1999: Decadal climate variability in Australia during the 20th century. International J. Climatol. 19, 169-184. Power, S., Folland, C., Colman, A., and V. Mehta, 1999: Inter-decadal modulation of the impact of ENSO on Australia. Climate Dynamics, 15, 319-324. Walland, D., Power, S., and A. Hirst, 2000: Decadal climate variability in the CSIRO coupled GCM. Climate Dynamics, 16, 201-211. Latif, M., Mehta, V., et al., 1999: Data Requirements for decadal-to-centennial climate variability studies and coupled models. In: The Ocean Observing System for Climate, OceanObs99, 18-22 October, 1999. Power, S., R. Colman, and X. Wang, 2003: Can we predict decadal changes in Australia's climate? In: Science for Drought. Proceedings of the National Drought Forum, Brisbane, April 2003, 173 pp. McKeon, G.M., I.W. Watson, W.B. Hall, B.K. Henry, S.B. Power, and G.S. Stone, 2004: Summary. In : Pasture degradation and recovery in Australia's rangeland's. Natural Resource Sciences, Queensland Government, 256 pp. McKeon, G.M., et al., 2004: Historical degradation episodes in Australia: Global climate and economic forces and their interaction with rangeland grazing systems. In: Pasture degradation and recovery in Australia's rangelands. Natural Resource Sciences, Queensland Government, 256 pp. Global Warming Timbal, B., J. Arblaster and S. Power, 2006: Attribution of late-twetntieth-century rainfall decline in southwest Australia. J. Climate, 19, 2046-2062. Power, S.B., B. Sadler, and N. Nicholls, 2005: The influence of climate science on water management in WA: lessons for climate scientists. Bulletin American. Met. Soc., 86, 839-844. Power, S.B., Colman, R.A., McAvaney, B.J., Dahni, R.R., Moore, A.M., and N.R. Smith, 1993: The BMRC coupled atmosphere/ocean/sea-ice model. BMRC Research Report No. 37, 58 pp. Colman, R.A., McAvaney, B.J., Fraser, J.R., Power, S.B., and R.R. Dahni, 1994: Ocean heat transport inferred from the BMRC AGCM. Climate Dynamics, 10, 221-229. Colman, R.A., S.B. Power, B.J. McAvaney, and R.R. Dahni, 1995: A non-flux corrected transient CO₂ experiment with the BMRC CGCM. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 3047-3050. Kleeman, R., R.A. Colman, and S.B. Power, 1996: A recent change in the mean state of the Pacific Ocean: Observational evidence and atmospheric and ocean responses. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 101, 20483-20500. Colman, R.A., S.B. Power and B.J. McAvaney, 1997: Non-linear climate feedback analysis. Journal Geophys. Research (Atmos.), 13, 717-731. Power, S.B., and A.C. Hirst, 1997: Eddy parameterisation and the response to idealized global warming. Climate Dynamics, 13, 417-428. Power, S.B., F. Tseitkin, R. A. Colman, and A. Sulaiman, 1997: A coupled model for seasonal prediction and climate change research. BMRC Res. Rep. No. 66, 52 pp. Climate Prediction Kleeman, R., and S.B. Power, 1994: Limits to predictability in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model due to atmospheric noise. Tellus A, 46, 529-540. Power, S.B., Kleeman, R., Tseitkin, F., and N.R. Smith, 1995: A global version of the GFDL modular ocean model for ENSO studies. BMRC Technical Report, 18 pp. Power, S.B., F. Tseitkin, R. A. Colman, and A. Sulaiman, 1997: A coupled model for seasonal prediction and climate change research. BMRC Res. Rep. No. 66, 52 pp. Walsh, K.J.E., Bettio, L., Power, S., Fawcett, R., and J. Pahalad, 2001: Extended seasonal prediction of precipitation in Fiji. Austral. Meteorol. Mag. , 50, 195-203 Timbal, T., Power, S., and R. Colman, 2002: Impact of soil moisture on climate variability and predictability. J. Climate, 15, 1230-1238. Power, S., 2004: Advancing climate science. In: DroughtCom Workshop. Improving the Communication of Climate Information. Volume 2 Extended Abstracts. Plummer et al. (Eds), Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, 52 pp. Improving Climate Services/ Communication and use of climate information in the wider community Power, S.B., B. Sadler, and N. Nicholls, 2005: The influence of climate science on water management in WA: lessons for climate scientists. Bulletin American. Met. Soc., 86, 839-844. Krishna, et al., 2000: A needs analysis for the strengthening of Meteorological Services: Meeting the Challenges. SPREP, 97 pp. Power, S., W. Wright, and P. Della-Marta, 2001: Cli-Manage 2000. Conference on Managing Australian climate variability, October, 2000. Australian Bureau of Meteorology, 133 pp. Power, S., G. Laughlin and A. Clark, 2001: Drought in Australia: Impacts, Mitigation, Monitoring, Policy and Prediction. Presented at SICCITÀ: MONITORAGGIO, MITIGAZIONE, EFFETTI, Cagliari - Villasimius, 21-23 Setember, 2000. Plummer, N., et al., (Eds.) 2004: DroughtCom Workshop. Improving the Communication of Climate Information. Volume 1 Workshop Report. Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, 38 pp. Plummer, N., et al., (Eds.), 2004: DroughtCom Workshop. Improving the Communication of Climate Information. Volume 2 Extended Abstracts. Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, 52 pp. Model Evaluation Covey, C., et al., 2000: The seasonal cycle in coupled ocean-atmosphere GCMs. Climate Dynamics, 775-787. Davey, M., M. Huddleston, K. Sperber et al., 2002: STOIC: A study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions. Climate Dynamics, 18, 403-420. Latif, M., K. Sperber, et al., 2001: ENSIP: the El Nino simulation intercomparison project. Climate Dynamics, 18, 255-276. Climatic Stability and the Thermohaline Circulation Power, S.B., and R. Kleeman, 1993: Multiple equilibria in a global ocean general circulation model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 1670-1681. Power, S.B., Moore, A.M., Post, D.A., Smith, N.R., and R. Kleeman, 1994: On the stability of North Atlantic Deep Water Formation in a global ocean general circulation model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 904-916. Power, S.B., and R. Kleeman, 1994: Surface heat flux parameterization and the response of OGCMs to high latitude freshening. Tellus, 46A, 86-95. Reason, C.J.C., and S.B. Power, 1994: The influence of Bering Strait on the thermohaline circulation in a global ocean general circulation model. Climate Dynamics., 9, 363-369. Power, S.B., 1995: Climate drift in a global OGCM. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 1025-1036. Atmospheric Response to SST anomalies Kleeman, R., and S.B. Power, 1995: A simple atmospheric model for the surface heat flux of the ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 92-105. Power, S.B., Kleeman, R., Colman, R.A., and B.J. McAvaney, 1995: Modeling the surface heat flux response to long-lived SST anomalies in the North Atlantic. J. Climate, 8, 2161-2180. Coastal Oceanography Baines, P.G., G. Hubbert and S.B. Power, 1989: Fluid Transport Through Bass Strait., Continental Shelf Research, 11, 269-293. Power, S.B., and R.H.J. Grimshaw, 1989: Free waves in stratified lakes. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 55, 47-69. Power, S.B., J.H. Middleton and R.H.J. Grimshaw, 1989: Frictionally modified continental shelf waves and the sub-inertial response to wind and deep-ocean forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 19, 1486-1506. Power, S.B., 1990: Circulation in channels, lakes and the coastal ocean. PhD thesis, School of Mathematics, UNSW, 195pp. Power, S.B., R.H.J. Grimshaw and J.H. Middleton, 1990: Low frequency, barotropic circulation on continental margins due to wind and deep ocean forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 769-785. Arctic Climate Variability Power, S.B., and L.A. Mysak, 1992: On the interannual variability of Arctic Sea-level pressure and sea-ice drift. Atmosphere-Ocean, 30, 551-575. Mysak, L.A., and S.B. Power, 1993: Sea-ice anomalies in the western Arctic and Greenland-Iceland Sea and their relation to an interdecadal climate cycle. Climatological Bulletin, 26, 147-176. Just for Fun Power, S.B., 1991: The El Nino-Southern Oscillation and beer sales in the Australian region. AMOS Bulletin, No.4, 47-48.

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