Dr Sally Lavender

NameDr Sally Lavender
Email Addresssally.lavender@unisq.edu.au
Job TitleSenior Research Fellow (Atmospheric Science)
QualificationsBSc Sheffield, MRsch Leeds, PhD University of East Anglia
DepartmentCentre for Applied Climate Sciences (Research)
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4785-1569
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BSc
Sheffield
2003
MRsch
Leeds
2005
PhD
University of East Anglia
2009

Impacts of the new UM convection scheme, CoMorph-A, over the Indo-Pacific and Australian regions

Zhou, Hongyan, Hudson, Debra, Li, Chen, Shi, Li, White, Bethan, Young, Griffith, Stirling, Alison, Whitall, Michael, Lock, Adrian, Lavender, Sally and Stratton, Rachel. 2024. "Impacts of the new UM convection scheme, CoMorph-A, over the Indo-Pacific and Australian regions." Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science. 74 (3). https://doi.org/10.1071/ES23011

The performance of the CoMorph-A convection package in global simulations with the Met Office Unified Model

Lock, A. P., Whitall, M., Stirling, A. J., Williams, K., Lavender, S. L., Morcrette, C., Matsubayashi, K., Field, P. R., Martin, G., Willett, M. and Heming, J.. 2024. "The performance of the CoMorph-A convection package in global simulations with the Met Office Unified Model." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 150 (763), pp. 3527-3543. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4781

The use of idealised experiments in testing a new convective parametrization: Performance of CoMorph-A

Lavender, Sally L., Stirling, Alison J., Whitall, Michael, Stratton, Rachel A., Daleu, Chimene L., Plant, Robert S., Lock, Adrian and Gu, Jian-Feng. 2024. "The use of idealised experiments in testing a new convective parametrization: Performance of CoMorph-A." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 150 (760), pp. 1581-1600. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4660

The Northern Australia Climate Program: Overview and Selected Highlights

Lavender, Sally L., Cowan, Tim, Hawcroft, Matthew, Wheeler, Matthew C., Jarvis, Chelsea, Cobon, David, Nguyen, Hanh, Hudson, Debra, Sharmila, S., Marshall, Andrew G., de Burgh-Day, Catherine, Milton, Sean, Stirling, Alison, Alves, Oscar and Hendon, Harry H.. 2022. "The Northern Australia Climate Program: Overview and Selected Highlights." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 103 (11), pp. E2492-E2505. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0309.1

Estimation of maximum seasonal tropical cyclone damage in the Atlantic using climate models

Lavender, Sally L., Walsh, Kevin J. E., Utembe, Steven, Caron, Louis‑Philippe and Guishard, Mark. 2021. "Estimation of maximum seasonal tropical cyclone damage in the Atlantic using climate models." Natural Hazards. 10 (2), pp. 1025-1038. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04977-2

The benefits of ensemble prediction for forecasting an extreme event: the Queensland floods of February 2019

Hawcroft, Matt, Lavender, Sally, Copsey, Dan, Milton, Sean, Rodriguez, Jose, Tennant, Warren, Webster, Stuart and Cowan, Tim. 2021. "The benefits of ensemble prediction for forecasting an extreme event: the Queensland floods of February 2019." Monthly Weather Review. 149, pp. 2391-2408. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0330.1

Global climatology of rainfall rates and lifetime accumulated rainfall in tropical cyclones: Influence of cyclone basin, cyclone intensity and cyclone size

Lavender, Sally L. and McBride, John L.. 2021. "Global climatology of rainfall rates and lifetime accumulated rainfall in tropical cyclones: Influence of cyclone basin, cyclone intensity and cyclone size." International Journal of Climatology. 41 (S1), pp. E1217-E1235. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6763

Review of tropical cyclones in the Australian region: climatology, variability, predictability, and trends

Chand, Savin S., Dowdy, Andrew J., Ramsay, Hamish A., Walsh, Kevin J. E., Tory, Kevin J., Power, Scott B., Bell, Samuel S., Lavender, Sally L., Ye, Hua and Kuleshov, Yuri. 2019. "Review of tropical cyclones in the Australian region: climatology, variability, predictability, and trends." WIREs Climate Change. 10 (5), pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.602

Estimation of the maximum annual number of North Atlantic tropical cyclones using climate models

Lavender, Sally L., Walsh, Kevin J. E., Caron, Louis-Philippe, King, Malcolm, Monkiewicz, Sam, Guishard, Mark, Zhang, Qiong and Hunt, barrie. 2018. "Estimation of the maximum annual number of North Atlantic tropical cyclones using climate models." Science Advances. 4 (8), pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat6509

The influence of sea surface temperature on the intensity and associated storm surge of tropical cyclone Yasi: a sensitivity study

Lavender, Sally L., Hoeke, Ron K. and Abbs, Deborah J.. 2018. "The influence of sea surface temperature on the intensity and associated storm surge of tropical cyclone Yasi: a sensitivity study." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 18 (3), pp. 795-805. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-795-2018

The physical processes causing nocturnal rainfall over northwest Australia and their representation in high- and low-resolution models with parametrized convection

Ackerley, D., Birch, C. E., Garcia-Carreras, L., Lavender, S. L. and Weller, E.. 2018. "The physical processes causing nocturnal rainfall over northwest Australia and their representation in high- and low-resolution models with parametrized convection." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 144 (711), pp. 511-528. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3223

A climatology of Australian heat low events

Lavender, Sally L.. 2017. "A climatology of Australian heat low events." International Journal of Climatology. 37 (1), pp. 534-539. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4692

Tropical cyclone track direction climatology and its intraseasonal variability in the Australian region

Lavender, Sally L. and Dowdy, Andrew J.. 2016. "Tropical cyclone track direction climatology and its intraseasonal variability in the Australian region." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 121 (22), pp. 13,236-13,249. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025562

Spatial and temporal variation in the effects of climatic variables on Dugong calf production

Fuentes, Mariana M. P. B., Delean, Steven, Grayson, Jillian, Lavender, Sally, Logan, Murray and Marsh, Helene. 2016. "Spatial and temporal variation in the effects of climatic variables on Dugong calf production." PLoS One. 11 (6), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155675

The contribution of tropical cyclones to rainfall in northwest Australia

Ng, Benjamin, Walsh, Kevin and Lavender, Sally. 2015. "The contribution of tropical cyclones to rainfall in northwest Australia." International Journal of Climatology. 35 (10), pp. 2689-2697. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4148

Preliminary assessment of the impact of climate change on design rainfall IFD curves

Bates, Bryson C., Argueso, Daniel, Evans, Jason, Green, Janice, Griesser, Aurel, Jakob, Dorte, Seed, Alan, Lau, Rex, Lehmann, Eric, Phatak, Aloke, Abbs, Deborah, Lavender, Sally, Nguyen, Kim, Rafter, Tony, Thatcher, Marcus, Zheng, Feifei, Westra, Seth and Leonard, Michael. 2015. "Preliminary assessment of the impact of climate change on design rainfall IFD curves." 36th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium: The Art and Science of Water (HWRS 2015). Hobart, Australia 07 - 10 Dec 2015 Barton, Australia.