Publications

Simmonds, I., Keay, K., and J.A.T. Bye, 2011: Identification and climatology of Southern Hemisphere mobile fronts in a modern reanalysis. Journal of Climate (revision completed; awaiting final decision).

Screen, J.A., Simmonds, I., and K. Keay, 2011: Dramatic interannual changes of perennial Arctic sea ice linked to abnormal summer storm activity. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, XXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2011JD015847 (accepted).

Bromwich, D.H., Steinhoff, D.F., Simmonds, I., Keay, K., and R.L. Fogt, 2011: Climatological aspects of cyclogenesis near Adélie Land Antarctica. Tellus A (accepted).

Kouroutzoglou, J., Flocas, H.A., Simmonds, I., Keay, K., and M. Hatzaki, 2011: Assessing characteristics of Mediterranean explosive cyclones for different data resolution. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 105, 263-275.

Uotila, P., T. Vihma, A. B. Pezza, I. Simmonds, K. Keay and A. H. Lynch, 2011: Relationships between Antarctic cyclones and surface conditions as derived from high-resolution numerical weather prediction data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116,D07109, doi:10.1029/2010JD0153508.

Irving, D., Simmonds, I., and K. Keay, 2010: Mesoscale cyclone activity over the ice-free Southern Ocean: 1999-2008. Journal of Climate, 23, 5404-5420.

Kouroutzoglou, J., Flocas, H.A., Keay, K., Simmonds, I., and M. Hatzaki, 2010: Climatological aspects of explosive cylones in the Mediterranean. International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.2203.

Pezza, A. B., J. A. P. Veiga, I. Simmonds, K. Keay and M. d. S. Mesquita, 2010: Environmental energetics of an exceptional high-latitude storm. Atmospheric Science Letters, 11, 39-45.

Flocas, H.A., Simmonds, I., Kouroutzoglou, J., Keay, K., Hatzaki, M., Asimakopoulos, D., and V. Bricolas, 2010: On cyclonic tracks over the eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Climate, 23, 5243-5257.

F. S. Syed, F. Giorgi, J. S. Pal and K. Keay, 2010: Regional climate model simulation of winter climate over Central-Southwest Asia, with emphasis on NAO and ENSO effects. International Journal of Climatology, 30, 220-235.

Simmonds, I., and K. Keay, 2009: Extraordinary September Arctic sea ice reductions and their relationships with storm behavior over 1979-2008, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L19715, doi:10.1029/2009GL039810.

Uotila, P., A. B. Pezza, J. J. Cassano, K, Keay, and A. H. Lynch, 2009: A comparison of low pressure system statistics derived from a high-resolution NWP output and three re-analysis products over the Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, D17105, doi:10.1029/2008JD011583.

Mesquita, M. d. S., D. E. Atkinson, I. Simmonds, K. Keay, and J. Gottschalck, 2009: New perspectives on the synoptic development of the severe October 1992 Nome storm. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L13808, doi:10.1029/2009GL038824.

Bye, J.A.T., and K. Keay, 2008: A new hurricane index for the Caribbean. Interciencia, 33, 556-560.

Simmonds, I., C. Burke and K. Keay, 2008: Arctic climate change as manifest in cyclone behavior. Journal of Climate, 21, 5777-5796.

Hemer, M.A., Simmonds, I., and K. Keay, 2008: A classification of wave generation characteristics during large wave events on the Southern Australian margin. Continental Shelf Research, 28, 634-652.

Keay, K., and I. Simmonds, 2006: Road accidents and rainfall in a large Australian city. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 38(3), 445-454.

Simmonds, I., Rafter, A., Cowan, T., Watkins, A.B., and K. Keay, 2005: Large-scale vertical momentum, kinetic energy and moisture fluxes in the Antarctic sea-ice region. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 117, 149-177.

Keay, K., and I. Simmonds, 2005: The association of rainfall and other weather variables with road traffic volume in Melbourne, Australia. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 37(1), 109-124.

Simmonds, I., Keay, K., and E.-P. Lim, 2003: Synoptic activity in the seas around Antarctica. Monthly Weather Review, 131, 272-288.

Simmonds, I., and K. Keay, 2002: Surface fluxes of momentum and mechanical energy over the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 80, 1-18.

Keable, M., Simmonds, I., and K. Keay, 2002: Distribution and temporal variability of 500 hPa cyclone characteristics in the Southern Hemisphere. International Journal of Climatology, 22,131-150.

Ansell, T.J., Reason, C.J.C., Smith, I.N., and K. Keay, 2000: Evidence for decadal variability in southern Australian rainfall and relationships with regional pressure and sea surface temperature. International Journal of Climatology, 20, 1113-1129.

Simmonds, I., and K. Keay, 2000: Mean Southern Hemisphere extratropical cyclone behaviour in the 40-year NCEP-NCAR reanalysis. Journal of Climate, 13, 873-885.

Simmonds, I., and K. Keay, 2000: Variability of Southern Hemisphere extratropical cyclone behaviour 1958-97. Journal of Climate, 13, 550-561.

Leighton, R.M., Keay, K., and I. Simmonds, 1997: Variations in annual cyclonicity across the Australian region for the 29-year period 1965-1993 and relationships with annual Australian rainfall. In: Climate Prediction for Agricultural and Resource Management, R. K. Munro and L. M. Leslie, Eds., Bureau of Resource Sciences, Australia, 257-267.

Simmonds, I., and K. Keay, 1997: Weekly cycle of meteorological variations in Melbourne and the role of pollution and anthropogenic heat release. Atmospheric Environment, 31, 1589-1603.

Last Update: July 28 2011