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Australia
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
74
Citations
37247
World Ranking
1310
National Ranking
61

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

David J. Karoly is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research expertise spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Oceanography, and Finance as subfields.

The primary scientific topics covered in their work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine animal studies overview

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger, 2024, Nature
  • Warming Patterns Affect El Niño Diversity in CMIP5 and CMIP6 Models, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • A regionalisation approach for rainfall based on extremal dependence, 2020, Extremes
  • Evaluation of CMIP6 AMIP climate simulations with the ACCESS-AM2 model, 2020, Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science
  • Variability of Jakarta Rain-Rate Characteristics Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Topography, 2022, Monthly Weather Review

David J. Karoly frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Andrew D. King
  • Sopia Lestari
  • Claire Vincent
  • Alain Protat
  • Shuichi Mori

Their work is often published in notable scientific venues such as:

  • Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature
  • Journal of Climate
  • Extremes

David J. Karoly has been recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, an award received in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Climate Change 2007 Synthesis report

    Lenny Bernstein;Peter Bosch;Osvaldo Canziani;Zhenlin Chen

  • The Steady Linear Response of a Spherical Atmosphere to Thermal and Orographic Forcing

    Brian J. Hoskins;David J. Karoly

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Progress during TOGA in understanding and modeling global teleconnections associated with tropical sea surface temperatures

    Kevin E. Trenberth;Grant W. Branstator;David Karoly;Arun Kumar

  • Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change

    Cynthia Rosenzweig;David Karoly;Marta Vicarelli;Peter Neofotis

  • Signatures of the Antarctic ozone hole in Southern Hemisphere surface climate change

    David W. J. Thompson;Susan Solomon;Paul J. Kushner;Matthew H. England

  • Trends in Total and Extreme South American Rainfall in 1960–2000 and Links with Sea Surface Temperature

    M. R. Haylock;T. C. Peterson;L. M. Alves;T. Ambrizzi

  • Decadal Prediction: Can It Be Skillful?

    Gerald A. Meehl;Lisa M. Goddard;James Murphy;Ronald J. Stouffer

  • The effects of climate extremes on global agricultural yields

    Elisabeth Vogel;Markus G. Donat;Markus G. Donat;Lisa Victoria Alexander;Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen

  • Southern Hemisphere Circulation Features Associated with El Niño-Southern Oscillation Events

    David J. Karoly

  • A Tripole Index for the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation

    Benjamin J. Henley;Joelle Gergis;David J. Karoly;Scott Power

  • A search for human influences on the thermal structure of the atmosphere

    B. D. Santer;K. E. Taylor;T. M. L. Wigley;T. C. Johns

  • Observed Trends in Indices of Daily Temperature Extremes in South America 1960–2000

    L. A. Vincent;T. C. Peterson;V. R. Barros;M. B. Marino

  • The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science

    I. Allison;N. L. Bindoff;R. A. Bindschadler;P. M. Cox

  • Diurnal temperature range as an index of global climate change during the twentieth century

    Karl Braganza;David Karoly;Julie M Arblaster

  • Detection and attribution of climate change: a regional perspective.

    Peter A. Stott;Nathan P. Gillett;Gabriele C. Hegerl;David J. Karoly

  • The Modulation of Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Australian Region by the Madden-Julian Oscillation

    Jonty D. Hall;Adrian J. Matthews;David J. Karoly

  • Australian climate extremes at 1.5 °C and 2 °C of global warming

    Andrew D. King;David J. Karoly;Benjamin J. Henley

  • The Sensitivity of Australian Fire Danger to Climate Change

    Allyson A J Williams;David J Karoly;Nigel J Tapper

  • Inter-hemispheric temperature variability over the past millennium

    Raphael Neukom;Raphael Neukom;Joelle Gergis;David J. Karoly;Heinz Wanner

  • Detection of climate change and attribution of causes

    John F B Mitchell;David Karoly;Gabi C Hegrel;Francis W Zwiers

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. King
Andrew D. King University of Melbourne
Markus G. Donat
Markus G. Donat Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Lance M. Leslie
Lance M. Leslie University of Technology Sydney
Peter A. Stott
Peter A. Stott Met Office
Lisa V. Alexander
Lisa V. Alexander University of New South Wales
Murray C. Peel
Murray C. Peel University of Melbourne
Myles R. Allen
Myles R. Allen University of Oxford
Raphael Neukom
Raphael Neukom University of Bern
Stefan Rahmstorf
Stefan Rahmstorf Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Matthew H. England
Matthew H. England University of New South Wales

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