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Overview

Lance M. Leslie is affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to the study of climate variability, hydrology, and related atmospheric phenomena.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

In more specific terms, Leslie's subfields of study cover:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Oceanography

The research topics often addressed include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Leslie has co-authored extensively with other researchers, notably with:

  • Milton Speer
  • Joshua Hartigan
  • Shev MacNamara
  • Diandong Ren
  • Bin Wang

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • "Using an improved SWAT model to simulate hydrological responses to land use change: A case study of a catchment in tropical Australia" (2020) published in Journal of Hydrology
  • "From the 1990s climate change has decreased cool season catchment precipitation reducing river heights in Australia's southern Murray-Darling Basin" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Application of Machine Learning to Attribution and Prediction of Seasonal Precipitation and Temperature Trends in Canberra, Australia" (2020) published in Climate
  • "Machine Learning Assessment of the Impact of Global Warming on the Climate Drivers of Water Supply to Australia's Northern Murray-Darling Basin" (2022) published in Water
  • "Changes in Frequency and Location of East Coast Low Pressure Systems Affecting Southeast Australia" (2021) published in Climate

Frequent publication venues where Leslie has contributed include:

  • Climate
  • Scientific Reports
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Hydrology

Best Publications

  • Evolution of the U.S. Tornado Database: 1954–2003

    Stephanie M. Verbout;Harold E. Brooks;Lance M. Leslie;David M. Schultz

  • Northeast Asian dust storms: Real‐time numerical prediction and validation

    Yaping Shao;Yan Yang;Jianjie Wang;Zhenxin Song

  • Wind erosion prediction over the Australian continent

    Yaping Shao;Lance M. Leslie

  • Using an improved SWAT model to simulate hydrological responses to land use change: A case study of a catchment in tropical Australia

    Hong Zhang;Hong Zhang;Bin Wang;De Li Liu;De Li Liu;Mingxi Zhang

  • Generalized inversion of a global numerical weather prediction model

    A. F. Bennett;B. S. Chua;L. M. Leslie

  • The Basic Relationship between Tropical Cyclone Intensity and the Depth of the Environmental Steering Layer in the Australian Region

    Christopher S. Velden;Lance M. Leslie

  • Large-scale atmospheric circulation and global sea surface temperature associations with Horn of Africa June–September rainfall

    Zewdu T. Segele;Peter J. Lamb;Peter J. Lamb;Lance M. Leslie

  • A Real-Time System for Forecasting Tropical Cyclone Storm Surges

    Graeme D. Hubbert;Greg J. Holland;Lance M. Leslie;Michael J. Manton

  • Australian East-Coast Cyclones. Part I: Synoptic Overview and Case Study

    Greg J. Holland;Amanda H. Lynch;Lance M. Leslie

  • Numerical prediction of northeast Asian dust storms using an integrated wind erosion modeling system

    Yaping Shao;Eunjoo Jung;Lance M. Leslie

  • Seasonal-to-Interannual Variability of Ethiopia/Horn of Africa Monsoon. Part I: Associations of Wavelet-Filtered Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation and Global Sea Surface Temperature

    Zewdu T. Segele;Peter J. Lamb;Lance M. Leslie

  • On the bogussing of tropical cyclones in numerical models: A comparison of vortex profiles

    L. M. Leslie;G. J. Holland

  • Interannual Variability of Tropical Cyclones in the Australian Region: Role of Large-Scale Environment

    Hamish A. Ramsay;Lance M. Leslie;Peter J. Lamb;Michael B. Richman

  • Tropical Cyclone Prediction Using a Barotropic Model Initialized by a Generalized Inverse Method

    A. F. Bennett;L. M. Leslie;C. R. Hagelberg;P. E. Powers

  • Three-Dimensional Mass-Conserving Semi-Lagrangian Scheme Employing Forward Trajectories

    Lance M. Leslie;R. James Purser

  • Analysis of Low-Level Atmospheric Moisture Transport Associated with the West African Monsoon

    M. Issa Lélé;Lance M. Leslie;Peter J. Lamb

  • Synoptic Composites of Tornadic and Nontornadic Outbreaks

    Andrew E. Mercer;Chad M. Shafer;Charles A. Doswell;Lance M. Leslie

  • An Efficient Interpolation Procedure for High-Order Three-Dimensional Semi-Lagrangian Models

    R. J. Purser;L. M. Leslie

  • Links between Tropical Cyclone Activity and Madden-Julian Oscillation Phase in the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific Basins

    Bradford S. Barrett;Lance M. Leslie

  • A Two-Layer Quasi-Geostrophic Model of Summer Trough Formation in the Australian Subtropical Easterlies

    C. B. Fandry;L. M. Leslie

  • Improved Hurricane Track Forecasting from the Continuous Assimilation of High Quality Satellite Wind Data

    L. M. Leslie;J. F. LeMarshall;R. P. Morison;C. Spinoso

  • A Semi-Implicit, Semi-Lagrangian Finite-Difference Scheme Using Hligh-Order Spatial Differencing on a Nonstaggered Grid

    R. J. Purser;L. M. Leslie

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Lamb
Peter J. Lamb University of Oklahoma
David J. Karoly
David J. Karoly Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Greg J. Holland
Greg J. Holland National Center for Atmospheric Research
Yaping Shao
Yaping Shao University of Cologne
Klaus Fraedrich
Klaus Fraedrich Max Planck Society
Rong Fu
Rong Fu University of California, Los Angeles
Roger K. Smith
Roger K. Smith Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Charles A. Doswell
Charles A. Doswell University of Oklahoma
Robert E. Dickinson
Robert E. Dickinson The University of Texas at Austin
Yuqing Wang
Yuqing Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa

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