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Matthew C. Wheeler

Matthew C. Wheeler

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
52
Citations
19044
World Ranking
4363
National Ranking
152

Overview

Matthew C. Wheeler is affiliated with the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia. Their research is situated at the intersection of environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on global and planetary change, atmospheric science, and oceanography. These fields underpin their contributions to the understanding of climatic and meteorological phenomena.

Their work has addressed topics related to climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, hydrology and drought analysis, and climate change impacts on agriculture. Atmospheric ozone and climate have also been part of their research scope.

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative efforts include Hanh Nguyen, Andrew G. Marshall, Tim Cowan, Catherine de Burgh-Day, and Harry H. Hendon. Their research has been published in several recurring academic venues, namely the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science, Journal of Climate, Geophysical Research Letters, and Scientific Reports.

Representative papers authored or co-authored by Wheeler include:

  • "Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "The 2019 flash droughts in subtropical eastern Australia and their association with large-scale climate drivers," 2021, Weather and Climate Extremes
  • "ACCESS-S2: the upgraded Bureau of Meteorology multi-week to seasonal prediction system," 2022, Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science
  • "Development of a Flash Drought Intensity Index," 2021, Atmosphere
  • "The intricacies of identifying equatorial waves," 2022, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Best Publications

  • An All-Season Real-Time Multivariate MJO Index: Development of an Index for Monitoring and Prediction

    Matthew C. Wheeler;Harry H. Hendon

  • Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves: Analysis of Clouds and Temperature in the Wavenumber–Frequency Domain

    Matthew Wheeler;George N. Kiladis

  • Convectively-coupled equatorial waves

    George N. Kiladis;Matthew C. Wheeler;Patrick T. Haertel;Katherine H. Straub

  • On the Remote Drivers of Rainfall Variability in Australia

    James S. Risbey;Michael J. Pook;Peter C. McIntosh;Matthew C. Wheeler

  • Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in 14 IPCC AR4 Climate Models. Part I: Convective Signals

    Jia Lin Lin;George N. Kiladis;Brian E. Mapes;Klaus M. Weickmann

  • Australian Rainfall and Surface Temperature Variations Associated with the Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode

    Harry H. Hendon;David W. J. Thompson;Matthew C. Wheeler

  • Large-Scale Dynamical Fields Associated with Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves

    Matthew Wheeler;George N. Kiladis;Peter J. Webster

  • Real-time multivariate indices for the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation over the Asian summer monsoon region

    June Yi Lee;Bin Wang;Matthew C. Wheeler;Xiouhua Fu

  • Diagnosis of the MJO Modulation of Tropical Cyclogenesis Using an Empirical Index

    Suzana J. Camargo;Matthew C. Wheeler;Adam H. Sobel

  • A Comparison of OLR and Circulation-Based Indices for Tracking the MJO

    George N. Kiladis;Juliana Dias;Katherine H. Straub;Matthew C. Wheeler

  • MJO Simulation Diagnostics

    D Waliser;K Sperber;H Hendon;D Kim

  • Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction

    Angeline G. Pendergrass;Gerald A. Meehl;Roger Pulwarty;Mike Hobbins;Mike Hobbins

  • Seasonal Dependence of the MJO-ENSO Relationship

    Harry H. Hendon;Matthew C. Wheeler;Chidong Zhang

  • Modulation of South Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones by the Madden–Julian Oscillation and Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves

    Miloud Bessafi;Matthew C. Wheeler

  • Impacts of the Madden-Julian oscillation on Australian rainfall and circulation

    Matthew C. Wheeler;Harry H. Hendon;Sam Cleland;Holger Meinke

  • Prediction of the Madden–Julian oscillation with the POAMA dynamical prediction system

    Harun A. Rashid;Harun A. Rashid;Harry H. Hendon;Matthew C. Wheeler;Oscar Alves

  • Real-Time Monitoring and Prediction of Modes of Coherent Synoptic to Intraseasonal Tropical Variability

    Matthew Wheeler;Klaus M. Weickmann

  • Modulation of Daily Precipitation over Southwest Asia by the Madden–Julian Oscillation

    Mathew Barlow;Matthew Wheeler;Bradfield Lyon;Heidi Cullen

  • Near-global impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on rainfall

    Alexis Donald;Holger Meinke;Brendan Power;Aline de H. N. Maia

  • A Framework for Assessing Operational Madden–Julian Oscillation Forecasts

    J. Gottschalck;M. Wheeler;K. Weickmann;F. Vitart

  • The ``Year'' of Tropical Convection (May 2008-April 2010): Climate Variability and Weather Highlights

    Duane E. Waliser;Mitchell W. Moncrieff;David Burridge;Andreas H. Fink

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry H. Hendon
Harry H. Hendon Bureau of Meteorology
Duane E. Waliser
Duane E. Waliser Jet Propulsion Lab
Klaus M. Weickmann
Klaus M. Weickmann National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
George N. Kiladis
George N. Kiladis National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Frederic Vitart
Frederic Vitart European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Kenneth R. Sperber
Kenneth R. Sperber Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Holger Meinke
Holger Meinke University of Tasmania
Eric D. Maloney
Eric D. Maloney Colorado State University
Oscar Alves
Oscar Alves Bureau of Meteorology
Siegfried D. Schubert
Siegfried D. Schubert Goddard Space Flight Center

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