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Overview

Tim Cowan is affiliated with the University of Southern Queensland in Australia and primarily conducts research in environmental and earth sciences with a focus on climate variability and change. Their work spans several intersecting fields including Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their scientific contributions engage deeply with subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Oceanography. The research topics covered include climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, climate change impacts on agriculture, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, pasture and agricultural systems, and effects of environmental stressors on livestock.

Tim Cowan has published extensively in well-known venues, frequently contributing to the Journal of Climate, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, SSRN Electronic Journal, Agricultural Systems, and Earth's Future.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Insights From CMIP6 for Australia's Future Climate," 2020, published in Earth's Future
  • "Advances in the Subseasonal Prediction of Extreme Events: Relevant Case Studies across the Globe," 2022, published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Present-day greenhouse gases could cause more frequent and longer Dust Bowl heatwaves," 2020, published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Variability and long-term change in Australian monsoon rainfall: A review," 2023, published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • "Impacts of Low-Frequency Internal Climate Variability and Greenhouse Warming on El Niño-Southern Oscillation," 2020, published in Journal of Climate

Frequent coauthors in their research include Matthew C. Wheeler, David Cobon, Andrew G. Marshall, Scott B. Power, and Catherine de Burgh-Day, reflecting collaborations across several projects.

Best Publications

  • Teleconnection Pathways of ENSO and the IOD and the Mechanisms for Impacts on Australian Rainfall

    Wenju Cai;Peter van Rensch;Tim Cowan;Harry H. Hendon

  • The response of the Southern Annular Mode, the East Australian Current, and the southern mid‐latitude ocean circulation to global warming

    W. Cai;G. Shi;G. Shi;T. Cowan;D. Bi

  • More Frequent, Longer, and Hotter Heat Waves for Australia in the Twenty-First Century

    Tim Cowan;Ariaan Purich;Sarah Perkins;Alexandre Pezza

  • Insights from CMIP6 for Australia's future climate

    Michael Richard Grose;Sugata Narsey;Francois Delage;Andrew J. Dowdy

  • Projected response of the Indian Ocean Dipole to greenhouse warming

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Xiao-Tong Zheng;Evan John Weller;Mat Collins

  • Evidence of impacts from rising temperature on inflows to the Murray-Darling Basin

    Wenju Cai;Tim Cowan

  • Positive Indian Ocean Dipole events precondition southeast Australia bushfires

    W. Cai;T. Cowan;M. Raupach

  • More extreme swings of the South Pacific convergence zone due to greenhouse warming

    Wenju Cai;Matthieu Lengaigne;Simon Borlace;Matthew Collins;Matthew Collins

  • The early 20th century warming: Anomalies, causes, and consequences.

    Gabriele C. Hegerl;Stefan Brönnimann;Andrew Schurer;Tim Cowan

  • Recent unprecedented skewness towards positive Indian Ocean Dipole occurrences and its impact on Australian rainfall

    W. Cai;T. Cowan;A. Sullivan

  • La Niña Modoki impacts Australia autumn rainfall variability

    W. Cai;T. Cowan

  • Why is the amplitude of the Indian Ocean Dipole overly large in CMIP3 and CMIP5 climate models

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Tim Cowan;Tim Cowan

  • SAM and regional rainfall in IPCC AR4 models: Can anthropogenic forcing account for southwest Western Australian winter rainfall reduction?

    Wenju Cai;Tim Cowan

  • Asymmetry in ENSO Teleconnection with Regional Rainfall, Its Multidecadal Variability, and Impact

    Wenju Cai;Peter van Rensch;Tim Cowan;Arnold Sullivan

  • An Asymmetry in the IOD and ENSO Teleconnection Pathway and Its Impact on Australian Climate

    Wenju Cai;Peter van Rensch;Tim Cowan;Harry H. Hendon

  • Dynamics of late autumn rainfall reduction over southeastern Australia

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Tim Cowan;Tim Cowan

  • Causes of climate change over the historical record

    Gabriele C Hegerl;Stefan Brönnimann;Tim Cowan;Andrew R Friedman

  • Rainfall reductions over Southern Hemisphere semi-arid regions: the role of subtropical dry zone expansion

    Wenju Cai;Tim Cowan;Marcus Thatcher

  • Trends in Southern Hemisphere Circulation in IPCC AR4 Models over 1950–99: Ozone Depletion versus Greenhouse Forcing

    Wenju Cai;Tim Cowan

  • Using the evaporative stress index to monitor flash drought in Australia

    Hanh Nguyen;Matthew C. Wheeler;Jason A. Otkin;Tim Cowan;Tim Cowan

  • Rising temperature depletes soil moisture and exacerbates severe drought conditions across southeast Australia

    Wenju Cai;Tim Cowan;Peter Briggs;Michael Raupach

  • Interactions of ENSO, the IOD, and the SAM in CMIP3 Models

    Wenju Cai;Arnold Sullivan;Tim Cowan

Frequent Co-Authors

Wenju Cai
Wenju Cai Ocean University of China
Gabriele C. Hegerl
Gabriele C. Hegerl University of Edinburgh
Ian Simmonds
Ian Simmonds University of Melbourne
Leon D. Rotstayn
Leon D. Rotstayn CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Matthew C. Wheeler
Matthew C. Wheeler Bureau of Meteorology
Matthew H. England
Matthew H. England University of New South Wales
Simon F. B. Tett
Simon F. B. Tett University of Edinburgh
Stefan Brönnimann
Stefan Brönnimann University of Bern
Matthew D. Collins
Matthew D. Collins University of Reading
Friederike E. L. Otto
Friederike E. L. Otto University of Oxford

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