Claire Vincent – The Conversation

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October 10, 2024

Huge waves in the atmosphere dump extreme rain on northern Australia

Fadhlil Rizki Muhammad, The University of Melbourne; Andrew King, The University of Melbourne; Claire Vincent, The University of Melbourne, and Sandro W. Lubis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Planet-scale oscillations in the atmosphere can wreak havoc with rainfall in Australia’s north, according to new research.

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February 27, 2024

We can’t say yet if grid‑breaking thunderstorms are getting worse – but we shouldn’t wait to find out

Andrew Dowdy, The University of Melbourne; Andrew Brown, The University of Melbourne; Andrew King, The University of Melbourne; Claire Vincent, The University of Melbourne; Michael Brear, The University of Melbourne; Pierluigi Mancarella, The University of Melbourne, and Todd Lane, The University of Melbourne

Extreme winds from thunderstorms have downed transmission towers from Victoria to Western Australia in recent years. What’s going on?

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April 13, 2021

Double trouble: floods and COVID‑19 have merged to pose great danger for Timor‑Leste

Mark Quigley, The University of Melbourne; Andrew King, The University of Melbourne; Brendan Duffy, The University of Melbourne; Claire Vincent, The University of Melbourne; Ian Rutherfurd, The University of Melbourne; Januka Attanayake, The University of Melbourne, and Lisa Palmer, The University of Melbourne

In flood-ravaged Dili, COVID-19 restrictions were abandoned as the disaster unfolded. But it means an already escalating pandemic situation may spiral out of control.

Clouds roll across Samosir in northern Sumatra. Shutterstock.com

November 18, 2018

Why predicting the weather and climate is even harder for Australia’s rainy northern neighbours

Andrew King, The University of Melbourne and Claire Vincent, The University of Melbourne

Despite its global importance, the rainy ‘Maritime Continent’ around Indonesia is hard to capture using global climate models. But fear not - new research shows how to improve our forecasts.

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