Prof Michael Manton - Researcher Profile

Biography

Michael works in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University as a Professor.

Michael’s research areas of interest are:

• air quality observations and analysis
• climate observations and analysis
• simple climate models and their application to global problems
• cloud physics

Keywords

air quality, climate observations, climate models, cloud physics

Qualifications

OCEANOGRAPHY/PHYSICS

Institution: University of British Columbia, Canada

Year awarded: 1970

ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Institution: Sydney University

Year awarded: 1968

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Institution: Sydney University

Year awarded: 1966

Publications

Journal Articles

Huang, Y., Siems, S.T., Manton, M.J., Protat, A., Delanoe, J., 2012, A study on the low-altitude clouds over the Southern Ocean using the DARDAR-MASK, Journal of Geophysical Research [P], vol 117, issue 17, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-15.

Hande, L., Siems, S.T., Manton, M.J., Belusic, D., 2012, Observations of wind shear over the Southern Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research [P], vol 117, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-19.

Hande, L., Siems, S.T., Manton, M.J., 2012, Observed trends in wind speed over the Southern Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters [P], vol 39, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-5.

Tessendorf, S.A., Bruintjes, R.T., Weeks, C., Wilson, J., Knight, C.A., Roberts, R.D., Peter, J.R., Collis, S., Buseck, P.R., Freney, E., Dixon, M., Pocernich, M., Ikeda, K., Axisa, D., Nelson, E., May, P., Richter, H., Piketh, S., Burger, R.P., Wilson, L., Siems, S.T., Manton, M.J., Stone, R., Pepler, A., Collins, D.R., Bringi, V.N., Thurai, M., Turner, L., McRae, D., 2012, The Queensland cloud seeding research program, Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society [P], vol 93, issue 1, American Meteorological Society, Boston USA, pp. 75-90.

Huang, Y., Siems, S.T., Manton, M.J., Hande, L., 2012, The structure of low-altitude clouds over the Southern Ocean as seen by CloudSat, Journal Of Climate [P], vol 25, issue 7, American Meteorological Society, Boston MA USA, pp. 2535-2546.

Manton, M., Warren, L., Kenyon, S., Peace, A., Bilish, S., Kemsley, K., 2011, A confirmatory snowfall enhancement project in the Snowy Mountains of Australia. Part 1: Project design and response variables, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology [P], vol 50, issue 7, American Meteorological Society, USA, pp. 1432-1447.

Manton, M., Warren, L., 2011, A confirmatory snowfall enhancement project in the snowy mountains of Australia. Part 2: Primary and associated analyses, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology [P], vol 50, issue 7, American Meteorological Society, USA, pp. 1448-1458.

Morrison, A., Siems, S., Manton, M., 2011, A three-year climatology of cloud-top phase over the Southern Ocean and North Pacific, Journal Of Climate [P], vol 24, issue 9, American Meteorological Society, USA, pp. 2405-2418.

Chubb, T., Siems, S., Manton, M., 2011, On the decline of wintertime precipitation in the Snowy Mountains of southeastern Australia, Journal Of Hydrometeorology [P], vol 12, issue 6, American Meteorological Society, USA, pp. 1483-1497.

Morrison, A.E., Siems, S.T., Manton, M.J., Nazarov, A., 2010, A modeling case study of mixed-phase clouds over the Southern Ocean and Tasmania, Monthly Weather Review [P], vol 138, American Meteorological Society, Boston USA, pp. 839-862.

Wapler, K., Lane, T.P., May, P.T., Jakob, C., Manton, M.J., Siems, S.T., 2010, Cloud-system-resolving model simulations of tropical cloud systems observed during the tropical warm pool-international cloud experiment, Monthly Weather Review [P], vol 138, issue 1, American Meteorological Society, Boston USA, pp. 55-73.

Manton, M.J., 2010, Trends in climate extremes affecting human settlements, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability [P], vol 2, issue 3, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford Oxon England, pp. 151-155.

Manton, M.J., Dai, J., Warren, L., 2009, Evaluation plan for a snow enhancement experiment in Australia, Journal of Weather Modification [P], vol 41, Weather Modification Association, Fresno USA, pp. 59-74.

Morrison, A.E., Siems, S.T., Manton, M.J., Nazarov, A., 2009, On the analysis of a cloud seeding dataset over Tasmania, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology [P], vol 48, issue 6, American Meteorological Society, Boston USA, pp. 1267-1280.

Peterson, T.C., Manton, M.J., 2008, Monitoring changes in climate extremes: a tale of international collaboration, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol 89, issue 9, American Meteorological Society, USA, pp. 1266-1271.

Huggins, A.W., Kenyon, S.L., Warren, L., Peace, A.D., Bilish, S.P., Manton, M.J., 2008, The snowy precipitation enhancement research project: a description and preliminary results, Journal of Weather Modification [P], vol 40, Weather Modification Association, USA, pp. 28-53.

Griffiths, G.M., Chambers, L.E., Haylock, M.R., Manton, M.J., Nicholls, N., Baek, H., Choi, Y., Della-Martin, P.M., Gosai, A., Iga, N., Lata, R., Laurent, V., Maitrepierre, L., Nakamigawa, H., Ouprositwong, N., Solofa, D., Tahani, L., Thuy, D.T., Tibig, I., Trewin, B., Vediapan, K., Zhai, P., 2005, Change in Mean Temperature as a Predictor of extreme temperature Change in the Asia-Pacific Region, International Journal of Climatology, vol 25, issue 10, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1301-1330.

Nicholls, N., Baek, H., Gosai, A., Chambers, L.E., Choi, Y., Collins, D., Della-Marta, P., Griffiths, G.M., Haylock, M.R., Iga, N., Lata, R., Maitrepierre, L., Manton, M.J., Nakamigawa, H., Ouprasitwong, N., Solofa, D., Tahani, L., Thuy, D.T., Tibig, L., Trewin, B., Vediapan, K., Zhai, P., 2005, The El Ni?o-Southern Oscillation and daily temperature extremes in east Asia and the west Pacific, Geophysical Research Letters, vol 32, issue 16, American Geophysical Union, USA, pp. 1-4.

Lawford, R.G., Stewart, R., Roads, J., Isemer, H.-., Manton, M.J., Marengo, J., Yasunari, T., Benedict, S., Koike, T., Williams, S., 2004, Advancing global-and continental-scale hydrometeorology: contributions of GEWEX hydrometeorology panel, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol 85, issue 12, American Meteorological Society, USA, pp. 1917-1930.

Page, C.M., Nicholls, N., Plummer, N., Trewin, B., Manton, M.J., Alexander, L., Chambers, L.E., Choi, Y.N., Collins, D.A., Gosai, A., Della-Marta, P., Haylock, M.R., Inape, K., Laurent, V., Maitrepierre, L., Makmur, E.E., Nakamigawa, H., Ouprasitwong, N., McGree, S., Pahalad, J., Salinger, M.J., Tibig, L., Tran, T.D., Vediapan, K., Zhai, P., 2004, Data rescue in the Southeast Asia and South Pacific region: Challenges and opportunities, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol 85, issue 10, American Meteorological Society, Boston USA, pp. 1483-1489.

Manton, M.J., Della-Martin, P.M., Haylock, M.R., Hennessy, K.J., Nicholls, N., Chambers, L.E., Collins, D.A., Daw, G., Finet, A., Gunawan, D., Inape, K., Isobe, H., Kestin, T.S., Lefale, P., Leyu, C.H., Lwin, T., Maitrepierre, L., Ouprositwong, N., Page, C.M., Pahalad, J., Plummer, N., Salinger, M.J., Suppiah R., Tran, V.L., Trewin, B., Tibig, I., Yee, D., 2001, Trends in extreme daily rainfall and temperature in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific:1961-1998, International Journal of Climatology, vol 21, issue 3, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester England UK, pp. 269-284.

Conference Proceedings

Manton, M., Belward, A., Harrison, E., Kuhn, A., Lefale, P., Rosner, S., Simmons, A., Westermeyer, W., Zillman, J., 2010, Observation needs for climate services and research, Procedia Environmental Sciences, 31/08/2009-04/09/2009, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 184-191.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Observation and simulation of cloud thermodynamic phase over the Southern Ocean.

Supervisors:

Siems, S (Main), Manton, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Observations and microphysics of super cooled liquid water over the snowy mountains..

Supervisors:

Siems, S (Main), Manton, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Rainfall and trade winds along the coast of eastern Queensland.

Supervisors:

Siems, S (Main), Manton, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The atmospheric boundary layer over the Southern Ocean.

Supervisors:

Manton, M (Joint), Siems, S (Joint-co).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Chubb, T.

Program of Study:

On the nature of wintertime precipitation in the Alpine regions of South-Eastern Australia. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Siems, S (Main), Manton, M (Associate).

Student:

Morrison, A.

Program of Study:

Cloud seeding over Tasmania: a long-term evaluation and modelling plausibility study. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Siems, S (Main), Siems, S (Main), Reeder, M (Associate), Manton, M (Associate).