Publications

📋 PUBLICATIONS

2025

[14] Truong, S.C.H.*, M. Thatcher, 2025, "Impact of spectral nudging on dynamical downscaling in Conformal Cubic Atmospheric Model over CORDEX Australasia: Insights from Summer 2011" In preparation

Peer-reviewed publication

[13] Sugata Narsey, Michael Grose, Francois Delage, Gen Tolhurst, Christine Chung, Alicia Takbash, Ghyslaine Boschat, Malcolm King, Acacia Pepler, Marcus Thatcher, Benjamin Ng, Truong, S.C.H., Chun-Hsu Su, Emma Howard, Christian Stassen, Mitchell Black, David Jones, Richard Matear, Sarah Chapman, Jozef Syktus, Ralph Trancoso, Giovanni Di Virgilio, Rishav Goyal, Jatin Kala, Vanessa Round, Jason P. Evans (2025). "Disentangling the uncertainties in regional projections for Australia". Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science. https://doi.org/10.1071/ES25015

[12] Truong, S.*, Ramsay, H., Rafter, T., Thatcher, M. (2025), "Simulation of an intense tropical cyclone in the Conformal Cubic Atmospheric Model and its sensitivity to horizontal resolution", Weather and Climate Extremes, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2025.100744 

[11] S.C.H. Truong*, M. Thatcher, (2025), "Evaluation of Clouds in the Conformal Cubic Atmospheric Model using the CFMIP Observation Simulator Package". International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8846

[10] Round, V.*; Grose, M.; Macadam, I.; Bodman, R.; King, M.; Truong, S.; Thatcher, M.; Clarke, J.; Heady, C. Victorian Climate Projections (2024). Technical Report. Environment Research Unit: CSIRO; 2024. csiro:EP2024-5902. https://doi.org/10.25919/m1bh-by95

[9] Nguyen*, P. L., Alexander, L. V., Thatcher, M. J., Truong, S.C.H., Isphording, R. N., and McGregor, J. L. (2024): Selecting CMIP6 global climate models (GCMs) for Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) dynamical downscaling over Southeast Asia using a standardised benchmarking framework, Geoscientific Model Development, 17, 7285–7315, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-7285-2024, 2024. 

[8] Truong, S.C.H.*, Siems, S. T., May, P. T., Huang, Y., Vignon, É., & Gevorgyan, A. (2023). Characteristics and variability of precipitation across different sectors of an extra-tropical cyclone: A case study over the high-latitudes of the Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD039013. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD039013

[7] Lang*, F., Ackermann, L., Huang, Y., Truong, S.C.H., Siems, S. T., and Manton, M. J.: A climatology of open and closed mesoscale cellular convection over the Southern Ocean derived from Himawari-8 observations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 2135–2152, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2135-2022

[6] Truong, S.C.H.*, Y. Huang, S. T. Siems, M. J. Manton, and F. Lang, Biases in the thermodynamic structure over the Southern Ocean in ERA5 and their radiative implications. International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7672

[5] Greg M. McFarquhar, Christopher S. Bretherton, Roger Marchand, Alain Protat, Paul J. DeMott, Simon P. Alexander, Greg C. Roberts, Cynthia H. Twohy, Darin Toohey, Steve Siems, Yi Huang, Robert Wood, Robert M. Rauber, Sonia Lasher-Trapp, Jorgen Jensen, Jeffrey L. Stith, Jay Mace, Junshik Um, Emma Järvinen, Martin Schnaiter, Andrew Gettelman, Kevin J. Sanchez, Christina S. McCluskey, Lynn M. Russell, Isabel L. McCoy, Rachel L. Atlas, Charles G. Bardeen, Kathryn A. Moore, Thomas C. J. Hill, Ruhi S. Humphries, Melita D. Keywood, Zoran Ristovski, Luke Cravigan, Robyn Schofield, Chris Fairall, Marc D. Mallet, Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Bryan Rainwater, John D’Alessandro, Yang Wang, Wei Wu, Georges Saliba, Ezra J. T. Levin, Saisai Ding, Francisco Lang, Truong, S.C.H., Cory Wolff, Julie Haggerty, Mike J. Harvey, Andrew R. Klekociuk, and Adrian McDonald. "Observations of clouds, aerosols, precipitation, and surface radiation over the Southern Ocean: An overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS, MICRE and SOCRATES." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0132.1

[4] Truong, S.C.H.*, Huang, Y., Lang, F., Messmer, M., Simmonds, I., Siems, S. T., & Manton, M. J. (2020). A climatology of the marine atmospheric boundary layer over the Southern Ocean from four field campaigns during 2016–2018. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2020JD033214. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033214

[3] Lang*, F., Y. Huang, A. Protat, Truong, S.C.H., S. Siems, M. Manton, 2020, Shallow convection and precipitation over the Southern Ocean: A case study during the CAPRICORN 2016 field campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034088

[2] Truong, S.C.H., M. Lee*, G. Kim, D. Kim, J. Park, S. Choi, G. Cho, 2016, Accidental benzene release risk assessment in an urban area using an atmospheric dispersion model. Atmospheric Environment, 144, 146-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.08.075

[1] T. Dan*, T. Nguyen, T. Bui, H. Vo, Truong, S.C.H., T. Son, S. Dao, D. Pham, C. Nguyen, H. Nguyen, C. Visvanathan, 2016. Low Cost Spiral Membrane for Improving Effluent Quality of Septic Tank, Desalination and Water Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2015.1053992

🌧️ CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

[20] 06/2025: “From detections to projections of Australian tropical cyclones.” Rafter Tony, Osbrough Stacey, Ramsay Hamish, Thatcher Marcus, Truong Sonny. The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, June 2025

[19] 06/2025: “National convective-scale climate simulations using a variable resolution Conformal Cubic Atmospheric Model (CCAM).” Marcus Thatcher, Sonny Truong, Ben Ng, Alicia Takbash and Tony Rafter. The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, June 2025

[18] 06/2025: “Understanding and modelling sub-hourly extreme precipitation events in Australian cities.” Leena Khadke, Jason P. Evans, Giovanni Di Virgilio, Jatin Kala, Marcus J. Thatcher, Sonny Truong, Chun Hsu Su, Emma Howard, M. O Mughal, Sarah Chapman, Jozef Syktus, Neelesh Rampal, Peter Gibson, Peter Love. The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, June 2025

[17] 02/2024: “Evaluation of the Conformal Cubic Atmospheric Model (CCAM) when simulating a Category 5 tropical cyclone over the Southern Pacific region with a variable resolution grid” Son Truong, Tony Rafter, Hamish Ramsay, Marcus Thacher. The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, February 2024

[16] 02/2024: “Selecting CMIP6 GCMs for CORDEX dynamical downscaling over Southeast Asia using a standardised benchmarking framework” Phuong Loan Nguyen, Lisa V. Alexander, Marcus Thatcher, Son C. H. Truong, Rachael N. Isphording. The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, February 2024

[15] 12/2023: "Characteristics and variability of precipitation within an extra-tropical cyclone – a case study over the high-latitude of the Southern Ocean". Siems S., S. Truong, May P., Huang Y., Vignon É. and Gevorgyan A. The American Geophysical Union 2023

[14] 09/2023: “Evaluation and improvement of cloud microphysics in the Conformal Cubic Atmospheric Model” Son Truong, Marcus Thatcher. The International Conference on Regional Climate ICRC-CORDEX 2023 in Trieste, Italy, September 2023

[13] 02/2022: A comparison of observed and simulated multi-layer mixed-phase clouds over the Southern Ocean (virtual talk). The 13th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography

[12] 12/2021: Precipitation Occurrence Frequency, Intensity, and Synoptic Regime Projection over Macquarie Island. The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2021. Lead author: Dr. McKenna W. Stanford at Columbia University

[11] 12/2021: A comparison of observed and simulated multi-layer mixed-phase clouds over the Southern Ocean (virtual poster). The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2021

[10] 02/2021: Simulating multi-layer mixed-phase clouds over the Southern Ocean using convection-permitting WRF model (virtual talk). The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

[9] 12/2020: Simulating multi-layer mixed-phase clouds over the Southern Ocean using convection-permitting WRF model (virtual talk). The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2020

[8] 12/2019: Observations of the thermodynamic structure of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the Southern Ocean (presented by Prof. Siems). The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2019 at San Fran- cisco, California, USA

[7] 11/2019: Observations of the thermodynamic structure of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the Southern Ocean (presented by Dr. Huang). The SOAR (Southern Ocean Atmospheric Research) 2019 Workshop at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

[6] 09/2019: Observations of the thermodynamic structure of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the Southern Ocean (presented by Dr. Lang). The European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting 2019 at Copenhagen, Denmark

[5] 06/2019: Thermodynamic structure of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the Southern Ocean (talk). The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Annual Meeting at Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

[4] 06/2019: The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX) Winter School at the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

[3] 11/2018: The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX) Annual Workshop (poster) at Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

[2] 04/2016: Asian Conference on Meteorology Society: at Kyoto, Japan

[1] 2014 - 2016: The Autumn/Spring Meeting of Korean Meteorological Society, South Korea