OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Climate is 37. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Improvements of the Daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (DOISST) Version 2.1	412
A Global, Continental, and Regional Analysis of Changes in Extreme Precipitation	166
Changes in Annual Extremes of Daily Temperature and Precipitation in CMIP6 Models	158
Response of Global Tropical Cyclone Activity to Increasing CO2: Results from Downscaling CMIP6 Models	122
Improved Estimates of Changes in Upper Ocean Salinity and the Hydrological Cycle	117
Severe Convective Storms across Europe and the United States. Part II: ERA5 Environments Associated with Lightning, Large Hail, Severe Wind, and Tornadoes	90
An Evaluation of the Performance of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis Version 3	88
From CMIP3 to CMIP6: Northern Hemisphere Atmospheric Blocking Simulation in Present and Future Climate	85
Vegetation Greening, Extended Growing Seasons, and Temperature Feedbacks in Warming Temperate Grasslands of China	80
Impact of the Indian Ocean Dipole on Evolution of the Subsequent ENSO: Relative Roles of Dynamic and Thermodynamic Processes	68
Attribution of Extreme Precipitation with Updated Observations and CMIP6 Simulations	61
Arctic Warming Revealed by Multiple CMIP6 Models: Evaluation of Historical Simulations and Quantification of Future Projection Uncertainties	61
Future Changes and Controlling Factors of the Eight Regional Monsoons Projected by CMIP6 Models	57
IMDAA: High Resolution Satellite-era Reanalysis for the Indian Monsoon Region	54
Persistent Discrepancies between Observed and Modeled Trends in the Tropical Pacific Ocean	52
Comparison of Convective Parameters Derived from ERA5 and MERRA-2 with Rawinsonde Data over Europe and North America	52
Impact of Developing ENSO on Tibetan Plateau Summer Rainfall	48
Freeze–Thaw Changes of Seasonally Frozen Ground on the Tibetan Plateau from 1960 to 2014	48
Severe Convective Storms across Europe and the United States. Part I: Climatology of Lightning, Large Hail, Severe Wind, and Tornadoes	48
Origins of the Excessive Westward Extension of ENSO SST Simulated in CMIP5 and CMIP6 Models	47
A Drought Monitoring Method Based on Precipitable Water Vapor and Precipitation	47
Midlatitude Winter Extreme Temperature Events and Connections with Anomalies in the Arctic and Tropics	46
The Climatology of Lower Tropospheric Temperature Inversions in China from Radiosonde Measurements: Roles of Black Carbon, Local Meteorology, and Large-Scale Subsidence	46
Improvement of ERA5 over ERA-Interim in Simulating Surface Incident Solar Radiation throughout China	46
Urbanization Effects on Estimates of Global Trends in Mean and Extreme Air Temperature	45

Sixfold Increase in Historical Northern Hemisphere Concurrent Large Heatwaves Driven by Warming and Changing Atmospheric Circulations	45
Diversity of Marine Heatwaves in the South China Sea Regulated by ENSO Phase	45
Observed Statistical Connections Overestimate the Causal Effects of Arctic Sea Ice Changes on Midlatitude Winter Climate	44
Extreme Temperatures in the Antarctic	43
Impact of Winds and Southern Ocean SSTs on Antarctic Sea Ice Trends and Variability	41
Evaluation of Mesoscale Convective Systems in Climate Simulations: Methodological Development and Results from MPAS-CAM over the United States	41
Characterizing the Relationship between Temperature and Soil Moisture Extremes and Their Role in the Exacerbation of Heat Waves over the Contiguous United States	39
Assessment and Ranking of Climate Models in Arctic Sea Ice Cover Simulation: From CMIP5 to CMIP6	39
Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas and Aerosol Contributions to Extreme Temperature Changes during 1951–2015	39
Global Near-Surface Wind Speed Changes over the Last Decades Revealed by Reanalyses and CMIP6 Model Simulations	39
Assessment and Intercomparison of NOAA Daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (DOISST) Version 2.1	38
Dominant Characteristics of Early Autumn Arctic Sea Ice Variability and Its Impact on Winter Eurasian Climate	38
Cold Surge Pathways in East Asia and Their Tropical Impacts	37