A. E. Dessler

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

A. E. Dessler is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. E. Dessler has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Atmospheric Science, 110 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 20 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in A. E. Dessler's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (89 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (70 papers) and Climate variability and models (62 papers). A. E. Dessler is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (89 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (70 papers) and Climate variability and models (62 papers). A. E. Dessler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. A. E. Dessler's co-authors include Steven C. Sherwood, M. R. Schoeberl, Ping Yang, Tao Wang, S. Fueglistaler, Qiang Fu, Philip W. Mote, Ian Folkins, Timothy J. Dunkerton and Sean Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

A. E. Dessler

133 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Tropical tropopause layer 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Tropical tropopause layer
    2009 748 citations A. E. Dessler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. E. Dessler United States 42 5.2k 5.0k 633 296 119 135 5.8k
Sean Davis United States 38 4.1k 0.8× 4.1k 0.8× 521 0.8× 525 1.8× 76 0.6× 112 4.8k
L. W. Thomason United States 44 6.1k 1.2× 5.8k 1.1× 547 0.9× 129 0.4× 142 1.2× 138 6.6k
Karen H. Rosenlof United States 48 8.0k 1.5× 7.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.9× 425 1.4× 265 2.2× 146 8.6k
Kirstin Krüger Germany 36 3.4k 0.7× 2.6k 0.5× 684 1.1× 286 1.0× 65 0.5× 110 4.0k
Slimane Bekki France 32 3.2k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 387 0.6× 155 0.5× 58 0.5× 153 3.8k
Eugene Rozanov Switzerland 43 4.8k 0.9× 3.8k 0.8× 2.1k 3.2× 311 1.1× 58 0.5× 227 6.1k
Masatomo Fujiwara Japan 32 3.1k 0.6× 2.8k 0.6× 539 0.9× 289 1.0× 78 0.7× 116 3.4k
V. Ramaswamy United States 47 6.9k 1.3× 6.8k 1.4× 270 0.4× 510 1.7× 85 0.7× 140 8.1k
Stefan A. Buehler Germany 35 3.3k 0.6× 2.7k 0.5× 446 0.7× 208 0.7× 324 2.7× 211 4.0k
L. R. Poole United States 34 3.8k 0.7× 3.4k 0.7× 382 0.6× 92 0.3× 90 0.8× 107 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. E. Dessler

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All Works

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Zelinka, Mark D., et al.. (2024). Evaluating Cloud Feedback Components in Observations and Their Representation in Climate Models. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(2). 9 indexed citations
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Schoeberl, M. R., Yi Wang, Ghassan Taha, et al.. (2024). Evolution of the Climate Forcing During the Two Years After the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai Eruption. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(14). 15 indexed citations
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Lee, Jangho & A. E. Dessler. (2023). Future Temperature‐Related Deaths in the U.S.: The Impact of Climate Change, Demographics, and Adaptation. GeoHealth. 7(8). e2023GH000799–e2023GH000799. 13 indexed citations
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Schoeberl, M. R., Yi Wang, Rei Ueyama, et al.. (2023). The Estimated Climate Impact of the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai Eruption Plume. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(18). 23 indexed citations
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Schoeberl, M. R., E. J. Jensen, Tao Wang, et al.. (2021). Cloud and Aerosol Distributions From SAGE III/ISS Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(23). 6 indexed citations
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Yao, Bin, Yangyang Xu, A. E. Dessler, & Chao Liu. (2021). Characterizing unforced decadal climate variability in global climate model large ensembles. Climate Dynamics. 58(1-2). 211–222. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Chen, Mark D. Zelinka, A. E. Dessler, & Minghuai Wang. (2021). Greater committed warming after accounting for the pattern effect. Nature Climate Change. 11(2). 132–136. 51 indexed citations
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Dessler, A. E., et al.. (2019). Impact of convectively lofted ice on the seasonal cycle of water vapor in the tropical tropopause layer. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(23). 14621–14636. 13 indexed citations
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Dessler, A. E. & Piers Forster. (2018). An Estimate of Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity From Interannual Variability. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(16). 8634–8645. 36 indexed citations
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Dessler, A. E., Thorsten Mauritsen, & Björn Stevens. (2018). The influence of internal variability on Earth's energy balance framework and implications for estimating climate sensitivity. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(7). 5147–5155. 34 indexed citations
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Wang, Tao, A. E. Dessler, M. R. Schoeberl, William J. Randel, & Ji‐Eun Kim. (2015). The impact of temperature vertical structure on trajectory modeling of stratospheric water vapor. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(6). 3517–3526. 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Tao, William J. Randel, A. E. Dessler, M. R. Schoeberl, & Douglas E. Kinnison. (2014). Trajectory model simulations of ozone (O 3 ) and carbon monoxide (CO) in the lower stratosphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(14). 7135–7147. 19 indexed citations
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Dessler, A. E., et al.. (2013). A stratospheric water vapor feedback. OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries). 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Schoeberl, M. R., A. E. Dessler, & Tao Wang. (2012). Simulation of stratospheric water vapor and trends using three reanalyses. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(14). 6475–6487. 63 indexed citations
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Dessler, A. E.. (2010). A determination of the cloud feedback from climate variations over the last decade. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Dessler, A. E. & S. Wong. (2009). Estimates of the water vapor climate feedback during the El Niño Southern Oscillation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 2 indexed citations
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Dessler, A. E.. (2003). An examination of the spatial relationship between the water minimum and convection in the TTL. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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Minschwaner, K., A. E. Dessler, James W. Elkins, et al.. (1996). Bulk properties of isentropic mixing into the tropics in the lower stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(D5). 9433–9439. 69 indexed citations

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