A. J. Pitman

34.1k citations

309 papers · 19.5k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 66

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.02%
- Climate variability and models
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Cryospheric studies and observations

Papers in

Global and Planetary Change 227
- Climate variability and models 177
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 106
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 46
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis 22
Atmospheric Science 112
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 65
- Cryospheric studies and observations 30
- Climate change and permafrost 20

Co-authors: Krishna K. Pandey Sarah Perkins‐Kirkpatrick Sonia I. Seneviratne A. Henderson‐Sellers Anna Ukkola Gab Abramowitz Bart van den Hurk Martin G. De Kauwe
Journals: Geophysical Research Letters (25 papers)Climate Dynamics (16 papers)Journal of Hydrometeorology (14 papers)Journal of Climate (12 papers)Environmental Research Letters (12 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

A. J. Pitman

301 papers receiving 18.8k citations

Hit Papers

13 papers align trajectories log scale

Increased occurrence of high impact compound events under climate change 2022 · 176 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
2022 Nature Climate Change
2021 Communications Earth & Environment
2020 Geophysical Research Letters
2020 Nature Communications
2018 Nature Climate Change
2016 Nature
2016 Nature Climate Change
2011 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
2009 Journal of Ecology
2007 Journal of Climate
2003 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation
2003 International Journal of Climatology

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	How well do climate modes explain precipitation variability? npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ·Sanaa Hobeichi, Gab Abramowitz, Alex Sen Gupta, Andréa S. Taschetto, Doug Richardson, 邹宗森, Adrienne Adams, Lisa V. Alexander, A. J. Pitman	2024	7
2	Climate influence on compound solar and wind droughts in Australia npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ·Doug Richardson, A. J. Pitman, Nina Ridder	2023	22
3	Opening Pandora's box: reducing global circulation model uncertainty in Australian simulations of the carbon cycle Earth System Dynamics ·Lina Teckentrup, Martin G. De Kauwe, Gab Abramowitz, A. J. Pitman, Anna Ukkola, Sanaa Hobeichi, Keshub Chunder Sen, Benjamin Smith	2023	3
4	Using Machine Learning to Cut the Cost of Dynamical Downscaling Earth s Future ·Sanaa Hobeichi, Nidhi Nishant, Kevin Alfonso Djung, Gab Abramowitz, A. J. Pitman, Steven C. Sherwood, Craig H. Bishop, Samuel Green	2023	25
5	Reconciling historical changes in the hydrological cycle over land npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ·Sanaa Hobeichi, Gab Abramowitz, Anna Ukkola, Martin G. De Kauwe, A. J. Pitman, Jason P. Evans, Hylke E. Beck	2022	22
6	Examining the role of environmental memory in the predictability of carbon and water fluxes across Australian ecosystems Biogeosciences ·S.T. Fahmi Aldiamar, Martin G. De Kauwe, Gab Abramowitz, James Cleverly, Nina Hinko‐Najera, Mark J. Hovenden, Yao Liu, A. J. Pitman, Kiona Ogle	2022	14
7	Towards species‐level forecasts of drought‐induced tree mortality risk New Phytologist ·Martin G. De Kauwe, Manon Sabot, Belinda E. Medlyn, A. J. Pitman, Patrick Meir, Lucas A. Cernusak, Rachael V. Gallagher, Anna Ukkola, Sami W. Rifai, Brendan Choat	2022	19
8	Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia Communications Earth & Environment ·Nerilie J. Abram, Benjamin J. Henley, Alex Sen Gupta, Tanya Lippmann, Hamish Clarke, Andrew Dowdy, Jason J. Sharples, Rachael H. Nolan, Tianran Zhang, Martin J. Wooster, Jennifer B. Wurtzel, Katrin J. Meißner, A. J. Pitman, Anna Ukkola, Brett P. Murphy, Nigel Tapper, Matthias M. Boer Hit paper breakdown →	2021	509
9	How representative are FLUXNET measurements of surface fluxes during temperature extremes? Biogeosciences ·俊和松岡, A. J. Pitman, Martin G. De Kauwe, Anna Ukkola, Gab Abramowitz, Peter Isaac	2019	12
10	Exploring the stationarity of Australian temperature, precipitation and pan evaporation records over the last century Environmental Research Letters ·Anna Ukkola, Kim M. Newton, F.M. Thunnissen, A. J. Pitman	2019	19
11	On the predictability of land surface fluxes from meteorological variables Geoscientific model development ·Ned Haughton, Gab Abramowitz, A. J. Pitman	2018	14
12	Does predictability of fluxes vary between FLUXNET sites? Biogeosciences ·Ned Haughton, Gab Abramowitz, Martin G. De Kauwe, A. J. Pitman	2018	22
13	Modelling evapotranspiration during precipitation deficits: identifying critical processes in a land surface model Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Anna Ukkola, A. J. Pitman, Mark Decker, Martin G. De Kauwe, Gab Abramowitz, Jatin Kala, Ying‐Ping Wang	2016	39
14	Modelling evapotranspiration during precipitation deficits: identifying critical processes in a land surface model Anna Ukkola, A. J. Pitman, Mark Decker, Martin G. De Kauwe, Gab Abramowitz, Jatin Kala, Ying‐Ping Wang	2015	4
15	Implementation of an optimal stomatal conductance scheme in the Australian Community Climate Earth Systems Simulator (ACCESS1.3b) Geoscientific model development ·Jatin Kala, Martin G. De Kauwe, A. J. Pitman, Ruth Lorenz, Belinda E. Medlyn, Ying‐Ping Wang, Yan‐Shih Lin, Gab Abramowitz	2015	30
16	Response of microbial decomposition to spin-up explains CMIP5 soil carbon range until 2100 Geoscientific model development ·Jean‐François Exbrayat, A. J. Pitman, Gab Abramowitz	2014	30
17	Examining soil carbon uncertainty in a global model: response of microbial decomposition to temperature, moisture and nutrient limitation Biogeosciences ·Jean‐François Exbrayat, A. J. Pitman, Paul Belleflamme, Gab Abramowitz, Ying‐Ping Wang	2013	68
18	Global patterns in plant height Journal of Ecology ·Angela T. Moles, David I. Warton, Laura Warman, Nathan G. Swenson, Shawn W. Laffan, Ann-Cathrine J�nsson, A. J. Pitman, Frank A. Hemmings, Michelle R. Leishman Hit paper breakdown →	2009	620
19	Global patterns in seed size Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Angela T. Moles, David D. Ackerly, John C. Tweddle, John Dickie, R. D. Smith, Michelle R. Leishman, Margaret M. Mayfield, A. J. Pitman, Jeff T. Wood, Mark Westoby	2006	341
20	Effects of temperature and humidity on flight initiation and mortality of Euophryum confine New Zealand Journal of Zoology ·Martin Green, A. J. Pitman	2003	2

About A. J. Pitman

A. J. Pitman is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering and Ecological Modeling, having authored 309 papers that have together received 19.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (177 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (106 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (65 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (46 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (37 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (30 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (22 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (13.3k citations), Atmospheric Science (6.9k citations), Ecological Modeling (1.0k citations), Environmental Engineering (2.7k citations) and Water Science and Technology (2.6k citations). A. J. Pitman has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Krishna K. Pandey, Sarah Perkins‐Kirkpatrick, Sonia I. Seneviratne, A. Henderson‐Sellers, Anna Ukkola, Gab Abramowitz, Bart van den Hurk, Martin G. De Kauwe, John McAneney and Markus G. Donat. Their work appears in journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Climate Dynamics, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Journal of Climate and Environmental Research Letters.

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