Achim Stössel

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Achim Stössel is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Achim Stössel has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Atmospheric Science, 26 papers in Oceanography and 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Achim Stössel's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (32 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (25 papers) and Climate variability and models (24 papers). Achim Stössel is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (32 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (25 papers) and Climate variability and models (24 papers). Achim Stössel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Finland. Achim Stössel's co-authors include Seong‐Joong Kim, Helmuth Haak, Johann Jungclaus, Jin‐Song von Storch, Oliver Gutjahr, Katja Lohmann, Nils Brüggemann, Dian Putrasahan, Timo Vihma and W. Brechner Owens and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Achim Stössel

40 papers receiving 995 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Max Planck Institute Earth System Model (MPI-ESM1.2) for the High-Resolution Model Intercomparison Project (HighResMIP)
    2019 298 citations Oliver Gutjahr, Dian Putrasahan et al. Geoscientific model development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Achim Stössel United States 18 862 706 429 65 51 40 1.1k
Alistair Sellar United Kingdom 15 738 0.9× 726 1.0× 342 0.8× 48 0.7× 45 0.9× 26 998
Hyun‐Chul Lee United States 11 805 0.9× 963 1.4× 711 1.7× 37 0.6× 43 0.8× 14 1.2k
Clotilde Dubois France 15 549 0.6× 677 1.0× 446 1.0× 36 0.6× 92 1.8× 20 967
Mikitoshi Hirabara Japan 10 705 0.8× 784 1.1× 295 0.7× 33 0.5× 67 1.3× 12 1.0k
L. Shogo Urakawa Japan 13 613 0.7× 765 1.1× 405 0.9× 61 0.9× 77 1.5× 37 1.0k
Stephanie M. Downes Australia 14 547 0.6× 624 0.9× 466 1.1× 50 0.8× 46 0.9× 21 870
Jian Cao China 17 808 0.9× 762 1.1× 307 0.7× 23 0.4× 68 1.3× 66 983
Karoline Block Germany 7 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.6× 204 0.5× 39 0.6× 42 0.8× 10 1.3k
Arnold Sullivan Australia 17 936 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 653 1.5× 38 0.6× 48 0.9× 32 1.4k
Doroteaciro Iovino Italy 19 1000 1.2× 1.1k 1.6× 971 2.3× 127 2.0× 108 2.1× 53 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Achim Stössel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Achim Stössel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Achim Stössel. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Achim Stössel. The network helps show where Achim Stössel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Achim Stössel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Achim Stössel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Achim Stössel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Achim Stössel. Achim Stössel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Veneziani, Milena, et al.. (2021). On the Generation of Weddell Sea Polynyas in a High-Resolution Earth System Model. Journal of Climate. 34(7). 2491–2510. 10 indexed citations
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Gutjahr, Oliver, Dian Putrasahan, Katja Lohmann, et al.. (2019). Max Planck Institute Earth System Model (MPI-ESM1.2) for the High-Resolution Model Intercomparison Project (HighResMIP). Geoscientific model development. 12(7). 3241–3281. 298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Veneziani, Milena, et al.. (2018). Preconditioning and Formation of Maud Rise Polynyas in a High-Resolution Earth System Model. Journal of Climate. 31(23). 9659–9678. 30 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim, Jin‐Song von Storch, Dirk Notz, Helmuth Haak, & Rüdiger Gerdes. (2018). High-frequency and meso-scale winter sea-ice variability in the Southern Ocean in a high-resolution global ocean model. Ocean Dynamics. 68(3). 347–361. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhaoru, Timo Vihma, Achim Stössel, & Petteri Uotila. (2015). The role of wind forcing from operational analyses for the model representation of Antarctic coastal sea ice. Ocean Modelling. 94. 95–111. 21 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim, et al.. (2008). Interactive momentum flux forcing over sea ice in a global ocean GCM. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(C5). 13 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim, et al.. (2006). High-resolution sea ice in long-term global ocean GCM integrations. Ocean Modelling. 16(3-4). 206–223. 12 indexed citations
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Markus, T., et al.. (2005). Effects of snow depth forcing on Southern Ocean sea ice simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 110(C6). 39 indexed citations
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Kim, Seong‐Joong & Achim Stössel. (2001). Impact of Subgrid-Scale Convection on Global Thermohaline Properties and Circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 31(3). 656–674. 20 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim & Seong‐Joong Kim. (2001). Decadal deep‐water variability in the subtropical Atlantic and convection in the Weddell Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(C10). 22425–22440. 15 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim & Seong‐Joong Kim. (1998). An interannual Antarctic sea‐ice ‐ocean mode. Geophysical Research Letters. 25(7). 1007–1010. 10 indexed citations
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Kim, Seong‐Joong & Achim Stössel. (1998). On the representation of the Southern Ocean water masses in an ocean climate model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(C11). 24891–24906. 17 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim, et al.. (1997). Ocean-sea-ice coupling in a global ocean general circulation model. Annals of Glaciology. 25. 116–120. 11 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim. (1997). On the impact of sea ice in a global ocean circulation model. Annals of Glaciology. 25. 111–115. 3 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim, et al.. (1997). Ocean-sea-ice coupling in a global ocean general circulation model. Annals of Glaciology. 25. 116–120. 7 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim, Josef M. Oberhuber, & E. Maier‐Reimer. (1996). On the representation of sea ice in global ocean general circulation models. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(C8). 18193–18212. 6 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim. (1996). On the ocean's upper boundary conditions in regions influenced by sea ice. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 98(2-4). 614–624. 5 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim & Martin Claußen. (1993). A new atmospheric surface-layer scheme for a large-scale sea-ice model. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 3 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim. (1992). Sensitivity of Southern Ocean sea-ice simulations to different atmospheric forcing algorithms. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 44(5). 395–395. 23 indexed citations
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Stössel, Achim. (1985). Thermodynamic calculations of ice production in the northern Baltic proper. Ocean Dynamics. 38(6). 261–284. 3 indexed citations

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