Bertrand Timbal

8.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
81 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Bertrand Timbal is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Bertrand Timbal has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 56 papers in Atmospheric Science and 35 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Bertrand Timbal's work include Climate variability and models (75 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (29 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (24 papers). Bertrand Timbal is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (75 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (29 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (24 papers). Bertrand Timbal collaborates with scholars based in Australia, France and United States. Bertrand Timbal's co-authors include Bradley F. Murphy, Albert I. J. M. van Dijk, Stephen P. Charles, Hanh Nguyen, Chris Lucas, Richard de Jeu, Russell S. Crosbie, Yi Liu, Hylke E. Beck and Neil R. Viney and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Bertrand Timbal

81 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The Millennium Drought in southeast Australia (2001–2009): Natural and human causes and implications for water resources, ecosystems, economy, and society

2013 1.0k citations Albert I. J. M. van Dijk, Hylke E. Beck et al. Water Resources Research profile →
Guidelines For Use Of Climate Scenarios Developed From Statistical Downscaling Methods.

2004 644 citations Stephen P. Charles, Bertrand Timbal et al. profile →
A review of recent climate variability and climate change in southeastern Australia

2007 504 citations Bertrand Timbal et al. International Journal of Climatology profile →
WCRP COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment (CORDEX): a diagnostic MIP for CMIP6

2016 300 citations William J. Gutowski, Filippo Giorgi et al. Geoscientific model development profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bertrand Timbal Australia	38	4.7k	2.9k	1.4k	950	553	81	5.9k
Toru Nozawa Japan	29	4.8k 1.0×	3.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	611 0.6×	478 0.9×	56	6.2k
Erik Kjellström Sweden	44	5.6k 1.2×	4.5k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	864 0.9×	510 0.9×	129	7.8k
C. Bonfils United States	37	4.3k 0.9×	3.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	443 0.5×	621 1.1×	78	5.7k
Jon Eischeid United States	39	5.5k 1.2×	3.9k 1.4×	775 0.6×	788 0.8×	654 1.2×	84	7.0k
Jan Polcher‬ France	43	6.1k 1.3×	3.9k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	809 1.5×	129	7.7k
William J. Gutowski United States	36	6.2k 1.3×	4.9k 1.7×	1.2k 0.9×	680 0.7×	491 0.9×	133	7.9k
K. A. Dunne United States	16	4.8k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	3.0k 2.2×	886 0.9×	790 1.4×	20	6.6k
Colin Jones United Kingdom	35	5.6k 1.2×	4.7k 1.6×	688 0.5×	865 0.9×	418 0.8×	111	6.9k
Lukas Gudmundsson Switzerland	42	5.5k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	3.0k 2.2×	751 0.8×	580 1.0×	93	7.2k
Jhan Carlo Espinoza France	46	4.2k 0.9×	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	597 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	118	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bertrand Timbal

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Timbal, Bertrand, et al.. (2018). Creating Singapore’s longest monthly rainfall record from 1839 to the present. Singapore Management University Institutional Knowledge (InK) (Singapore Management University). 1(2). 3. 3 indexed citations

Gutowski, William J., Filippo Giorgi, Bertrand Timbal, et al.. (2016). WCRP COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment (CORDEX): a diagnostic MIP for CMIP6. Geoscientific model development. 9(11). 4087–4095. 300 indexed citations breakdown →

Smalley, R., et al.. (2016). Homogenized monthly upper‐air temperature data set for Australia. International Journal of Climatology. 37(7). 3209–3222. 5 indexed citations

Fiddes, Sonya & Bertrand Timbal. (2016). Future impacts of climate change on streamflows across Victoria, Australia: making use of statistical downscaling. Climate Research. 71(3). 219–236. 5 indexed citations

Fu, Guobin, et al.. (2015). Comparison of NCEP‐NCAR and ERA‐Interim over Australia. International Journal of Climatology. 36(5). 2345–2367. 32 indexed citations

Grose, Michael, Jonas Bhend, Daniel Argüeso, et al.. (2015). Comparison of various climate change projections of eastern Australian rainfall. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 65(1). 72–89. 19 indexed citations

Dijk, Albert I. J. M. van, Hylke E. Beck, Russell S. Crosbie, et al.. (2013). The Millennium Drought in southeast Australia (2001–2009): Natural and human causes and implications for water resources, ecosystems, economy, and society. Water Resources Research. 49(2). 1040–1057. 1015 indexed citations breakdown →

Dowdy, Andrew, et al.. (2013). Understanding rainfall projections in relation to extratropical cyclones in eastern Australia. 63(3). 355–364. 12 indexed citations

Lucas, Chris, Hanh Nguyen, & Bertrand Timbal. (2012). An observational analysis of Southern Hemisphere tropical expansion. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 117(D17). 47 indexed citations

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Timbal, Bertrand, et al.. (2012). Analog Downscaling of Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts in the Murray Darling Basin. Monthly Weather Review. 141(3). 1099–1117. 27 indexed citations

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Dowdy, Andrew, Graham Mills, Bertrand Timbal, & Yang Wang. (2012). Changes in the Risk of Extratropical Cyclones in Eastern Australia. Journal of Climate. 26(4). 1403–1417. 37 indexed citations

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Teng, Jin, Francis H. S. Chiew, Bertrand Timbal, et al.. (2011). Assessing historical and future runoff modelled using rainfall from the analogue downscaling method. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 1 indexed citations

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Timbal, Bertrand, et al.. (2011). Downscaling climate change information: an essential ingredient to incorporate uncertainties into adaptation policies. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, I. N. & Bertrand Timbal. (2010). Links between tropical indices and southern Australian rainfall. International Journal of Climatology. 32(1). 33–40. 23 indexed citations

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Chiew, Francis H. S., Dewi Kirono, David M. Kent, et al.. (2010). Comparison of runoff modelled using rainfall from different downscaling methods for historical and future climates. Journal of Hydrology. 387(1-2). 10–23. 135 indexed citations

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Timbal, Bertrand. (2010). The climate of the Eastern Seaboard of Australia: A challenging entity now and for future projections. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 11. 12013–12013. 32 indexed citations

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Timbal, Bertrand, et al.. (2009). A GIS tool to evaluate climate change impact: functionality and case study. Congress on Modelling and Simulation. 1936–1942. 3 indexed citations

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Plummer, Neil, Narendra Tuteja, Quan J. Wang, et al.. (2009). A seasonal water availability prediction service: opportunities and challenges. Congress on Modelling and Simulation. 14 indexed citations

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Timbal, Bertrand, et al.. (2008). Generalization of a statistical downscaling model to provide local climate change projections for Australia. Environmental Modelling & Software. 24(3). 341–358. 97 indexed citations

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Timbal, Bertrand, Anne Dufour, & B. J. McAvaney. (2003). An estimate of future climate change for western France using a statistical downscaling technique. Climate Dynamics. 20(7-8). 807–823. 79 indexed citations

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