Catherine A. Smith

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
15 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Catherine A. Smith is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine A. Smith has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Atmospheric Science and 5 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Catherine A. Smith's work include Climate variability and models (12 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (7 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (5 papers). Catherine A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (12 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (7 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (5 papers). Catherine A. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Catherine A. Smith's co-authors include John M. Wallace, Christopher S. Bretherton, Clara Deser, Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, Matthew Newman, James D. Scott, Michael A. Alexander, Toby R. Ault, Nathan J. Mantua and Arthur J. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Climate, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and International Journal of Climatology.

In The Last Decade

Catherine A. Smith

14 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

An Intercomparison of Methods for Finding Coupled Pattern... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 2016 1992 400 800 1.2k
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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. An Intercomparison of Methods for Finding Coupled Patterns in Climate Data
    1992 1.3k citations Christopher S. Bretherton, Catherine A. Smith et al. Journal of Climate profile →
  2. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited
    2016 955 citations Matthew Newman, Michael A. Alexander et al. Journal of Climate profile →
  3. Singular Value Decomposition of Wintertime Sea Surface Temperature and 500-mb Height Anomalies
    1992 535 citations John M. Wallace, Catherine A. Smith et al. Journal of Climate profile →

Peers

Catherine A. Smith
John R. Lanzante United States
Andrew Colman United Kingdom
Dietmar Dommenget Australia
Martin Dix Australia
John S. Woollen United States
Nathaniel C. Johnson United States
Shi‐Keng Yang United States
Helmuth Haak Germany
Uwe Schulzweida Germany
Dennis J. Shea United States
John R. Lanzante United States
Catherine A. Smith
Citations per year, relative to Catherine A. Smith Catherine A. Smith (= 1×) peers John R. Lanzante

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Fields of papers citing papers by Catherine A. Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catherine A. Smith

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Murray, Donald, Andrew Hoell, Martin P. Hoerling, et al.. (2020). Facility for Weather and Climate Assessments (FACTS): A Community Resource for Assessing Weather and Climate Variability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101(7). E1214–E1224. 30 indexed citations
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Newman, Matthew, Andrew T. Wittenberg, Linyin Cheng, Gilbert P. Compo, & Catherine A. Smith. (2018). The Extreme 2015/16 El Niño, in the Context of Historical Climate Variability and Change. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 99(1). S16–S20. 43 indexed citations
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Newman, Matthew, Michael A. Alexander, Toby R. Ault, et al.. (2016). The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited. Journal of Climate. 29(12). 4399–4427. 955 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alexander, Michael A., James D. Scott, Dustin Swales, et al.. (2015). Moisture Pathways into the U.S. Intermountain West Associated with Heavy Winter Precipitation Events*. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 16(3). 1184–1206. 45 indexed citations
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Alexander, Michael A., et al.. (2014). Moisture Pathways into the US Intermountain West Associated with Heavy Winter Precipitation Events. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014.
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Smith, Catherine A., et al.. (2014). Web-Based Reanalysis Intercomparison Tools (WRIT) for Analysis and Comparison of Reanalyses and Other Datasets. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 95(11). 1671–1678. 35 indexed citations
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Lowell, Thomas V., M. A. Kelly, P. J. Applegate, et al.. (2010). Timing of Expansions of the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru, and Implications for Cosmogenic Nuclide Production Rate Calibration. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Waliser, Duane E., Klaus M. Weickmann, Randall M. Dole, et al.. (2006). The Experimental MJO Prediction Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 87(4). 425–431. 50 indexed citations
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Smith, Catherine A. & Prashant D. Sardeshmukh. (2000). The effect of ENSO on the intraseasonal variance of surface temperatures in winter. International Journal of Climatology. 20(13). 1543–1557. 172 indexed citations
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Wolter, Klaus, Randall M. Dole, & Catherine A. Smith. (1999). Short-Term Climate Extremes over the Continental United States and ENSO. Part I: Seasonal Temperatures. Journal of Climate. 12(11). 3255–3272. 50 indexed citations
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Deser, Clara & Catherine A. Smith. (1998). Diurnal and Semidiurnal Variations of the Surface Wind Field over the Tropical Pacific Ocean. Journal of Climate. 11(7). 1730–1748. 61 indexed citations
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Radok, Uwe, Catherine A. Smith, & Gerd Wendler. (1998). Southern Ocean synoptics – observations and analyses. Meteorological Applications. 5(1). 33–36. 1 indexed citations
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Wallace, John M., Catherine A. Smith, & Christopher S. Bretherton. (1992). Singular Value Decomposition of Wintertime Sea Surface Temperature and 500-mb Height Anomalies. Journal of Climate. 5(6). 561–576. 535 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bretherton, Christopher S., Catherine A. Smith, & John M. Wallace. (1992). An Intercomparison of Methods for Finding Coupled Patterns in Climate Data. Journal of Climate. 5(6). 541–560. 1329 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wallace, John M., et al.. (1990). Spatial Patterns of Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction in the Northern Winter. Journal of Climate. 3(9). 990–998. 219 indexed citations

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