Christopher A. T. Ferro

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher A. T. Ferro is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher A. T. Ferro has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 32 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Christopher A. T. Ferro's work include Climate variability and models (34 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (32 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (14 papers). Christopher A. T. Ferro is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (34 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (32 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (14 papers). Christopher A. T. Ferro collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Netherlands. Christopher A. T. Ferro's co-authors include David B. Stephenson, Johan Segers, Simon J. Brown, Ed Hawkins, John Caesar, B. Koffi, Stéphane Goyette, Jean Palutikof, Kirsti Jylhä and Martin Beniston and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Christopher A. T. Ferro

48 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Future extreme events in European climate: an exploration... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 250 500 750 1000
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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. Future extreme events in European climate: an exploration of regional climate model projections
    2007 1.1k citations David B. Stephenson, Christopher A. T. Ferro et al. Climatic Change profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher A. T. Ferro United Kingdom 25 3.0k 2.2k 498 480 352 48 4.1k
Simon J. Brown United Kingdom 23 3.0k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 439 0.9× 547 1.1× 183 0.5× 40 3.7k
Mark A. Liniger Switzerland 31 4.0k 1.3× 3.1k 1.5× 374 0.8× 505 1.1× 335 1.0× 59 5.2k
Jan Kyselý Czechia 43 3.3k 1.1× 2.4k 1.1× 201 0.4× 504 1.1× 139 0.4× 122 5.1k
Byron E. Gleason United States 13 2.9k 1.0× 2.4k 1.1× 351 0.7× 413 0.9× 180 0.5× 16 4.0k
Mathieu Vrac France 45 5.9k 2.0× 4.1k 1.9× 513 1.0× 1.5k 3.1× 139 0.4× 144 7.4k
Imke Durre United States 22 3.2k 1.1× 2.7k 1.3× 247 0.5× 433 0.9× 126 0.4× 37 4.4k
Richard E. Chandler United Kingdom 28 3.2k 1.1× 2.0k 0.9× 355 0.7× 1.1k 2.3× 68 0.2× 83 4.5k
Lucie A. Vincent Canada 23 3.1k 1.0× 2.6k 1.2× 289 0.6× 665 1.4× 124 0.4× 28 4.1k
Claude N. Williams United States 26 2.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 222 0.4× 296 0.6× 78 0.2× 40 3.5k
Michael Leonard Australia 26 3.7k 1.2× 1.6k 0.7× 388 0.8× 1.6k 3.4× 113 0.3× 65 5.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher A. T. Ferro

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ferro, Christopher A. T., et al.. (2025). Improving Probabilistic Forecasts of Extreme Wind Speeds by Training Statistical Postprocessing Models with Weighted Scoring Rules. Monthly Weather Review. 153(8). 1489–1511. 1 indexed citations
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Ferro, Christopher A. T., et al.. (2024). Lead‐time‐continuous statistical postprocessing of ensemble weather forecasts. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 150(761). 2147–2167. 2 indexed citations
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Ferro, Christopher A. T., et al.. (2023). A conditional decomposition of proper scores: quantifying the sources of information in a forecast. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 149(754). 1704–1725. 1 indexed citations
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Ramón, Jaume, Llorenç Lledó, Christopher A. T. Ferro, & Francisco J. Doblas‐Reyes. (2023). Uncertainties in the observational reference: Implications in skill assessment and model ranking of seasonal predictions. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 150(759). 897–910. 1 indexed citations
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Bouallègue, Zied Ben, Christopher A. T. Ferro, Martin Leutbecher, & David Richardson. (2019). Predictive verification for the design of partially exchangeable multi-model ensembles. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 72(1). 1–12. 18 indexed citations
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Ferro, Christopher A. T., et al.. (2017). Proper scoring rules for interval probabilistic forecasts. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 143(704). 1597–1607. 5 indexed citations
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Sansom, Philip G., Christopher A. T. Ferro, David B. Stephenson, Lisa Goddard, & Simon J. Mason. (2016). Best Practices for Postprocessing Ensemble Climate Forecasts. Part I: Selecting Appropriate Recalibration Methods. Journal of Climate. 29(20). 7247–7264. 25 indexed citations
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Watson, James, Andrew J. Challinor, Thomas E. Fricker, & Christopher A. T. Ferro. (2014). Comparing the effects of calibration and climate errors on a statistical crop model and a process-based crop model. Climatic Change. 132(1). 93–109. 16 indexed citations
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Yip, Stan, Christopher A. T. Ferro, David B. Stephenson, & Ed Hawkins. (2013). Reply to “Comments on ‘A Simple, Coherent Framework for Partitioning Uncertainty in Climate Predictions’”. Journal of Climate. 26(12). 4377–4377. 2 indexed citations
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Fricker, Thomas E., Christopher A. T. Ferro, & David B. Stephenson. (2013). Three recommendations for evaluating climate predictions. Meteorological Applications. 20(2). 246–255. 33 indexed citations
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Otto, Friederike E. L., Christopher A. T. Ferro, Thomas E. Fricker, & Emma Suckling. (2013). On judging the credibility of climate predictions. Climatic Change. 132(1). 47–60. 6 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Ed, Thomas E. Fricker, Andrew J. Challinor, et al.. (2012). Increasing influence of heat stress on French maize yields from the 1960s to the 2030s. Global Change Biology. 19(3). 937–947. 184 indexed citations
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Ferro, Christopher A. T. & David B. Stephenson. (2011). Extremal Dependence Indices: Improved Verification Measures for Deterministic Forecasts of Rare Binary Events. Weather and Forecasting. 26(5). 699–713. 162 indexed citations
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Robert, Christian Y., Johan Segers, & Christopher A. T. Ferro. (2009). A sliding blocks estimator for the extremal index. Electronic Journal of Statistics. 3(none). 25 indexed citations
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Coelho, Caio A. S., et al.. (2008). Methods for Exploring Spatial and Temporal Variability of Extreme Events in Climate Data. Journal of Climate. 21(10). 2072–2092. 72 indexed citations
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Primo, Cristina, Christopher A. T. Ferro, Ian T. Jolliffe, & David B. Stephenson. (2008). Calibration of Probabilistic Forecasts of Binary Events. Monthly Weather Review. 137(3). 1142–1149. 15 indexed citations
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Shongwe, Mxolisi, Christopher A. T. Ferro, Caio A. S. Coelho, & Geert Jan van Oldenborgh. (2007). Predictability of Cold Spring Seasons in Europe. Monthly Weather Review. 135(12). 4185–4201. 20 indexed citations
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Ferro, Christopher A. T., Abdel Hannachi, & David B. Stephenson. (2005). Simple Nonparametric Techniques for Exploring Changing Probability Distributions of Weather. Journal of Climate. 18(21). 4344–4354. 81 indexed citations
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Ferro, Christopher A. T. & David B. Stephenson. (2005). Projected Changes in Extreme Weather and Climate Events in. 2 indexed citations
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Ferro, Christopher A. T. & Johan Segers. (2003). Inference for Clusters of Extreme Values. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology). 65(2). 545–556. 251 indexed citations

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