Christopher Torrence

17.1k citations

6 papers · 13.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 5

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Climate variability and models

Papers in

Oceanography 3
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 3
Global and Planetary Change 5
- Climate variability and models 4
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 1

Co-authors: Gilbert P. Compo Peter J. Webster Paul C. Liu Laurence C. Breaker Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos
Journals: Journal of Climate (2 papers)Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (1 paper)Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (1 paper)Continental Shelf Research (1 paper)Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Brazil

In The Last Decade

Christopher Torrence

6 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Interdecadal Changes in the ENSO–Monsoon System 1999 · 1.8k 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.

1999 Journal of Climate
1998 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

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Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Torrence

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Torrence

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

The 5 scholars most cited alongside Christopher Torrence, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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1	A Transformada Wavelet e sua Aplicação na Análise de Séries Hidrológicas Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos ·Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos, Farahm El. Shummakhi, Christopher Torrence	2013	11
2	Intraseasonal oscillations in sea surface temperature, wind stress, and sea level off the central California coast Continental Shelf Research ·Laurence C. Breaker, Paul C. Liu, Christopher Torrence	2001	18
3	Comments on “The Connection between the Boreal Spring Southern Oscillation Persistence Barrier and Biennial Variability” Journal of Climate ·Christopher Torrence, Peter J. Webster	2000	4
4	Interdecadal Changes in the ENSO–Monsoon System Journal of Climate ·Christopher Torrence, Peter J. Webster Hit paper breakdown →	1999	1750
5	A Practical Guide to Wavelet Analysis Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·Christopher Torrence, Gilbert P. Compo Hit paper breakdown →	1998	11504
6	The annual cycle of persistence in the El Nño/Southern Oscillation Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·Christopher Torrence, Peter J. Webster	1998	272

About Christopher Torrence

Christopher Torrence is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Applied Mathematics, having authored 6 papers that have together received 13.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (4 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (3 papers), Image and Signal Denoising Methods (2 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (1 paper), Tree-ring climate responses (1 paper), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (1 paper), Mathematical Analysis and Transform Methods (1 paper) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (4.4k citations), Global and Planetary Change (4.7k citations), Oceanography (2.4k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.9k citations) and Environmental Engineering (1.2k citations). Christopher Torrence has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Gilbert P. Compo, Peter J. Webster, Paul C. Liu, Laurence C. Breaker and Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Climate, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Continental Shelf Research and Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos.

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