Christopher W. Landsea

13.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
62 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher W. Landsea is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher W. Landsea has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Atmospheric Science, 48 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 20 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Christopher W. Landsea's work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (55 papers), Climate variability and models (45 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers). Christopher W. Landsea is often cited by papers focused on Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (55 papers), Climate variability and models (45 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers). Christopher W. Landsea collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Christopher W. Landsea's co-authors include William M. Gray, James L. Franklin, Alberto M. Mestas‐Nuñez, Stanley B. Goldenberg, Roger A. Pielke, John A. Knaff, Roger A. Pielke, Paul W. Mielke, Kenneth J. Berry and Rade Musulin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Christopher W. Landsea

61 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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 Recent Increase in Atlantic Hurricane Activity: Causes and Implications

2001 1.3k citations Christopher W. Landsea, Alberto M. Mestas‐Nuñez et al. profile →
Atlantic Hurricane Database Uncertainty and Presentation of a New Database Format

2013 914 citations Christopher W. Landsea, James L. Franklin Monthly Weather Review profile →
Normalized Hurricane Damage in the United States: 1900–2005

2008 848 citations Christopher W. Landsea et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher W. Landsea United States	37	7.4k	6.7k	3.5k	716	691	62	8.9k
Masato Sugi Japan	37	6.6k 0.9×	6.4k 1.0×	2.6k 0.7×	530 0.7×	867 1.3×	68	8.3k
Suzana J. Camargo United States	58	10.6k 1.4×	10.1k 1.5×	5.1k 1.5×	592 0.8×	878 1.3×	184	12.7k
John L. McBride Australia	36	5.6k 0.8×	5.5k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	472 0.7×	884 1.3×	89	7.6k
John Fasullo United States	60	9.8k 1.3×	11.8k 1.8×	4.9k 1.4×	306 0.4×	915 1.3×	156	15.4k
James P. Kossin United States	53	11.2k 1.5×	9.5k 1.4×	5.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.7×	1.5k 2.1×	136	14.2k
Adam H. Sobel United States	68	13.5k 1.8×	14.0k 2.1×	5.5k 1.6×	459 0.6×	456 0.7×	226	16.0k
Judith A. Curry United States	53	11.8k 1.6×	9.9k 1.5×	2.4k 0.7×	345 0.5×	763 1.1×	181	13.6k
Geert Jan van Oldenborgh Netherlands	63	7.3k 1.0×	9.7k 1.5×	2.1k 0.6×	572 0.8×	568 0.8×	171	12.8k
Thomas R. Knutson United States	56	10.7k 1.4×	11.1k 1.7×	4.6k 1.3×	992 1.4×	1.9k 2.8×	123	15.0k
Yochanan Kushnir United States	69	12.1k 1.6×	14.4k 2.2×	6.8k 1.9×	437 0.6×	1.7k 2.4×	153	18.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher W. Landsea

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20 of 20 papers shown

Aberson, Sim D., Manola Brunet, Johnny C. L. Chan, et al.. (2024). New WMO Certified Tropical Cyclone Duration Extreme: TC Freddy (04 February to 14 March 2023) Lasting for 36.0 Days. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 105(12). 845–849.

Vecchi, Gabriel A., Christopher W. Landsea, Wei Zhang, Gabriele Villarini, & Thomas R. Knutson. (2021). Changes in Atlantic major hurricane frequency since the late-19th century. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4054–4054. 68 indexed citations

Landsea, Christopher W. & John P. Cangialosi. (2018). Have We Reached the Limits of Predictability for Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasting?. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 99(11). 2237–2243. 82 indexed citations

Klotzbach, Philip J., Johnny C. L. Chan, Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, et al.. (2017). The Science of William M. Gray: His Contributions to the Knowledge of Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 98(11). 2311–2336. 8 indexed citations

Landsea, Christopher W.. (2014). A Reanalysis of 1969's Hurricane Camille. 1 indexed citations

Landsea, Christopher W. & James L. Franklin. (2013). Atlantic Hurricane Database Uncertainty and Presentation of a New Database Format. Monthly Weather Review. 141(10). 3576–3592. 914 indexed citations breakdown →

Landsea, Christopher W.. (2012). How ‘Good' are the Best Tracks? - Estimating Uncertainty in the Atlantic Hurricane Database. 8 indexed citations

Camargo, Suzana J., Anthony G. Barnston, Philip J. Klotzbach, & Christopher W. Landsea. (2007). Predicciones estacionales de ciclones tropicales. Arcimis (State Meteorological Agency). 56(4). 297–309. 1 indexed citations

Landsea, Christopher W.. (2006). The Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT): Progress and future plans. 1 indexed citations

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Pielke, Roger A., et al.. (2006). Reply to “Hurricanes and Global Warming Potential Linkages and Consequences”. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 87(5). 628–631. 24 indexed citations

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Landsea, Christopher W., James L. Franklin, Colin J. McAdie, et al.. (2004). A Reanalysis of Hurricane Andrew's Intensity. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 85(11). 1699–1712. 77 indexed citations

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Landsea, Christopher W., et al.. (2003). Assessing the Skill of Operational Atlantic Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Forecasts. Weather and Forecasting. 18(1). 45–54. 19 indexed citations

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Dunion, Jason, Christopher W. Landsea, Samuel H. Houston, & Mark D. Powell. (2003). A Reanalysis of the Surface Winds for Hurricane Donna of 1960. Monthly Weather Review. 131(9). 1992–2011. 36 indexed citations

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Landsea, Christopher W.. (2000). The Atlantic Hurricane Database Re-Analysis Project: Results for 1851-1899. 5 indexed citations

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Díaz, Henry F., Henry F. Díaz, Robert J. Allan, et al.. (2000). El Nino and the Southern Oscillation. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 271 indexed citations

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Landsea, Christopher W., Roger A. Pielke, Alberto M. Mestas‐Nuñez, & John A. Knaff. (1999). Atlantic Basin Hurricanes: Indices of Climatic Changes. Climatic Change. 42(1). 89–129. 222 indexed citations

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Landsea, Christopher W., Neville Nicholls, William M. Gray, & Lixion A. Avila. (1997). Reply [to “Comment on ‘Downward trends in the frequency of intense Atlantic hurricanes during the past 5 decades‧ by C. W. Landsea et al.”]. Geophysical Research Letters. 24(17). 2205–2205. 2 indexed citations

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Mielke, Paul W., Kenneth J. Berry, Christopher W. Landsea, & William M. Gray. (1996). Artificial Skill and Validation in Meteorological Forecasting. Weather and Forecasting. 11(2). 153–169. 26 indexed citations

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Landsea, Christopher W.. (1993). A Climatology of Intense (or Major) Atlantic Hurricanes. Monthly Weather Review. 121(6). 1703–1713. 394 indexed citations

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Landsea, Christopher W. & William M. Gray. (1992). The Strong Association between Western Sahelian Monsoon Rainfall and Intense Atlantic Hurricanes. Journal of Climate. 5(5). 435–453. 202 indexed citations

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