Conrad Wasko

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Conrad Wasko is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Conrad Wasko has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 35 papers in Atmospheric Science and 35 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Conrad Wasko's work include Climate variability and models (46 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (46 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (39 papers). Conrad Wasko is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (46 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (46 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (39 papers). Conrad Wasko collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Conrad Wasko's co-authors include Ashish Sharma, Rory Nathan, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Suresh Hettiarachchi, Seth Westra, Murray Peel, Gabriele Villarini, Fiona Johnson, Hayley J. Fowler and Declan O’Shea and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Conrad Wasko

73 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Anthropogenic intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes

2021 540 citations Hayley J. Fowler, Geert Lenderink et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →
If Precipitation Extremes Are Increasing, Why Aren't Floods?

2018 362 citations Ashish Sharma, Conrad Wasko et al. Water Resources Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Conrad Wasko Australia	32	3.5k	1.7k	1.7k	497	132	77	4.0k
Fiona Johnson Australia	30	3.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	722 1.5×	140 1.1×	106	3.9k
S. S. Jiang China	35	2.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	694 1.4×	134 1.0×	113	3.8k
Zhenchun Hao China	27	2.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	658 1.3×	171 1.3×	92	3.4k
Gopi Goteti United States	6	1.9k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	876 0.5×	506 1.0×	111 0.8×	11	2.5k
Claudia Teutschbein Sweden	19	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	378 0.8×	140 1.1×	49	3.3k
Yeshewatesfa Hundecha Germany	26	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	795 0.5×	552 1.1×	136 1.0×	41	2.8k
Xihui Gu China	35	2.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	625 1.3×	128 1.0×	125	3.2k
Fredrik Wetterhall United Kingdom	36	4.6k 1.3×	2.4k 1.4×	2.4k 1.4×	715 1.4×	116 0.9×	76	5.3k
Yves Tramblay France	37	2.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	647 1.3×	315 2.4×	116	4.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Strong, Robert, et al.. (2025). Global Applicability of the Kappa Distribution for Rainfall Frequency Analysis. Water Resources Research. 61(2). 2 indexed citations

Wasko, Conrad, et al.. (2025). Atmospheric Rivers intensify extreme precipitation and flooding across Australia. Weather and Climate Extremes. 50. 100812–100812.

Wasko, Conrad, et al.. (2025). Evaluation and projection of extreme rainfall from a large ensemble of high–resolution regional climate models in Australia. Weather and Climate Extremes. 50. 100818–100818.

Sharma, Ashish, et al.. (2025). The contribution of floods to streamflow at yearly timescales: A global assessment. Journal of Hydrology. 657. 133099–133099.

Wasko, Conrad, Seth Westra, Rory Nathan, et al.. (2024). A systematic review of climate change science relevant to Australian design flood estimation. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 28(5). 1251–1285. 18 indexed citations

O’Shea, Declan, Rory Nathan, Conrad Wasko, & Ashish Sharma. (2024). Separating Storm Intensity and Arrival Frequency in Nonstationary Rainfall Frequency Analysis. Water Resources Research. 60(11). 4 indexed citations

Kim, Hanbeen, Gabriele Villarini, Conrad Wasko, & Yves Tramblay. (2024). Changes in the Climate System Dominate Inter‐Annual Variability in Flooding Across the Globe. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(6). 8 indexed citations

Wasko, Conrad, Clare Stephens, Tim Peterson, et al.. (2024). Understanding the implications of climate change for Australia’s surface water resources: Challenges and future directions. Journal of Hydrology. 645. 132221–132221. 7 indexed citations

Wasko, Conrad, Seth Westra, Rory Nathan, et al.. (2023). A systematic review of climate change science relevant to Australian design flood estimation. 5 indexed citations

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Vogel, Elisabeth, Fiona Johnson, Lucy Marshall, et al.. (2023). An evaluation framework for downscaling and bias correction in climate change impact studies. Journal of Hydrology. 622. 129693–129693. 36 indexed citations

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Ho, Michelle, Conrad Wasko, Declan O’Shea, et al.. (2023). Changes in flood-associated rainfall losses under climate change. Journal of Hydrology. 625. 129950–129950. 17 indexed citations

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O’Shea, Declan, Rory Nathan, Ashish Sharma, & Conrad Wasko. (2023). Improved Extreme Rainfall Frequency Analysis Using a Two‐Step Kappa Approach. Water Resources Research. 59(4). 6 indexed citations

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Fowler, Hayley J., Conrad Wasko, & Andreas F. Prein. (2021). Intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes and implications for flood risk: current state of the art and future directions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 379(2195). 20190541–20190541. 76 indexed citations

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Fowler, Hayley J., Geert Lenderink, Andreas F. Prein, et al.. (2021). Anthropogenic intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 2(2). 107–122. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wasko, Conrad, Elisabeth Vogel, Louise Wilson, et al.. (2020). Understanding trends in hydrologic extremes across Australia. Journal of Hydrology. 593. 125877–125877. 48 indexed citations

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Hettiarachchi, Suresh, Conrad Wasko, & Ashish Sharma. (2018). Increase in flood risk resulting from climate change in a developed urban watershed – the role of storm temporal patterns. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(3). 2041–2056. 200 indexed citations

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Wasko, Conrad & Ashish Sharma. (2017). Global assessment of flood and storm extremes with increased temperatures. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 7945–7945. 192 indexed citations

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Hettiarachchi, Suresh, Conrad Wasko, & Ashish Sharma. (2017). Increase in urban flood risk resulting from climate change – The role of storm temporal patterns. 5 indexed citations

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Wasko, Conrad, Ashish Sharma, & Peter Rasmussen. (2014). Improved spatial prediction: A combinatorial approach. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 10791. 22 indexed citations

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Wasko, Conrad, et al.. (2011). Groundwater modelling in a highly seasonal, fractured rock environment using FEFLOW. Own your potential (DEAKIN). 1709. 2 indexed citations

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