Cornelia Klein

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Cornelia Klein is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cornelia Klein has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 27 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Cornelia Klein's work include Climate variability and models (27 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (24 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (9 papers). Cornelia Klein is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (27 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (24 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (9 papers). Cornelia Klein collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Germany. Cornelia Klein's co-authors include Christopher M. Taylor, Douglas J. Parker, Danijel Belušić, Phil Harris, Françoise Guichard, Jan Bliefernicht, Théo Vischel, Karl Kuchler, Gérémy Panthou and Serge Janicot and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Cornelia Klein

38 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Frequency of extreme Sahelian storms tripled since 1982 in satellite observations
    2017 305 citations Christopher M. Taylor, Danijel Belušić et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cornelia Klein United Kingdom 18 721 578 114 108 93 43 1.1k
Chloé Prodhomme France 21 713 1.0× 546 0.9× 40 0.4× 89 0.8× 45 0.5× 56 1.0k
Simon Tucker United Kingdom 17 730 1.0× 562 1.0× 36 0.3× 6 0.1× 117 1.3× 33 1.0k
Sifang Feng China 20 1.2k 1.6× 341 0.6× 59 0.5× 10 0.1× 277 3.0× 31 1.5k
Panpan Zhao China 16 200 0.3× 44 0.1× 334 2.9× 43 0.4× 170 1.8× 41 710
Sameer K. Tiwari India 18 131 0.2× 354 0.6× 199 1.7× 15 0.1× 80 0.9× 57 1.0k
Robert W. Lee United Kingdom 20 1.2k 1.6× 996 1.7× 246 2.2× 4 0.0× 125 1.3× 30 1.7k
Jennifer M. Ellis United States 8 71 0.1× 51 0.1× 104 0.9× 60 0.6× 50 0.5× 13 574
Huili He China 15 239 0.3× 123 0.2× 70 0.6× 3 0.0× 71 0.8× 33 556

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cornelia Klein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cornelia Klein

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cornelia Klein. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cornelia Klein based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cornelia Klein. Cornelia Klein is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Klein, Cornelia, et al.. (2026). Wind shear enhances soil moisture influence on rapid thunderstorm growth. Nature. 651(8104). 116–121.
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Klein, Cornelia, et al.. (2025). A novel framework for analyzing rainy season dynamics in semi-arid environments: a case study in the Peruvian Rio Santa basin. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 29(12). 2727–2747.
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Huntingford, Chris, et al.. (2025). Potential for equation discovery with AI in the climate sciences. Earth System Dynamics. 16(2). 475–495.
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Maybee, Ben, John H. Marsham, Huw Lewis, et al.. (2025). How sensitive are Sahelian mesoscale convective systems to cold‐pool suppression?. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 151(772). 1 indexed citations
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Barton, Emma J., Cornelia Klein, Christopher M. Taylor, et al.. (2025). Soil moisture gradients strengthen mesoscale convective systems by increasing wind shear. Nature Geoscience. 18(4). 330–336. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, Christopher M., et al.. (2024). Multiday Soil Moisture Persistence and Atmospheric Predictability Resulting From Sahelian Mesoscale Convective Systems. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(20). 3 indexed citations
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Crook, Julia, Cornelia Klein, Sonja Folwell, et al.. (2023). Effects on early monsoon rainfall in West Africa due to recent deforestation in a convection-permitting ensemble. Weather and Climate Dynamics. 4(1). 229–248. 5 indexed citations
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Klein, Cornelia, et al.. (2023). Farmers’ first rain: investigating dry season rainfall characteristics in the Peruvian Andes. Environmental Research Communications. 5(7). 71004–71004. 1 indexed citations
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Klein, Cornelia, et al.. (2023). Untangling the importance of dynamic and thermodynamic drivers for wet and dry spells across the Tropical Andes. Environmental Research Letters. 18(3). 34002–34002. 2 indexed citations
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Cole, Steven J., et al.. (2023). Nowcasting convective activity for the Sahel: A simple probabilistic approach using real‐time and historical satellite data on cloud‐top temperature. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 150(759). 597–617. 1 indexed citations
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Semeena, V. S., Cornelia Klein, Christopher M. Taylor, & Stuart Webster. (2023). Impact of land surface processes on convection over West Africa in convection‐permitting ensemble forecasts: A case study using the MOGREPS ensemble. Atmospheric Science Letters. 24(8). 2 indexed citations
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Klein, Cornelia, et al.. (2022). Widespread greening suggests increased dry-season plant water availability in the Rio Santa valley, Peruvian Andes. Earth System Dynamics. 13(1). 595–611. 7 indexed citations
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Taylor, Christopher M., et al.. (2022). The sensitivity of the West African monsoon circulation to intraseasonal soil moisture feedbacks. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 148(745). 1709–1730. 13 indexed citations
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Taylor, Christopher M., Cornelia Klein, Cheikh Dione, et al.. (2022). Nowcasting tracks of severe convective storms in West Africa from observations of land surface state. Environmental Research Letters. 17(3). 34016–34016. 10 indexed citations
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Klein, Cornelia, et al.. (2021). Vegetation indices as proxies for spatio-temporal variations in water availability in the Rio Santa valley (Peruvian Andes). Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1 indexed citations
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Heinzeller, Dominikus, Diarra Dieng, Gerhard Smiatek, et al.. (2018). The WASCAL high-resolution regional climate simulation ensemble for West Africa: concept, dissemination and assessment. Earth system science data. 10(2). 815–835. 28 indexed citations
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Taylor, Christopher M., Danijel Belušić, Françoise Guichard, et al.. (2017). Frequency of extreme Sahelian storms tripled since 1982 in satellite observations. Nature. 544(7651). 475–478. 305 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vogl, C., et al.. (2008). Characterization of Thi9, a Novel Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Transporter from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(12). 7379–7389. 19 indexed citations
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Klein, Cornelia, et al.. (1993). Agitation, aeration and perfusion modules for cell culture bioreactors. Cytotechnology. 11(3). 233–244. 26 indexed citations

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