D. R. Sikka

6.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

D. R. Sikka is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, D. R. Sikka has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 50 papers in Atmospheric Science and 16 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in D. R. Sikka's work include Climate variability and models (48 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (33 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (26 papers). D. R. Sikka is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (48 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (33 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (26 papers). D. R. Sikka collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Japan. D. R. Sikka's co-authors include Sulochana Gadgil, V. Ramanathan, Lawrence Buja, Martin Wild, Qiang Fu, C. E. Chung, J. T. Kiehl, Warren M. Washington, Thomas W. Bettge and U. C. Mohanty and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

D. R. Sikka

64 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Atmospheric brown clouds: Impacts on South Asian climate and hydrological cycle

2005 1.1k citations D. R. Sikka et al. profile →
On the Maximum Cloud Zone and the ITCZ over Indian, Longitudes during the Southwest Monsoon

1980 727 citations D. R. Sikka et al. Monthly Weather Review profile →
Western Disturbances: A review

2015 337 citations D. R. Sikka et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. R. Sikka

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. R. Sikka

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evaluation of Monitoring and Forecasting of Summer Monsoon over India and a Review of Monsoon Drought of 2002 2015 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·D. R. Sikka	5
2	Heavy rainfall in the Kedarnath valley of Uttarakhand during the advancing monsoon phase in June 2013. 2015 ·Current Science ·D. R. Sikka, Kamaljit Ray, (unknown), S. C. Bhan, Ajit Tyagi	14
3	Potential predictability of Indian summer monsoon rainfall in NCEP CFSv2 2015 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Subodh Kumar Saha, Samir Pokhrel, Kiran Salunke, Ashish Dhakate, Hemantkumar S. Chaudhari, Hasibur Rahaman, (unknown), Anupam Hazra, D. R. Sikka	48
4	Heavy Rainfall in Kedarnath Valley during Advancing Monsoon Phase in June, 2013 2015 ·D. R. Sikka, Kamaljit Ray, (unknown), S. C. Bhan, Ajit Tyagi	1
5	Observed changes in southwest monsoon rainfall over India during 1901–2011 2014 ·International Journal of Climatology ·Pulak Guhathakurta, M. Rajeevan, D. R. Sikka, Ajit Tyagi	138
6	A composite energetics study for contrasting south west monsoon years in the recent decade 2012 ·Atmósfera ·Sudipta Dutta, (unknown), (unknown), D. R. Sikka	5
7	Statistical Models for Long-range Forecasting of Southwest Monsoon Rainfall over India Using Step Wise Regression and Neural Network 2012 ·Atmospheric and Climate Sciences ·Ashok Kumar, D. S. Pai, (unknown), Ranjeet Singh, D. R. Sikka	16
8	Large scale fluctuations of the Continental Tropical Convergence Zone (CTCZ) during pilot CTCZ phase-2009 and the evolution of monsoon drought in 2009 2010 ·MAUSAM ·D. R. Sikka, Ajit Tyagi, L. C. Ram	4
9	Major advances in understanding and prediction of tropical cyclones over north Indian Ocean : A Perspective 2006 ·MAUSAM ·D. R. Sikka	18
10	Intraseasonal Variability of the Summer Monsoon over the North Indian Ocean as Revealed by the BOBMEX and ARMEX Field Programs 2005 ·Pure and Applied Geophysics ·P. S. Rao, D. R. Sikka	16
11	Developments in tropospheric aerosols studies in India 2002 ·D. R. Sikka	5
12	Overview of the meteorological conditions and atmospheric transport processes during INDOEX 1999 2001 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Gé Verver, D. R. Sikka, J. M. Lobert, G. Stossmeister, (unknown)	51
13	Physical processes in atmospheric models 1992 ·D. R. Sikka, (unknown)	11
14	Fluctuations of regional scale atmospheric features in relation to monsoon activities 1990 ·MAUSAM ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), D. R. Sikka	4
15	On dynamic initialization experiment in Indian region 1982 ·MAUSAM ·Salvinder Singh, (unknown), D. R. Sikka	1
16	Analogue in the southwest monsoon 1982 ·MAUSAM ·(unknown), (unknown), D. R. Sikka	2
17	A study of the empirical functions of the height fields over India and their relation with the rainfall 1982 ·Journal of Earth System Science ·(unknown), D. R. Sikka	5
18	Empirical orthogonal analysis of 700 mb geopotentials during the summer monsoon over Asia 1981 ·Journal of Climatology ·D. R. Sikka, (unknown)	8
19	On Some Aspects of Initialization and Forecasts in the Indian Monsoon Region 1980 ·Monthly Weather Review ·Sukhjinder Singh, (unknown), D. R. Sikka	1
20	The influence of cross‐equatorial flow over kenya on the rainfall of western India 1975 ·Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·R. Krishnan, D. R. Sikka, (unknown), J. Findlater	10

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