Daniel R. Cayan

39.6k total citations · 19 hit papers
270 papers, 30.4k citations indexed

About

Daniel R. Cayan is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel R. Cayan has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 30.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 198 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 139 papers in Atmospheric Science and 69 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Daniel R. Cayan's work include Climate variability and models (156 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (66 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (58 papers). Daniel R. Cayan is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (156 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (66 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (58 papers). Daniel R. Cayan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Costa Rica. Daniel R. Cayan's co-authors include Michael D. Dettinger, Hugo G. Hidalgo, A. L. Westerling, Thomas W. Swetnam, David W. Pierce, Alexander Gershunov, Iris T. Stewart, Tapash Das, Noah Knowles and Edwin P. Maurer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daniel R. Cayan

262 papers receiving 28.2k citations

Hit Papers

Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Fo... 1992 2026 2003 2014 2006 2005 2008 2011 2001 1000 2.0k 3.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel R. Cayan United States 81 21.2k 14.6k 6.8k 5.4k 4.8k 270 30.4k
Michael D. Dettinger United States 74 15.8k 0.7× 12.5k 0.9× 7.2k 1.1× 2.8k 0.5× 2.2k 0.5× 209 23.3k
Ronald J. Stouffer United States 71 35.0k 1.6× 27.0k 1.8× 5.9k 0.9× 3.9k 0.7× 10.7k 2.2× 132 47.5k
Richard Seager United States 81 19.9k 0.9× 15.4k 1.1× 2.0k 0.3× 2.8k 0.5× 4.6k 1.0× 254 25.2k
Aiguo Dai United States 78 29.7k 1.4× 20.2k 1.4× 5.1k 0.7× 2.4k 0.4× 4.5k 0.9× 232 36.9k
Gordon B. Bonan United States 85 27.6k 1.3× 14.1k 1.0× 3.7k 0.5× 9.7k 1.8× 1.9k 0.4× 177 41.0k
Tandong Yao China 88 11.5k 0.5× 24.5k 1.7× 3.7k 0.5× 5.3k 1.0× 2.1k 0.4× 520 33.0k
Timothy J. Osborn United Kingdom 63 17.3k 0.8× 14.8k 1.0× 2.2k 0.3× 2.4k 0.4× 2.0k 0.4× 178 23.9k
Filippo Giorgi Italy 104 31.5k 1.5× 26.0k 1.8× 5.0k 0.7× 2.2k 0.4× 2.7k 0.6× 376 38.6k
Charles J Vörösmarty United States 46 8.3k 0.4× 5.1k 0.4× 7.8k 1.1× 5.9k 1.1× 2.1k 0.4× 82 20.6k
Deliang Chen Sweden 85 17.9k 0.8× 15.4k 1.1× 4.6k 0.7× 2.2k 0.4× 2.0k 0.4× 692 27.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel R. Cayan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel R. Cayan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel R. Cayan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burney, Jennifer, Yosikazu Nakamura, Mayumi Yashiro, et al.. (2024). Age-Dependent Variations in Kawasaki Disease Incidence in Japan. JAMA Network Open. 7(2). e2355001–e2355001. 5 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Glen M., Carolyn A. F. Enquist, John B. Bradford, et al.. (2023). Drivers of California’s changing wildfires: a state-of-the-knowledge synthesis. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 32(7). 1039–1058. 21 indexed citations
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Clemesha, Rachel E. S., et al.. (2023). North American Monsoon Impacts Southern California's Coastal Low Clouds. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(12). 3 indexed citations
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Keeley, Jon E., Janin Guzman‐Morales, Alexander Gershunov, et al.. (2021). Ignitions explain more than temperature or precipitation in driving Santa Ana wind fires. Science Advances. 7(30). 18 indexed citations
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McEvoy, Daniel J., David W. Pierce, Julie Kalansky, Daniel R. Cayan, & John T. Abatzoglou. (2020). Projected Changes in Reference Evapotranspiration in California and Nevada: Implications for Drought and Wildland Fire Danger. Earth s Future. 8(11). 41 indexed citations
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Kalansky, Julie, et al.. (2018). California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 38 indexed citations
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Huss, Matthias, Bodo Bookhagen, Christian Huggel, et al.. (2017). Toward mountains without permanent snow and ice. Earth s Future. 5(5). 418–435. 367 indexed citations breakdown →
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Clemesha, Rachel E. S., Alexander Gershunov, Sam F. Iacobellis, & Daniel R. Cayan. (2017). Daily variability of California coastal low cloudiness: A balancing act between stability and subsidence. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(7). 3330–3338. 13 indexed citations
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Dettinger, Michael D., Noah Knowles, & Daniel R. Cayan. (2015). Trends in snowfall versus rainfall in the Western United States--Revisited. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Maurer, Edwin P., T. K. Das, & Daniel R. Cayan. (2013). Errors in climate model daily precipitation and temperature output: time invariance and implications for bias correction. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 17(6). 2147–2159. 40 indexed citations
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Bromirski, P. D., Daniel R. Cayan, Nicholas E. Graham, Mary Tyree, & Reinhard E. Flick. (2012). Coastal Flooding Potential Projections: 2000-2100. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 6 indexed citations
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Maurer, Edwin P., Hugo G. Hidalgo, T. K. Das, Michael D. Dettinger, & Daniel R. Cayan. (2010). Assessing climate change impacts on daily streamflow in California: the utility of daily large-scale climate data. 9 indexed citations
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Dettinger, Michael D., Hugo G. Hidalgo, Tapash Das, Daniel R. Cayan, & Noah Knowles. (2009). Projections of Potential Flood Regime Changes in California. American Journal of Hematology. 85(11). 886–886. 10 indexed citations
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Cayan, Daniel R., Mary Tyree, Michael D. Dettinger, et al.. (2009). CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS AND SEA LEVEL RISE ESTIMATES FOR THE CALIFORNIA 2008 CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS ASSESSMENT. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 115 indexed citations
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Miller, Norman L., P. Duffy, Daniel R. Cayan, et al.. (2008). An Analysis Of Simulated California Climate Using Multiple Dynamical And Statistical techniques. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 5 indexed citations
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Westerling, A. L., Hugo G. Hidalgo, Daniel R. Cayan, & Thomas W. Swetnam. (2006). Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity. Science. 313(5789). 940–943. 3958 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hidalgo, Hugo G., Daniel R. Cayan, & Michael D. Dettinger. (2006). Drought how the Western U.S. is Transformed from Energy-limited to Water-limited Landscapes. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations
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Cayan, Daniel R., Iris T. Stewart, & Michael D. Dettinger. (2004). Earlier snowmelt streamflow in western North America--a response to Pacific decadal variability or climate change?. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Lundquist, Jessica D., Daniel R. Cayan, & Michael D. Dettinger. (2003). Meteorology and hydrology in Yosemite National Park: A sensor network application. Lecture notes in computer science. 2634. 518–528. 3 indexed citations
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Peterson, David H., et al.. (1987). Some effects of climate variability on hydrology in western North America. IAHS-AISH publication. 168(168). 45–62. 3 indexed citations

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