Daniel R. Chavas

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Daniel R. Chavas is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel R. Chavas has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Atmospheric Science, 50 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 28 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Daniel R. Chavas's work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (53 papers), Climate variability and models (45 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (28 papers). Daniel R. Chavas is often cited by papers focused on Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (53 papers), Climate variability and models (45 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (28 papers). Daniel R. Chavas collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Daniel R. Chavas's co-authors include Ning Lin, Kerry Emanuel, Kevin A. Reed, Gabriel A. Vecchi, John A. Knaff, Thomas R. Knutson, Gabriele Villarini, J. Sirutis, Ming Zhao and Robert E. Tuleya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Daniel R. Chavas

63 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Global Projections of Intense Tropical Cyclone Activity for the Late Twenty-First Century from Dynamical Downscaling of CMIP5/RCP4.5 Scenarios

2015 382 citations Daniel R. Chavas et al. Journal of Climate profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel R. Chavas United States	24	2.0k	1.7k	989	202	169	67	2.4k
Naomi Henderson United States	23	1.7k 0.8×	2.1k 1.3×	621 0.6×	38 0.2×	122 0.7×	38	2.5k
Julien Cattiaux France	24	1.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	346 0.3×	73 0.4×	71 0.4×	48	2.5k
Μiguel Angel Gaertner Spain	24	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	228 0.2×	80 0.4×	104 0.6×	56	1.7k
Alessio Bellucci Italy	26	2.0k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	903 0.9×	34 0.2×	108 0.6×	66	2.6k
V. Homar Spain	27	1.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	182 0.2×	81 0.4×	88 0.5×	69	2.4k
Martin Dix Australia	22	2.0k 1.0×	2.5k 1.5×	686 0.7×	36 0.2×	123 0.7×	54	2.9k
Marco Gaetani Italy	22	953 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	166 0.2×	146 0.7×	206 1.2×	54	1.6k
Amadou Thierno Gaye Senegal	26	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	287 0.3×	39 0.2×	342 2.0×	98	2.1k
Karthik Balaguru United States	23	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	110 0.5×	27 0.2×	63	1.7k
Patrick Tripp United States	3	2.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	874 0.9×	136 0.7×	59 0.3×	3	2.6k

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

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Klotzbach, Philip J., Kimberly M. Wood, Carl J. Schreck, et al.. (2025). The Remarkable 2024 North Atlantic Mid‐Season Hurricane Lull. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(19). 1 indexed citations

Chavas, Daniel R., et al.. (2025). Tropical cyclones expand faster at warmer relative sea surface temperature. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(38). e2424385122–e2424385122.

Gori, Avantika, Ning Lin, Daniel R. Chavas, Michael Oppenheimer, & Siyuan Xian. (2025). Sensitivity of tropical cyclone risk across the US to changes in storm climatology and socioeconomic growth. Environmental Research Letters. 20(6). 64050–64050.

Li, Funing, Daniel R. Chavas, Brian Medeiros, Kevin A. Reed, & Kristen L. Rasmussen. (2024). Upstream surface roughness and terrain are strong drivers of contrast in tornado potential between North and South America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(26). e2315425121–e2315425121. 4 indexed citations

Chavas, Daniel R., et al.. (2024). An Analytical Model for Tropical Cyclone Outer-Size Expansion on the f Plane. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 81(7). 1097–1125. 3 indexed citations

Chavas, Daniel R., et al.. (2024). Inter‐Basin Versus Intra‐Basin Sea Surface Temperature Forcing of the Western North Pacific Subtropical High's Westward Extensions. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(15). 1 indexed citations

Klotzbach, Philip J., Kimberly M. Wood, Michael M. Bell, et al.. (2024). The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season: An Above-Normal Season despite Strong El Niño Conditions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 105(9). E1644–E1661. 5 indexed citations

Zhu, Laiyin, et al.. (2024). Leading role of Saharan dust on tropical cyclone rainfall in the Atlantic Basin. Science Advances. 10(30). eadn6106–eadn6106. 7 indexed citations

Chavas, Daniel R. & John M. Peters. (2023). Static Energy Deserves Greater Emphasis in the Meteorology Community. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 104(10). E1918–E1927. 2 indexed citations

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Peters, John M., et al.. (2023). Entrainment Makes Pollution More Likely to Weaken Deep Convective Updrafts Than Invigorate Them. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(12). 9 indexed citations

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Gori, Avantika, Ning Lin, Benjamin A. Schenkel, & Daniel R. Chavas. (2023). North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Size and Storm Surge Reconstructions From 1950‐Present. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(5). 17 indexed citations

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Chen, Jie & Daniel R. Chavas. (2023). A Model for the Tropical Cyclone Wind Field Response to Idealized Landfall. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 80(4). 1163–1176. 6 indexed citations

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Klotzbach, Philip J., et al.. (2022). Characterizing Continental US Hurricane Risk: Which Intensity Metric Is Best?. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(18). 15 indexed citations

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Chavas, Daniel R. & Funing Li. (2022). Biases in CMIP6 Historical U.S. Severe Convective Storm Environments Driven by Biases in Mean‐State Near‐Surface Moist Static Energy. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(23). 9 indexed citations

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Chavas, Daniel R., et al.. (2022). Statistical Framework for Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Landfall Risk through Modulation of the Western Pacific Subtropical High and ENSO. Journal of Climate. 35(22). 7387–7400. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Funing & Daniel R. Chavas. (2021). Midlatitude Continental CAPE Is Predictable From Large‐Scale Environmental Parameters. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(8). 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Jie & Daniel R. Chavas. (2021). Can Existing Theory Predict the Response of Tropical Cyclone Intensity to Idealized Landfall?. arXiv (Cornell University). 10 indexed citations

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Kieu, Chanh, et al.. (2020). A Numerical Study of the Global Formation of Tropical Cyclones. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 13(1). 16 indexed citations

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Xian, Siyuan, Kairui Feng, Ning Lin, et al.. (2018). Brief communication: Rapid assessment of damaged residential buildings in the Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 18(7). 2041–2045. 20 indexed citations

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Chavas, Daniel R.. (2012). Equilibrium Tropical Cyclone Size in an Idealized State of Axisymmetric Radiative-Convective Equilibrium. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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