Daniel Rosenfeld

45.9k total citations · 17 hit papers
329 papers, 26.7k citations indexed

About

Daniel Rosenfeld is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Rosenfeld has authored 329 papers receiving a total of 26.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 259 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 257 papers in Atmospheric Science and 84 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Daniel Rosenfeld's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (220 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (171 papers) and Aeolian processes and effects (83 papers). Daniel Rosenfeld is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (220 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (171 papers) and Aeolian processes and effects (83 papers). Daniel Rosenfeld collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and China. Daniel Rosenfeld's co-authors include Meinrat O. Andreae, Paul J. Crutzen, V. Ramanathan, J. T. Kiehl, Yinon Rudich, Itamar M. Lensky, William L. Woodley, А. Хаин, Jiwen Fan and Zhanqing Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Rosenfeld

318 papers receiving 25.8k citations

Hit Papers

Aerosols, Climate, and the Hydrological Cycle 1998 2026 2007 2016 2001 2008 2008 2004 2000 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Aerosols, Climate, and the Hydrological Cycle
    2001 3.0k citations Daniel Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  2. Flood or Drought: How Do Aerosols Affect Precipitation?
    2008 1.6k citations Daniel Rosenfeld, Meinrat O. Andreae et al. profile →
  3. Aerosol–cloud–precipitation interactions. Part 1. The nature and sources of cloud-active aerosols
    2008 1.2k citations Meinrat O. Andreae, Daniel Rosenfeld profile →
  4. Smoking Rain Clouds over the Amazon
    2004 1.1k citations Meinrat O. Andreae, Daniel Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  5. Suppression of Rain and Snow by Urban and Industrial Air Pollution
    2000 1.1k citations Daniel Rosenfeld profile →
  6. TRMM observed first direct evidence of smoke from forest fires inhibiting rainfall
    1999 610 citations Daniel Rosenfeld Geophysical Research Letters profile →
  7. Desert dust suppressing precipitation: A possible desertification feedback loop
    2001 600 citations Daniel Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  8. Aerosol impact on the dynamics and microphysics of deep convective clouds
    2005 531 citations Daniel Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  9. The effect of smoke, dust, and pollution aerosol on shallow cloud development over the Atlantic Ocean
    2005 510 citations Daniel Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  10. Satellite–Based Insights into Precipitation Formation Processes in Continental and Maritime Convective Clouds
    1998 506 citations Daniel Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  11. Review of Aerosol–Cloud Interactions: Mechanisms, Significance, and Challenges
    2016 498 citations Jiwen Fan, Yuan Wang et al. profile →
  12. Dust and Biological Aerosols from the Sahara and Asia Influence Precipitation in the Western U.S.
    2013 466 citations Daniel Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  13. Long-term impacts of aerosols on the vertical development of clouds and precipitation
    2011 456 citations Zhanqing Li, Jiwen Fan et al. profile →
  14. Advances in understanding large‐scale responses of the water cycle to climate change
    2020 378 citations Richard P. Allan, Mathew Barlow et al. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences profile →
  15. Global observations of aerosol-cloud-precipitation-climate interactions
    2014 362 citations Daniel Rosenfeld, Meinrat O. Andreae et al. profile →
  16. Climate Effects of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
    2014 350 citations Daniel Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  17. Aerosol-driven droplet concentrations dominate coverage and water of oceanic low-level clouds
    2019 239 citations Daniel Rosenfeld, Yannian Zhu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Rosenfeld Israel 72 21.6k 21.3k 3.1k 2.7k 2.3k 329 26.7k
Michael I. Mishchenko United States 76 14.3k 0.7× 15.9k 0.7× 913 0.3× 1.2k 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 352 23.8k
Ulrike Lohmann Switzerland 81 23.2k 1.1× 21.6k 1.0× 3.9k 1.3× 1.7k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 370 25.7k
Andrew A. Lacis United States 60 12.8k 0.6× 13.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.3× 880 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 152 19.0k
K. S. Carslaw United Kingdom 67 13.0k 0.6× 10.4k 0.5× 2.7k 0.9× 678 0.2× 683 0.3× 212 14.6k
O. B. Toon United States 84 18.6k 0.9× 15.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 493 0.2× 427 26.4k
J. T. Kiehl United States 62 15.5k 0.7× 15.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.4× 494 0.2× 825 0.4× 137 20.0k
Steven C. Wofsy United States 105 20.1k 0.9× 27.2k 1.3× 2.6k 0.8× 220 0.1× 3.4k 1.5× 358 37.3k
Robert J. Charlson United States 63 17.4k 0.8× 14.1k 0.7× 4.7k 1.5× 830 0.3× 2.0k 0.9× 209 20.9k
Oliviér Boucher France 78 19.5k 0.9× 21.7k 1.0× 3.3k 1.1× 850 0.3× 1.7k 0.7× 287 27.2k
Paulo Artaxo Brazil 90 19.8k 0.9× 16.5k 0.8× 9.9k 3.2× 993 0.4× 2.3k 1.0× 413 27.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Rosenfeld

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Rosenfeld

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Harrison, Luke, Andrew McGrath, W. Junkermann, et al.. (2025). First generation outdoor marine cloud brightening trial increases aerosol concentration at cloud base height. Environmental Research Letters. 20(5). 54065–54065.
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Zhao, Delong, Minghuai Wang, Daniel Rosenfeld, et al.. (2023). Aircraft observation of fast initiation of mixed phase precipitation in convective cloud over the Tibetan Plateau. Atmospheric Research. 285. 106627–106627. 4 indexed citations
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Zang, Lin, Daniel Rosenfeld, Zengxin Pan, et al.. (2023). Observing Aerosol Primary Convective Invigoration and Its Meteorological Feedback. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(12). 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuchen, Mengying Li, Yuqing Pan, et al.. (2023). Toward a versatile spaceborne architecture for immediate monitoring of the global methane pledge. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(9). 5233–5249. 5 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Daniel, et al.. (2023). A Possible Cause for Preference of Super Bolt Lightning Over the Mediterranean Sea and the Altiplano. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(18). 3 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yannian, et al.. (2023). Robust Susceptibility of Cloud Cover and Radiative Effects to Biases in Retrieved Droplet Concentrations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(22). 4 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yannian, et al.. (2023). Marine Warm Cloud Fraction Decreases Monotonically With Rain Rate for Fixed Vertical and Horizontal Cloud Sizes. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(3). 5 indexed citations
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Pan, Zengxin, Daniel Rosenfeld, Feiyue Mao, et al.. (2022). Full‐Tracking Algorithm for Convective Thunderstorm System From Initiation to Complete Dissipation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(22). 5 indexed citations
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Zheng, Youtong, Yannian Zhu, Daniel Rosenfeld, & Zhanqing Li. (2021). Climatology of Cloud‐Top Radiative Cooling in Marine Shallow Clouds. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(19). 7 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Satellite Retrieval of Cloud Condensation Nuclei Concentrations in Marine Stratocumulus by Using Clouds as CCN Chambers. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(16). 20 indexed citations
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Allan, Richard P., Mathew Barlow, Michael P. Byrne, et al.. (2020). Advances in understanding large‐scale responses of the water cycle to climate change. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1472(1). 49–75. 378 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zheng, Youtong, Daniel Rosenfeld, & Zhanqing Li. (2020). A More General Paradigm for Understanding the Decoupling of Stratocumulus‐Topped Boundary Layers: The Importance of Horizontal Temperature Advection. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(14). 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Minghuai, et al.. (2020). Strong Precipitation Suppression by Aerosols in Marine Low Clouds. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(7). 19 indexed citations
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Knote, Christoph, Tobias Zinner, Florian Ewald, et al.. (2020). The challenge of simulating the sensitivity of the Amazonian cloud microstructure to cloud condensation nuclei number concentrations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(3). 1591–1605. 4 indexed citations
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Fan, Jiwen, Yuwei Zhang, Zhanqing Li, Jiaxi Hu, & Daniel Rosenfeld. (2020). Urbanization-induced land and aerosol impacts on sea-breeze circulation and convective precipitation. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(22). 14163–14182. 68 indexed citations
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Zheng, Youtong, Daniel Rosenfeld, & Zhanqing Li. (2018). The Relationships Between Cloud Top Radiative Cooling Rates, Surface Latent Heat Fluxes, and Cloud‐Base Heights in Marine Stratocumulus. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(20). 25 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chuanfeng, Yanluan Lin, Fang Wu, et al.. (2018). Enlarging Rainfall Area of Tropical Cyclones by Atmospheric Aerosols. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(16). 8604–8611. 106 indexed citations
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Ernst, Gérald, et al.. (2004). Volcanic cloud conceptual models for volcanic ash advisory centre operations. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 3 indexed citations
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Woodley, William L., et al.. (2000). Identification of a Seeding Signature in Texas Using Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery. The Journal of Weather Modification. 32(1). 37–52. 14 indexed citations

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