David P. Stepaniak

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

David P. Stepaniak is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, David P. Stepaniak has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atmospheric Science, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in David P. Stepaniak's work include Climate variability and models (12 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (9 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). David P. Stepaniak is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (12 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (9 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). David P. Stepaniak collaborates with scholars based in United States. David P. Stepaniak's co-authors include Kevin E. Trenberth, Julie M. Caron, Steve Worley, James W. Hurrell, Michael Fiorino and Lesley Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.

In The Last Decade

David P. Stepaniak

12 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Indices of El Niño Evolution

2001 763 citations Kevin E. Trenberth, David P. Stepaniak Journal of Climate profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David P. Stepaniak United States	12	2.4k	2.1k	965	99	76	12	2.6k
Atusi Numaguti Japan	22	1.8k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	498 0.5×	102 1.0×	94 1.2×	36	2.2k
Chih-Pei Chang United States	20	2.4k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	61 0.6×	86 1.1×	38	2.7k
Robert Colman Australia	28	3.1k 1.3×	2.9k 1.4×	461 0.5×	60 0.6×	64 0.8×	60	3.4k
A. Boville United States	6	2.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.2×	429 0.4×	82 0.8×	63 0.8×	6	2.8k
Holger Pohlmann Germany	26	2.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	65 0.7×	41 0.5×	60	2.7k
John W. Kidson New Zealand	28	2.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	705 0.7×	69 0.7×	128 1.7×	43	2.4k
Kyong‐Hwan Seo South Korea	30	2.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	820 0.8×	48 0.5×	61 0.8×	86	2.4k
Sarah Ineson United Kingdom	25	3.2k 1.4×	3.0k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	79 0.8×	115 1.5×	46	3.6k
Francis Codron France	23	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	735 0.8×	72 0.7×	144 1.9×	55	2.7k
K-M. Lau United States	20	2.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	977 1.0×	82 0.8×	58 0.8×	22	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by David P. Stepaniak

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David P. Stepaniak

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Trenberth, Kevin E., David P. Stepaniak, & Lesley Smith. (2005). Interannual Variability of Patterns of Atmospheric Mass Distribution. Journal of Climate. 18(15). 2812–2825. 63 indexed citations

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Trenberth, Kevin E. & David P. Stepaniak. (2004). The flow of energy through the earth's climate system. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 130(603). 2677–2701. 100 indexed citations

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Trenberth, Kevin E. & David P. Stepaniak. (2003). Seamless Poleward Atmospheric Energy Transports and Implications for the Hadley Circulation. Journal of Climate. 16(22). 3706–3722. 174 indexed citations

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Trenberth, Kevin E. & David P. Stepaniak. (2003). Covariability of Components of Poleward Atmospheric Energy Transports on Seasonal and Interannual Timescales. Journal of Climate. 16(22). 3691–3705. 197 indexed citations

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Trenberth, Kevin E., David P. Stepaniak, & Julie M. Caron. (2002). Accuracy of Atmospheric Energy Budgets from Analyses. Journal of Climate. 15(23). 3343–3360. 45 indexed citations

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Trenberth, Kevin E., David P. Stepaniak, & Julie M. Caron. (2002). Interannual variations in the atmospheric heat budget. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(D8). 75 indexed citations

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Trenberth, Kevin E. & David P. Stepaniak. (2002). A Pathological Problem with NCEP Reanalyses in the Stratosphere. Journal of Climate. 15(6). 690–695. 35 indexed citations

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Trenberth, Kevin E., Julie M. Caron, David P. Stepaniak, & Steve Worley. (2002). Evolution of El Niño–Southern Oscillation and global atmospheric surface temperatures. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(D8). 385 indexed citations

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Trenberth, Kevin E., Julie M. Caron, & David P. Stepaniak. (2001). The atmospheric energy budget and implications for surface fluxes and ocean heat transports. Climate Dynamics. 17(4). 259–276. 163 indexed citations

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Trenberth, Kevin E., David P. Stepaniak, James W. Hurrell, & Michael Fiorino. (2001). Quality of Reanalyses in the Tropics. Journal of Climate. 14(7). 1499–1510. 184 indexed citations

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Trenberth, Kevin E. & David P. Stepaniak. (2001). Indices of El Niño Evolution. Journal of Climate. 14(8). 1697–1701. 763 indexed citations breakdown →

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Trenberth, Kevin E., David P. Stepaniak, & Julie M. Caron. (2000). The Global Monsoon as Seen through the Divergent Atmospheric Circulation. Journal of Climate. 13(22). 3969–3993. 428 indexed citations

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