David W. J. Thompson

24.0k citations

128 papers · 17.8k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 50

Co-authors: John M. Wallace Susan Solomon Mark Baldwin Gabriele C. Hegerl Nathan P. Gillett Dennis L. Hartmann Varavut Limpasuvan Harry H. Hendon
Topics: Climate variability and models (100 papers)Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (71 papers)Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (50 papers)
Cited by: Atmospheric Science Global and Planetary Change Oceanography
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

David W. J. Thompson

123 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Arctic oscillation signature in the wintertime geopotential height and temperature fields

1998 3.3k citations David W. J. Thompson, John M. Wallace Geophysical Research Letters profile →
Annular Modes in the Extratropical Circulation. Part I: Month-to-Month Variability*

2000 2.8k citations David W. J. Thompson, John M. Wallace Journal of Climate profile →
Interpretation of Recent Southern Hemisphere Climate Change

2002 1.5k citations David W. J. Thompson, Susan Solomon profile →
Annular Modes in the Extratropical Circulation. Part II: Trends

2000 886 citations David W. J. Thompson, John M. Wallace et al. Journal of Climate profile →
Regional Climate Impacts of the Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode

2001 763 citations David W. J. Thompson, John M. Wallace profile →
Signatures of the Antarctic ozone hole in Southern Hemisphere surface climate change

2011 736 citations David W. J. Thompson, Susan Solomon et al. profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David W. J. Thompson

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The key role of the Southern Annular Mode during the sea-ice maximum for Antarctic sea ice and its recent loss 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·(unknown),David W. J. Thompson,Edward Blanchard‐Wrigglesworth	0
2	Characteristics of Antarctic Stratospheric Variability During Winter: A Case Study of the 2024 Sudden Stratospheric Warming and Its Surface Impacts 2025 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown),David W. J. Thompson,Amy H. Butler,Matthew C. Wheeler,(unknown),Martin Jucker,Julie M. Arblaster,Harry H. Hendon,(unknown),Lawrence Coy	0
3	Human influence on climate detectable in the late 19th century 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Benjamin D. Santer,Susan Solomon,David W. J. Thompson,Qiang Fu,Yaowei Li	1
4	Signature of the western boundary currents in local climate variability 2024 ·Nature ·(unknown),David W. J. Thompson,James W. Hurrell	1
5	Exceptional stratospheric contribution to human fingerprints on atmospheric temperature 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Benjamin D. Santer,Stephen Po–Chedley,Lilong Zhao,Cheng‐Zhi Zou,Qiang Fu,Susan Solomon,David W. J. Thompson,C. A. Mears,Karl E. Taylor	24
6	Comparing Local Versus Hemispheric Perspectives of Extreme Heat Events 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown),David W. J. Thompson	5
7	Long-range prediction and the stratosphere 2022 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Adam A. Scaife,Mark Baldwin,Amy H. Butler,Andrew Charlton‐Perez,Daniela I. V. Domeisen,Chaim I. Garfinkel,Steven C. Hardiman,Peter Haynes,Alexey Yu. Karpechko,Eun‐Pa Lim,Shunsuke Noguchi,Judith Perlwitz,Lorenzo M. Polvani,Jadwiga H. Richter,John Scinocca,Michael Sigmond,Theodore G. Shepherd,Seok‐Woo Son,David W. J. Thompson	40
8	Long Range Prediction and the Stratosphere 2021 ·Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) ·Adam A. Scaife,Mark Baldwin,Amy H. Butler,Andrew Charlton‐Perez,Daniela I. V. Domeisen,Chaim I. Garfinkel,Steven C. Hardiman,Peter Haynes,Alexey Yu. Karpechko,Eun‐Pa Lim,Shunsuke Noguchi,Judith Perlwitz,Lorenzo M. Polvani,Jadwiga H. Richter,John Scinocca,Michael Sigmond,Theodore G. Shepherd,Seok‐Woo Son,David W. J. Thompson	1
9	Widespread changes in surface temperature persistence under climate change 2021 ·Nature ·(unknown),David W. J. Thompson	58
10	Downstream Suppression of Baroclinic Waves 2020 ·Journal of Climate ·(unknown),David W. J. Thompson,Ying Li	3
11	Arctic cloud annual cycle biases in climate models 2019 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Patrick C. Taylor,Robyn C. Boeke,Ying Li,David W. J. Thompson	50
12	Evidence for Predictive Skill of High‐Latitude Climate Due to Midsummer Sea Ice Extent Anomalies 2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Shengping He,Erlend M. Knudsen,David W. J. Thompson,Tore Furevik	12
13	Thermodynamic Control on the Poleward shift of the Extratropical Jet in Climate Change Simulations 2018 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown),David W. J. Thompson,Sandrine Bony,Timothy M. Merlis	1
14	A Robust Constraint on the Temperature and Height of the Extratropical Tropopause 2018 ·Journal of Climate ·David W. J. Thompson,Paulo Ceppi,Ying Li	6
15	The mystery of recent stratospheric temperature trends 2013 ·RePEc: Research Papers in Economics ·David W. J. Thompson	0
16	A large discontinuity in the mid-twentieth century in observed global-mean surface temperature 2008 ·Nature ·David W. J. Thompson,John Kennedy,John M. Wallace,P. D. Jones	212
17	The life cycle of the Northern Hemisphere sudden stratospheric warmings 2004 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·(unknown),David W. J. Thompson,(unknown)	2
18	Stratospheric connection to Northern Hemisphere wintertime weather: implications for prediction 2001 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·David W. J. Thompson,J. M. Wallace,Mark Baldwin	4
19	Annular modes in the extratropical circulation. Part II: Trends 2000 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·David W. J. Thompson,(unknown),Gabriele C. Hegerl	4
20	Annular modes in the extratropical circulation. Part I: Month-to-month variability 2000 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·David W. J. Thompson,(unknown)	6

About David W. J. Thompson

David W. J. Thompson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography, having authored 128 papers that have together received 17.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (100 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (71 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (50 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (15.5k citations), Global and Planetary Change (15.4k citations) and Oceanography (4.5k citations). David W. J. Thompson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include John M. Wallace, Susan Solomon, Mark Baldwin, Gabriele C. Hegerl, Nathan P. Gillett, Dennis L. Hartmann, Varavut Limpasuvan, Harry H. Hendon, Kevin M. Grise and Michelle L’Heureux. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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