David W. J. Thompson

24.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
128 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

About

David W. J. Thompson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, David W. J. Thompson has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Atmospheric Science, 115 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 32 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in David W. J. Thompson's work include Climate variability and models (100 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (71 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (50 papers). David W. J. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (100 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (71 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (50 papers). David W. J. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. David W. J. Thompson's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David W. J. Thompson

123 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Arctic oscillation signature in the wintertime geopot... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2000 2002 2000 2001 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. 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 →
  2. 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 →
  3. Interpretation of Recent Southern Hemisphere Climate Change
    2002 1.5k citations David W. J. Thompson, Susan Solomon Science profile →
  4. 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 →
  5. Regional Climate Impacts of the Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode
    2001 763 citations David W. J. Thompson, John M. Wallace Science profile →
  6. Signatures of the Antarctic ozone hole in Southern Hemisphere surface climate change
    2011 736 citations David W. J. Thompson, Susan Solomon 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
David W. J. Thompson United States 50 15.5k 15.4k 4.5k 785 627 128 17.8k
Brian J. Soden United States 57 15.8k 1.0× 17.5k 1.1× 5.0k 1.1× 717 0.9× 502 0.8× 157 19.9k
Stephen M. Griffies United States 54 6.6k 0.4× 7.9k 0.5× 7.6k 1.7× 643 0.8× 264 0.4× 156 11.6k
Gökhan Danabasoglu United States 54 8.6k 0.6× 10.0k 0.6× 6.7k 1.5× 617 0.8× 135 0.2× 178 12.7k
Johann Jungclaus Germany 52 8.2k 0.5× 7.7k 0.5× 4.1k 0.9× 638 0.8× 154 0.2× 167 10.8k
Duane E. Waliser United States 72 13.9k 0.9× 14.6k 0.9× 4.2k 0.9× 304 0.4× 369 0.6× 277 16.3k
Lorenzo M. Polvani United States 66 13.0k 0.8× 12.1k 0.8× 3.0k 0.7× 303 0.4× 1.8k 2.9× 269 15.3k
Adam A. Scaife United Kingdom 66 12.9k 0.8× 13.5k 0.9× 3.6k 0.8× 296 0.4× 1.0k 1.6× 265 15.3k
Kevin I. Hodges United Kingdom 59 11.7k 0.8× 11.4k 0.7× 3.3k 0.7× 353 0.4× 154 0.2× 230 13.1k
Harry H. Hendon Australia 68 13.2k 0.8× 15.3k 1.0× 7.3k 1.6× 434 0.6× 338 0.5× 202 16.5k
Peter R. Gent United States 43 7.4k 0.5× 8.4k 0.5× 7.1k 1.6× 516 0.7× 201 0.3× 98 11.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Santer, Benjamin D., Susan Solomon, David W. J. Thompson, Qiang Fu, & Yaowei Li. (2025). Human influence on climate detectable in the late 19th century. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(25). e2500829122–e2500829122. 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, David W. J., et al.. (2025). The key role of the Southern Annular Mode during the sea-ice maximum for Antarctic sea ice and its recent loss. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 833–833.
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Thompson, David W. J., Amy H. Butler, Matthew C. Wheeler, et al.. (2025). Characteristics of Antarctic Stratospheric Variability During Winter: A Case Study of the 2024 Sudden Stratospheric Warming and Its Surface Impacts. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 131(1).
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Santer, Benjamin D., Stephen Po–Chedley, Lilong Zhao, et al.. (2023). Exceptional stratospheric contribution to human fingerprints on atmospheric temperature. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(20). e2300758120–e2300758120. 24 indexed citations
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Scaife, Adam A., Mark Baldwin, Amy H. Butler, et al.. (2022). Long-range prediction and the stratosphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(4). 2601–2623. 40 indexed citations
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Scaife, Adam A., Mark Baldwin, Amy H. Butler, et al.. (2021). Long Range Prediction and the Stratosphere. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 1 indexed citations
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Stone, Kane A., Susan Solomon, David W. J. Thompson, Douglas E. Kinnison, & John C. Fyfe. (2021). On the Southern Hemisphere Stratospheric Response to ENSO and Its Impacts on Tropospheric Circulation. Journal of Climate. 35(6). 1963–1981. 7 indexed citations
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Thompson, David W. J., et al.. (2020). Downstream Suppression of Baroclinic Waves. Journal of Climate. 34(3). 919–930. 3 indexed citations
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Taylor, Patrick C., Robyn C. Boeke, Ying Li, & David W. J. Thompson. (2019). Arctic cloud annual cycle biases in climate models. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(13). 8759–8782. 50 indexed citations
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He, Shengping, Erlend M. Knudsen, David W. J. Thompson, & Tore Furevik. (2018). Evidence for Predictive Skill of High‐Latitude Climate Due to Midsummer Sea Ice Extent Anomalies. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(17). 9114–9122. 12 indexed citations
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Thompson, David W. J., et al.. (2018). Thermodynamic Control on the Poleward shift of the Extratropical Jet in Climate Change Simulations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, David W. J., Paulo Ceppi, & Ying Li. (2018). A Robust Constraint on the Temperature and Height of the Extratropical Tropopause. Journal of Climate. 32(2). 273–287. 6 indexed citations
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Thompson, David W. J., Sandrine Bony, & Ying Li. (2017). Thermodynamic constraint on the depth of the global tropospheric circulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(31). 8181–8186. 41 indexed citations
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Thompson, David W. J. & Elizabeth A. Barnes. (2014). Periodic Variability in the Large-Scale Southern Hemisphere Atmospheric Circulation. Science. 343(6171). 641–645. 57 indexed citations
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Thompson, David W. J.. (2013). The mystery of recent stratospheric temperature trends. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.
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Grise, Kevin M., David W. J. Thompson, & Thomas Birner. (2009). A Global Survey of Static Stability in the Stratosphere and Upper Troposphere. Journal of Climate. 23(9). 2275–2292. 99 indexed citations
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Wallace, John M. & David W. J. Thompson. (2002). The Pacific Center of Action of the Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode: Real or Artifact?. Journal of Climate. 15(14). 1987–1991. 158 indexed citations
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Thompson, David W. J., J. M. Wallace, & Mark Baldwin. (2001). Stratospheric connection to Northern Hemisphere wintertime weather: implications for prediction. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 2001. 4 indexed citations
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Thompson, David W. J., et al.. (2000). Annular modes in the extratropical circulation. Part II: Trends. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 4 indexed citations
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Hartmann, Dennis L., John M. Wallace, Varavut Limpasuvan, David W. J. Thompson, & James R. Holton. (2000). Can ozone depletion and global warming interact to produce rapid climate change?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(4). 1412–1417. 270 indexed citations

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