David W. J. Thompson

24.0k citations

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

Atmospheric Science top 0.02%
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 71
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 33
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 28
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 11
Global and Planetary Change top 0.02%
- Climate variability and models 100
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 50
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds 6
Oceanography top 0.1%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 26
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 5%
Environmental Chemistry top 2%

Co-authors: John M. Wallace Susan Solomon Mark Baldwin Gabriele C. Hegerl Nathan P. Gillett Dennis L. Hartmann Varavut Limpasuvan Harry H. Hendon
Cited by: Atmospheric Science Global and Planetary Change Oceanography
Journals: Nature (5 papers)Science (6 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

David W. J. Thompson

123 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

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.

2011 Nature Geoscience
2002 Science
2001 Science
2000 Journal of Climate
2000 Journal of Climate
1998 Geophysical Research Letters

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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1	The key role of the Southern Annular Mode during the sea-ice maximum for Antarctic sea ice and its recent loss Communications Earth & Environment ·Chloe Boehm,David W. J. Thompson,Edward Blanchard‐Wrigglesworth	2025	0
2	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 ·Eun‐Pa Lim,David W. J. Thompson,Amy H. Butler,Matthew C. Wheeler,Hisashi Nakamura,Martin Jucker,Julie M. Arblaster,Harry H. Hendon,P. Newman,Lawrence Coy	2025	0
3	Human influence on climate detectable in the late 19th century Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Benjamin D. Santer,Susan Solomon,David W. J. Thompson,Qiang Fu,Yaowei Li	2025	1
4	Signature of the western boundary currents in local climate variability Nature ·James G. Larson,David W. J. Thompson,James W. Hurrell	2024	1
5	Exceptional stratospheric contribution to human fingerprints on atmospheric temperature 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	2023	24
6	Comparing Local Versus Hemispheric Perspectives of Extreme Heat Events Geophysical Research Letters ·Senne Van Loon,David W. J. Thompson	2023	5
7	Long-range prediction and the stratosphere 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	2022	40
8	Long Range Prediction and the Stratosphere 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	2021	1
9	Widespread changes in surface temperature persistence under climate change Nature ·Jingyuan Li,David W. J. Thompson	2021	58
10	Downstream Suppression of Baroclinic Waves Journal of Climate ·Lina Boljka,David W. J. Thompson,Ying Li	2020	3
11	Arctic cloud annual cycle biases in climate models Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Patrick C. Taylor,Robyn C. Boeke,Ying Li,David W. J. Thompson	2019	50
12	Evidence for Predictive Skill of High‐Latitude Climate Due to Midsummer Sea Ice Extent Anomalies Geophysical Research Letters ·Shengping He,Erlend M. Knudsen,David W. J. Thompson,Tore Furevik	2018	12
13	Thermodynamic Control on the Poleward shift of the Extratropical Jet in Climate Change Simulations AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Y. Li,David W. J. Thompson,Sandrine Bony,Timothy M. Merlis	2018	1
14	A Robust Constraint on the Temperature and Height of the Extratropical Tropopause Journal of Climate ·David W. J. Thompson,Paulo Ceppi,Ying Li	2018	6
15	The mystery of recent stratospheric temperature trends RePEc: Research Papers in Economics ·David W. J. Thompson	2013	0
16	A large discontinuity in the mid-twentieth century in observed global-mean surface temperature Nature ·David W. J. Thompson,John Kennedy,John M. Wallace,P. D. Jones	2008	212
17	The life cycle of the Northern Hemisphere sudden stratospheric warmings UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·Varavut Limpasuvan,David W. J. Thompson,Dennis L. Hartmann	2004	2
18	Stratospheric connection to Northern Hemisphere wintertime weather: implications for prediction UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·David W. J. Thompson,J. M. Wallace,Mark Baldwin	2001	4
19	Annular modes in the extratropical circulation. Part II: Trends UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·David W. J. Thompson,John M. Wallace,Gabriele C. Hegerl	2000	4
20	Annular modes in the extratropical circulation. Part I: Month-to-month variability UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·David W. J. Thompson,John M. Wallace	2000	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), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (50 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (33 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (28 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (26 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (11 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (6 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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