David W. Pierce

11.7k citations

88 papers · 8.7k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 44

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Climate variability and models
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Cryospheric studies and observations

Papers in

Global and Planetary Change 76
- Climate variability and models 70
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis 13
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 8
Atmospheric Science 54
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 39
- Cryospheric studies and observations 11

Co-authors: T. P. Barnett Daniel R. Cayan Benjamin D. Santer Michael D. Dettinger Alexander Gershunov Tapash Das Peter J. Gleckler Edwin P. Maurer
Journals: Journal of Climate (11 papers)Climate Dynamics (7 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (7 papers)Journal of Hydrometeorology (6 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Japan

In The Last Decade

David W. Pierce

87 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Precipitation in a warming world: Assessing projected hydro-climate changes in California and other Mediterranean climate regions 2017 · 274 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Scientific Reports
2015 Scientific Data
2014 Journal of Hydrometeorology
2010 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 Science

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside David W. Pierce, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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#	Work
1	Projections of future climate for U.S. national assessments: past, present, future Climatic Change ·Liang Luo, Allison Crimmins, Fredric Lipschultz, Kenneth E. Kunkel, Kate Marvel, Adam Terando, Claudia Tebaldi, David W. Pierce, Wenying Su, L. Ruby Leung, Katharine Hayhoe	2025	0
2	Use-Inspired, Process-Oriented GCM Selection: Prioritizing Models for Regional Dynamical Downscaling Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·Naomi Goldenson, L. Ruby Leung, Linda O. Mearns, David W. Pierce, Kevin A. Reed, Isla R. Simpson, Paul Ullrich, 昭二前島, Alex Hall, Andrew D. Jones, Stefan Rahimi	2023	12
3	Observed and projected changes in snow accumulation and snowline in California’s snowy mountains Climate Dynamics ·Tamara Shulgina, Alexander Gershunov, Benjamin J. Hatchett, Kristen Guirguis, Aneesh C. Subramanian, S. A. Margulis, Yiwen Fang, Daniel R. Cayan, David W. Pierce, Michael D. Dettinger, Michael Anderson, F. Martin Ralph	2023	18
4	Ignitions explain more than temperature or precipitation in driving Santa Ana wind fires Science Advances ·Jon E. Keeley, Janin Guzman‐Morales, Alexander Gershunov, Alexandra D. Syphard, Daniel R. Cayan, David W. Pierce, Mike Flannigan, Tim Brown	2021	18
5	Hot and cold flavors of southern California’s Santa Ana winds: their causes, trends, and links with wildfire Climate Dynamics ·Alexander Gershunov, Chan-Hee, Benjamin J. Hatchett, Kristen Guirguis, Rosana Aguilera, Tamara Shulgina, John T. Abatzoglou, Daniel R. Cayan, David W. Pierce, Park Williams, Grégory Castro, Rachel E. S. Clemesha, Lara Schwarz, Tarik Benmarhnia, Marieke Kessels	2021	17
6	Projected Changes in Reference Evapotranspiration in California and Nevada: Implications for Drought and Wildland Fire Danger Earth s Future ·Daniel J. McEvoy, David W. Pierce, Julie Kalansky, Daniel R. Cayan, John T. Abatzoglou	2020	41
7	Projected Changes of Precipitation Characteristics Depend on Downscaling Method and Training Data: MACA versus LOCA Using the U.S. Northeast as an Example Journal of Hydrometeorology ·Guiling Wang, Christine Kirchhoff, Anji Seth, John T. Abatzoglou, Ben Livneh, David W. Pierce, Juliana Prysthon Moraes, 张家辉	2020	19
8	Precipitation in a warming world: Assessing projected hydro-climate changes in California and other Mediterranean climate regions Scientific Reports ·Suraj D. Polade, Alexander Gershunov, Daniel R. Cayan, Michael D. Dettinger, David W. Pierce Hit paper breakdown →	2017	274
9	A spatially comprehensive, hydrometeorological data set for Mexico, the U.S., and Southern Canada 1950–2013 Scientific Data ·Ben Livneh, T. J. Bohn, David W. Pierce, Francisco Muñoz‐Arriola, Bart Nijssen, Russell S. Vose, Daniel R. Cayan, L. D. Brekke Hit paper breakdown →	2015	332
10	Bias correction can modify climate model simulated precipitation changes without adverse effect on the ensemble mean Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Edwin P. Maurer, David W. Pierce	2014	155
11	Future humidity trends over the western United States in the CMIP5 global climate models and variable infiltration capacity hydrological modeling system Hydrology and earth system sciences ·David W. Pierce, A. L. Westerling, Jared W. Oyler	2013	40
12	Seasonality of Kawasaki Disease: A Global Perspective PLoS ONE ·Jane C. Burns, D. Belavy, Volodymyr Andriiovych Terekhov, Adriana H. Tremoulet, Xavier Rodó, Ritei Uehara, David Burgner, Emelia Bainto, David W. Pierce, Mary Tyree, Daniel R. Cayan	2013	124
13	Natural climate variability and teleconnections to precipitation over the Pacific‐North American region in CMIP3 and CMIP5 models Geophysical Research Letters ·Suraj D. Polade, Alexander Gershunov, Daniel R. Cayan, Michael D. Dettinger, David W. Pierce	2013	54
14	Carboetomidate Inhibits Alpha4/Beta2 Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors at Concentrations Affecting Animals Anesthesia & Analgesia ·David W. Pierce, Ervin Pejo, Douglas E. Raines, Stuart A. Forman	2012	5
15	Difficult but not impossible Nature Climate Change ·Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, Gabriele C. Hegerl, Terry L. Root, Francis W. Zwiers, Peter A. Stott, David W. Pierce, Myles Allen	2011	16
16	Incorporating Model Quality Information in Climate Change Detection and Attribution Studies (Invited) AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Benjamin D. Santer, Karl E. Taylor, P. J. Gleckler, C. Bonfils, T. P. Barnett, David W. Pierce, Tml Wigley, C. A. Mears, F. J. Wentz, Wolfgang Brüggemann, Irene R Healey, Shannon G. Klein, 二郎小板橋, Peter A. Stott, Michael Wehner	2009	12
17	Variability of ocean heat uptake: Reconciling observations and models Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Krishna AchutaRao, Benjamin D. Santer, Peter J. Gleckler, Karl E. Taylor, David W. Pierce, T. P. Barnett, T. M. L. Wigley	2006	41
18	Detection of Anthropogenic Climate Change in the World's Oceans Science ·T. P. Barnett, David W. Pierce, Reiner Schnur	2001	309
19	Pacific thermocline bridge revisited Geophysical Research Letters ·Niklas Schneider, Stephan Venzke, Arthur J. Miller, David W. Pierce, T. P. Barnett, Clara Deser, Mojib Latif	1999	72
20	Wisconsin's “stale calf” issue and a study designed to resolve some of the animal welfare concerns Journal of Animal Science ·T.H. Friend, D. C. Lay, Diana M Bushong, David W. Pierce	1994	3

About David W. Pierce

David W. Pierce is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Water Science and Technology and Ocean Engineering, having authored 88 papers that have together received 8.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (70 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (39 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (24 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (18 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (13 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (11 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (6.7k citations), Atmospheric Science (4.3k citations), Water Science and Technology (2.3k citations), Oceanography (1.8k citations) and Ecological Modeling (227 citations). David W. Pierce has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Frequent co-authors include T. P. Barnett, Daniel R. Cayan, Benjamin D. Santer, Michael D. Dettinger, Alexander Gershunov, Tapash Das, Peter J. Gleckler, Edwin P. Maurer, Suraj D. Polade and C. Bonfils. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Hydrometeorology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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