Dian J. Gaffen

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Dian J. Gaffen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dian J. Gaffen has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 25 papers in Atmospheric Science and 5 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dian J. Gaffen's work include Climate variability and models (24 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (13 papers). Dian J. Gaffen is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (24 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (13 papers). Dian J. Gaffen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Dian J. Gaffen's co-authors include William P. Elliott, Rebecca J. Ross, William J. Randel, Benjamin D. Santer, Fei Wu, J. J. Hnilo, T. M. L. Wigley, Karl E. Taylor, Douglas Nychka and D. E. Parker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Dian J. Gaffen

29 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Statistical significance of trends and trend differences in layer‐average atmospheric temperature time series
    2000 565 citations Benjamin D. Santer, T. M. L. Wigley et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dian J. Gaffen United States 20 2.3k 2.2k 412 306 161 30 2.9k
Rebecca J. Ross United States 18 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 680 1.7× 272 0.9× 208 1.3× 20 2.1k
Lawrence L. Takacs United States 18 2.5k 1.1× 2.6k 1.2× 593 1.4× 211 0.7× 91 0.6× 40 3.1k
D. Cariolle France 26 1.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 204 0.5× 134 0.4× 70 0.4× 84 2.4k
Andrea Molod United States 31 2.8k 1.2× 2.8k 1.3× 524 1.3× 239 0.8× 72 0.4× 100 3.4k
Gert König‐Langlo Germany 30 2.5k 1.1× 2.9k 1.3× 191 0.5× 171 0.6× 131 0.8× 92 3.6k
Barbara E. Carlson United States 27 2.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 134 0.3× 272 0.9× 121 0.8× 74 2.7k
David B. Wuertz United States 15 1.2k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 252 0.6× 144 0.5× 198 1.2× 26 1.9k
Leopold Haimberger Austria 28 2.0k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 459 1.1× 168 0.5× 82 0.5× 72 2.5k
Ming‐Dah Chou United States 28 2.7k 1.2× 2.7k 1.2× 268 0.7× 107 0.3× 68 0.4× 74 3.1k
David A. Plummer Canada 29 2.1k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 157 0.4× 307 1.0× 63 0.4× 86 3.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dian J. Gaffen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ramaswamy, V., Marie‐Lise Chanin, J. K. Angell, et al.. (2013). Stratospheric Temperature Changes: Observations and Model Simulations. 85 indexed citations
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Wang, Julian X. L. & Dian J. Gaffen. (2001). Late-Twentieth-Century Climatology and Trends of Surface Humidity and Temperature in China. Journal of Climate. 14(13). 2833–2845. 117 indexed citations
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Wang, Julian X. L. & Dian J. Gaffen. (2001). Trends in Extremes of Surface Humidity, Temperature, and Summertime Heat Stress in China. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 18(5). 742–751. 23 indexed citations
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Gaffen, Dian J., Michael A. Sargent, R. E. Habermann, & John R. Lanzante. (2000). Sensitivity of Tropospheric and Stratospheric Temperature Trends to Radiosonde Data Quality. Journal of Climate. 13(10). 1776–1796. 107 indexed citations
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Gaffen, Dian J., et al.. (2000). Multidecadal Changes in the Vertical Temperature Structure of the Tropical Troposphere. Science. 287(5456). 1242–1245. 94 indexed citations
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Santer, Benjamin D., T. M. L. Wigley, Dian J. Gaffen, et al.. (2000). Statistical significance of trends and trend differences in layer‐average atmospheric temperature time series. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(D6). 7337–7356. 565 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gaffen, Dian J. & Rebecca J. Ross. (1998). Increased summertime heat stress in the US. Nature. 396(6711). 529–530. 135 indexed citations
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Ross, Rebecca J. & Dian J. Gaffen. (1998). Comment on “Widespread tropical atmospheric drying from 1979 to 1995” by Schroeder and McGuirk. Geophysical Research Letters. 25(23). 4357–4358. 19 indexed citations
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Gaffen, Dian J., et al.. (1997). Evaluation of Tropospheric Water Vapor Simulations from the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project. Journal of Climate. 10(7). 1648–1661. 19 indexed citations
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Gaffen, Dian J.. (1996). A digitized metadata set of global upper-air station histories. 45 indexed citations
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Elliott, William P., Dian J. Gaffen, J. K. Angell, & Jonathan D. W. Kahl. (1994). The Effect of Moisture on Layer Thicknesses Used to Monitor Global Temperatures. Journal of Climate. 7(2). 304–308. 18 indexed citations
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Gaffen, Dian J.. (1994). Temporal inhomogeneities in radiosonde temperature records. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 99(D2). 3667–3676. 149 indexed citations
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Elliott, William P. & Dian J. Gaffen. (1993). Effects of Conversion Algorithms on Reported Upper-Air Dewpoint Depressions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 74(7). 1323–1325. 16 indexed citations
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Gaffen, Dian J. & William P. Elliott. (1993). Column Water Vapor Content in Clear and Cloudy Skies. Journal of Climate. 6(12). 2278–2287. 35 indexed citations
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Gaffen, Dian J.. (1992). Observed Annual and Interannual Variations in Tropospheric Water Vapor. PhDT. 8 indexed citations
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Gaffen, Dian J. & T. P. Barnett. (1992). A comparison of observations and model simulations of tropospheric water vapor. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(D3). 2775–2780. 8 indexed citations
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Gaffen, Dian J., William P. Elliott, & Alan Robock. (1992). Relationships between tropospheric water vapor and surface temperature as observed by radiosondes. Geophysical Research Letters. 19(18). 1839–1842. 84 indexed citations
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Gaffen, Dian J., T. P. Barnett, & William P. Elliott. (1991). Space and Time Scales of Global Tropospheric Moisture. Journal of Climate. 4(10). 989–1008. 105 indexed citations
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Bornstein, Robert & Dian J. Gaffen. (1984). Sea-breeze circulation and photochemical pollution in Athens, Greece. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 18(5). 1037–1037. 1 indexed citations
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Gaffen, Dian J., C. Benocci, & D. Olivari. (1967). Numerical modeling of buoyancy dominated dispersal using a Lagrangian approach. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 21(6). 1285–1293. 4 indexed citations

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