Dieter Scherer

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Dieter Scherer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dieter Scherer has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Atmospheric Science, 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 32 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dieter Scherer's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (38 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (28 papers) and Climate variability and models (27 papers). Dieter Scherer is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (38 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (28 papers) and Climate variability and models (27 papers). Dieter Scherer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. Dieter Scherer's co-authors include Fabien Maussion, Thomas Mölg, Fred Meier, Julia Curio, Roman Finkelnburg, Daniel Fenner, Marco Otto, Emily Collier, Ute Fehrenbach and Christoph Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Dieter Scherer

120 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Precipitation Seasonality and Variability over the Tibeta... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400 500
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. Precipitation Seasonality and Variability over the Tibetan Plateau as Resolved by the High Asia Reanalysis*
    2013 587 citations Fabien Maussion, Dieter Scherer et al. Journal of Climate profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dieter Scherer Germany 36 2.8k 1.8k 1.3k 961 349 125 5.0k
Xuan Wang China 36 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 560 0.4× 1.5k 1.6× 41 0.1× 164 4.5k
Timothy Peter Jones United Kingdom 40 1.4k 0.5× 522 0.3× 504 0.4× 1.6k 1.6× 99 0.3× 135 4.5k
Yun Fan China 29 3.6k 1.3× 4.1k 2.3× 858 0.7× 493 0.5× 65 0.2× 71 7.1k
Mihalis Lazaridis Greece 34 1.4k 0.5× 727 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 2.3k 2.4× 79 0.2× 166 3.6k
I. Colbeck United Kingdom 36 1.2k 0.4× 810 0.4× 572 0.4× 1.6k 1.7× 37 0.1× 175 3.5k
Armin Sorooshian United States 57 7.4k 2.6× 4.6k 2.6× 1.7k 1.3× 5.2k 5.4× 61 0.2× 261 10.4k
Erik Swietlicki Sweden 58 6.5k 2.3× 4.2k 2.3× 1.3k 1.0× 5.2k 5.4× 51 0.1× 224 9.4k
Kaarle Hämeri Finland 57 6.7k 2.4× 4.0k 2.2× 2.1k 1.6× 6.2k 6.5× 61 0.2× 152 9.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Dieter Scherer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dieter Scherer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dieter Scherer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dieter Scherer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dieter Scherer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dieter Scherer. Dieter Scherer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schmidt, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Analysis of the Meso‐Scale Climate of the Galápagos Archipelago by Dynamical Downscaling of Reanalysis Data. International Journal of Climatology. 45(13). 1 indexed citations
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Ballari, Daniela, et al.. (2025). Local Sea Surface Temperatures Modulate the Occurrence of Heavy Rainfall Events in the Galápagos Archipelago. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(23).
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Scherer, Dieter, et al.. (2024). A hybrid data-driven approach to analyze the drivers of lake level dynamics. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 28(18). 4331–4348. 4 indexed citations
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Ballari, Daniela, Rolando Célleri, Johanna Orellana‐Alvear, et al.. (2023). The Spatio-Temporal Cloud Frequency Distribution in the Galapagos Archipelago as Seen from MODIS Cloud Mask Data. Atmosphere. 14(8). 1225–1225. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Xun, Benjamin Schmidt, Marco Otto, et al.. (2021). Sensitivity of Water Balance in the Qaidam Basin to the Mid‐Pliocene Climate. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(16). 6 indexed citations
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Jänicke, Britta, et al.. (2018). Quantification and evaluation of intra-urban heat-stress variability in Seoul, Korea. International Journal of Biometeorology. 63(1). 1–12. 32 indexed citations
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Mölg, Thomas, Fabien Maussion, Emily Collier, John C. H. Chiang, & Dieter Scherer. (2017). Prominent Midlatitude Circulation Signature in High Asia's Surface Climate During Monsoon. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(23). 37 indexed citations
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Jänicke, Britta, et al.. (2016). The role of building models in the evaluation of heat-related risks. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 16(4). 963–976. 10 indexed citations
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Steven, Philipp, Dieter Scherer, Sonja Krösser, et al.. (2015). Semifluorinated Alkane Eye Drops for Treatment of Dry Eye Disease—A Prospective, Multicenter Noninterventional Study. PubMed Central. 55 indexed citations
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Jänicke, Britta, et al.. (2015). Evaluating the Effects of Façade Greening on Human Bioclimate in a Complex Urban Environment. Advances in Meteorology. 2015. 1–15. 87 indexed citations
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Curio, Julia, Fabien Maussion, & Dieter Scherer. (2014). A twelve-year high-resolution climatology of atmospheric water transport on the Tibetan Plateau. 6 indexed citations
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Maussion, Fabien, Dieter Scherer, Thomas Mölg, et al.. (2013). Precipitation Seasonality and Variability over the Tibetan Plateau as Resolved by the High Asia Reanalysis*. Journal of Climate. 27(5). 1910–1927. 587 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mölg, Thomas, Fabien Maussion, & Dieter Scherer. (2013). Mid-latitude westerlies as a driver of glacier variability in monsoonal High Asia. Nature Climate Change. 4(1). 68–73. 311 indexed citations
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Collier, Emily, Thomas Mölg, Fabien Maussion, et al.. (2013). High-resolution interactive modelling of the mountain glacier–atmosphere interface: an application over the Karakoram. ˜The œcryosphere. 7(3). 779–795. 72 indexed citations
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Scherer, Dieter, et al.. (2012). 도시기후분석 모델을 이용한 폭염·한파 상세분포 분석. 한국기상학회 학술대회 논문집. 236–237.
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Möller, Marco, Roman Finkelnburg, Matthias Braun, et al.. (2011). Climatic mass balance of the ice cap Vestfonna, Svalbard: A spatially distributed assessment using ERA-Interim and MODIS data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116(F3). 29 indexed citations
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Scherer, Dieter, et al.. (1998). Atmospheric and hydrological boundary conditions for slushflow initiation due to snowmelt. Annals of Glaciology. 26. 377–380. 7 indexed citations
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Gude, Martin & Dieter Scherer. (1998). Snowmelt and slushflows: hydrological and hazard implications. Annals of Glaciology. 26. 381–384. 5 indexed citations
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Scherer, Dieter, et al.. (1998). Atmospheric and hydrological boundary conditions for slushflow initiation due to snowmelt. Annals of Glaciology. 26. 377–380. 12 indexed citations
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Parlow, Eberhard, et al.. (1996). Urban Climatological Parameters Derived from ERS-1 &LANDSAT-TM Multisensor Data. ESASP. 383. 173. 1 indexed citations

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