Ervin Zsótér

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Ervin Zsótér is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ervin Zsótér has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 28 papers in Atmospheric Science and 26 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Ervin Zsótér's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (27 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (26 papers) and Climate variability and models (19 papers). Ervin Zsótér is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (27 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (26 papers) and Climate variability and models (19 papers). Ervin Zsótér collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Sweden. Ervin Zsótér's co-authors include Shaun Harrigan, Gabriele Arduini, Emanuel Dutra, Joaquı́n Muñoz-Sabater, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Souhail Boussetta, Margarita Choulga, Anna Agustí‐Panareda, Carlo Buontempo and Diego G. Miralles and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ervin Zsótér

47 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

ERA5-Land: a state-of-the-art global reanalysis dataset f... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. ERA5-Land: a state-of-the-art global reanalysis dataset for land applications
    2021 2.5k citations Joaquı́n Muñoz-Sabater, Emanuel Dutra et al. Earth system science data profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ervin Zsótér United Kingdom 23 2.7k 1.9k 1.3k 849 385 48 4.1k
Shaun Harrigan United Kingdom 26 3.3k 1.2× 1.9k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 996 1.2× 468 1.2× 55 4.8k
Carlo Buontempo United Kingdom 22 2.7k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 780 0.6× 833 1.0× 413 1.1× 51 4.3k
Souhail Boussetta United Kingdom 24 2.9k 1.1× 2.4k 1.3× 863 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 475 1.2× 45 4.5k
Xihui Gu China 35 2.5k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 625 0.7× 394 1.0× 125 3.2k
Simon Michael Papalexiou Canada 34 3.7k 1.3× 2.5k 1.3× 1.4k 1.1× 710 0.8× 204 0.5× 111 4.8k
Jianfeng Li China 41 3.6k 1.3× 1.8k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 831 1.0× 338 0.9× 157 4.9k
Khaled H. Hamed Egypt 14 3.5k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 720 0.8× 509 1.3× 42 4.7k
Agnès Ducharne France 33 3.2k 1.2× 2.0k 1.0× 2.0k 1.5× 1.3k 1.5× 678 1.8× 86 5.1k
Qiaohong Sun China 26 3.0k 1.1× 2.3k 1.2× 971 0.8× 382 0.4× 344 0.9× 45 4.0k
Christopher Sampson United Kingdom 29 3.7k 1.4× 1.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.5× 718 0.8× 646 1.7× 49 4.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wiart, Corentin Carton de, Stefania Grimaldi, Ervin Zsótér, et al.. (2025). Optimizing Warnings for Hydrologic Ensemble Prediction Systems for Improved Decision-Making. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 26(6). 675–689.
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Prudhomme, Christel, Ervin Zsótér, Angélique Melet, et al.. (2024). Global hydrological reanalyses: The value of river discharge information for world‐wide downstream applications – The example of the Global Flood Awareness System GloFAS. Meteorological Applications. 31(2). 8 indexed citations
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Harrigan, Shaun, Ervin Zsótér, Hannah Cloke, Peter Salamon, & Christel Prudhomme. (2023). Daily ensemble river discharge reforecasts and real-time forecasts from the operational Global Flood Awareness System. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 27(1). 1–19. 32 indexed citations
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Wang, Han, Ping‐an Zhong, Ervin Zsótér, et al.. (2023). Regional Adaptability of Global and Regional Hydrological Forecast System. Water. 15(2). 347–347. 4 indexed citations
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Mayer, Michael, et al.. (2022). Diagnostic evaluation of river discharge into the Arctic Ocean and its impact on oceanic volume transports. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(2). 279–304. 11 indexed citations
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Cao, Bin, Gabriele Arduini, & Ervin Zsótér. (2022). Brief communication: Improving ERA5-Land soil temperature in permafrost regions using an optimized multi-layer snow scheme. ˜The œcryosphere. 16(7). 2701–2708. 15 indexed citations
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Muñoz-Sabater, Joaquı́n, Emanuel Dutra, Anna Agustí‐Panareda, et al.. (2021). ERA5-Land: a state-of-the-art global reanalysis dataset for land applications. Earth system science data. 13(9). 4349–4383. 2493 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boussetta, Souhail, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Gabriele Arduini, et al.. (2021). ECLand: The ECMWF Land Surface Modelling System. Atmosphere. 12(6). 723–723. 37 indexed citations
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Ficchì, Andrea, Hannah Cloke, Cláudia Neves, et al.. (2021). Beyond El Niño: Unsung climate modes drive African floods. Weather and Climate Extremes. 33. 100345–100345. 14 indexed citations
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Harrigan, Shaun, Ervin Zsótér, Lorenzo Alfieri, et al.. (2020). GloFAS-ERA5 operational global river discharge reanalysis 1979–present. Earth system science data. 12(3). 2043–2060. 211 indexed citations
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Harrigan, Shaun, Ervin Zsótér, Lorenzo Alfieri, et al.. (2020). GloFAS-ERA5 operational global river discharge reanalysis 1979-present. 7 indexed citations
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Zsótér, Ervin, Hannah Cloke, Christel Prudhomme, et al.. (2020). Trends in the GloFAS-ERA5 river discharge reanalysis. CentAUR (University of Reading). 6 indexed citations
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Cloke, Hannah, Ervin Zsótér, Zachary L. Flamig, et al.. (2019). Assessing the performance of global hydrological models for capturing peak river flows in the Amazon basin. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 23(7). 3057–3080. 96 indexed citations
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Emerton, Rebecca, Ervin Zsótér, Louise Arnal, et al.. (2018). Developing a global operational seasonal hydro-meteorological forecasting system: GloFAS-Seasonal v1.0. Geoscientific model development. 11(8). 3327–3346. 77 indexed citations
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Emerton, Rebecca, Ervin Zsótér, Louise Arnal, et al.. (2018). Developing a global operational seasonal hydro-meteorological forecasting system. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 8188. 2 indexed citations
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Perez, Erin Coughlan de, Bart van den Hurk, Maarten van Aalst, et al.. (2016). Action-based flood forecasting for triggering humanitarian action. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 20(9). 3549–3560. 72 indexed citations
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Baugh, Calum, Florian Pappenberger, Fredrik Wetterhall, Tim Hewson, & Ervin Zsótér. (2016). A global flash flood forecasting system. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations
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Zsótér, Ervin. (2014). GEOWOW - Benefits of TIGGE ensemble forecast data for the GEOSS community. EGUGA. 11487. 1 indexed citations
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Dutra, Emanuel, Michail Diamantakis, Ervin Zsótér, et al.. (2013). The extreme forecast index at the seasonal scale. Atmospheric Science Letters. 14(4). 256–262. 17 indexed citations

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