Ethan Coffel

2.3k citations

27 papers · 1.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 16

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 2%
- Climate variability and models
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 2%
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Air Quality and Health Impacts

Papers in

Global and Planetary Change 20
- Climate variability and models 16
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 4
- Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies 3
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 2
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 8
- Climate Change and Health Impacts 8

Co-authors: Radley M. Horton Corey Lesk Alex de Sherbinin Justin Mankin Colin Raymond Jonathan M. Winter D. K. Ray Sonia I. Seneviratne
Journals: Environmental Research Letters (7 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (3 papers)Scientific Reports (2 papers)Earth s Future (2 papers)Nature Climate Change (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Ethan Coffel

26 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Stronger temperature–moisture couplings exacerbate the impact of climate warming on global crop yields 2021 · 200 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2021 Nature Food
2017 Environmental Research Letters
2016 NOAA Institutional Repository

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	More Distinct Dry and Humid Heat in a Warming World Earth s Future ·Ethan Coffel	2025	0
2	Enhanced solar and wind potential during widespread temperature extremes across the U.S. interconnected energy grids Environmental Research Letters ·Deepti Singh, Flore N. Nguemaim, Cassandra D. W. Rogers, James Doss‐Gollin, Ethan Coffel, Jer‐Chen Liao	2024	7
3	Recent shift from energy- to moisture-limitation over global croplands Environmental Research Letters ·Ethan Coffel, Corey Lesk	2024	5
4	Increased extreme humid heat hazard faced by agricultural workers Environmental Research Communications ·Wiegerinck Ma, Mingfang Ting, Radley M. Horton, Deepti Singh, Cassandra D. W. Rogers, Ethan Coffel	2023	3
5	Contrasting impacts of dry versus humid heat on US corn and soybean yields Scientific Reports ·Mingfang Ting, Corey Lesk, Chunyu Liu, Cuihua Li, Radley M. Horton, Ethan Coffel, Cassandra D. W. Rogers, Deepti Singh	2023	19
6	Earth System Model Overestimation of Cropland Temperatures Scales With Agricultural Intensity Geophysical Research Letters ·Ethan Coffel, Corey Lesk, Justin Mankin	2022	6
7	Crop-climate feedbacks boost US maize and soy yields Environmental Research Letters ·Ethan Coffel, Corey Lesk, Jonathan M. Winter, E. C. Osterberg, Justin Mankin	2022	17
8	The impact of heat on kidney stone presentations in South Carolina under two climate change scenarios Scientific Reports ·Jason Kaufman, Ana M. Vicedo‐Cabrera, Vicky Tam, Lihai Song, Ethan Coffel, Gregory E. Tasian	2022	24
9	Recent Increases in Exposure to Extreme Humid‐Heat Events Disproportionately Affect Populated Regions Geophysical Research Letters ·Cassandra D. W. Rogers, Mingfang Ting, Cuihua Li, Kai Kornhuber, Ethan Coffel, Radley M. Horton, Colin Raymond, Deepti Singh	2021	94
10	Stronger temperature–moisture couplings exacerbate the impact of climate warming on global crop yields Nature Food ·Corey Lesk, Ethan Coffel, Jonathan M. Winter, D. K. Ray, Jakob Zscheischler, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Radley M. Horton Hit paper breakdown →	2021	200
11	Net benefits to US soy and maize yields from intensifying hourly rainfall Nature Climate Change ·Corey Lesk, Ethan Coffel, Radley M. Horton	2020	60
12	Thermal power generation is disadvantaged in a warming world Environmental Research Letters ·Ethan Coffel, Justin Mankin	2020	21
13	Future Hot and Dry Years Worsen Nile Basin Water Scarcity Despite Projected Precipitation Increases Earth s Future ·Ethan Coffel, Bruce Keith, Corey Lesk, Radley M. Horton, Doktorand Im, Jonathan Lee, Justin Mankin	2019	81
14	Nonlinear increases in extreme temperatures paradoxically dampen increases in extreme humid-heat Environmental Research Letters ·Ethan Coffel, Radley M. Horton, Jonathan M. Winter, Justin Mankin	2019	33
15	Projected increase in the spatial extent of contiguous US summer heat waves and associated attributes Environmental Research Letters ·Bradfield Lyon, Anthony G. Barnston, Ethan Coffel, Radley M. Horton	2019	61
16	Temperature and humidity based projections of a rapid rise in global heat stress exposure during the 21st century Environmental Research Letters ·Ethan Coffel, Radley M. Horton, Alex de Sherbinin Hit paper breakdown →	2017	338
17	Threats to North American forests from southern pine beetle with warming winters Nature Climate Change ·Corey Lesk, Ethan Coffel, Anthony W. D’Amato, Kevin J. Dodds, Radley M. Horton	2017	106
18	Heat stress and societal impacts in the 21st century AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Ethan Coffel, Radley M. Horton, Pierre-Alexis Jacques Dit Routier	2015	1
19	Climate change in the Northeast and Midwest United States A. M. Bryan, Ambarish V. Karmalkar, Ethan Coffel, Liang Ning, Radley M. Horton, Eleonora Demaria, Norma del Río, Raymond S. Bradley, Wulandara Sujana	2015	2
20	Reply to “Comment on ‘Climate Change and the Impact of Extreme Temperatures on Aviation’” Weather Climate and Society ·Ethan Coffel, Radley M. Horton	2015	2

About Ethan Coffel

Ethan Coffel is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atmospheric Science and Ecological Modeling, having authored 27 papers that have together received 1.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (16 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (8 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (7 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (6 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (4 papers), Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies (3 papers), Air Traffic Management and Optimization (2 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (928 citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (436 citations), Atmospheric Science (462 citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (305 citations) and Environmental Engineering (214 citations). Ethan Coffel has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Radley M. Horton, Corey Lesk, Alex de Sherbinin, Justin Mankin, Colin Raymond, Jonathan M. Winter, D. K. Ray, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Jakob Zscheischler and Anthony W. D’Amato. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Research Letters, Geophysical Research Letters, Scientific Reports, Earth s Future and Nature Climate Change.

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