Henry F. Díaz

16.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
110 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Henry F. Díaz is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Henry F. Díaz has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 79 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Henry F. Díaz's work include Climate variability and models (86 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (41 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (20 papers). Henry F. Díaz is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (86 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (41 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (20 papers). Henry F. Díaz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Switzerland. Henry F. Díaz's co-authors include Raymond S. Bradley, George N. Kiladis, Jon Eischeid, Michael D. Dettinger, Nicholas E. Graham, Martin Beniston, Thomas W. Giambelluca, Martin P. Hoerling, Daniel R. Cayan and P. D. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Henry F. Díaz

109 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global Climatic Anomalies Associated with Extremes in the Southern Oscillation

1989 866 citations Henry F. Díaz et al. Journal of Climate profile →
Northern Hemisphere Surface Air Temperature Variations: 1851–1984

1986 590 citations Raymond S. Bradley, Henry F. Díaz et al. profile →
Threats to Water Supplies in the Tropical Andes

2006 520 citations Raymond S. Bradley, Mathias Vuille et al. Science profile →
CLIMATIC CHANGE AT HIGH ELEVATION SITES: AN OVERVIEW

1997 518 citations Martin Beniston, Henry F. Díaz et al. Climatic Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Henry F. Díaz United States	48	6.5k	5.6k	1.4k	1.1k	1.0k	110	9.5k
T. C. Johns United Kingdom	20	6.0k 0.9×	4.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	649 0.6×	707 0.7×	29	8.2k
Benjamin D. Santer United States	56	10.3k 1.6×	8.6k 1.5×	2.4k 1.7×	1.4k 1.3×	880 0.8×	117	13.1k
David W. Pierce United States	44	6.7k 1.0×	4.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	2.3k 2.1×	853 0.8×	88	8.7k
Pier Luigi Vidale United Kingdom	51	9.9k 1.5×	8.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	153	12.4k
Seita Emori Japan	37	9.6k 1.5×	7.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	99	13.2k
G. J. Boer Canada	50	10.2k 1.6×	8.2k 1.5×	2.4k 1.7×	989 0.9×	837 0.8×	131	12.3k
Jon Eischeid United States	39	5.5k 0.8×	3.9k 0.7×	788 0.5×	775 0.7×	654 0.6×	84	7.0k
Mingfang Ting United States	55	9.2k 1.4×	7.7k 1.4×	2.4k 1.7×	751 0.7×	833 0.8×	158	10.8k
Elena Xoplaki Germany	46	6.7k 1.0×	6.5k 1.2×	972 0.7×	572 0.5×	786 0.8×	116	10.2k
Russell S. Vose United States	45	9.8k 1.5×	8.1k 1.4×	1.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	985 0.9×	90	12.9k

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Hidalgo, Hugo G., Karen A. McKinnon, Salvatore Pascale, et al.. (2025). Detection and attribution of trends of meteorological extremes in Central America. Climatic Change. 178(5). 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Arun, et al.. (2024). Why Do DJF 2023/24 Upper‐Level 200‐hPa Geopotential Height Forecasts Look Different From the Expected El Niño Response?. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(14). 2 indexed citations

Hoerling, Martin P., et al.. (2024). Critical Effects of Precipitation on Future Colorado River Flow. Journal of Climate. 37(16). 4079–4093. 8 indexed citations

Wahl, Eugene R., et al.. (2020). A 450-Year Perspective on California Precipitation “Flips”. Journal of Climate. 33(23). 10221–10237. 11 indexed citations

Giambelluca, Thomas W., et al.. (2019). Temperature trends in Hawaiʻi: A century of change, 1917–2016. International Journal of Climatology. 39(10). 3987–4001. 19 indexed citations

Díaz, Henry F., et al.. (2019). Why was the Paraná flood of 2016 weaker than that of 1998?. International Journal of Climatology. 40(1). 604–609. 4 indexed citations

Quan, Xiao‐Wei, Martin P. Hoerling, Judith Perlwitz, & Henry F. Díaz. (2018). On the Time of Emergence of Tropical Width Change. Journal of Climate. 31(18). 7225–7236. 7 indexed citations

Timm, O. Elison, Thomas W. Giambelluca, & Henry F. Díaz. (2014). Statistical downscaling of rainfall changes in Hawai‘i based on the CMIP5 global model projections. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(1). 92–112. 107 indexed citations

Quan, Xiao‐Wei, Martin P. Hoerling, Judith Perlwitz, Henry F. Díaz, & Taiyi Xu. (2013). How Fast Are the Tropics Expanding?. Journal of Climate. 27(5). 1999–2013. 68 indexed citations

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Frazier, Abby G., Thomas W. Giambelluca, & Henry F. Díaz. (2012). Spatial Rainfall Patterns of ENSO and PDO in Hawai'i. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 2 indexed citations

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Frazier, Abby G., Henry F. Díaz, & Thomas W. Giambelluca. (2011). Rainfall in Hawai'i: Spatial and Temporal Changes Since 1920. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 3 indexed citations

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Bradley, Raymond S., Mathias Vuille, Henry F. Díaz, & Walter Vergara. (2006). Threats to Water Supplies in the Tropical Andes. Science. 312(5781). 1755–1756. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cayan, Daniel R., Michael D. Dettinger, Kelly T. Redmond, et al.. (2003). The transboundary setting of California's water and hydropower systems: linkages between the Sierra Nevada, Columbia, and Colorado hydroclimates.. 237–262. 7 indexed citations

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Comrie, Andrew C., Henry F. Díaz, & Barbara J. Morehouse. (2003). Climate Doesn't Stop at the Border: U.S. - Mexico Climatic Regions and Causes of Variability. 291–316. 2 indexed citations

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Graham, Nicholas E. & Henry F. Díaz. (2001). Evidence for Intensification of North Pacific Winter Cyclones since 1948. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 82(9). 1869–1893. 206 indexed citations

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Ribera, Pedro, Ricardo Garcı́a, Henry F. Díaz, Luís Gimeno, & E. Hernández. (2000). Trends and interannual oscillations in the main sea‐level surface pressure patterns over the Mediterranean 1955–1990. Geophysical Research Letters. 27(8). 1143–1146. 24 indexed citations

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Beniston, Martin, Henry F. Díaz, & Raymond S. Bradley. (1997). CLIMATIC CHANGE AT HIGH ELEVATION SITES: AN OVERVIEW. Climatic Change. 36(3-4). 233–251. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

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Díaz, Henry F. & Nicholas E. Graham. (1996). Recent changes in tropical freezing heights and the role of sea surface temperature. Nature. 383(6596). 152–155. 121 indexed citations

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Bates, John J. & Henry F. Díaz. (1991). Evaluation of multichannel sea surface temperature product quality for climate monitoring: 1982–1988. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 96(C11). 20613–20622. 30 indexed citations

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Díaz, Henry F.. (1979). The Extreme Temperature Anomalies of March 1843 and February 1936. Monthly Weather Review. 107(12). 1688–1694. 2 indexed citations

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