J. T. Kiehl

29.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
137 papers, 20.0k citations indexed

About

J. T. Kiehl is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, J. T. Kiehl has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 20.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Atmospheric Science, 110 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in J. T. Kiehl's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (65 papers), Climate variability and models (55 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (54 papers). J. T. Kiehl is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (65 papers), Climate variability and models (55 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (54 papers). J. T. Kiehl collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. J. T. Kiehl's co-authors include V. Ramanathan, Kevin E. Trenberth, Paul J. Crutzen, Daniel Rosenfeld, Christine A. Shields, James J. Hack, Bruce P. Briegleb, John Fasullo, Byron A. Boville and Gordon B. Bonan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. T. Kiehl

135 papers receiving 18.6k citations

Hit Papers

Aerosols, Climate, and the Hydrological Cycle 1985 2026 1998 2012 2001 2006 2008 2005 1997 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Aerosols, Climate, and the Hydrological Cycle
    2001 3.0k citations J. T. Kiehl et al. Science profile →
  2. The Community Climate System Model Version 3 (CCSM3)
    2006 2.0k citations William D. Collins, Christopher S. Bretherton et al. Journal of Climate profile →
  3. Earth's Global Energy Budget
    2008 1.2k citations J. T. Kiehl et al. profile →
  4. Atmospheric brown clouds: Impacts on South Asian climate and hydrological cycle
    2005 1.1k citations J. T. Kiehl, Qiang Fu et al. profile →
  5. Earth's Annual Global Mean Energy Budget
    1997 940 citations J. T. Kiehl et al. profile →
  6. The National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate Model: CCM3*
    1998 932 citations J. T. Kiehl, James J. Hack et al. Journal of Climate profile →
  7. The Relative Roles of Sulfate Aerosols and Greenhouse Gases in Climate Forcing
    1993 704 citations J. T. Kiehl et al. Science profile →
  8. Quantifying Climate Feedbacks Using Radiative Kernels
    2008 609 citations Brian J. Soden, Karen M. Shell et al. Journal of Climate profile →
  9. Trace gas trends and their potential role in climate change
    1985 574 citations J. T. Kiehl 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
J. T. Kiehl United States 62 15.5k 15.1k 2.0k 1.4k 914 137 20.0k
David Rind United States 76 15.4k 1.0× 12.8k 0.8× 2.4k 1.2× 940 0.7× 2.2k 2.4× 243 20.6k
Jürg Luterbacher Germany 74 15.3k 1.0× 14.1k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.7× 258 20.9k
Reto Rüedy United States 40 9.6k 0.6× 10.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 63 15.9k
William D. Collins United States 53 16.8k 1.1× 17.0k 1.1× 3.3k 1.7× 796 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 246 22.4k
Warren M. Washington United States 55 8.5k 0.5× 9.0k 0.6× 2.1k 1.1× 527 0.4× 843 0.9× 123 12.4k
Stephen G. Warren United States 61 15.6k 1.0× 9.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.5× 158 18.9k
Gavin A. Schmidt United States 60 10.5k 0.7× 8.7k 0.6× 2.1k 1.1× 423 0.3× 1.9k 2.1× 194 14.2k
Ina Tegen Germany 59 15.4k 1.0× 13.7k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 1.9k 1.4× 889 1.0× 157 18.6k
Andrew A. Lacis United States 60 12.8k 0.8× 13.4k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 871 1.0× 152 19.0k
Simon F. B. Tett United Kingdom 51 9.2k 0.6× 10.5k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 680 0.5× 698 0.8× 149 13.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. T. Kiehl

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Santer, Benjamin D., Stephen Po–Chedley, Mark D. Zelinka, et al.. (2018). Human influence on the seasonal cycle of tropospheric temperature. Science. 361(6399). 104 indexed citations
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Shields, Christine A. & J. T. Kiehl. (2017). Permian Megamonsoon Sensitivity to Paleo-Tethys Warm Pool:Model Simulations using CCSM3. 1 indexed citations
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Shields, Christine A. & J. T. Kiehl. (2017). Monsoonal precipitation in the Paleo-Tethys warm pool during the latest Permian. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 491. 123–136. 16 indexed citations
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Carmichael, Matthew J., Daniel J. Lunt, Matthew Huber, et al.. (2016). A model–model and data–model comparison for the early Eocene hydrological cycle. Climate of the past. 12(2). 455–481. 65 indexed citations
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Conley, Andrew, Jean‐François Lamarque, Francis Vitt, William D. Collins, & J. T. Kiehl. (2013). PORT, a CESM tool for the diagnosis of radiative forcing. Geoscientific model development. 6(2). 469–476. 71 indexed citations
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Kiehl, J. T.. (2009). Challenges in modeling warm Cenozoic climates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 2 indexed citations
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Hannay, Cécile, D. Williamson, James J. Hack, et al.. (2008). Evaluation of Forecasted Southeast Pacific Stratocumulus in the NCAR, GFDL and ECMWF Models. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 21 indexed citations
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Shell, Karen M., J. T. Kiehl, & Christine A. Shields. (2008). Using the Radiative Kernel Technique to Calculate Climate Feedbacks in NCAR’s Community Atmospheric Model. Journal of Climate. 21(10). 2269–2282. 296 indexed citations
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Shellito, Cindy, J. T. Kiehl, Jean‐François Lamarque, & L. C. Sloan. (2007). A New Look at the Early Eocene Arctic Climate in CCSM3: Sensitivity to pCO2 and Basin Geography. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Overpeck, Jonathan T., Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, Gifford H. Miller, et al.. (2006). Paleoclimatic Evidence for Future Ice-Sheet Instability and Rapid Sea-Level Rise. Science. 311(5768). 1747–1750. 340 indexed citations
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Kiehl, J. T., Christine A. Shields, James J. Hack, & William D. Collins. (2006). The Climate Sensitivity of the Community Climate System Model Version 3 (CCSM3). Journal of Climate. 19(11). 2584–2596. 156 indexed citations
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Lamarque, Jean‐François, J. T. Kiehl, Guy Brasseur, et al.. (2005). Assessing future nitrogen deposition and carbon cycle feedback using a multimodel approach: Analysis of nitrogen deposition. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 110(D19). 270 indexed citations
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Wielicki, Bruce A., Takmeng Wong, Richard P. Allan, et al.. (2002). Evidence for Large Decadal Variability in the Tropical Mean Radiative Energy Budget. Science. 295(5556). 841–844. 281 indexed citations
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Collins, William D., Junyi Wang, J. T. Kiehl, et al.. (1997). Comparison of Tropical Ocean–Atmosphere Fluxes with the NCAR Community Climate Model CCM3*. Journal of Climate. 10(12). 3047–3058. 11 indexed citations
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Kiehl, J. T., James J. Hack, Minghua Zhang, & R. D. Cess. (1995). Sensitivity of a GCM Climate to Enhanced Shortwave Cloud Absorption. Journal of Climate. 8(9). 2200–2212. 45 indexed citations
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Williamson, David, J. T. Kiehl, & James J. Hack. (1995). Climate sensitivity of the NCAR Community Climate Model (CCM2) to horizontal resolution. Climate Dynamics. 11(7). 377–397. 82 indexed citations
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Kiehl, J. T.. (1994). The simulated Earth radiation budget of the NCAR CCM2 and comparisons with the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE). Medical Entomology and Zoology. 99. 23 indexed citations
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Zender, Charles S. & J. T. Kiehl. (1994). Radiative sensitivities of tropical anvils to small ice crystals. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 99(D12). 25869–25880. 26 indexed citations
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Fels, Stephen B., J. T. Kiehl, Andrew A. Lacis, & M. D. Schwarzkopf. (1991). Infrared cooling rate calculations in operational general circulation models: Comparisons with benchmark computations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 96(D5). 9105–9120. 14 indexed citations
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Kiehl, J. T. & Byron A. Boville. (1988). The Radiative-Dynamical Response of a Stratospheric-Tropospheric General Circulation Model to Changes in Ozone. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 45(12). 1798–1817. 35 indexed citations

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