James S. Risbey

10.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
152 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

James S. Risbey is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, James S. Risbey has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 75 papers in Atmospheric Science and 33 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in James S. Risbey's work include Climate variability and models (96 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (51 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (31 papers). James S. Risbey is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (96 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (51 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (31 papers). James S. Risbey collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. James S. Risbey's co-authors include Michael J. Pook, Peter C. McIntosh, Milind Kandlikar, Matthew C. Wheeler, Harry H. Hendon, Didier P. Monselesan, T. Okane, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Stephan Lewandowsky and J.P. van der Sluijs and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

James S. Risbey

148 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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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.

On the Remote Drivers of Rainfall Variability in Australia

2009 668 citations James S. Risbey, Michael J. Pook et al. profile →
A compound event framework for understanding extreme impacts

2013 581 citations James S. Risbey et al. profile →
What causes southeast Australia's worst droughts?

2009 541 citations Michael J. Pook, James S. Risbey et al. profile →
Global increase in wildfire potential from compound fire weather and drought

2022 161 citations Doug Richardson, Damien Irving et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Year Marked by Extreme Precipitation and Floods: Weather and Climate Extremes in 2024 2025 ·Advances in Atmospheric Sciences ·Wenxia Zhang, Tianjun Zhou, (unknown), Tingyu Zhang, Lixia Zhang, Piotr Wolski, James S. Risbey, Zhuo Wang, Seung‐Ki Min, Hamish A. Ramsay, (unknown), Alice M. Grimm, Robin Clark, (unknown), Jie Jiang, Xiaolong Chen, Shenming Fu, Lan Li, (unknown), Shuai Hu	10
2	Lessons learnt from a real-time attribution and contextualisation trial in a National Meteorological and Hydrological Service 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Pandora Hope, (unknown), (unknown), Surendra Rauniyar, Roseanna C. McKay, (unknown), Michael Grose, Blair Trewin, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James S. Risbey, David Jones	1
3	Interannual ENSO diversity, transitions, and projected changes in observations and climate models 2024 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Mandy Freund, Josephine R. Brown, Andrew G. Marshall, Carly R. Tozer, Benjamin J. Henley, James S. Risbey, Nandini Ramesh, (unknown), S. Sharmila	4
4	A large ensemble illustration of how record-shattering heat records can endure 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·James S. Risbey, Damien Irving, Dougal T. Squire, Richard J. Matear, Didier P. Monselesan, Michael J. Pook, Nandini Ramesh, Doug Richardson, Carly R. Tozer	8
5	Impacts of ENSO on Australian rainfall: what not to expect 2023 ·Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science ·Carly R. Tozer, James S. Risbey, Didier P. Monselesan, (unknown), Damien Irving, Nandini Ramesh, (unknown), Dougal T. Squire	13
6	Reconstructing seasonal fire danger in southeastern Australia using tree rings 2022 ·International Journal of Wildland Fire ·Kathryn Allen, (unknown), Carly R. Tozer, Doug Richardson, Craig R. Nitschke, James S. Risbey, Andrew Dowdy, Matthew Brookhouse, Paul Fox‐Hughes, (unknown), Patrick J. Baker	4
7	A large-scale view of marine heatwaves revealed by archetype analysis 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Christopher Chapman, Didier P. Monselesan, James S. Risbey, Ming Feng, Bernadette M. Sloyan	16
8	Global patterns of change and variation in sea surface temperature and chlorophyll a 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Piers K. Dunstan, Scott D. Foster, Edward King, James S. Risbey, T. Okane, Didier P. Monselesan, Alistair J. Hobday, Jason R. Hartog, Peter A. Thompson	103
9	Synoptic to large‐scale drivers of minimum temperature variability in Australia – long‐term changes 2017 ·International Journal of Climatology ·Steven Crimp, Neville Nicholls, Philip Kokic, James S. Risbey, David Gobbett, Mark Howden	7
10	Decadal-Scale Forecasting of Climate Drivers for Marine Applications 2016 ·Advances in marine biology ·M. J. Salinger, Alistair J. Hobday, Richard J. Matear, T. Okane, James S. Risbey, Piers K. Dunstan, J. Paige Eveson, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Ming Feng, Éva E. Plagányi, Elvira S. Poloczanska, Andrew G. Marshall, Peter A. Thompson	33
11	On the distribution of heat waves over the Australian region 2015 ·(unknown), James S. Risbey	17
12	Sources of heterogeneous variability and trends in Antarctic sea-ice 2015 ·Nature Communications ·Richard J. Matear, T. Okane, James S. Risbey, Matthew A. Chamberlain	58
13	On the definition and identifiability of the alleged “hiatus” in global warming 2015 ·Scientific Reports ·Stephan Lewandowsky, James S. Risbey, Наоми Орескес	56
14	Systematic attribution of observed Southern Hemisphere circulation trends to external forcing and internal variability 2015 ·Nonlinear processes in geophysics ·Christian L. E. Franzke, T. Okane, Didier P. Monselesan, James S. Risbey, Illia Horenko	27
15	Decadal Variability in an OGCM Southern Ocean: intrinsic modes, forced modes and metastable states 2014 ·Figshare ·T. Okane, Richard J. Matear, Matthew A. Chamberlain, James S. Risbey, Illia Horenko, Bernadette M. Sloyan	1
16	El Nino - Southern Oscillation 2009 ·eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·Neil J. Holbrook, Julie Davidson, Ming Feng, Alistair J. Hobday, Janice Lough, Shayne McGregor, James S. Risbey	53
17	Trends in rainfall indices for six Australian regions: 1910-2005 2007 ·Ailie Gallant, Kevin Hennessy, James S. Risbey	109
18	A protocol for assessment of uncertainty and strength of emissions data 2006 ·Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) ·James S. Risbey, J.P. van der Sluijs, Jerome R. Ravetz	5
19	Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Measures of Uncertainty in Model‐Based Environmental Assessment: The NUSAP System 2005 ·Risk Analysis ·J.P. van der Sluijs, Matthieu Craye, Silvio Funtowicz, Penny Kloprogge, Jerry Ravetz, James S. Risbey	281
20	Science and the Contested Problem of Climate Change: A Tale of Two Models 1998 ·Energy & Environment ·Simon Shackley, James S. Risbey, Milind Kandlikar	11

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