Jan Polcher‬

18.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
129 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Jan Polcher‬ is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Polcher‬ has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 72 papers in Atmospheric Science and 50 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Jan Polcher‬'s work include Climate variability and models (81 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (49 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (37 papers). Jan Polcher‬ is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (81 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (49 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (37 papers). Jan Polcher‬ collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Germany. Jan Polcher‬'s co-authors include K. Laval, Philippe Ciais, Agnès Ducharne, Nicolas Viovy, Gerhard Krinner, Shannon Sterling, Pierre Friedlingstein, I. Colin Prentice, Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré and Jérôme Ogée and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Jan Polcher‬

125 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A dynamic global vegetation model for studies of the coupled atmosphere‐biosphere system

2005 1.6k citations Gerhard Krinner, Nicolas Viovy et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
The impact of global land-cover change on the terrestrial water cycle

2012 561 citations Jan Polcher‬ et al. profile →
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis: An International Research Project and Field Campaign

2006 543 citations Jean‐Luc Redelsperger, Chris D. Thorncroft et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Polcher‬

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jan Polcher‬. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jan Polcher‬ based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jan Polcher‬. Jan Polcher‬ is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Coupling a power system model with a hydrological model improves the representation of sub-monthly hydropower flexibility 2025 ·Applied Energy ·(unknown), Philippe Quirion, Jan Polcher‬, Patrice Dumas	0
2	Integrating Prediction of Precipitation and Hydrology for Early Actions: The InPRHA Project within the World Weather Research Programme 2025 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·(unknown), (unknown), James Bennett, Erin Dougherty, Vincent Fortin, Ruben Imhoff, GyuWon Lee, (unknown), Everisto Mapedza, Jan Polcher‬, Thara Prabhakaran, (unknown), Jean‐François Léon, (unknown), Daryl Kleist, Maria‐Helena Ramos, Nico Caltabiano, Chris Davis, Estelle de Coning	0
3	Introducing a new floodplain scheme in ORCHIDEE (version 7885): validation and evaluation over the Pantanal wetlands 2023 ·Geoscientific model development ·(unknown), Jan Polcher‬, Anna A. Sörensson, Lluís Fita	1
4	Hydrological modelling on atmospheric grids: using graphs of sub-grid elements to transport energy and water 2023 ·Geoscientific model development ·Jan Polcher‬, (unknown), Eliott Dupont, Lucia Rinchiuso, Xudong Zhou, Oliviér Boucher, Emmanuel Mouche, Catherine Ottlé, Jérôme Servonnat	3
5	Biogenic isoprene emissions, dry deposition velocity, and surface ozone concentration during summer droughts, heatwaves, and normal conditions in southwestern Europe 2023 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Antoine Guion, Solène Turquéty, Arineh Cholakian, Jan Polcher‬, (unknown), Juliette Lathière	7
6	Budyko Framework Based Analysis of the Effect of Climate Change on Watershed Evaporation Efficiency and Its Impact on Discharge Over Europe 2023 ·Water Resources Research ·(unknown), Jan Polcher‬, Sophie Bastin, Pere Quintana‐Seguí	8
7	Irrigation, damming, and streamflow fluctuations of the Yellow River 2021 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Zun Yin, Catherine Ottlé, Philippe Ciais, Feng Zhou, Xuhui Wang, Jan Polcher‬, Patrice Dumas, Shushi Peng, Laurent Li, Xudong Zhou, Yan Bo, Yi Xi, Shilong Piao	29
8	Integrating multiple satellite observations into a coherent dataset to monitor the full water cycle – application to the Mediterranean region 2019 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Victor Pellet, Filipe Aires, Simon Munier, D.F. Prieto, Gabriel Jordá, Wouter Dorigo, Jan Polcher‬, Luca Brocca	31
9	Weakening of rainfall intensity on wet soils over the wet Asian monsoon region using a high-resolution regional climate model 2019 ·Progress in Earth and Planetary Science ·Hiroshi G. Takahashi, Jan Polcher‬	13
10	Hydro-JULES: Next Generation Land-surface and Hydrological Predictions 2019 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Simon Dadson, Eleanor Blyth, (unknown), Richard J. Ellis, Andrew Hughes, Jamie Hannaford, Bryan Lawrence, Jan Polcher‬, Nick Reynard	2
11	Understanding the water cycle over the upper Tarim Basin: retrospecting the estimated discharge bias to atmospheric variables and model structure 2018 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Xudong Zhou, Jan Polcher‬, Tao Yang, Yukiko Hirabayashi, (unknown)	6
12	Evaluation of ORCHIDEE-MICT-simulated soil moisture over China and impacts of different atmospheric forcing data 2018 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Zun Yin, Catherine Ottlé, Philippe Ciais, Matthieu Guimberteau, Xuhui Wang, Dan Zhu, Fabienne Maignan, Shushi Peng, Shilong Piao, Jan Polcher‬, Feng Zhou, Hyungjun Kim, (unknown)	14
13	Contributions of climate change, CO 2 , land-use change and human activities to changes in river flow across ten Chinese basins 2018 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Xi Yang, Peng Sun, (unknown), Matthieu Guimberteau, (unknown), Shilong Piao, (unknown), Jan Polcher‬, Jinhua Yu, (unknown), Fanqin Zhou, Yan Bo, Catherine Ottlé, Zhi‐Yong Yin	0
14	A multi-layer land surface energy budget model for implicit coupling with global atmospheric simulations 2016 ·Geoscientific model development ·Jim Ryder, Jan Polcher‬, Philippe Peylin, Catherine Ottlé, Yi‐Ying Chen, Eva van Gorsel, Vanessa Haverd, Matthew J. McGrath, Kim Naudts, Juliane Otto, Aude Valade, Sebastiaan Luyssaert	30
15	AMMA's contribution to the evolution of prediction and decision‐making systems for West Africa 2011 ·Atmospheric Science Letters ·Jan Polcher‬, Douglas J. Parker, Amadou Thierno Gaye, Arona Diédhiou, Laurence Eymard, F. Fierli, Lorenzo Genesio, H. Höller, Serge Janicot, Jean‐Philippe Lafore, Harouna Karambiri, Thierry Lebel, Jean‐Luc Redelsperger, Claire E. Reeves, Paolo Ruti, Inge Sandholt, Chris D. Thorncroft	12
16	AMMA information system: an efficient cross‐disciplinary tool and a legacy for forthcoming projects 2010 ·Atmospheric Science Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Guillaume Brissebrat, Sophie Cloché, Laurence Eymard, (unknown), (unknown), Karim Ramage, N. Asencio, (unknown), (unknown), Florence Favot, (unknown), Jean‐Philippe Lafore, Jan Polcher‬, Jean‐Luc Redelsperger, O. Roussot, (unknown)	9
17	Streamflow Simulations by the Land Surface Model ORCHIDEE Over the Mississippi River Basin: Impact of Resolution and Data Source on the Model 2008 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Matthieu Guimberteau, K. Laval, Alain Perrier, Jan Polcher‬	1
18	A dynamic global vegetation model for studies of the coupled atmosphere‐biosphere system breakdown → 2005 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Gerhard Krinner, Nicolas Viovy, Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré, Jérôme Ogée, Jan Polcher‬, Pierre Friedlingstein, Philippe Ciais, Stephen Sitch, I. Colin Prentice	1603
19	Impact of irrigation over India on the land surface fluxes 2003 ·EAEJA ·(unknown), Jan Polcher‬, K. Laval, Maeva Sabre	1
20	Impact of CO<sub>2</sub> Doubling on the Asian Summer Monsoon 2000 ·Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II ·Hervé Douville, (unknown), Jan Polcher‬, Peter M. Cox, Nicola Gedney, D. B. Stephenson, Paul J. Valdes	81

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