John C. Fyfe

15.4k citations

129 papers · 9.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 49

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Climate change and permafrost
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Climate variability and models
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 97
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 42
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 25
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 23
- Climate change and permafrost 12
Global and Planetary Change 114
- Climate variability and models 105
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 47

Co-authors: Nathan P. Gillett Neil C. Swart Michael Sigmond Gregory M. Flato Oleg A. Saenko Robie W. Macdonald Tom Harner G. J. Boer
Journals: Geophysical Research Letters (35 papers)Journal of Climate (27 papers)Nature Climate Change (16 papers)Nature Geoscience (6 papers)ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN (5 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

John C. Fyfe

127 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects 2020 · 603 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.

2020 Nature Climate Change
2016 Nature Climate Change
2015 Nature Climate Change
2005 The Science of The Total Environment

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#	Work
1	Amplified warming of North American cold extremes linked to human-induced changes in temperature variability Nature Communications ·Russell Blackport, John C. Fyfe	2024	4
2	Large Contribution of Ozone‐Depleting Substances to Global and Arctic Warming in the Late 20th Century Geophysical Research Letters ·Michael Sigmond, Lorenzo M. Polvani, John C. Fyfe, Chris Smith, Jason N. S. Cole, Mark England	2023	5
3	Using Climate Model Simulations to Constrain Observations Journal of Climate ·Benjamin D. Santer, Stephen Po–Chedley, C. A. Mears, John C. Fyfe, Nathan P. Gillett, Qiang Fu, Jeffrey F. Painter, Susan Solomon, Andrea K. Steiner, F. J. Wentz, Mark D. Zelinka, Cheng‐Zhi Zou	2021	14
4	Quantifying Errors in Observationally Based Estimates of Ocean Carbon Sink Variability Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Lucas Gloege, Galen A. McKinley, Peter Landschützer, Amanda R. Fay, Thomas L. Frölicher, John C. Fyfe, Tatiana Ilyina, S. D. M. Jones, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Keith B. Rodgers, Sarah Schlunegger, Yohei Takano	2021	83
5	Decreasing subseasonal temperature variability in the northern extratropics attributed to human influence Nature Geoscience ·Russell Blackport, John C. Fyfe, James A. Screen	2021	39
6	Significant impact of forcing uncertainty in a large ensemble of climate model simulations Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·John C. Fyfe, Viatcheslav Kharin, Benjamin D. Santer, Jason N. S. Cole, Nathan P. Gillett	2021	77
7	Contrasting Recent Trends in Southern Hemisphere Westerlies Across Different Ocean Basins Geophysical Research Letters ·Darryn W. Waugh, Antara Banerjee, John C. Fyfe, Lorenzo M. Polvani	2020	28
8	Publisher Correction: Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects Nature Climate Change ·Clara Deser, Flavio Lehner, Keith B. Rodgers, Toby R. Ault, Thomas L. Delworth, Pedro DiNezio, Arlene M. Fiore, Claude Frankignoul, John C. Fyfe, Daniel E. Horton, Jennifer E. Kay, Reto Knutti, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Jochem Marotzke, Karen A. McKinnon, Shoshiro Minobe, James T. Randerson, James A. Screen, Isla R. Simpson, Mingfang Ting	2020	10
9	Human influence on joint changes in temperature, rainfall and continental aridity Nature Climate Change ·C. Bonfils, Benjamin D. Santer, John C. Fyfe, Kate Marvel, Thomas J. Phillips, Susan Zimmerman	2020	93
10	Quantifying CanESM5 and EAMv1 sensitivities to volcanic forcingfor the CMIP6 historical experiment Landon Rieger, Jason N. S. Cole, John C. Fyfe, Stephen Po–Chedley, Philip Cameron‐Smith, Paul J. Durack, Nathan P. Gillett, Qi Tang	2020	3
11	Quantifying CanESM5 and EAMv1 sensitivities to Mt. Pinatubo volcanic forcing for the CMIP6 historical experiment Geoscientific model development ·Landon Rieger, Jason N. S. Cole, John C. Fyfe, Stephen Po–Chedley, Philip Cameron‐Smith, Paul J. Durack, Nathan P. Gillett, Qi Tang	2020	12
12	Anthropogenic Aerosols Dominate Forced Multidecadal Sahel Precipitation Change through Distinct Atmospheric and Oceanic Drivers Journal of Climate ·Simon Delvert, Paul J. Kushner, Michael Sigmond, John C. Fyfe, Clara Deser	2020	21
13	A pause in Southern Hemisphere circulation trends due to the Montreal Protocol Nature ·Antara Banerjee, John C. Fyfe, Lorenzo M. Polvani, Darryn W. Waugh, Kai‐Lan Chang	2020	123
14	The Polar Amplification Model Intercomparison Project (PAMIP) contribution to CMIP6: investigating the causes and consequences of polar amplification Geoscientific model development ·Doug Smith, James A. Screen, Clara Deser, Judah Cohen, John C. Fyfe, Javier García‐Serrano, Thomas Jung, V. M. Kattsov, Daniela Matei, Rym Msadek, Yannick Peings, Michael Sigmond, Jinro Ukita, Jin‐Ho Yoon, Xiangdong Zhang	2019	225
15	Quantifying stochastic uncertainty in detection time of human-caused climate signals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Benjamin D. Santer, John C. Fyfe, Susan Solomon, Jeffrey F. Painter, C. Bonfils, Giuliana Pallotta, Mark D. Zelinka	2019	35
16	Remarkable separability of the circulation response to Arctic sea ice loss and greenhouse gas forcing AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Kelly E. McCusker, Paul J. Kushner, John C. Fyfe, Michael Sigmond, V. V. Kharin, Cecilia M. Bitz	2017	1
17	Causes of differences in model and satellite tropospheric warming rates Nature Geoscience ·Benjamin D. Santer, John C. Fyfe, Giuliana Pallotta, Gregory M. Flato, Gerald A. Meehl, Matthew H. England, Ed Hawkins, Michael Mann, Jeffrey F. Painter, C. Bonfils, Ivana Cvijanović, C. A. Mears, F. J. Wentz, Stephen Po–Chedley, Qiang Fu, Cheng‐Zhi Zou	2017	45
18	Large near-term projected snowpack loss over the western United States Nature Communications ·John C. Fyfe, Chris Derksen, Lawrence Mudryk, Gregory M. Flato, Benjamin D. Santer, Neil C. Swart, N. P. Molotch, Xuebin Zhang, Hui Wan, Vivek K. Arora, John Scinocca, Yanjun Jiao	2017	221
19	Climate and atmospheric drivers of historical terrestrial carbon uptake in the province of British Columbia, Canada Biogeosciences ·Yiran Peng, Vivek K. Arora, Werner A. Kurz, Robbie A. Hember, B. J. Hawkins, John C. Fyfe, A. T. Werner	2014	23
20	Arctic polar vortex variability in the Canadian middle atmosphere model ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN ·R. Glenn Smith, John C. Fyfe	2001	6

About John C. Fyfe

John C. Fyfe is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 129 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (105 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (47 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (42 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (35 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (25 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (23 papers), Climate change and permafrost (12 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (7.0k citations), Global and Planetary Change (7.5k citations), Oceanography (2.6k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (484 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (295 citations). John C. Fyfe has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Nathan P. Gillett, Neil C. Swart, Michael Sigmond, Gregory M. Flato, Oleg A. Saenko, Robie W. Macdonald, Tom Harner, G. J. Boer, Adam H. Monahan and Shang‐Ping Xie. Their work appears in journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Climate, Nature Climate Change, Nature Geoscience and ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN.

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