K. A. Dunne

13.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
20 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

K. A. Dunne is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, K. A. Dunne has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 15 papers in Water Science and Technology and 4 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in K. A. Dunne's work include Climate variability and models (16 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (14 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (5 papers). K. A. Dunne is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (16 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (14 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (5 papers). K. A. Dunne collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. K. A. Dunne's co-authors include P. C. D. Milly, Aldo V. Vecchia, R. T. Wetherald, Thomas L. Delworth, Sergey Malyshev, Elena Shevliakova, Ronald J. Stouffer, John P. Dunne, Niki Zadeh and John P. Krasting and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

K. A. Dunne

20 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Global pattern of trends in streamflow and water availabi... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2005 2002 2012 2016 2012 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Global pattern of trends in streamflow and water availability in a changing climate
    2005 1.7k citations P. C. D. Milly, K. A. Dunne et al. Nature profile →
  2. Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate
    2002 1.3k citations P. C. D. Milly, R. T. Wetherald et al. Nature profile →
  3. GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Earth System Models. Part I: Physical Formulation and Baseline Simulation Characteristics
    2012 1.1k citations John P. Dunne, Jasmin G. John et al. Journal of Climate profile →
  4. Potential evapotranspiration and continental drying
    2016 531 citations P. C. D. Milly, K. A. Dunne Nature Climate Change profile →
  5. GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Earth System Models. Part II: Carbon System Formulation and Baseline Simulation Characteristics*
    2012 524 citations John P. Dunne, Jasmin G. John et al. Journal of Climate profile →
  6. Colorado River flow dwindles as warming-driven loss of reflective snow energizes evaporation
    2020 272 citations P. C. D. Milly, K. A. Dunne Science profile →

Peers

K. A. Dunne
Lukas Gudmundsson Switzerland
Bertrand Timbal Australia
Yadu Pokhrel United States
David W. Pierce United States
Jan Polcher‬ France
Anthony S. Kiem Australia
Shraddhanand Shukla United States
Ben Livneh United States
Agnès Ducharne France
C. Bonfils United States
Lukas Gudmundsson Switzerland
K. A. Dunne
Citations per year, relative to K. A. Dunne K. A. Dunne (= 1×) peers Lukas Gudmundsson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. A. Dunne

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shevliakova, Elena, Sergey Malyshev, Isabel Martínez, et al.. (2024). The Land Component LM4.1 of the GFDL Earth System Model ESM4.1: Model Description and Characteristics of Land Surface Climate and Carbon Cycling in the Historical Simulation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 16(5). 13 indexed citations
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Stackpoole, S. M., Gretchen P. Oelsner, Edward G. Stets, et al.. (2023). Integrated water resources trend assessments: State of the science, challenges, and opportunities for advancement. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 59(6). 1181–1197. 4 indexed citations
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Zeng, Yujin, P. C. D. Milly, Elena Shevliakova, et al.. (2022). Possible Anthropogenic Enhancement of Precipitation in the Sahel‐Sudan Savanna by Remote Agricultural Irrigation. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(6). 11 indexed citations
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Milly, P. C. D. & K. A. Dunne. (2020). Colorado River flow dwindles as warming-driven loss of reflective snow energizes evaporation. Science. 367(6483). 1252–1255. 272 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milly, P. C. D., Jonghun Kam, & K. A. Dunne. (2018). On the Sensitivity of Annual Streamflow to Air Temperature. Water Resources Research. 54(4). 2624–2641. 42 indexed citations
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Milly, P. C. D. & K. A. Dunne. (2017). A Hydrologic Drying Bias in Water‐Resource Impact Analyses of Anthropogenic Climate Change. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 53(4). 822–838. 92 indexed citations
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Milly, P. C. D. & K. A. Dunne. (2016). Potential evapotranspiration and continental drying. Nature Climate Change. 6(10). 946–949. 531 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milly, P. C. D., Sergey Malyshev, Elena Shevliakova, et al.. (2014). An Enhanced Model of Land Water and Energy for Global Hydrologic and Earth-System Studies. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 15(5). 1739–1761. 130 indexed citations
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Dunne, John P., Jasmin G. John, Alistair Adcroft, et al.. (2012). GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Earth System Models. Part I: Physical Formulation and Baseline Simulation Characteristics. Journal of Climate. 25(19). 6646–6665. 1095 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dunne, John P., Jasmin G. John, Elena Shevliakova, et al.. (2012). GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Earth System Models. Part II: Carbon System Formulation and Baseline Simulation Characteristics*. Journal of Climate. 26(7). 2247–2267. 524 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milly, P. C. D. & K. A. Dunne. (2010). On the Hydrologic Adjustment of Climate-Model Projections: The Potential Pitfall of Potential Evapotranspiration. Earth Interactions. 15(1). 1–14. 91 indexed citations
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Milly, P. C. D., K. A. Dunne, & Aldo V. Vecchia. (2005). Global pattern of trends in streamflow and water availability in a changing climate. Nature. 438(7066). 347–350. 1729 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milly, P. C. D., K. A. Dunne, & Aldo V. Vecchia. (2005). 20th- and 21st-Century Changes in Streamflow Associated With Global Warming. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Milly, P. C. D. & K. A. Dunne. (2002). Macroscale water fluxes 2. Water and energy supply control of their interannual variability. Water Resources Research. 38(10). 249 indexed citations
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Milly, P. C. D., R. T. Wetherald, K. A. Dunne, & Thomas L. Delworth. (2002). Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate. Nature. 415(6871). 514–517. 1312 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milly, P. C. D. & K. A. Dunne. (2002). Macroscale water fluxes 1. Quantifying errors in the estimation of basin mean precipitation. Water Resources Research. 38(10). 47 indexed citations
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Shmakin, A. B., P. C. D. Milly, & K. A. Dunne. (2002). Global Modeling of Land Water and Energy Balances. Part III: Interannual Variability. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 3(3). 311–321. 27 indexed citations
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Milly, P. C. D. & K. A. Dunne. (2001). Trends in evaporation and surface cooling in the Mississippi River Basin. Geophysical Research Letters. 28(7). 1219–1222. 110 indexed citations
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Dunne, K. A., et al.. (1996). GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANT-EXTRACTABLE WATER CAPACITY OF SOIL. International Journal of Climatology. 16(8). 841–859. 111 indexed citations
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Milly, P. C. D. & K. A. Dunne. (1994). Sensitivity of the Global Water Cycle to the Water-Holding Capacity of Land. Journal of Climate. 7(4). 506–526. 174 indexed citations

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