Leo J. Donner

13.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
81 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Leo J. Donner is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo J. Donner has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Atmospheric Science, 78 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Leo J. Donner's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (50 papers), Climate variability and models (47 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (45 papers). Leo J. Donner is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (50 papers), Climate variability and models (47 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (45 papers). Leo J. Donner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Leo J. Donner's co-authors include Philip J. Rasch, Vaughan T. J. Phillips, Minghua Zhang, Richard Neale, Peter R. Gent, Marika M. Holland, Steven R. Jayne, Zong‐Liang Yang, Elizabeth Hunke and Patrick H Worley and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Leo J. Donner

77 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Community Climate System Model Version 4

2011 2.6k citations Peter R. Gent, Gökhan Danabasoglu et al. Journal of Climate profile →
Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in 14 IPCC AR4 Climate Models. Part I: Convective Signals

2006 633 citations Klaus M. Weickmann, Matthew C. Wheeler et al. Journal of Climate profile →
Climate Effects of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions

2014 350 citations Leo J. Donner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leo J. Donner United States	37	6.4k	6.2k	1.1k	337	328	81	7.5k
Richard Neale United States	39	6.5k 1.0×	6.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	318 0.9×	396 1.2×	73	8.1k
Gregory M. Flato Canada	39	4.7k 0.7×	5.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	205 0.6×	504 1.5×	71	7.4k
Shingo Watanabe Japan	41	4.5k 0.7×	4.5k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	299 0.9×	528 1.6×	154	7.0k
Richard Wood United Kingdom	33	4.8k 0.8×	4.1k 0.7×	2.5k 2.2×	177 0.5×	526 1.6×	74	6.8k
David S. Gutzler United States	33	6.1k 1.0×	5.4k 0.9×	2.2k 1.9×	126 0.4×	580 1.8×	81	7.3k
Mariana Vertenstein United States	24	4.4k 0.7×	3.8k 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	366 1.1×	576 1.8×	38	6.3k
Gill Martin United Kingdom	26	4.5k 0.7×	4.0k 0.6×	734 0.7×	101 0.3×	207 0.6×	71	5.0k
Elizabeth Hunke United States	36	4.0k 0.6×	6.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.8×	320 0.9×	392 1.2×	99	7.6k
Thierry Fichefet Belgium	40	4.7k 0.7×	6.7k 1.1×	2.3k 2.1×	130 0.4×	879 2.7×	125	8.9k
Naomi Naik United States	30	4.5k 0.7×	3.6k 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	196 0.6×	786 2.4×	41	5.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leo J. Donner

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Kuo, Yi‐Hung, J. David Neelin, Chih‐Chieh Chen, et al.. (2019). Convective Transition Statistics over Tropical Oceans for Climate Model Diagnostics: GCM Evaluation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 77(1). 379–403. 25 indexed citations

Schmidt, Gavin A., David C. Bader, Leo J. Donner, et al.. (2017). Practice and philosophy of climate model tuning across six US modeling centers. Geoscientific model development. 10(9). 3207–3223. 94 indexed citations

Evans, S. M., Roger Marchand, Thomas P. Ackerman, et al.. (2017). Diagnosing Cloud Biases in the GFDL AM3 Model With Atmospheric Classification. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(23). 6 indexed citations

Paulot, Fabien, Paul Ginoux, William Cooke, et al.. (2016). Sensitivity of nitrate aerosols to ammonia emissions and to nitrate chemistry: implications for present and future nitrate optical depth. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(3). 1459–1477. 74 indexed citations

Donner, Leo J., Travis O’Brien, Daniel Rieger, Bernhard Vogel, & William Cooke. (2016). Are Atmospheric Updrafts a Key to Unlocking Climate Forcing and Sensitivity?. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Donner, Leo J., Travis O’Brien, Daniel Rieger, Bernhard Vogel, & William Cooke. (2016). Are atmospheric updrafts a key to unlocking climate forcing andsensitivity?. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(20). 12983–12992. 58 indexed citations

Jiang, Jonathan H., Chengxing Zhai, V. S. Perun, et al.. (2012). Diagnosis of Regime-dependent Cloud Simulation Errors in CMIP5 Models Using "A-Train" Satellite Observations and Reanalysis Data. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

Gent, Peter R., Gökhan Danabasoglu, Leo J. Donner, et al.. (2011). The Community Climate System Model Version 4. Journal of Climate. 24(19). 4973–4991. 2561 indexed citations breakdown →

Guo, Huan, Jean‐Christophe Golaz, & Leo J. Donner. (2011). Aerosol effects on stratocumulus water paths in a PDF-based parameterization. Geophysical Research Letters. 38(17). n/a–n/a. 32 indexed citations

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Salzmann, Marc, Yi Ming, Jean‐Christophe Golaz, et al.. (2010). Two-moment bulk stratiform cloud microphysics in the GFDL AM3 GCM: description, evaluation, and sensitivity tests. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(16). 8037–8064. 71 indexed citations

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Guo, Huan, Jean‐Christophe Golaz, Leo J. Donner, et al.. (2010). Multi-variate probability density functions with dynamics for cloud droplet activation in large-scale models: single column tests. Geoscientific model development. 3(2). 475–486. 21 indexed citations

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Donner, Leo J., et al.. (2010). Thunderstorm and stratocumulus: how does their contrasting morphology affect their interactions with aerosols?. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(14). 6819–6837. 38 indexed citations

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Donner, Leo J., et al.. (2009). Sensitivity of aerosol and cloud effects on radiation to cloud types: comparison between deep convective clouds and warm stratiform clouds over one-day period. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(7). 2555–2575. 26 indexed citations

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Waliser, Duane E., Harry H. Hendon, D. Kim, et al.. (2008). MJO Simulation Diagnostics. Journal of Climate. 22(11). 3006–3030. 278 indexed citations

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Salzmann, Marc, M. G. Lawrence, Vaughan T. J. Phillips, & Leo J. Donner. (2008). Cloud system resolving model study of the roles of deep convection for photo-chemistry in the TOGA COARE/CEPEX region. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 8(10). 2741–2757. 7 indexed citations

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Donner, Leo J., et al.. (2008). Cloud and aerosol effects on radiation in deep convective clouds: comparison with warm stratiform clouds. 1 indexed citations

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Ming, Yi, V. Ramaswamy, Leo J. Donner, et al.. (2007). Modeling the Interactions between Aerosols and Liquid Water Clouds with a Self-Consistent Cloud Scheme in a General Circulation Model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 64(4). 1189–1209. 79 indexed citations

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Salzmann, Marc, M. G. Lawrence, Vaughan T. J. Phillips, & Leo J. Donner. (2007). Model sensitivity studies regarding the role of the retention coefficient for the scavenging and redistribution of highly soluble trace gases by deep convective cloud systems. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 7(8). 2027–2045. 14 indexed citations

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Donner, Leo J., Larry W. Horowitz, Arlene M. Fiore, et al.. (2007). Transport of radon‐222 and methyl iodide by deep convection in the GFDL Global Atmospheric Model AM2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(D17). 14 indexed citations

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Donner, Leo J. & Philip J. Rasch. (1989). Cumulus Initialization in a Global Model for Numerical Weather Prediction. Monthly Weather Review. 117(12). 2654–2671. 10 indexed citations

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