Lesley J. Gray

18.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
166 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Lesley J. Gray is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lesley J. Gray has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Atmospheric Science, 141 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 30 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Lesley J. Gray's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (138 papers), Climate variability and models (112 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (87 papers). Lesley J. Gray is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (138 papers), Climate variability and models (112 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (87 papers). Lesley J. Gray collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Lesley J. Gray's co-authors include Mark Baldwin, Dann Mitchell, Adam A. Scaife, Scott Osprey, Neal Butchart, Timothy J. Dunkerton, Andrew Charlton‐Perez, Steven C. Hardiman, Jeff Knight and Katja Matthes and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Lesley J. Gray

165 papers receiving 10.1k 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 quasi‐biennial oscillation

2001 1.6k citations Lesley J. Gray, Jonathan S. Kinnersley et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →
SOLAR INFLUENCES ON CLIMATE

2010 991 citations Lesley J. Gray, J. Beer et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →
Stratospheric influence on tropospheric jet streams, storm tracks and surface weather

2015 530 citations Adam A. Scaife, Dann Mitchell et al. profile →
Extreme weather events in early summer 2018 connected by a recurrent hemispheric wave-7 pattern

2019 272 citations Kai Kornhuber, Scott Osprey et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lesley J. Gray

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A momentum budget study of the semi‐annual oscillation in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model 2024 ·Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·(unknown), Lesley J. Gray, Scott Osprey, Anne K. Smith, Rolando R. García	2
2	Role of the quasi-biennial oscillation in alleviating biases in the semi-annual oscillation 2024 ·Weather and Climate Dynamics ·(unknown), Lesley J. Gray, Scott Osprey, Jeff Knight, Martin B. Andrews	1
3	Ecological speciation in East African freshwater crabs of the genus Arcopotamonautes Bott, 1955 across a lake–river boundary in the Lake Malawi catchment (Potamoidea: Potamonautidae: Potamonatinae) 2024 ·Explore Bristol Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ben Jones, Lesley J. Gray, Sebastian Klaus, George F. Turner, Cyprian Katongo, Alan M. Smith, Asilatu Shechonge, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, (unknown), Neil Cumberlidge, Martin J. Genner	0
4	Understanding the Mechanisms for Tropical Surface Impacts of the Quasi‐Biennial Oscillation (QBO) 2023 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown), Lesley J. Gray, Scott Osprey, (unknown), Robin Chadwick, Jonathan Lin	6
5	Interactions between the stratospheric polar vortex and Atlantic circulation on seasonal to multi-decadal timescales 2022 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), Lesley J. Gray, Scott Osprey, Jon Robson, Rowan Sutton, Bablu Sinha	2
6	Mechanisms of influence of the Semi‐Annual Oscillation on stratospheric sudden warmings 2022 ·Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·Lesley J. Gray, Hua Lu, Matthew Brown, Jeff Knight, Martin B. Andrews	11
7	A stratospheric prognostic ozone for seamless Earth system models: performance, impacts and future 2022 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Beatriz M. Monge-Sanz, Alessio Bozzo, (unknown), Martyn P. Chipperfield, Michail Diamantakis, Johannes Flemming, Lesley J. Gray, Robin J. Hogan, Luke Jones, Linus Magnusson, Inna Polichtchouk, Theodore G. Shepherd, Nils Wedi, Antje Weisheimer	5
8	Influence of the Solar Cycle on the North Atlantic Oscillation 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Yuhji Kuroda, Kunihiko Kodera, Kohei Yoshida, Seiji Yukimoto, Lesley J. Gray	15
9	Similar patterns of tropical precipitation and circulation changes under solar and greenhouse gas forcing 2021 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Stergios Misios, Matthew Kasoar, (unknown), Lesley J. Gray, Joanna D. Haigh, (unknown), Konstantinos Kourtidis, Gunnar Myhre, Dirk Olivié, Drew Shindell, (unknown)	1
10	A stratospheric prognostic ozone for seamless Earth System Models:performance, impacts and future 2021 ·Beatriz M. Monge-Sanz, Alessio Bozzo, (unknown), Martyn P. Chipperfield, Michail Diamantakis, Johannes Flemming, Lesley J. Gray, Robin J. Hogan, Luke Jones, Linus Magnusson, Inna Polichtchouk, Theodore G. Shepherd, Nils Wedi, Antje Weisheimer	5
11	Uncertainty in the response of sudden stratospheric warmings and stratosphere- troposphere coupling to quadrupled CO2 concentrations in CMIP6 models 2020 ·Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) ·Blanca Ayarzagüena, Andrew Charlton‐Perez, Amy H. Butler, Peter B. Hitchcock, Isla R. Simpson, Lorenzo M. Polvani, Neal Butchart, Edwin P. Gerber, Lesley J. Gray, Birgit Haßler, Pu Lin, François Lott, Elisa Manzini, Ryo Mizuta, Clara Orbe, Scott Osprey, David Saint‐Martin, Michael Sigmond, Masakazu Taguchi, E. M. Volodin, (unknown)	11
12	Extreme weather events in early summer 2018 connected by a recurrent hemispheric wave-7 pattern breakdown → 2019 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Kai Kornhuber, Scott Osprey, Dim Coumou, Stefan Petri, Vladimir Petoukhov, Stefan Rahmstorf, Lesley J. Gray	272
13	Preindustrial Control Simulations With HadGEM3‐GC3.1 for CMIP6 2018 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Matthew Menary, Till Kuhlbrodt, Jeff Ridley, Martin B. Andrews, (unknown), Julie Deshayes, Rosie Eade, Lesley J. Gray, Sarah Ineson, Emmanuel Mignot, Christopher D. Roberts, Jon Robson, Richard Wood, Prince Xavier	72
14	Regional climate impacts of a possible future grand solar minimum 2015 ·Nature Communications ·Sarah Ineson, Amanda C. Maycock, Lesley J. Gray, Adam A. Scaife, Nick Dunstone, J. W. Harder, Jeff Knight, M. Lockwood, James Manners, Richard Wood	74
15	Global temperature response to the major volcanic eruptions in multiple reanalysis data sets 2015 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Masatomo Fujiwara, (unknown), Sanjay Kumar Mehta, Lesley J. Gray, Dann Mitchell, James Anstey	31
16	Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) Simulations of Climate Following Volcanic Eruptions 2012 ·Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) ·Simon Driscoll, Alessio Bozzo, Lesley J. Gray, Alan Robock, Georgiy Stenchikov	16
17	Correction to “Solar influences on climate” 2012 ·Reviews of Geophysics ·Lesley J. Gray, J. Beer, Marvin A. Geller, Joanna D. Haigh, M. Lockwood, Katja Matthes, Ulrich Cubasch, Dominik Fleitmann, R. G. Harrison, L. L. Hood, Jürg Luterbacher, Gerald A. Meehl, Drew Shindell, B. van Geel, Warren B. White	6
18	On the design of practicable numerical experiments to investigate stratospheric temperature change 2005 ·Atmospheric Science Letters ·Sylvia H. E. Hare, Lesley J. Gray, W. A. Lahoz, A. O’Neill	3
19	A review of the influence of solar changes on the earth's climate. 2005 ·Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry ·Lesley J. Gray, Joanna D. Haigh, R. G. Harrison	21
20	A Two‐Dimensional Model Study of the QBO Signal in SAGE II NO₂ and O₃ 1994 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Martyn P. Chipperfield, Lesley J. Gray, Jonathan S. Kinnersley, J. M. Zawodny	74

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