Nelun Fernando

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 841 citations indexed

About

Nelun Fernando is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Nelun Fernando has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 841 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Atmospheric Science and 3 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Nelun Fernando's work include Climate variability and models (10 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (4 papers). Nelun Fernando is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (10 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (4 papers). Nelun Fernando collaborates with scholars based in United States, Colombia and France. Nelun Fernando's co-authors include Bridget R. Scanlon, Rong Fu, Alexander Y. Sun, Di Long, Laurent Longuevergne, Himanshu Save, Robert E. Dickinson, Christian Frankenberg, Ying Sun and Joanna Joiner and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters and Climate Dynamics.

In The Last Decade

Nelun Fernando

15 papers receiving 824 citations

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GRACE satellite monitoring of large depletion in water storage in response to the 2011 drought in Texas

2013 320 citations Di Long, Bridget R. Scanlon et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →

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16 of 16 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Developing a General Daily Lake Evaporation Model and Demonstrating Its Application in the State of Texas 2024 ·Water Resources Research ·(unknown), Justin Huntington, Christopher Pearson, Gang Zhao, Thomas Ott, (unknown), (unknown), Kathleen D. Holman, Shuai Zhang, Ronald Anderson, (unknown), (unknown), Nelun Fernando, Kenneth Nowak, Huilin Gao	5
2	Estimating Future Surface Water Availability Through an Integrated Climate‐Hydrology‐Management Modeling Framework at a Basin Scale Under CMIP6 Scenarios 2023 ·Water Resources Research ·(unknown), Nelun Fernando, (unknown), Gang Zhao, Shih‐Chieh Kao, (unknown), (unknown), Huilin Gao	8
3	Improving Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts Using Short Training Data through Artificial Neural Networks 2022 ·Journal of Hydrometeorology ·(unknown), Yu Zhang, Thomas M. Hamill, Dong‐Jun Seo, Nelun Fernando	11
4	A novel hybrid artificial neural network - Parametric scheme for postprocessing medium-range precipitation forecasts 2021 ·Advances in Water Resources ·(unknown), Yu Zhang, Dong‐Jun Seo, Minxue He, Nelun Fernando	41
5	Hurricane Harvey Caused Unprecedented Freshwater Inflow to Galveston Bay 2020 ·Estuaries and Coasts ·Kristen M. Thyng, Robert D. Hetland, Scott A. Socolofsky, Nelun Fernando, (unknown), (unknown)	20
6	Extension of Naturalized Flow Using Linear Regression 2020 ·(unknown), Nelun Fernando, (unknown)	0
7	A process-based statistical seasonal prediction of May–July rainfall anomalies over Texas and the Southern Great Plains of the United States 2019 ·Climate Services ·Nelun Fernando, Sudip Chakraborty, Rong Fu, Robert E. Mace	14
8	An influence of extreme southern hemisphere cold surges on the North Atlantic Subtropical High through a shallow atmospheric circulation 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown), Rong Fu, Lei Yin, Nelun Fernando, Paola A. Arias, Robert E. Dickinson	11
9	A comparative study of historical droughts over Texas, USA and Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: Factors influencing initialization and cessation 2017 ·Global and Planetary Change ·Danielle C. Verdon‐Kidd, Bridget R. Scanlon, Tong Ren, Nelun Fernando	20
10	Why do summer droughts in the Southern Great Plains occur in some La Niña years but not others? 2016 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Bing Pu, Rong Fu, Robert E. Dickinson, Nelun Fernando	35
11	What caused the spring intensification and winter demise of the 2011 drought over Texas? 2016 ·Climate Dynamics ·Nelun Fernando, Kingtse C. Mo, Rong Fu, Bing Pu, (unknown), Bridget R. Scanlon, (unknown), Lei Yin, Robert E. Mace, J. Mioduszewski, Tong Ren, (unknown)	45
12	Satellite Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Reveals Drought Onset Mechanisms: Insights from Two Contrasting Extreme Events 2015 ·2015 AGU Fall Meeting ·Ying Sun, Rong Fu, Robert E. Dickinson, Joanna Joiner, Christian Frankenberg, (unknown), (unknown), Nelun Fernando	1
13	Drought onset mechanisms revealed by satellite solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence: Insights from two contrasting extreme events 2015 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Ying Sun, Rong Fu, Robert E. Dickinson, Joanna Joiner, Christian Frankenberg, Lianhong Gu, Youlong Xia, Nelun Fernando	253
14	What controls the interannual variation of the wet season onsets over the Amazon? 2014 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Lei Yin, Rong Fu, Yongfei Zhang, Paola A. Arias, Nelun Fernando, Wenhong Li, Kátia Fernandes, (unknown)	53
15	GRACE satellite monitoring of large depletion in water storage in response to the 2011 drought in Texas breakdown → 2013 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Di Long, Bridget R. Scanlon, Laurent Longuevergne, Alexander Y. Sun, Nelun Fernando, Himanshu Save	320
16	Climate Change in Sri Lanka 2008 ·(unknown), Nelun Fernando	4

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