P. E. O’Connell

8.4k citations

71 papers · 6.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Water Science and Technology top 0.05%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Climate variability and models

Papers in ⓘ

Water Science and Technology 45
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies 43
Global and Planetary Change 37
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis 26
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management 16
- Climate variability and models 9

Co-authors: James C. Bathurst (7 shared papers)J. Rasmussen (2 shared papers)M. B. Abbott (2 shared papers)Jean A. Cunge (2 shared papers)Chris Kilsby (15 shared papers)John Ewen (9 shared papers)Paul S.P. Cowpertwait (7 shared papers)Hayley J. Fowler (5 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Hydrology (16 papers)Hydrology and earth system sciences (10 papers)Water Resources Research (7 papers)Water Resources Management (3 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (2 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Italy United States

In The Last Decade

P. E. O’Connell

70 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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IAHS Decade on Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB), 2003–2012: Shaping an exciting future for the hydrological sciences 2003 · 976 citations

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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.

2003 Hydrological Sciences Journal
1986 Journal of Hydrology
1986 Journal of Hydrology

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1	An introduction to the European Hydrological System — Systeme Hydrologique Europeen, “SHE”, 1: History and philosophy of a physically-based, distributed modelling system Journal of Hydrology ·M. B. Abbott, James C. Bathurst, Jean A. Cunge, P. E. O’Connell, J. Rasmussen Hit paper breakdown →	1986	1237
2	IAHS Decade on Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB), 2003–2012: Shaping an exciting future for the hydrological sciences Hydrological Sciences Journal ·Murugesu Sivapalan, Koh Takeuchi, Stewart W. Franks, Vijay Gupta, Harouna Karambiri, V. Lakshmi, Xu Liang, Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Eduardo Mário Mendiondo, P. E. O’Connell, Taikan Oki, John W. Pomeroy, Daniel Schertzer, S. Uhlenbrook, Erwin Zehe Hit paper breakdown →	2003	976
3	An introduction to the European Hydrological System — Systeme Hydrologique Europeen, “SHE”, 2: Structure of a physically-based, distributed modelling system Journal of Hydrology ·M. B. Abbott, James C. Bathurst, Jean A. Cunge, P. E. O’Connell, J. Rasmussen Hit paper breakdown →	1986	900
4	SHETRAN: Distributed River Basin Flow and Transport Modeling System Journal of Hydrologic Engineering ·John Ewen, Geoff Parkin, P. E. O’Connell	2000	287
5	Is there a link between agricultural land-use management and flooding? Hydrology and earth system sciences ·P. E. O’Connell, John Ewen, Greg O’Donnell, PF Quinn	2007	207
6	RainSim: A spatial–temporal stochastic rainfall modelling system Environmental Modelling & Software ·A. Burton, Chris Kilsby, Hayley J. Fowler, Paul S.P. Cowpertwait, P. E. O’Connell	2008	191
7	Modeling the impacts of climatic change and variability on the reliability, resilience, and vulnerability of a water resource system Water Resources Research ·Hayley J. Fowler, Chris Kilsby, P. E. O’Connell	2003	175
8	Stochastic point process modelling of rainfall. I. Single-site fitting and validation Journal of Hydrology ·Paul S.P. Cowpertwait, P. E. O’Connell, Andrew Metcalfe, J. A. Mawdsley	1996	156
9	A weather-type conditioned multi-site stochastic rainfall model for the generation of scenarios of climatic variability and change Journal of Hydrology ·Hayley J. Fowler, Chris Kilsby, P. E. O’Connell, A. Burton	2004	111
10	Quantifying and Mitigating Wind‐Induced Undercatch in Rainfall Measurements Water Resources Research ·Michael Pollock, Greg O’Donnell, Paul Quinn, M. Dutton, Andrew Black, Mark E. Wilkinson, Matteo Colli, Mattia Stagnaro, Luca G. Lanza, Elizabeth Lewis, Chris Kilsby, P. E. O’Connell	2018	110
11	River flow forecasting through conceptual models part II - The Brosna catchment at Ferbane Journal of Hydrology ·P. E. O’Connell, J.E. Nash, Jeffrey Farrell	1970	109
12	Modelling the effects of spatial variability in rainfall on catchment response. 2. Experiments with distributed and lumped models Journal of Hydrology ·Suraj Shah, P. E. O’Connell, J. R. M. Hosking	1996	108
13	A space‐time Neyman‐Scott model of rainfall: Empirical analysis of extremes Water Resources Research ·Paul S.P. Cowpertwait, Chris Kilsby, P. E. O’Connell	2002	98
14	Stochastic point process modelling of rainfall. II. Regionalisation and disaggregation Journal of Hydrology ·Paul S.P. Cowpertwait, P. E. O’Connell, Andrew Metcalfe, J. A. Mawdsley	1996	97
15	Predicting rainfall statistics in England and Wales using atmospheric circulation variables International Journal of Climatology ·Chris Kilsby, Paul S.P. Cowpertwait, P. E. O’Connell, P. D. Jones	1998	91
16	Validation of catchment models for predicting land-use and climate change impacts. 2. Case study for a Mediterranean catchment Journal of Hydrology ·Geoff Parkin, Greg O’Donnell, John Ewen, James C. Bathurst, P. E. O’Connell, Jacques Lavabre	1996	87
17	Validation of catchment models for predicting land-use and climate change impacts. 3. Blind validation for internal and outlet responses Journal of Hydrology ·James C. Bathurst, John Ewen, Geoff Parkin, P. E. O’Connell, J. David Cooper	2004	84
18	Future of distributed modelling: The Systeme Hydrologique Europeen Hydrological Processes ·James C. Bathurst, P. E. O’Connell	1992	77
19	Modelling of rainfall, flow and mass transport in hydrological systems: an overview Journal of Hydrology ·P. E. O’Connell, E. Todini	1996	76
20	Modelling the effects of spatial variability in rainfall on catchment response. 1. Formulation and calibration of a stochastic rainfall field model Journal of Hydrology ·Suraj Shah, P. E. O’Connell, J. R. M. Hosking	1996	65

About P. E. O’Connell

P. E. O’Connell is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Environmental Engineering and Ocean Engineering, having authored 71 papers that have together received 6.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (43 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (26 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (16 papers), Water resources management and optimization (14 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (10 papers), Climate variability and models (9 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (7 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Water Science and Technology (4.8k citations), Global and Planetary Change (4.2k citations), Environmental Engineering (1.8k citations), Soil Science (910 citations) and Atmospheric Science (1.3k citations). P. E. O’Connell has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Frequent co-authors include James C. Bathurst, J. Rasmussen, M. B. Abbott, Jean A. Cunge, Chris Kilsby, John Ewen, Paul S.P. Cowpertwait, Hayley J. Fowler, Geoff Parkin and Greg O’Donnell. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Hydrology and earth system sciences, Water Resources Research, Water Resources Management and The Science of The Total Environment.

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