Peter van Rensch

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Peter van Rensch is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter van Rensch has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 19 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Peter van Rensch's work include Climate variability and models (22 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (14 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (10 papers). Peter van Rensch is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (22 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (14 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (10 papers). Peter van Rensch collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Peter van Rensch's co-authors include Wenju Cai, Tim Cowan, Harry H. Hendon, Matthew H. England, Guojian Wang, Éric Guilyardi, Agus Santoso, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Axel Timmermann and Michael J. McPhaden and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Climate and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Peter van Rensch

21 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Increasing frequency of extreme El Niño events due to greenhouse warming

2014 1.6k citations Wenju Cai, Peter van Rensch et al. profile →
Teleconnection Pathways of ENSO and the IOD and the Mechanisms for Impacts on Australian Rainfall

2011 402 citations Wenju Cai, Peter van Rensch et al. Journal of Climate profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter van Rensch Australia	16	2.3k	1.6k	1.0k	417	246	22	3.1k
Michio Kawamiya Japan	24	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	886 0.9×	432 1.0×	201 0.8×	77	3.3k
John P. Krasting United States	17	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	379 0.9×	172 0.7×	37	3.2k
Tido Semmler Germany	27	2.7k 1.2×	2.3k 1.4×	734 0.7×	264 0.6×	187 0.8×	70	3.7k
Enrico Scoccimarro Italy	35	3.3k 1.4×	2.7k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	198 0.5×	217 0.9×	105	4.0k
Tomohiro Hajima Japan	19	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	405 0.4×	473 1.1×	212 0.9×	47	3.2k
Ngar-Cheung Lau United States	11	2.9k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	553 1.3×	191 0.8×	11	3.7k
Matthew Harrison United States	24	3.5k 1.5×	2.5k 1.5×	2.3k 2.3×	461 1.1×	175 0.7×	56	4.7k
Bruce T. Anderson United States	28	3.0k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	627 1.5×	214 0.9×	85	3.8k
Bradfield Lyon United States	33	3.2k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	699 0.7×	264 0.6×	539 2.2×	61	4.0k
Jenni L. Evans United States	27	3.8k 1.6×	3.4k 2.1×	928 0.9×	318 0.8×	328 1.3×	73	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter van Rensch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter van Rensch

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter van Rensch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter van Rensch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter van Rensch based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Peter van Rensch. Peter van Rensch is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rensch, Peter van, Shayne McGregor, Dietmar Dommenget, Daohua Bi, & Giovanni Liguori. (2024). The Tropical Atlantic's Asymmetric Impact on the El Niño‐Southern Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(4).

McGregor, Shayne, Ailie Gallant, & Peter van Rensch. (2024). Quantifying ENSOs Impact on Australia's Regional Monthly Rainfall Risk. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(6). 4 indexed citations

Rensch, Peter van, Margarita Saft, Murray Peel, et al.. (2023). The Role of Weather System Changes and Catchment Characteristics in the Rainfall‐Runoff Relationship Shift in Victoria, Australia. Water Resources Research. 59(6). 8 indexed citations

Bui, Hien X., et al.. (2023). Responses of the Madden–Julian Oscillation to Global Warming: Impacts from Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Changes. Journal of Climate. 37(2). 605–617. 5 indexed citations

Pepler, Acacia, Andrew Dowdy, Peter van Rensch, et al.. (2020). The contributions of fronts, lows and thunderstorms to southern Australian rainfall. Climate Dynamics. 55(5-6). 1489–1505. 52 indexed citations

Rensch, Peter van, Julie M. Arblaster, Ailie Gallant, et al.. (2019). Mechanisms causing east Australian spring rainfall differences between three strong El Niño events. Climate Dynamics. 53(5-6). 3641–3659. 20 indexed citations

Wang, Guomin, Harry H. Hendon, Julie M. Arblaster, et al.. (2018). Compounding tropical and stratospheric forcing of the record low Antarctic sea-ice in 2016. Nature Communications. 10(1). 13–13. 145 indexed citations

Rensch, Peter van, Ailie Gallant, Wenju Cai, & Neville Nicholls. (2015). Evidence of local sea surface temperatures overriding the southeast Australian rainfall response to the 1997–1998 El Niño. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(21). 9449–9456. 18 indexed citations

Rensch, Peter van & Wenju Cai. (2014). Indo-Pacific–Induced Wave Trains during Austral Autumn and Their Effect on Australian Rainfall. Journal of Climate. 27(9). 3208–3221. 8 indexed citations

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Cai, Wenju, Ariaan Purich, Tim Cowan, Peter van Rensch, & Evan Weller. (2014). Did Climate Change–Induced Rainfall Trends Contribute to the Australian Millennium Drought?. Journal of Climate. 27(9). 3145–3168. 93 indexed citations

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Purich, Ariaan, Tim Cowan, Wenju Cai, et al.. (2014). Atmospheric and Oceanic Conditions Associated with Southern Australian Heat Waves: A CMIP5 Analysis. Journal of Climate. 27(20). 7807–7829. 38 indexed citations

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Cowan, Tim, Peter van Rensch, Ariaan Purich, & Wenju Cai. (2013). The Association of Tropical and Extratropical Climate Modes to Atmospheric Blocking across Southeastern Australia. Journal of Climate. 26(19). 7555–7569. 24 indexed citations

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Cai, Wenju & Peter van Rensch. (2012). Austral Summer Teleconnections of Indo-Pacific Variability: Their Nonlinearity and Impacts on Australian Climate. Journal of Climate. 26(9). 2796–2810. 24 indexed citations

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Cai, Wenju & Peter van Rensch. (2012). The 2011 southeast Queensland extreme summer rainfall: A confirmation of a negative Pacific Decadal Oscillation phase?. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(8). 85 indexed citations

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Cai, Wenju, Peter van Rensch, Tim Cowan, & Harry H. Hendon. (2012). An Asymmetry in the IOD and ENSO Teleconnection Pathway and Its Impact on Australian Climate. Journal of Climate. 25(18). 6318–6329. 133 indexed citations

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Cai, Wenju, Peter van Rensch, Tim Cowan, & Harry H. Hendon. (2011). Teleconnection Pathways of ENSO and the IOD and the Mechanisms for Impacts on Australian Rainfall. Journal of Climate. 24(15). 3910–3923. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pezza, Alexandre Bernardes, Peter van Rensch, & Wenju Cai. (2011). Severe heat waves in Southern Australia: synoptic climatology and large scale connections. Climate Dynamics. 38(1-2). 209–224. 170 indexed citations

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Cai, Wenju, et al.. (2011). Does the Southern Annular Mode contribute to the persistence of the multidecade-long drought over southwest Western Australia?. Geophysical Research Letters. 38(14). n/a–n/a. 48 indexed citations

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Cai, Wenju, Peter van Rensch, & Tim Cowan. (2011). Influence of Global-Scale Variability on the Subtropical Ridge over Southeast Australia. Journal of Climate. 24(23). 6035–6053. 46 indexed citations

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Cai, Wenju, Peter van Rensch, Tim Cowan, & Arnold Sullivan. (2010). Asymmetry in ENSO Teleconnection with Regional Rainfall, Its Multidecadal Variability, and Impact. Journal of Climate. 23(18). 4944–4955. 139 indexed citations

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