R. T. Wetherald

12.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
40 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

R. T. Wetherald is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. T. Wetherald has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 33 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in R. T. Wetherald's work include Climate variability and models (31 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (17 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers). R. T. Wetherald is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (31 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (17 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers). R. T. Wetherald collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. R. T. Wetherald's co-authors include Syukuro Manabe, P. C. D. Milly, Thomas L. Delworth, K. A. Dunne, S. Manabe, Ronald J. Stouffer, T.‐C. Jim Yeh, Alan Robock, Brian J. Soden and Georgiy Stenchikov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

R. T. Wetherald

40 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Increasing risk of great floods in... 1967 2026 1986 2006 2002 1967 1975 1988 1980 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate
    2002 1.3k citations P. C. D. Milly, R. T. Wetherald et al. Nature profile →
  2. Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere with a Given Distribution of Relative Humidity
    1967 1.2k citations Syukuro Manabe, R. T. Wetherald Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
  3. The Effects of Doubling the CO2Concentration on the climate of a General Circulation Model
    1975 757 citations Syukuro Manabe, R. T. Wetherald Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
  4. Cloud Feedback Processes in a General Circulation Model
    1988 485 citations R. T. Wetherald, Syukuro Manabe Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
  5. On the Distribution of Climate Change Resulting from an Increase in CO2Content of the Atmosphere
    1980 347 citations Syukuro Manabe, R. T. Wetherald Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
  6. The Effect of Soil Moisture on the Short-Term Climate and Hydrology Change—A Numerical Experiment
    1984 234 citations T.‐C. Jim Yeh, R. T. Wetherald et al. Monthly Weather Review profile →
  7. The Effects of Changing the Solar Constant on the Climate of a General Circulation Model
    1975 197 citations R. T. Wetherald, Syukuro Manabe Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. T. Wetherald United States 31 5.8k 4.7k 1.1k 577 515 40 7.5k
Curt Covey United States 28 5.1k 0.9× 4.6k 1.0× 577 0.5× 1.2k 2.1× 320 0.6× 77 6.8k
William Ingram United Kingdom 29 6.7k 1.1× 5.7k 1.2× 611 0.6× 665 1.2× 279 0.5× 51 7.8k
Christof Appenzeller Switzerland 36 5.3k 0.9× 4.9k 1.1× 505 0.5× 508 0.9× 636 1.2× 69 7.2k
M. I. Budyko Russia 17 3.1k 0.5× 2.2k 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 457 0.8× 296 0.6× 36 4.7k
Ulrich Cubasch Germany 40 5.7k 1.0× 6.4k 1.4× 408 0.4× 1.4k 2.4× 760 1.5× 146 8.8k
Paul A. O’Gorman United States 40 7.8k 1.3× 6.6k 1.4× 847 0.8× 984 1.7× 362 0.7× 76 9.2k
Jean‐Noël Thépaut United Kingdom 36 6.5k 1.1× 6.4k 1.4× 724 0.7× 1.3k 2.2× 451 0.9× 79 8.8k
Warren M. Washington United States 55 9.0k 1.5× 8.5k 1.8× 663 0.6× 2.1k 3.7× 843 1.6× 123 12.4k
T. C. Johns United Kingdom 20 6.0k 1.0× 4.8k 1.0× 649 0.6× 1.4k 2.4× 707 1.4× 29 8.2k
David M. H. Sexton United Kingdom 36 6.6k 1.1× 4.9k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 677 1.2× 458 0.9× 78 8.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wetherald, R. T.. (2009). Changes of time mean state and variability of hydrology in response to a doubling and quadrupling of CO2. Climatic Change. 102(3-4). 651–670. 20 indexed citations
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Manabe, Syukuro, R. T. Wetherald, P. C. D. Milly, Thomas L. Delworth, & Ronald J. Stouffer. (2004). Century-Scale Change in Water Availability: CO2-Quadrupling Experiment. Climatic Change. 64(1-2). 59–76. 97 indexed citations
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Delworth, Thomas L., R. J. Stouffer, Keith W. Dixon, et al.. (2002). Review of simulations of climate variability and change with the GFDL R30 coupled climate model. Climate Dynamics. 19(7). 555–574. 126 indexed citations
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Milly, P. C. D. & R. T. Wetherald. (2002). Macroscale water fluxes 3. Effects of land processes on variability of monthly river discharge. Water Resources Research. 38(11). 43 indexed citations
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Milly, P. C. D., R. T. Wetherald, K. A. Dunne, & Thomas L. Delworth. (2002). Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate. Nature. 415(6871). 514–517. 1312 indexed citations breakdown →
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Soden, Brian J., R. T. Wetherald, Georgiy Stenchikov, & Alan Robock. (2002). Global Cooling After the Eruption of Mount Pinatubo: A Test of Climate Feedback by Water Vapor. Science. 296(5568). 727–730. 365 indexed citations
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Wetherald, R. T., Ronald J. Stouffer, & Keith W. Dixon. (2001). Committed warming and its implications for climate change. Geophysical Research Letters. 28(8). 1535–1538. 46 indexed citations
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Wetherald, R. T. & Syukuro Manabe. (1999). Detectability of Summer Dryness Caused by Greenhouse Warming. Climatic Change. 43(3). 495–511. 86 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yunyan, Kenneth R. Sperber, J. S. Boyle, et al.. (1997). East Asian winter monsoon: results from eight AMIP models. Climate Dynamics. 13(11). 797–820. 32 indexed citations
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Wetherald, R. T. & Syukuro Manabe. (1995). The Mechanisms of Summer Dryness Induced by Greenhouse Warming. Journal of Climate. 8(12). 3096–3108. 86 indexed citations
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Boer, G. J., K. Arpe, M. Blackburn, et al.. (1992). Some results from an intercomparison of the climates simulated by 14 atmospheric general circulation models. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(D12). 12771–12786. 128 indexed citations
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Wetherald, R. T., V. Ramaswamy, & Syukuro Manabe. (1991). A comparative study of the observations of high clouds and simulations by an atmospheric general circulation model. Climate Dynamics. 5(3). 135–143. 7 indexed citations
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Manabe, S. & R. T. Wetherald. (1987). Large-Scale Changes of Soil Wetness Induced by an Increase in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 44(8). 1211–1236. 310 indexed citations
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Manabe, Syukuro & R. T. Wetherald. (1986). Reduction in Summer Soil Wetness Induced by an Increase in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Science. 232(4750). 626–628. 208 indexed citations
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Wetherald, R. T. & S. Manabe. (1986). An investigation of cloud cover change in response to thermal forcing. Climatic Change. 8(1). 5–23. 132 indexed citations
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Yeh, T.‐C. Jim, R. T. Wetherald, & Syukuro Manabe. (1983). A Model Study of the Short-Term Climatic and Hydrologic Effects of Sudden Snow-Cover Removal. Monthly Weather Review. 111(5). 1013–1024. 95 indexed citations
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Manabe, Syukuro, R. T. Wetherald, & Ronald J. Stouffer. (1981). Summer dryness due to an increase of atmospheric CO2 concentration. Climatic Change. 3(4). 347–386. 3 indexed citations
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Meleshko, V. P. & R. T. Wetherald. (1981). The effect of a geographical cloud distribution on climate: A numerical experiment with an atmospheric general circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 86(C12). 11995–12014. 22 indexed citations
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Manabe, Syukuro, R. T. Wetherald, & Ronald J. Stouffer. (1981). Summer dryness due to an increase of atmospheric CO2 concentration. Climatic Change. 3(4). 347–386. 154 indexed citations
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Manabe, Syukuro & R. T. Wetherald. (1967). Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere with a Given Distribution of Relative Humidity. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 24(3). 241–259. 1151 indexed citations breakdown →

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