Ralf Toumi

7.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
196 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Ralf Toumi is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Toumi has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Atmospheric Science, 138 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 44 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ralf Toumi's work include Climate variability and models (76 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (64 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (52 papers). Ralf Toumi is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (76 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (64 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (52 papers). Ralf Toumi collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Ralf Toumi's co-authors include Shuai Wang, Joanna D. Haigh, David J. Lary, Shuai Wang, J. A. Pyle, Slimane Bekki, Martyn P. Chipperfield, Xiushu Qie, Robert B. Noland and Rachel H. White and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Toumi

185 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

  1. The relationship between leaf area index and microclimate in tropical forest and oil palm plantation: Forest disturbance drives changes in microclimate
    2014 315 citations Ralf Toumi et al. profile →
  2. Recent migration of tropical cyclones toward coasts
    2021 173 citations Shuai Wang, Ralf Toumi Science profile →
  3. Global increase in tropical cyclone ocean surface waves
    2024 58 citations Xiangbo Feng, Ralf Toumi et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ralf Toumi 3.5k 3.2k 681 590 415 196 5.4k
E. P. Shettle 4.9k 1.4× 4.7k 1.5× 571 0.8× 827 1.4× 180 0.4× 100 6.6k
Jun Matsumoto 3.4k 1.0× 3.8k 1.2× 1.1k 1.7× 240 0.4× 133 0.3× 272 5.5k
James W. Elkins 7.7k 2.2× 6.8k 2.1× 1.2k 1.8× 421 0.7× 549 1.3× 177 10.1k
Ralph J. Cicerone 5.2k 1.5× 4.8k 1.5× 439 0.6× 1.0k 1.7× 319 0.8× 113 8.8k
R. S. Stolarski 7.0k 2.0× 5.4k 1.7× 252 0.4× 1.4k 2.3× 304 0.7× 181 8.5k
Justus Notholt 6.7k 1.9× 6.4k 2.0× 347 0.5× 275 0.5× 538 1.3× 265 8.2k
J. A. Pyle 7.8k 2.3× 6.4k 2.0× 271 0.4× 610 1.0× 1.1k 2.5× 285 9.5k
Frøde Stordal 4.7k 1.4× 4.3k 1.3× 224 0.3× 436 0.7× 768 1.9× 170 6.3k
Peter G. Simmonds 4.3k 1.2× 3.1k 1.0× 168 0.2× 733 1.2× 1.1k 2.6× 123 6.8k
Cathy Clerbaux 5.4k 1.6× 4.6k 1.4× 185 0.3× 229 0.4× 906 2.2× 207 6.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralf Toumi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Toumi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ralf Toumi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ralf Toumi 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 Ralf Toumi. Ralf Toumi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Min & Ralf Toumi. (2025). Can tropical cyclones exist near the Equator?. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 152(774).
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Qi, Weiqing, Bin Yong, Elizabeth A. Ritchie, J. Scott Tyo, & Ralf Toumi. (2025). Global Increase of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Rate Toward Coasts. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(17).
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Monerie, Paul‐Arthur, Xiangbo Feng, Kevin I. Hodges, & Ralf Toumi. (2025). High prediction skill of decadal tropical cyclone variability in the North Atlantic and East Pacific in the met office decadal prediction system DePreSys4. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 8(1).
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Chen, Aifang, Jie Wang, Ralf Toumi, et al.. (2025). Impact of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation on Fluvial Discharge in the Lancang‒Mekong River Basin. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(8).
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Toumi, Ralf, et al.. (2024). On the Spirality of the Asymmetric Rain Field of Tropical Cyclones Under Vertical Wind Shear. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(18). 1 indexed citations
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Fu, Liu, Ralf Toumi, Han Zhang, & Dake Chen. (2024). Impact of Precipitation on Ocean Responses during a Tropical Cyclone. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 54(3). 895–909. 3 indexed citations
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Feng, Xiangbo, Ralf Toumi, Malcolm Roberts, Kevin I. Hodges, & Pier Luigi Vidale. (2023). An Approach to Link Climate Model Tropical Cyclogenesis Bias to Large‐Scale Wind Circulation Modes. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(15). 3 indexed citations
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Toumi, Ralf, et al.. (2022). Beneficial role of diurnal smoothing for grid integration of wind power. Environmental Research Letters. 18(1). 14022–14022. 5 indexed citations
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Tang, Youmin, et al.. (2022). Revisiting the Definition of Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones by Clustering the Initial Intensity and Inner‐Core Size. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(20). 12 indexed citations
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Xu, Hanqing, Zhan Tian, Laixiang Sun, et al.. (2022). Compound flood impact of water level and rainfall during tropical cyclone periods in a coastal city: the case of Shanghai. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 22(7). 2347–2358. 39 indexed citations
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Toumi, Ralf, et al.. (2022). The role of wind-solar hybrid plants in mitigating renewable energy-droughts. Renewable Energy. 194. 926–937. 38 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuai & Ralf Toumi. (2021). Recent migration of tropical cyclones toward coasts. Science. 371(6528). 514–517. 173 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Shuai, Ralf Toumi, Qinghua Ye, et al.. (2021). Is the tropical cyclone surge in Shanghai more sensitive to landfall location or intensity change?. Atmospheric Science Letters. 22(10). 5 indexed citations
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Bruneau, Nicolas, Shuai Wang, & Ralf Toumi. (2020). Long Memory Impact of Ocean Mesoscale Temperature Anomalies on Tropical Cyclone Size. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(6). 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuai, et al.. (2020). A Shortening of the Life Cycle of Major Tropical Cyclones. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(14). 32 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuai & Ralf Toumi. (2019). Impact of Dry Midlevel Air on the Tropical Cyclone Outer Circulation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 76(6). 1809–1826. 29 indexed citations
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Bruneau, Nicolas, Ralf Toumi, & Shuai Wang. (2018). Impact of wave whitecapping on land falling tropical cyclones. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 652–652. 12 indexed citations
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Toumi, Ralf, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of thermal and dynamic impacts of summer dust aerosols on the Red Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 122(2). 1325–1346. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuai & Ralf Toumi. (2017). A historical analysis of the mature stage of tropical cyclones. International Journal of Climatology. 38(5). 2490–2505. 28 indexed citations
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Toumi, Ralf, et al.. (2016). Mechanisms of bottom boundary fluxes in a numerical model of the Shetland shelf. Ocean Dynamics. 67(1). 1–21. 8 indexed citations

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