René Orth

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
79 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

René Orth is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, René Orth has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 36 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in René Orth's work include Climate variability and models (40 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (38 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (22 papers). René Orth is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (40 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (38 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (22 papers). René Orth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands. René Orth's co-authors include Sonia I. Seneviratne, O Sungmin, Jakob Zscheischler, Markus Reichstein, Georgia Destouni, Mathias Hauser, Mirco Migliavacca, Jasper Denissen, Wantong Li and Emanuel Dutra and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

René Orth

74 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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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.

Widespread increasing vegetation sensitivity to soil moisture

2022 246 citations Wantong Li, Mirco Migliavacca et al. profile →
Widespread shift from ecosystem energy to water limitation with climate change

2022 180 citations Jasper Denissen, Adriaan J. Teuling et al. profile →
Widespread and complex drought effects on vegetation physiology inferred from space

2023 77 citations Wantong Li, Mirco Migliavacca et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Global relevance of atmospheric and land surface drivers for hot temperature extremes 2025 ·Earth System Dynamics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), René Orth	0
2	Interpretability of negative latent heat fluxes from eddy covariance measurements in dry conditions 2024 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), René Orth, Sung‐Ching Lee, Anke Hildebrandt, Martin Jung, Jacob A. Nelson, Tarek S. El‐Madany, Arnaud Carrara, Gerardo Moreno, Matthias Mauder, Jannis Groh, Alexander Graf, Markus Reichstein, Mirco Migliavacca	5
3	Relevance of near-surface soil moisture vs. terrestrial water storage for global vegetation functioning 2024 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Anne J. Hoek van Dijke, (unknown), Wantong Li, (unknown), Chunhui Zhan, René Orth	6
4	Quantifying impact-relevant heatwave durations 2023 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), Philip J. Ward, Marleen de Ruiter, (unknown), Markus Reichstein, Dorothea Frank, René Orth	9
5	Official heat warnings miss situations with a detectable societal heat response in European countries 2023 ·International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction ·(unknown), Alexander Brenning, Markus Reichstein, (unknown), Lars Guenther, Dorothea Frank, René Orth	4
6	Contrasting drought legacy effects on gross primary productivity in a mixed versus pure beech forest 2022 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), René Orth, Markus Reichstein, Michael Bahn, Anne Klosterhalfen, Alexander Knohl, Franziska Koebsch, Mirco Migliavacca, Martina Mund, Jacob A. Nelson, Benjamin D. Stocker, Sophia Walther, Ana Bastos	31
7	Increased vulnerability of European ecosystems to two compound dry and hot summers in 2018 and 2019 2021 ·FreiDok plus (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg) ·Ana Bastos, René Orth, Markus Reichstein, Philippe Ciais, Nicolas Viovy, Sönke Zaehle, Peter Anthoni, Almut Arneth, Pierre Gentine, Émilie Joetzjer, Sebastian Lienert, Tammas Loughran, Patrick McGuire, O Sungmin, Julia Pongratz, Stephen Sitch	2
8	Contrasting biophysical and societal impacts of hydro-meteorological extremes 2021 ·Environmental Research Letters ·René Orth, O Sungmin, Jakob Zscheischler, Miguel D. Mahecha, Markus Reichstein	21
9	Vulnerability of European ecosystems to two compound dry and hot summers in 2018 and 2019 2021 ·Earth System Dynamics ·Ana Bastos, René Orth, Markus Reichstein, Philippe Ciais, Nicolas Viovy, Sönke Zaehle, Peter Anthoni, Almut Arneth, Pierre Gentine, Émilie Joetzjer, Sebastian Lienert, Tammas Loughran, Patrick McGuire, O Sungmin, Julia Pongratz, Stephen Sitch	75
10	When the Land Surface Shifts Gears 2021 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·René Orth	18
11	Lysimeter based evaporation and condensation dynamics in a Mediterranean ecosystem 2021 ·FreiDok plus (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg) ·(unknown), Tarek S. El‐Madany, René Orth, Anke Hildebrandt, Thomas Wutzler, Arnaud Carrara, Gerardo Moreno, Óscar Pérez‐Priego, Olaf Kolle, Markus Reichstein, Mirco Migliavacca	1
12	Revisiting Global Vegetation Controls Using Multi‐Layer Soil Moisture 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Wantong Li, Mirco Migliavacca, Matthias Forkel, Sophia Walther, Markus Reichstein, René Orth	49
13	Critical Soil Moisture Derived From Satellite Observations Over Europe 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Jasper Denissen, Adriaan J. Teuling, Markus Reichstein, René Orth	76
14	Large-scale biospheric drought response intensifies linearly with drought duration in arid regions 2020 ·Biogeosciences ·René Orth, Georgia Destouni, Martin Jung, Markus Reichstein	37
15	Sensitivity of Surface Fluxes in the ECMWF Land Surface Model to the Remotely Sensed Leaf Area Index and Root Distribution: Evaluation with Tower Flux Data 2020 ·Atmosphere ·David King Stevens, Pedro Miranda, René Orth, Souhail Boussetta, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Emanuel Dutra	11
16	Close co-variation between soil moisture and runoff emerging from multi-catchment data across Europe 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·Navid Ghajarnia, Zahra Kalantari, René Orth, Georgia Destouni	30
17	Climate-dependent propagation of precipitation uncertainty into the water cycle 2020 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·(unknown), O Sungmin, René Orth	22
18	Bivariate return periods of temperature and precipitation explain a large fraction of European crop yields 2017 ·Jakob Zscheischler, René Orth, Sonia I. Seneviratne	5
19	Regional amplification of projected changes in extreme temperatures strongly controlled by soil moisture‐temperature feedbacks 2017 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Martha M. Vogel, René Orth, Frédérique Cheruy, Stefan Hagemann, Ruth Lorenz, Bart van den Hurk, Sonia I. Seneviratne	228
20	Propagation of soil moisture memory to streamflow and evapotranspiration in Europe 2013 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·René Orth, Sonia I. Seneviratne	38

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