Robert Colman

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Robert Colman is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Colman has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 51 papers in Atmospheric Science and 12 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Robert Colman's work include Climate variability and models (50 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (25 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (24 papers). Robert Colman is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (50 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (25 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (24 papers). Robert Colman collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Robert Colman's co-authors include Brian J. Soden, B. J. McAvaney, Aurel Moise, Scott B. Power, J. T. Kiehl, Christine A. Shields, Karen M. Shell, Isaac M. Held, Josephine R. Brown and Sandrine Bony and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Reviews of Modern Physics and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Robert Colman

58 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

How Well Do We Understand and Evaluate Climate Change Feedback Processes?

2006 765 citations Sandrine Bony, Robert Colman et al. Journal of Climate profile →
Quantifying Climate Feedbacks Using Radiative Kernels

2008 609 citations Brian J. Soden, Robert Colman et al. Journal of Climate profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert Colman	3.1k	2.9k	461	75	72	60	3.4k
Mark A. Ringer	2.7k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	449 1.0×	57 0.8×	36 0.5×	58	3.0k
Paulo Ceppi	3.1k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	449 1.0×	76 1.0×	63 0.9×	60	3.5k
Christopher E. Holloway	2.5k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	681 1.5×	111 1.5×	39 0.5×	66	3.0k
Joel R. Norris	4.6k 1.5×	4.1k 1.4×	835 1.8×	113 1.5×	34 0.5×	85	4.9k
Jason N. S. Cole	3.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	266 0.6×	95 1.3×	103 1.4×	92	3.2k
Anthony R. Lupo	2.7k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	641 1.4×	153 2.0×	54 0.8×	150	3.1k
Yoko Tsushima	2.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	360 0.8×	61 0.8×	26 0.4×	45	2.3k
Kyong‐Hwan Seo	2.2k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	820 1.8×	60 0.8×	23 0.3×	86	2.4k
Daniela Matei	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	869 1.9×	49 0.7×	28 0.4×	52	2.8k
Glen Lesins	2.4k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	277 0.6×	104 1.4×	16 0.2×	63	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Colman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Colman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Colman

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Colman, Robert, et al.. (2022). Power Spectrum Sensitivity Analysis of the Global Mean Surface Temperature Fluctuations Simulated in a Two-Box Stochastic Energy Balance Model. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 74(2022). 68–68. 3 indexed citations

Sherwood, Steven C., Katrin J. Meißner, Alex Sen Gupta, et al.. (2021). A multimodel investigation of atmospheric mechanisms for driving Arctic amplification in warmer climates. Journal of Climate. 1–55. 4 indexed citations

Yusupov, Rafael, et al.. (2020). Cybernetic Approach to Problem of Interaction Between Nature and Human Sosiety in Context of Unprecedented Climate Change. SPIIRAS Proceedings. 19(1). 5–42. 2 indexed citations

Colman, Robert, et al.. (2018). Evaluating Cloud Feedbacks and Rapid Responses in the ACCESS Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(1). 350–366. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Huqiang, et al.. (2015). Uncertainty in CMIP5 model-projected changes in the onset/retreat of the Australian summer monsoon. Climate Dynamics. 46(7-8). 2371–2389. 8 indexed citations

Colman, Robert. (2015). Climate radiative feedbacks and adjustments at the Earth's surface. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(8). 3173–3182. 40 indexed citations

Smith, I. N., Aurel Moise, & Robert Colman. (2012). Large‐scale circulation features in the tropical western Pacific and their representation in climate models. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 117(D4). 17 indexed citations

Colman, Robert, et al.. (2011). Tropical Australian climate and the Australian monsoon as simulated by 23 CMIP3 models. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116(D10). 34 indexed citations

Collins, William D., Robert Colman, Jim Haywood, Martin Manning, & Philip W. Mote. (2007). The Physical Science behind Climate Change. Scientific American. 297(2). 64–73. 35 indexed citations

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Randall, David A., Richard Wood, Sandrine Bony, et al.. (2007). Climate models and their evaluation. Chapter 8. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Bony, Sandrine, Robert Colman, V. M. Kattsov, et al.. (2006). How Well Do We Understand and Evaluate Climate Change Feedback Processes?. Journal of Climate. 19(15). 3445–3482. 765 indexed citations breakdown →

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Webb, M. J., C. A. Senior, David M. H. Sexton, et al.. (2006). On the contribution of local feedback mechanisms to the range of climate sensitivity in two GCM ensembles. Climate Dynamics. 27(1). 17–38. 319 indexed citations

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Moise, Aurel, et al.. (2005). Coupled model simulations of current Australian surface climate and its changes under greenhouse warming: an analysis of 18 CMIP2 models. Max Planck Digital Library. 54(4). 291–307. 7 indexed citations

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Colman, Robert. (2003). A comparison of climate feedbacks in general circulation models. Climate Dynamics. 20(7-8). 865–873. 288 indexed citations

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Colman, Robert. (2002). Geographical contributions to global climate sensitivity in a General Circulation Model. Global and Planetary Change. 32(2-3). 211–243. 17 indexed citations

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Colman, Robert, James Baillie Fraser, & Leon Rotstayn. (2001). Climate feedbacks in a general circulation model incorporating prognostic clouds. Climate Dynamics. 18(1-2). 103–122. 46 indexed citations

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Colman, Robert & B. J. McAvaney. (1997). A study of general circulation model climate feedbacks determined from perturbed sea surface temperature experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 102(D16). 19383–19402. 90 indexed citations

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Colman, Robert, et al.. (1995). A non‐flux corrected transient CO₂ experiment using the BMRC Coupled Atmosphere/Ocean GCM. Geophysical Research Letters. 22(22). 3047–3050. 12 indexed citations

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Power, Scott B., Richard Kleeman, Robert Colman, & B. J. McAvaney. (1995). Modeling the Surface Heat Flux Response to Long-Lived SST Anomalies in the North Atlantic. Journal of Climate. 8(9). 2161–2180. 21 indexed citations

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Gleckler, Peter J., David A. Randall, G. J. Boer, et al.. (1995). Cloud‐radiative effects on implied oceanic energy transports as simulated by Atmospheric General Circulation Models. Geophysical Research Letters. 22(7). 791–794. 61 indexed citations

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