Ruth Comer

3.2k citations

21 papers · 1.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 15

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 2%
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Global and Planetary Change top 1%
- Climate variability and models
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Papers in ⓘ

Atmospheric Science 18
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 12
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 5
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research 3
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 2
Global and Planetary Change 19
- Climate variability and models 18
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 3
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds 2

Co-authors: Adam A. Scaife (14 shared papers)Craig MacLachlan (6 shared papers)David Fereday (3 shared papers)K. Andrew Peterson (3 shared papers)Joanne Camp (3 shared papers)Margaret Gordon (4 shared papers)Alberto Arribas (2 shared papers)Anna Maidens (2 shared papers)
Journals: Environmental Research Letters (3 papers)Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (3 papers)Atmospheric Science Letters (3 papers)Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2 papers)Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom China United States

In The Last Decade

Ruth Comer

20 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Global Seasonal forecast system version 5 (GloSea5): a high‐resolution seasonal forecast system 2014 · 559 citations

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

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1	Global Seasonal forecast system version 5 (GloSea5): a high‐resolution seasonal forecast system Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·Craig MacLachlan, Alberto Arribas, K. Andrew Peterson, Anna Maidens, David Fereday, Adam A. Scaife, Margaret Gordon, Michael Vellinga, Andrew Williams, Ruth Comer, Joanne Camp, Prince Xavier, Gurvan Madec Hit paper breakdown →	2014	559
2	Tropical rainfall, Rossby waves and regional winter climate predictions Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·Adam A. Scaife, Ruth Comer, Nick Dunstone, Jeff Knight, Doug Smith, Craig MacLachlan, Nicola Martin, K. Andrew Peterson, Dan Rowlands, Edward Carroll, Stephen E. Belcher, Julia Slingo	2016	164
3	A flexible approach to defining weather patterns and their application in weather forecasting over Europe Meteorological Applications ·Robert A. Neal, David Fereday, Ric Crocker, Ruth Comer	2016	107
4	The 2019 Southern Hemisphere Stratospheric Polar Vortex Weakening and Its Impacts Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·Eun‐Pa Lim, Harry H. Hendon, Amy H. Butler, David W. J. Thompson, Zachary D. Lawrence, Adam A. Scaife, Theodore G. Shepherd, Inna Polichtchouk, Hisashi Nakamura, Chiaki Kobayashi, Ruth Comer, Lawrence Coy, Andrew Dowdy, René Garreaud, Paul A. Newman, Guomin Wang	2021	75
5	Does increased atmospheric resolution improve seasonal climate predictions? Atmospheric Science Letters ·Adam A. Scaife, Joanne Camp, Ruth Comer, Philip Davis, Nick Dunstone, Margaret Gordon, Craig MacLachlan, Nicola Martin, Yu Nie, Hong‐Li Ren, Malcolm Roberts, Walter A. Robinson, Doug Smith, Pier Luigi Vidale	2019	72
6	Skillful seasonal prediction of Yangtze river valley summer rainfall Environmental Research Letters ·Chaofan Li, Adam A. Scaife, Riyu Lu, Alberto Arribas, Anca Brookshaw, Ruth Comer, Jianglong Li, Craig MacLachlan, Peili Wu	2016	64
7	Predictability of South China Sea Summer Monsoon Onset Advances in Atmospheric Sciences ·Gill Martin, Amulya Chevuturi, Ruth Comer, Nick Dunstone, Adam A. Scaife, Daquan Zhang	2019	45
8	The western Pacific subtropical high and tropical cyclone landfall: Seasonal forecasts using the Met Office GloSea5 system Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·Joanne Camp, Malcolm Roberts, Ruth Comer, Peili Wu, Craig MacLachlan, Philip E. Bett, Nicola Golding, Ralf Toumi, Johnny C. L. Chan	2018	43
9	Missing eddy feedback may explain weak signal-to-noise ratios in climate predictions npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ·Steven C. Hardiman, Nick Dunstone, Adam A. Scaife, Doug Smith, Ruth Comer, Yu Nie, Hong‐Li Ren	2022	40
10	Predictability of European winter 2015/2016 Atmospheric Science Letters ·Adam A. Scaife, Ruth Comer, Nick Dunstone, David Fereday, Chris K. Folland, Elizabeth Good, Margaret Gordon, Leon Hermanson, Sarah Ineson, Alexey Yu. Karpechko, Jeff Knight, Craig MacLachlan, Anna Maidens, K. Andrew Peterson, Doug Smith, Julia Slingo, Brent Walker	2017	40
11	Stratospheric initial conditions provide seasonal predictability of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oscillations Environmental Research Letters ·Yu Nie, Adam A. Scaife, Hong‐Li Ren, Ruth Comer, Martin B. Andrews, Philip Davis, Nicola Martin	2019	38
12	The regional impact of Land-Use Land-cover Change (LULCC) over West Africa from an ensemble of global climate models under the auspices of the WAMME2 project Climate Dynamics ·Aaron Boone, Yongkang Xue, Fernando de Sales, Ruth Comer, Samson Hagos, Sarith Mahanama, Kathleen A. Schiro, Guoqiong Song, Guiling Wang, S. Li, Carlos R. Mechoso	2016	30
13	Observations of the diurnal cycle of outgoing longwave radiation from the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget instrument Geophysical Research Letters ·Ruth Comer, A. Slingo, Richard P. Allan	2007	22
14	What chance of a sudden stratospheric warming in the southern hemisphere? Environmental Research Letters ·Lei Wang, Steven C. Hardiman, Philip E. Bett, Ruth Comer, Chris Kent, Adam A. Scaife	2020	22
15	U.K. HiGEM: Simulations of Desert Dust and Biomass Burning Aerosols with a High-Resolution Atmospheric GCM Journal of Climate ·Margaret J. Woodage, A. Slingo, S. Woodward, Ruth Comer	2009	15
16	Revisiting GLACE: Understanding the Role of the Land Surface in Land–Atmosphere Coupling Journal of Hydrometeorology ·Ruth Comer, Martin Best	2012	11
17	Long-range predictability of extratropical climate and the length of day Nature Geoscience ·Adam A. Scaife, Leon Hermanson, Annelize van Niekerk, Martin B. Andrews, Mark Baldwin, S. E. Belcher, Philip E. Bett, Ruth Comer, Nick Dunstone, Ruth Geen, Steven C. Hardiman, Sarah Ineson, Jeff Knight, Yu Nie, Huazhong Ren, Doug Smith	2022	9
18	Predictability of European winter 2020/2021: Influence of a mid‐winter sudden stratospheric warming Atmospheric Science Letters ·Julia F. Lockwood, Nicky Stringer, Hazel Thornton, Adam A. Scaife, Philip E. Bett, Tamara Collier, Ruth Comer, Nick Dunstone, Margaret Gordon, Leon Hermanson, Sarah Ineson, J. Kettleborough, Jeff Knight, J. Mancell, Peter McLean, Doug Smith, Tony Wardle, Prince Xavier, Ben Youngman	2022	4
19	The diurnal cycle observed by Meteosat-8 and simulated by a climate model CentAUR (University of Reading) ·Ruth Comer, A. Slingo, Richard P. Allan	2006	3
20	Long-Range Predictability of the Length of Day and Extratropical Climate. Adam A. Scaife, Leon Hermanson, Annelize van Niekerk, Mark Baldwin, Stephen E. Belcher, Philip E. Bett, Ruth Comer, Nick Dunstone, Ruth Geen, Steven C. Hardiman, Sarah Ineson, Jeff Knight, Yu Nie, Hong‐Li Ren, Doug Smith	2021	1

About Ruth Comer

Ruth Comer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics, having authored 21 papers that have together received 1.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (18 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (12 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (5 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (4 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (3 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (3 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (2 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (1.2k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.3k citations), Oceanography (416 citations), Environmental Engineering (67 citations) and Water Science and Technology (48 citations). Ruth Comer has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include Adam A. Scaife, Craig MacLachlan, David Fereday, K. Andrew Peterson, Joanne Camp, Margaret Gordon, Alberto Arribas, Anna Maidens, Michael Vellinga and Andrew Williams. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Research Letters, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Atmospheric Science Letters, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.

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