S. J. Vavrus

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

S. J. Vavrus is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, S. J. Vavrus has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atmospheric Science, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 2 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in S. J. Vavrus's work include Climate variability and models (10 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (8 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). S. J. Vavrus is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (10 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (8 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). S. J. Vavrus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Norway. S. J. Vavrus's co-authors include Giorgia Di Capua, Shih‐Yu Wang, Dim Coumou, William L. Chapman, John E. Walsh, Diane H. Portis, Natasa Skific, Jennifer A. Francis, William F Ruddiman and John E. Kutzbach and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

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S. J. Vavrus

14 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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The influence of Arctic amplification on mid-latitude summer circulation

2018 410 citations Dim Coumou, Giorgia Di Capua et al. Nature Communications profile →

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15 of 15 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Flood frequency sampling error: insights from regional analysis, stochastic storm transposition, and physics-based modeling 2025 ·Journal of Hydrology ·(unknown), Daniel B. Wright, Michael Notaro, S. J. Vavrus, Daniel J. Vimont	1
2	Arctic Atmospheric Rivers in a Changing Climate and the Impacts on Sea Ice 2025 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown), S. J. Vavrus, Christine A. Shields, Alice K. DuVivier, Michelle Maclennan, Marika M. Holland, Laura Landrum	0
3	Atmospheric Pressure Rivalry Between the Arctic and Northern Pacific: Implications for Alaskan Climate Variability 2024 ·International Journal of Climatology ·Igor V. Polyakov, Thomas J. Ballinger, James E. Overland, S. J. Vavrus, Seth L. Danielson, Rick Lader, Uma S. Bhatt, (unknown), Franz J. Mueter	1
4	The influence of Arctic amplification on mid-latitude summer circulation breakdown → 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Dim Coumou, Giorgia Di Capua, S. J. Vavrus, (unknown), Shih‐Yu Wang	410
5	North American Weather Regimes Are Becoming More Persistent: Is Arctic Amplification a Factor? 2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Jennifer A. Francis, Natasa Skific, S. J. Vavrus	54
6	Late Twenty-First-Century Changes in the Midlatitude Atmospheric Circulation in the CESM Large Ensemble 2017 ·Journal of Climate ·Yannick Peings, Julien Cattiaux, S. J. Vavrus, Guðrún Magnúsdóttir	40
7	Late Holocene climate: Natural or anthropogenic? 2015 ·Reviews of Geophysics ·William F Ruddiman, Dorian Q. Fuller, John E. Kutzbach, Polychronis C. Tzedakis, Jed O. Kaplan, Erle C. Ellis, S. J. Vavrus, C. Neil Roberts, Ralph Fyfe, Feng He, Carsten Lemmen, Jessie Woodbridge	133
8	Toward Quantifying the Increasing Role of Oceanic Heat in Sea Ice Loss in the New Arctic 2015 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·E. Carmack, Igor V. Polyakov, Laurie Padman, Ilker Fer, Elizabeth Hunke, Jennifer Hutchings, Jennifer M. Jackson, Dan Kelley, R. Kwok, Charles Layton, Humfrey Melling, Donald K. Perovich, O. P. G. Persson, Barry Ruddick, Mary‐Louise Timmermans, John M. Toole, Tetjana Ross, S. J. Vavrus, Peter Winsor	235
9	Glacial inception during the late Holocene without carbon emissions from early agriculture: lessons from the stage-19 glacial inception 2013 ·AGUFM ·Feng He, S. J. Vavrus, John E. Kutzbach, William F Ruddiman, Polychronis C. Tzedakis	1
10	Climate model simulation of anthropogenic influence on greenhouse-induced climate change (early agriculture to modern): the role of ocean feedbacks 2009 ·Climatic Change ·John E. Kutzbach, William F Ruddiman, S. J. Vavrus, (unknown)	26
11	The Role of Arctic Clouds During Intervals of Rapid Sea Ice Loss 2008 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·S. J. Vavrus, Marika M. Holland, (unknown)	3
12	The behavior of extreme cold air outbreaks under greenhouse warming 2006 ·International Journal of Climatology ·S. J. Vavrus, John E. Walsh, William L. Chapman, Diane H. Portis	148
13	How does extratropical warming affect ENSO? 2005 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Haijun Yang, Qiong Zhang, Yafang Zhong, S. J. Vavrus, Zhengyu Liu	12
14	Toward understanding the response of the tropical atmosphere-ocean system to increased CO 2 using equilibrium asynchronous coupling 2002 ·Climate Dynamics ·S. J. Vavrus, Zhihong Liu	5
15	Comparison of the climate simulated by the CCM3 coupled to two different land-surface models 2002 ·Climate Dynamics ·Christine Delire, Samuel Levis, Gordon B. Bonan, Jonathan A. Foley, Michael T. Coe, S. J. Vavrus	36

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