Safa Motesharrei

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Safa Motesharrei is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Safa Motesharrei has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 9 papers in Atmospheric Science and 4 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Safa Motesharrei's work include Climate variability and models (7 papers), Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution (4 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (4 papers). Safa Motesharrei is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (7 papers), Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution (4 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (4 papers). Safa Motesharrei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Safa Motesharrei's co-authors include Eugenia Kalnay, Yan Li, Shuangcheng Li, Maosheng Zhao, Qiaozhen Mu, Jorge Rivas, Ya Liu, Ning Zeng, Eviatar Bach and D. B. Kirk‐Davidoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Safa Motesharrei

19 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Local cooling and warming effects of forests based on sat... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400 500
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. Local cooling and warming effects of forests based on satellite observations
    2015 557 citations Yan Li, Maosheng Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Safa Motesharrei United States 12 1.1k 514 433 386 130 19 1.7k
Thomas Houet France 26 1.3k 1.2× 389 0.8× 444 1.0× 636 1.6× 125 1.0× 75 2.2k
Xuefeng Cui China 28 1.2k 1.1× 284 0.6× 671 1.5× 529 1.4× 110 0.8× 78 2.2k
Qingmin Meng United States 22 815 0.7× 518 1.0× 213 0.5× 503 1.3× 86 0.7× 86 1.7k
Vincent Dubreuil France 27 1.2k 1.1× 516 1.0× 428 1.0× 634 1.6× 244 1.9× 127 2.1k
Samuel C. Zipper United States 28 1.0k 0.9× 644 1.3× 285 0.7× 413 1.1× 174 1.3× 76 2.4k
Kabir Uddin Nepal 26 1.2k 1.1× 284 0.6× 265 0.6× 611 1.6× 89 0.7× 41 1.9k
Guosong Zhao China 21 998 0.9× 467 0.9× 285 0.7× 466 1.2× 194 1.5× 48 1.5k
Meng Guo China 22 982 0.9× 264 0.5× 307 0.7× 465 1.2× 239 1.8× 52 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Safa Motesharrei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Safa Motesharrei

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Kalnay, Eugenia, et al.. (2024). Earth System Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Bach, Eviatar, V. Krishnamurthy, Safa Motesharrei, et al.. (2024). Improved subseasonal prediction of South Asian monsoon rainfall using data-driven forecasts of oscillatory modes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(15). e2312573121–e2312573121. 8 indexed citations
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Kalnay, Eugenia, et al.. (2023). Review article: Towards strongly coupled ensemble data assimilation with additional improvements from machine learning. Nonlinear processes in geophysics. 30(2). 217–236. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, et al.. (2023). Challenges and opportunities for modeling coupled human and natural systems. National Science Review. 10(7). nwad054–nwad054. 27 indexed citations
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Bach, Eviatar, Safa Motesharrei, V. Krishnamurthy, et al.. (2021). Ensemble Oscillation Correction (EnOC): Leveraging oscillatory modes to improve forecasts of chaotic systems. Journal of Climate. 1–1. 9 indexed citations
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Motesharrei, Safa, Jorge Rivas, & Eugenia Kalnay. (2020). A Novel Approach to Carrying Capacity: Froma prioriPrescription toa posterioriDerivation Based on Underlying Mechanisms and Dynamics. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 48(1). 657–683. 10 indexed citations
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Huang, Heng, Leander D. L. Anderegg, Todd E. Dawson, Safa Motesharrei, & Paolo D’Odorico. (2020). Critical transition to woody plant dominance through microclimate feedbacks in North American coastal ecosystems. Ecology. 101(9). e03107–e03107. 11 indexed citations
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Bach, Eviatar, Safa Motesharrei, Eugenia Kalnay, & Alfredo Ruiz‐Barradas. (2019). Local Atmosphere–Ocean Predictability: Dynamical Origins, Lead Times, and Seasonality. Journal of Climate. 32(21). 7507–7519. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, Eugenia Kalnay, Safa Motesharrei, et al.. (2018). Climate model shows large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara increase rain and vegetation. Science. 361(6406). 1019–1022. 173 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, Damien Sulla‐Menashe, Safa Motesharrei, et al.. (2017). Inconsistent estimates of forest cover change in China between 2000 and 2013 from multiple datasets: differences in parameters, spatial resolution, and definitions. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8748–8748. 41 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré, Édouard L. Davin, et al.. (2016). The role of spatial scale and background climate in the latitudinal temperature response to deforestation. Earth System Dynamics. 7(1). 167–181. 66 indexed citations
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Ruiz‐Barradas, Alfredo, et al.. (2016). Finding the driver of local ocean–atmosphere coupling in reanalyses and CMIP5 climate models. Climate Dynamics. 48(7-8). 2153–2172. 8 indexed citations
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Motesharrei, Safa, Jorge Rivas, Eugenia Kalnay, et al.. (2016). Modeling Sustainability: Population, Inequality, Consumption, and Bidirectional Coupling of the Earth and Human Systems. National Science Review. nww081–nww081. 149 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, Maosheng Zhao, David J. Mildrexler, et al.. (2016). Potential and Actual impacts of deforestation and afforestation on land surface temperature. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 121(24). 143 indexed citations
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Motesharrei, Safa, et al.. (2015). Causality Analysis: Identifying the Leading Element in a Coupled Dynamical System. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0131226–e0131226. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, Maosheng Zhao, Safa Motesharrei, et al.. (2015). Local cooling and warming effects of forests based on satellite observations. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6603–6603. 557 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Ya, Yan Li, Shuangcheng Li, & Safa Motesharrei. (2015). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Global NDVI Trends: Correlations with Climate and Human Factors. Remote Sensing. 7(10). 13233–13250. 223 indexed citations
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Motesharrei, Safa, Jorge Rivas, & Eugenia Kalnay. (2014). Human and nature dynamics (HANDY): Modeling inequality and use of resources in the collapse or sustainability of societies. Ecological Economics. 101. 90–102. 195 indexed citations
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Castro, Rodrigo, Peter Fritzson, François E. Cellier, Safa Motesharrei, & Jorge Rivas. (2014). Human-Nature Interaction in World Modeling with Modelica. Linköping electronic conference proceedings. 96. 477–488. 1 indexed citations

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