Sharon E. Nicholson

21.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
142 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

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Sharon E. Nicholson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharon E. Nicholson has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 66 papers in Atmospheric Science and 18 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sharon E. Nicholson's work include Climate variability and models (93 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (47 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (33 papers). Sharon E. Nicholson is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (93 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (47 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (33 papers). Sharon E. Nicholson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Sharon E. Nicholson's co-authors include Paul Ginoux, Joseph M. Prospero, Thomas E. Gill, Omar Torres, Jeremy P. Grist, Mamoudou B. Ba, Michael L. Davenport, Douglas Klotter, Jeeyoung Kim and Dara Entekhabi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Sharon E. Nicholson

140 papers receiving 14.6k 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.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GLOBAL SOURCES OF ATMOSPHERIC SOIL DUST IDENTIFIED WITH THE NIMBUS 7 TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER (TOMS) ABSORBING AEROSOL PRODUCT

2002 2.4k citations Joseph M. Prospero, Paul Ginoux et al. profile →
Climate and climatic variability of rainfall over eastern Africa

2017 513 citations Sharon E. Nicholson profile →
The West African Sahel: A Review of Recent Studies on the Rainfall Regime and Its Interannual Variability

2013 481 citations Sharon E. Nicholson profile →
Desertification, Drought, and Surface Vegetation: An Example from the West African Sahel

1998 447 citations Sharon E. Nicholson, Mamoudou B. Ba et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sharon E. Nicholson United States	67	11.4k	8.6k	2.5k	1.7k	1.6k	142	15.4k
I. Colin Prentice United Kingdom	82	12.9k 1.1×	9.8k 1.1×	5.8k 2.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	263	24.6k
Ricardo M. Trigo Portugal	78	16.0k 1.4×	10.6k 1.2×	2.1k 0.8×	741 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	344	21.0k
René Garreaud Chile	62	8.1k 0.7×	9.1k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	960 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	187	14.0k
Jürg Luterbacher Germany	74	14.1k 1.2×	15.3k 1.8×	1.5k 0.6×	670 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	258	20.9k
Jed O. Kaplan Switzerland	56	7.7k 0.7×	8.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.4×	882 0.5×	703 0.4×	149	15.3k
Richard Seager United States	81	19.9k 1.7×	15.4k 1.8×	2.8k 1.1×	930 0.6×	4.6k 2.9×	254	25.2k
José A. Marengo Brazil	66	11.5k 1.0×	6.6k 0.8×	3.3k 1.3×	576 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	207	17.4k
Sandy P. Harrison United Kingdom	83	10.0k 0.9×	15.7k 1.8×	4.7k 1.9×	3.8k 2.3×	2.3k 1.5×	296	22.8k
Samuel Levis United States	53	11.1k 1.0×	7.3k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	528 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	81	15.1k
Mathias Vuille United States	63	5.7k 0.5×	11.0k 1.3×	3.1k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	737 0.5×	156	14.8k

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Herrnegger, Mathew, et al.. (2024). Paleohydrology repeating? Regional hydrological change may lead to an overflow and cross-mixing of an alkaline and a freshwater lake in East Africa. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 55. 101951–101951. 2 indexed citations

Funk, Chris, Andreas H. Fink, L. Harrison, et al.. (2023). Frequent but Predictable Droughts in East Africa Driven by a Walker Circulation Intensification. Earth s Future. 11(11). 18 indexed citations

Zhou, Liming, et al.. (2023). Interannual teleconnections in the Sahara temperatures associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) during boreal winter. Climate Dynamics. 62(2). 1123–1143. 3 indexed citations

Nicholson, Sharon E., et al.. (2017). Long-term variations of aerosol optical depth and aerosol radiative forcing over Iran based on satellite and AERONET data. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 190(1). 1–1. 62 indexed citations

Nash, David J., Gijs De Cort, Brian Chase, et al.. (2016). African hydroclimatic variability during the last 2000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews. 154. 1–22. 74 indexed citations

Hua, Wenjian, Liming Zhou, Haishan Chen, et al.. (2016). Possible causes of the Central Equatorial African long-term drought. Environmental Research Letters. 11(12). 124002–124002. 103 indexed citations

Nicholson, Sharon E.. (2015). A low-level jet in eastern Iran: a possible factor in dust events in the region. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20(2). 91–99. 7 indexed citations

Funk, Chris, Sharon E. Nicholson, M. F. Landsfeld, et al.. (2015). The Centennial Trends Greater Horn of Africa precipitation dataset. Scientific Data. 2(1). 150050–150050. 88 indexed citations

Otto‐Bliesner, Bette L., James M. Russell, Peter U. Clark, et al.. (2014). Coherent changes of southeastern equatorial and northern African rainfall during the last deglaciation. Science. 346(6214). 1223–1227. 150 indexed citations

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Nicholson, Sharon E., et al.. (2008). An Analysis of West African Dynamics Using a Linearized GCM*. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 65(4). 1182–1203. 20 indexed citations

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Nicholson, Sharon E., Robert E. Hart, & Philip Cunningham. (2007). A jet streak circulation associated with a low-latitude jet in the Southern Hemisphere over Africa.. 1 indexed citations

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Nicholson, Sharon E.. (2003). Comments on “The South Indian Convergence Zone and Interannual Rainfall Variability over Southern Africa” and the Question of ENSO's Influence on Southern Africa. Journal of Climate. 16(3). 555–562. 25 indexed citations

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Torres, Omar, Joseph M. Prospero, Paul Ginoux, Sharon E. Nicholson, & Thomas E. Gill. (2001). Environmental Characterization of Global Sources of Atmospheric Soil Dust Identified with the NIMBUS-7 TOMS Absorbing Aerosol Product. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 28 indexed citations

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Ba, Mamoudou B., Sharon E. Nicholson, & Robert Frouin. (2001). Satellite-Derived Surface Radiation Budget over the African Continent. Part II: Climatologies of the Various Components. Journal of Climate. 14(1). 60–76. 28 indexed citations

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Nicholson, Sharon E., et al.. (2000). The influence of La Nina on African rainfall. International Journal of Climatology. 20(14). 1761–1776. 155 indexed citations

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Nicholson, Sharon E.. (1988). Land surface atmosphere interaction. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 12(1). 36–65. 61 indexed citations

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Jones, Malcolm K., et al.. (1984). Clinical and experimental studies on the role of GABA in the regulation of acth secretion: a review. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 9(2). 107–123. 35 indexed citations

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Nicholson, Sharon E.. (1983). Sub-Saharan Rainfall in the Years 1976–80: Evidence of Continued Drought. Monthly Weather Review. 111(8). 1646–1654. 93 indexed citations

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Nicholson, Sharon E.. (1980). The Nature of Rainfall Fluctuations in Subtropical West Africa. Monthly Weather Review. 108(4). 473–487. 172 indexed citations

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Nicholson, Sharon E.. (1979). The Methodology of Historical Climate Reconstruction and its Application to Africa. The Journal of African History. 20(1). 31–49. 60 indexed citations

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