Sönke Dangendorf

5.5k citations

71 papers · 3.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 28

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.5%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Earth-Surface Processes top 0.5%
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics

Papers in

Oceanography 54
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 44
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements 42
Global and Planetary Change 45
- Climate variability and models 37
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management 8

Co-authors: Jürgen Jensen Thomas Wahl Marta Marcos Arne Arns Thomas Frederikse Francisco M. Calafat Ivan D. Haigh Christopher G. Piecuch
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans (11 papers)Nature Communications (5 papers)Journal of Climate (4 papers)Nature Climate Change (4 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Sönke Dangendorf

67 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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The causes of sea-level rise since 1900 2020 · 361 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
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.

2020 Nature
2019 Nature Climate Change
2017 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2017 Nature Communications

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All Works

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1	Impact‐Based Thresholds for Investigation of High‐Tide Flooding in the United States Earth s Future ·Christopher G. Piecuch, Sarah B. Das, Levi Gorrell, Sönke Dangendorf, B. D. Hamlington, P. R. Thompson, Thomas Wahl	2025	0
2	Observations reveal changing coastal storm extremes around the United States Nature Climate Change ·Joao Morim, Thomas Wahl, D. J. Rasmussen, Francisco M. Calafat, Sean Vitousek, Sönke Dangendorf, Robert E. Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer	2025	5
3	US-CoastEX: Observation-based probabilistic reanalysis of storm surge and sea level extremes for the United States Scientific Data ·Joao Morim, D. J. Rasmussen, Thomas Wahl, Francisco M. Calafat, Robert E. Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer, Sönke Dangendorf	2025	1
4	Causes of accelerated High-Tide Flooding in the U.S. since 1950 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ·Qiang Sun, Sönke Dangendorf, Thomas Wahl, P. R. Thompson	2023	6
5	Improving statistical projections of ocean dynamic sea-level change using pattern recognition techniques Ocean science ·Victor Malagon Santos, Aimée B. A. Slangen, Tim H. J. Hermans, Sönke Dangendorf, Marta Marcos, Nicola Maher	2023	1
6	Acceleration of U.S. Southeast and Gulf coast sea-level rise amplified by internal climate variability Nature Communications ·Sönke Dangendorf, Noah Hendricks, Qiang Sun, John M. Klinck, Tal Ezer, Thomas Frederikse, Francisco M. Calafat, Thomas Wahl, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist	2023	58
7	Compounding of Sea‐Level Processes During High‐Tide Flooding Along the U.S. Coastline Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Sida Li, Thomas Wahl, Christopher G. Piecuch, Sönke Dangendorf, P. R. Thompson, Alejandra Enríquez, Lintao Liu	2023	5
8	High‐Tide Floods and Storm Surges During Atmospheric Rivers on the US West Coast Geophysical Research Letters ·Christopher G. Piecuch, Sloan Coats, Sönke Dangendorf, Felix W. Landerer, J. T. Reager, P. R. Thompson, Thomas Wahl	2022	15
9	Data-driven reconstruction reveals large-scale ocean circulation control on coastal sea level Nature Climate Change ·Sönke Dangendorf, Thomas Frederikse, Léon Chafik, John M. Klinck, Tal Ezer, B. D. Hamlington	2021	63
10	Constraining 20th‐Century Sea‐Level Rise in the South Atlantic Ocean Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Thomas Frederikse, Surendra Adhikari, Tim Daley, Sönke Dangendorf, W. Roland Gehrels, Felix W. Landerer, Marta Marcos, Thomas L. Newton, Graham Rush, Aimée B. A. Slangen, Guy Wöppelmann	2021	8
11	The causes of sea-level rise since 1900 Nature ·Thomas Frederikse, Felix W. Landerer, Lambert Caron, Surendra Adhikari, David Parkes, Vincent Humphrey, Sönke Dangendorf, Peter J. Hogarth, Laure Zanna, Lijing Cheng, Yanning Wu Hit paper breakdown →	2020	361
12	Assessment of Tidal Range Changes in the North Sea From 1958 to 2014 Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Leon Jänicke, Andra Ebener, Sönke Dangendorf, Arne Arns, Michael Schindelegger, Sebastian Niehüser, Ivan D. Haigh, Philip Woodworth, Jürgen Jensen	2020	23
13	A Preindustrial Sea‐Level Rise Hotspot Along the Atlantic Coast of North America Geophysical Research Letters ·W. Roland Gehrels, Sönke Dangendorf, Natasha Barlow, Margot Saher, Antony J. Long, Philip Woodworth, Christopher G. Piecuch, Kevin Berk	2020	24
14	Multivariate statistical modelling of compound flooding events for southern African coasts Jessica Kelln, Matthias Hirt, Sönke Dangendorf, Arne Arns, Franziska U. Schwarzkopf, Sara Santamaria-Aguilar, Jürgen Jensen	2020	1
15	Persistent acceleration in global sea-level rise since the 1960s Nature Climate Change ·Sönke Dangendorf, Carling C. Hay, Francisco M. Calafat, Marta Marcos, Christopher G. Piecuch, Kevin Berk, Jürgen Jensen Hit paper breakdown →	2019	229
16	North Atlantic Ocean Circulation and Decadal Sea Level Change During the Altimetry Era Scientific Reports ·Léon Chafik, Jan Even Øie Nilsen, Sönke Dangendorf, Gilles Reverdin, Thomas Frederikse	2019	65
17	Impact of North Atlantic Teleconnection Patterns on Northern European Sea Level Journal of Marine Science and Engineering ·Léon Chafik, Jan Even Øie Nilsen, Sönke Dangendorf	2017	38
18	Understanding extreme sea levels for broad-scale coastal impact and adaptation analysis Nature Communications ·Thomas Wahl, Ivan D. Haigh, Robert J. Nicholls, Arne Arns, Sönke Dangendorf, Jochen Hinkel, Aimée B. A. Slangen Hit paper breakdown →	2017	274
19	Understanding extreme sea levels for coastal impact and adaptation analysis AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Thomas Wahl, Ivan D. Haigh, Robert J. Nicholls, Arne Arns, Jochen Hinkel, Sönke Dangendorf, Aimée B. A. Slangen	2016	2
20	Mean and extreme sea level changes in the southwestern Baltic Sea EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Jessica Schmidt, Justus Patzke, Sönke Dangendorf, Arne Arns, Jürgen Jensen, Peter Fröhle	2016	0

About Sönke Dangendorf

Sönke Dangendorf is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 71 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (44 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (42 papers), Climate variability and models (37 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (22 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (14 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (8 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (7 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (2.1k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (885 citations), Atmospheric Science (1.6k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.7k citations) and Ecology (364 citations). Sönke Dangendorf has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Jürgen Jensen, Thomas Wahl, Marta Marcos, Arne Arns, Thomas Frederikse, Francisco M. Calafat, Ivan D. Haigh, Christopher G. Piecuch, Riccardo Riva and Guy Wöppelmann. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Nature Communications, Journal of Climate, Nature Climate Change and Geophysical Research Letters.

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