Stefan Zieger

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Stefan Zieger is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Zieger has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Oceanography, 24 papers in Atmospheric Science and 13 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Stefan Zieger's work include Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (33 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (22 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (17 papers). Stefan Zieger is often cited by papers focused on Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (33 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (22 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (17 papers). Stefan Zieger collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Stefan Zieger's co-authors include Alexander V. Babanin, Ian R. Young, J. Vinoth, Qingxiang Liu, W. Erick Rogers, Changlong Guan, Justin E. Stopa, Fabrice Ardhuin, Tom Durrant and Mark Hemer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Zieger

39 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Global Trends in Wind Speed and Wave Height 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750
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. Global Trends in Wind Speed and Wave Height
    2011 798 citations Ian R. Young, Stefan Zieger et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Zieger Australia 17 1.8k 1.4k 717 490 201 41 2.3k
Álvaro Semedo Portugal 25 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 614 0.9× 1.0k 2.1× 110 0.5× 59 2.4k
T. M. Balakrishnan Nair India 22 1.2k 0.6× 799 0.6× 486 0.7× 281 0.6× 122 0.6× 99 1.5k
Matt Lewis United Kingdom 21 608 0.3× 544 0.4× 399 0.6× 338 0.7× 178 0.9× 34 1.3k
Jamie MacMahan United States 33 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 2.1k 3.0× 349 0.7× 178 0.9× 107 3.0k
S. A. Hsu United States 19 642 0.4× 779 0.6× 542 0.8× 365 0.7× 66 0.3× 89 1.5k
Adriana Carillo Italy 18 604 0.3× 417 0.3× 226 0.3× 435 0.9× 264 1.3× 39 1.0k
Jörg‐Olaf Wolff Germany 23 883 0.5× 606 0.4× 280 0.4× 487 1.0× 42 0.2× 57 1.3k
Nick Cartwright Australia 23 349 0.2× 368 0.3× 489 0.7× 276 0.6× 232 1.2× 68 1.3k
Patrick Tripp United States 3 874 0.5× 2.0k 1.5× 136 0.2× 2.0k 4.0× 54 0.3× 3 2.6k
Jeff E. Hansen Australia 22 688 0.4× 669 0.5× 1.3k 1.8× 186 0.4× 98 0.5× 70 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Zieger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Zieger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Zieger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Zieger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Zieger based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stefan Zieger. Stefan Zieger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Grant, Alberto Meucci, Claire M. Spillman, et al.. (2026). WHACS: An Improved Global Wave Hindcast for the Australian Climate Service. Scientific Data.
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Liu, Qingxiang, Stefan Zieger, Alberto Alberello, et al.. (2025). Numerical simulations of ocean surface waves along the Australian coast with a focus on the Great Barrier Reef. Geoscientific model development. 18(17). 5801–5823. 1 indexed citations
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Ribal, Agustinus, Brian K. Haus, Stefan Zieger, & Milan Curcic. (2025). Global wave model performance in the vicinity of the Monterey Bay, California. Ocean Modelling. 199. 102645–102645.
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Liu, Qingxiang, Stefan Zieger, Ian R. Young, et al.. (2025). A 45-year high-resolution unstructured wave hindcast for the Australian coast: Validation and climatological insights. Coastal Engineering. 204. 104892–104892. 1 indexed citations
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Turner, Ian L., Mitchell D. Harley, Kristen D. Splinter, et al.. (2024). A framework for national-scale coastal storm hazards early warning. Coastal Engineering. 192. 104571–104571. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Qingxiang, Alexander V. Babanin, W. Erick Rogers, et al.. (2021). Global Wave Hindcasts Using the Observation‐Based Source Terms: Description and Validation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 13(8). 49 indexed citations
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Zieger, Stefan, et al.. (2021). Hindcasting of tropical cyclone winds and waves. Ocean Dynamics. 71(5). 559–588. 12 indexed citations
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Zieger, Stefan, et al.. (2021). Assessment of tropical cyclone wave models for engineering applications. Ocean Engineering. 225. 108748–108748. 6 indexed citations
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Ribal, Agustinus, Alexander V. Babanin, Stefan Zieger, & Qingxiang Liu. (2020). A high-resolution wave energy resource assessment of Indonesia. Renewable Energy. 160. 1349–1363. 36 indexed citations
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Rosebrock, Uwe, Kathleen L. McInnes, Ron Hoeke, et al.. (2018). The Australian Wave Energy Atlas Technical Report. CSIRO. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Qingxiang, Alexander V. Babanin, Changlong Guan, et al.. (2016). Calibration and Validation of HY-2 Altimeter Wave Height. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 33(5). 919–936. 41 indexed citations
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Liu, Qingxiang, Alexander V. Babanin, Stefan Zieger, Ian R. Young, & Changlong Guan. (2016). Wind and Wave Climate in the Arctic Ocean as Observed by Altimeters. Journal of Climate. 29(22). 7957–7975. 93 indexed citations
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Stopa, Justin E., Fabrice Ardhuin, Alexander V. Babanin, & Stefan Zieger. (2015). Comparison and validation of physical wave parameterizations in spectral wave models. Ocean Modelling. 103. 2–17. 137 indexed citations
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Zieger, Stefan, et al.. (2014). Sea Surface Gravity Wave-wind Interaction in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Energy Procedia. 53. 184–192. 7 indexed citations
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Babanin, Alexander V., Stefan Zieger, & Agustinus Ribal. (2014). Satellite observations of waves in the Arctic ocean. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Zieger, Stefan, Alexander V. Babanin, & Agustinus Ribal. (2013). Wave climate in the marginal ice zone as observed by altimeters. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 5 indexed citations
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Young, Ian R., Alexander V. Babanin, & Stefan Zieger. (2011). Response to Comment on “Global Trends in Wind Speed and Wave Height”. Science. 334(6058). 905–905. 18 indexed citations
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Zieger, Stefan, J. Vinoth, & Ian R. Young. (2009). Joint Calibration of Multiplatform Altimeter Measurements of Wind Speed and Wave Height over the Past 20 Years. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 26(12). 2549–2564. 174 indexed citations
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Zieger, Stefan, Thomas Stieglitz, & Stuart Kininmonth. (2009). Mapping reef features from multibeam sonar data using multiscale morphometric analysis. Marine Geology. 264(3-4). 209–217. 27 indexed citations

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