Steve Vavrus

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Steve Vavrus is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Vavrus has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Atmospheric Science, 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Steve Vavrus's work include Climate variability and models (28 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (13 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers). Steve Vavrus is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (28 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (13 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers). Steve Vavrus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and United Kingdom. Steve Vavrus's co-authors include Michael Notaro, Jed O. Kaplan, Erle C. Ellis, Kees Klein Goldewijk, Dorian Q. Fuller, Peter H. Verburg, John E. Kutzbach, William F Ruddiman, Zhengyu Liu and Val Bennington and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Steve Vavrus

40 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steve Vavrus United States	26	1.9k	1.8k	364	266	206	40	2.8k
Maisa Rojas Chile	29	1.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	388 1.1×	254 1.0×	247 1.2×	62	2.8k
Jozef Syktus Australia	24	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	472 1.3×	257 1.0×	237 1.2×	62	2.9k
Frank T. Keimig United States	20	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	360 1.0×	145 0.5×	185 0.9×	23	2.7k
Henry F. Díaz United States	26	2.3k 1.2×	2.8k 1.5×	535 1.5×	247 0.9×	216 1.0×	55	4.0k
Douglas R. Hardy United States	29	1.3k 0.7×	3.2k 1.7×	635 1.7×	146 0.5×	128 0.6×	57	3.8k
Thomas Raddatz Germany	30	3.2k 1.7×	2.2k 1.2×	754 2.1×	313 1.2×	112 0.5×	53	4.2k
Pandora Hope Australia	25	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	265 0.7×	380 1.4×	238 1.2×	74	2.3k
Rosa Hilda Compagnucci Argentina	19	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	337 0.9×	191 0.7×	201 1.0×	55	2.2k
Dabang Jiang China	37	2.7k 1.5×	3.5k 1.9×	450 1.2×	399 1.5×	298 1.4×	188	4.5k
Tomohiro Hajima Japan	19	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	473 1.3×	405 1.5×	171 0.8×	47	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Vavrus

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Ruddiman, William F, Feng He, Steve Vavrus, & John E. Kutzbach. (2020). The early anthropogenic hypothesis: A review. Quaternary Science Reviews. 240. 106386–106386. 52 indexed citations

Mioduszewski, J., Steve Vavrus, Muyin Wang, Marika M. Holland, & Laura Landrum. (2018). Future interannual variability of Arctic sea ice in coupledclimate models. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yinghui, Jeffrey R. Key, Steve Vavrus, & Cian Woods. (2018). Time Evolution of the Cloud Response to Moisture Intrusions into the Arctic during Winter. Journal of Climate. 31(22). 9389–9405. 25 indexed citations

Behnke, Robert J., Steve Vavrus, Andrew J. Allstadt, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of downscaled, gridded climate data for the conterminous United States. Ecological Applications. 26(5). 1338–1351. 121 indexed citations

Notaro, Michael, Val Bennington, & Steve Vavrus. (2014). Dynamically Downscaled Projections of Lake-Effect Snow in the Great Lakes Basin. Journal of Climate. 28(4). 1661–1684. 97 indexed citations

Notaro, Michael, Kathleen D. Holman, Azar Zarrin, et al.. (2012). Influence of the Laurentian Great Lakes on Regional Climate. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations

Vavrus, Steve, Michael Notaro, & Azar Zarrin. (2012). The Role of Ice Cover in Heavy Lake-Effect Snowstorms over the Great Lakes Basin as Simulated by RegCM4. Monthly Weather Review. 141(1). 148–165. 59 indexed citations

Notaro, Michael, Kathleen D. Holman, Azar Zarrin, et al.. (2012). Influence of the Laurentian Great Lakes on Regional Climate*. Journal of Climate. 26(3). 789–804. 133 indexed citations

Ruddiman, William F, John E. Kutzbach, & Steve Vavrus. (2011). Can natural or anthropogenic explanations of late-Holocene CO₂and CH₄increases be falsified?. The Holocene. 21(5). 865–8879. 71 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Steve, G. Philippon-Berthier, John E. Kutzbach, & William F Ruddiman. (2011). The role of GCM resolution in simulating glacial inception. The Holocene. 21(5). 819–830. 17 indexed citations

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Kutzbach, John E., Steve Vavrus, William F Ruddiman, & G. Philippon-Berthier. (2011). Comparisons of atmosphere–ocean simulations of greenhouse gas-induced climate change for pre-industrial and hypothetical ‘no-anthropogenic’ radiative forcing, relative to present day. The Holocene. 21(5). 793–801. 15 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Steve, et al.. (2010). Projected future temperature and precipitation extremes in Chicago. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 36. 22–32. 38 indexed citations

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Kucharik, Christopher J., Shawn Serbin, Steve Vavrus, Edward J. Hopkins, & Melissa Motew. (2010). Patterns of Climate Change Across Wisconsin From 1950 to 2006. Physical Geography. 31(1). 1–28. 87 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Steve, Duane E. Waliser, Axel Schweiger, & Jennifer A. Francis. (2008). Simulations of 20th and 21st century Arctic cloud amount in the global climate models assessed in the IPCC AR4. Climate Dynamics. 33(7-8). 1099–1115. 90 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Steve, William F Ruddiman, & John E. Kutzbach. (2008). Climate model tests of the anthropogenic influence on greenhouse-induced climate change: the role of early human agriculture, industrialization, and vegetation feedbacks. Quaternary Science Reviews. 27(13-14). 1410–1425. 46 indexed citations

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Notaro, Michael, Steve Vavrus, & Zhengyu Liu. (2007). Global Vegetation and Climate Change due to Future Increases in CO2 as Projected by a Fully Coupled Model with Dynamic Vegetation*. Journal of Climate. 20(1). 70–90. 80 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Steve, Michael Notaro, & Zhengyu Liu. (2006). A Mechanism for Abrupt Climate Change Associated with Tropical Pacific SSTs*. Journal of Climate. 19(2). 242–256. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhengyu, Steve Vavrus, Feng He, Na Wen, & Yafang Zhong. (2005). Rethinking Tropical Ocean Response to Global Warming: The Enhanced Equatorial Warming*. Journal of Climate. 18(22). 4684–4700. 196 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Steve & John E. Kutzbach. (2002). Sensitivity of the thermohaline circulation to increased CO₂ and lowered topography. Geophysical Research Letters. 29(11). 8 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Steve. (2001). A comparison of feedback processes in the Arctic during past and future warm climates. 3 indexed citations

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