Thomas J. Phillips

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. Phillips is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. Phillips has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. Phillips's work include Climate variability and models (37 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (26 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (12 papers). Thomas J. Phillips is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (37 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (26 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (12 papers). Thomas J. Phillips collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Thomas J. Phillips's co-authors include Govindasamy Bala, Ken Caldeira, M. Wickett, David B. Lobell, Amir AghaKouchak, Christine Delire, A.A. Mirin, Zengchao Hao, Peter J. Gleckler and Curt Covey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. Phillips

44 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation

2007 723 citations Govindasamy Bala, Ken Caldeira et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
An Overview of the Results of the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP I)

1999 678 citations W. Lawrence Gates, James S. Boyle et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas J. Phillips United States	27	3.4k	2.3k	465	427	417	46	4.2k
Byron E. Gleason United States	13	2.9k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	413 0.9×	273 0.6×	389 0.9×	16	4.0k
Markku Rummukainen Sweden	29	3.1k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	717 1.5×	266 0.6×	356 0.9×	72	4.1k
Murat Türkeş Türkiye	35	2.8k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	359 0.8×	413 1.0×	522 1.3×	107	4.3k
Manuel de Castro Spain	28	3.0k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	608 1.3×	268 0.6×	360 0.9×	71	3.8k
Klaus Wyser Sweden	31	3.8k 1.1×	2.9k 1.2×	663 1.4×	428 1.0×	344 0.8×	66	4.9k
Tongwen Wu China	32	3.5k 1.0×	2.9k 1.3×	288 0.6×	530 1.2×	296 0.7×	146	4.4k
Benjamin R. Lintner United States	36	3.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	621 1.3×	447 1.0×	601 1.4×	88	4.1k
Burkhardt Rockel Germany	25	3.2k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	548 1.2×	445 1.0×	256 0.6×	61	3.9k
Michael A. Palecki United States	22	2.4k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	479 1.0×	336 0.8×	747 1.8×	45	3.6k
Rosmeri Porfírio da Rocha Brazil	35	3.7k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	679 1.5×	580 1.4×	273 0.7×	145	4.8k

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Bonfils, C., Benjamin D. Santer, John C. Fyfe, et al.. (2020). Human influence on joint changes in temperature, rainfall and continental aridity. Nature Climate Change. 10(8). 726–731. 93 indexed citations

Phillips, Thomas J., C. Bonfils, & Chengzhu Zhang. (2018). Model consensus projections of US regional hydroclimates under greenhouse warming. Environmental Research Letters. 14(1). 14005–14005. 6 indexed citations

Phillips, Thomas J., Stephen A. Klein, Hsi‐Yen Ma, et al.. (2017). Using ARM Observations to Evaluate Climate Model Simulations of Land‐Atmosphere Coupling on the U.S. Southern Great Plains. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(21). 35 indexed citations

Mehran, Ali, Amir AghaKouchak, Navid Nakhjiri, et al.. (2017). Compounding Impacts of Human-Induced Water Stress and Climate Change on Water Availability. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6282–6282. 96 indexed citations

Phillips, Thomas J. & Hal Levin. (2015). Indoor environmental quality research needs for low-energy homes. Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 21(1). 80–90. 16 indexed citations

Phillips, Thomas J. & C. Bonfils. (2015). Köppen bioclimatic evaluation of CMIP historical climate simulations. Environmental Research Letters. 10(6). 64005–64005. 25 indexed citations

Ma, Hsi‐Yen, Catherine C. Chuang, Stephen A. Klein, et al.. (2015). An improved hindcast approach for evaluation and diagnosis of physical processes in global climate models. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 7(4). 1810–1827. 49 indexed citations

Hao, Zengchao, Amir AghaKouchak, & Thomas J. Phillips. (2013). Changes in concurrent monthly precipitation and temperature extremes. Environmental Research Letters. 8(3). 34014–34014. 296 indexed citations

Bonfils, C., et al.. (2012). On the influence of shrub height and expansion on northern high latitude climate. Environmental Research Letters. 7(1). 15503–15503. 148 indexed citations

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Phillips, Thomas J., R. S. Nerem, Baylor Fox‐Kemper, J. S. Famiglietti, & Balaji Rajagopalan. (2012). The influence of ENSO on global terrestrial water storage using GRACE. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(16). 101 indexed citations

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Chu, Wei, Xiaogang Gao, Thomas J. Phillips, & Soroosh Sorooshian. (2011). Consistency of spatial patterns of the daily precipitation field in the western United States and its application to precipitation disaggregation. Geophysical Research Letters. 38(4). n/a–n/a. 3 indexed citations

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Lobell, David B., Govindasamy Bala, A. Mirin, et al.. (2008). Regional Differences in the Influence of Irrigation on Climate. Journal of Climate. 22(8). 2248–2255. 178 indexed citations

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Bala, Govindasamy, Ken Caldeira, M. Wickett, et al.. (2007). Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(16). 6550–6555. 723 indexed citations breakdown →

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Phillips, Thomas J. & Peter J. Gleckler. (2006). Evaluation of continental precipitation in 20th century climate simulations: The utility of multimodel statistics. Water Resources Research. 42(3). 111 indexed citations

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Bala, Govindasamy, Ken Caldeira, A.A. Mirin, et al.. (2006). Biogeophysical effects of CO<sub>2</sub> fertilization on global climate. Tellus B. 58(5). 620–620. 55 indexed citations

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Covey, Curt, P. J. Gleckler, Thomas J. Phillips, & David C. Bader. (2006). Secular trends and climate drift in coupled ocean‐atmosphere general circulation models. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(D3). 22 indexed citations

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Gates, W. Lawrence, James S. Boyle, Curt Covey, et al.. (1999). An Overview of the Results of the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP I). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 80(1). 29–55. 678 indexed citations breakdown →

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Phillips, Thomas J. & Albert J. Semtner. (1984). The Seasonal Response of the Held-Suarez Climate Model to Prescribed Ocean Temperature Anomalies. Part I: Results of Decadal Integrations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 41(17). 2605–2619. 4 indexed citations

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Phillips, Thomas J.. (1984). The Seasonal Response of the Held-Suarez Climate Model to Prescribed Ocean Temperature Anomalies. Part II: Dynamical Analysis. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 41(19). 2918–2933. 2 indexed citations

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Phillips, Thomas J.. (1982). On the Interaction of Surface Heating Anomalies with Zonally Symmetric and Asymmetric Atmospheric Flows. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 39(9). 1953–1971. 5 indexed citations

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