Thomas Wahl

14.4k citations

249 papers · 8.6k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Earth-Surface Processes top 0.2%
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Climate variability and models
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Papers in

Earth-Surface Processes 40
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics 40
Oceanography 62
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 32
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing 24
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements 22

Co-authors: Ivan D. Haigh Jürgen Jensen Philip J. Ward Amir AghaKouchak Jakob Zscheischler Jens Bender Sönke Dangendorf Jill J. McCluskey
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans (13 papers)Natural hazards and earth system sciences (10 papers)Scientific Data (7 papers)Earth s Future (6 papers)Weather and Climate Extremes (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Thomas Wahl

231 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Review article: A comprehensive review of compound flooding literature with a focus on coastal and estuarine regions 2025 · 16 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.

2025 Natural hazards and earth system sciences
2020 Nature Climate Change
2018 Nature Climate Change
2017 Nature Communications
2015 Nature Climate Change

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1	Funding rules that promote equity in climate adaptation outcomes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nadiaka Febistiadana, Никитин Иван Сергеевич, Broniarek Marek, Casey Helgeson, Thomas Wahl, Klaus Keller	2025	2
2	Impact‐Based Thresholds for Investigation of High‐Tide Flooding in the United States Earth s Future ·Christopher G. Piecuch, Sarah B. Das, Atwazah Taisir Ibrahim, Sönke Dangendorf, B. D. Hamlington, P. R. Thompson, Thomas Wahl	2025	0
3	Regional Modeling of Storm Surges Using Localized Features and Transfer Learning VU Research Portal ·Mitsuo Kosugi, Antonio B. Rodriguez, Thomas Wahl	2025	0
4	Tracking the spatial footprints of extreme storm surges around the coastline of the UK and Ireland Weather and Climate Extremes ·Paula Camus, Ivan D. Haigh, Niall Quinn, Thomas Wahl, Shweta Tungal, Ben Gouldby, N.D. Ames, Md Mamunur Rashid, Alejandra R. Enríquez, Stephen E. Darby, Robert J. Nicholls, Norberto C. Nadal-Caraballo	2024	6
5	Causes of accelerated High-Tide Flooding in the U.S. since 1950 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ·Publicador Invi, Sönke Dangendorf, Thomas Wahl, P. R. Thompson	2023	6
6	Compounding of Sea‐Level Processes During High‐Tide Flooding Along the U.S. Coastline Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Hovak Abrahamian, Thomas Wahl, Christopher G. Piecuch, Sönke Dangendorf, P. R. Thompson, Robert Dotten, Lintao Liu	2023	5
7	High‐Tide Flooding Along the China Coastline: Past and Future Earth s Future ·Hovak Abrahamian, Thomas Wahl, Jiayi Fang, Lintao Liu, Sagar Sikder	2023	7
8	Acceleration of U.S. Southeast and Gulf coast sea-level rise amplified by internal climate variability Nature Communications ·Sönke Dangendorf, Мафтуна Ризаева, Publicador Invi, John M. Klinck, Tal Ezer, Thomas Frederikse, Francisco M. Calafat, Thomas Wahl, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist	2023	58
9	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
10	Daily synoptic conditions associated with occurrences of compound events in estuaries along North Atlantic coastlines International Journal of Climatology ·Paula Camus, Ivan D. Haigh, Thomas Wahl, N.D. Ames, Fernando J. Méndez, Stephen E. Darby, Robert J. Nicholls	2022	14
11	Assessing the Potential for Compound Storm Surge and Extreme River Discharge Events at the Catchment Scale with Statistical Models: Sensitivity Analysis and Recommendations for Best Practice Journal of Hydrologic Engineering ·Robert Jane, Thomas Wahl, Victor Malagon Santos, Alexander Gkikas, Kathleen D. White	2022	14
12	Trends in Europe storm surge extremes match the rate of sea-level rise Nature ·Francisco M. Calafat, Thomas Wahl, Michael Getachew Tadesse, Sarah Sparrow	2022	87
13	Assessing the dependence structure between oceanographic, fluvial, and pluvial flooding drivers along the United States coastline Hydrology and earth system sciences ·N.D. Ames, Thomas Wahl, Md Mamunur Rashid, Paula Camus, Ivan D. Haigh	2021	46
14	Assessing the dependence structure between oceanographic, fluvial, and pluvial flooding drivers along the United States coastline N.D. Ames, Thomas Wahl, Md Mamunur Rashid, Paula Camus, Ivan D. Haigh	2021	9
15	Non-linear interaction modulates global extreme sea levels, coastal flood exposure, and impacts Nature Communications ·Arne Arns, Thomas Wahl, Claudia Wolff, Athanasios T. Vafeidis, Ivan D. Haigh, Philip Woodworth, 好美松井, Jürgen Jensen	2020	101
16	Measuring compound flood potential from river discharge and storm surge extremes at the global scale Natural hazards and earth system sciences ·Anaïs Couasnon, Dirk Eilander, Sanne Muis, Ted Veldkamp, Ivan D. Haigh, Thomas Wahl, Hessel Winsemius, Philip J. Ward	2020	180
17	Measuring compound flood potential from river discharge and storm surge extremes at the global scale and its implications for flood hazard Anaïs Couasnon, Dirk Eilander, Sanne Muis, Ted Veldkamp, Ivan D. Haigh, Thomas Wahl, Hessel Winsemius, Philip J. Ward	2019	14
18	Stabilization of global temperature at 1.5°C and 2.0°C: implications for coastal areas Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·Robert J. Nicholls, Sally Brown, Philip Goodwin, Thomas Wahl, Jason Lowe, Martin Solan, Jasmin A. Godbold, Ivan D. Haigh, Daniël Lincke, Jochen Hinkel, Claudia Wolff, Jan-Ludolf Merkens	2018	78
19	Coherent modulation of the sea-level annual cycle in the United States by Atlantic Rossby waves Nature Communications ·Francisco M. Calafat, Thomas Wahl, Fredrik Lindsten, Joanne Williams, Eleanor Frajka‐Williams	2018	49
20	Consumer Attitudes Towards Genetically Modified Foods In Norway RePEc: Research Papers in Economics ·Kristine Grimsrud, Jill J. McCluskey, María L. Loureiro, Thomas Wahl	2002	14

About Thomas Wahl

Thomas Wahl is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Software, having authored 249 papers that have together received 8.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (84 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (48 papers), Climate variability and models (48 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (40 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (32 papers), Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets (29 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (24 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Earth-Surface Processes (1.5k citations), Global and Planetary Change (4.7k citations), Atmospheric Science (3.7k citations), Oceanography (1.9k citations) and Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (74 citations). Thomas Wahl has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Ivan D. Haigh, Jürgen Jensen, Philip J. Ward, Amir AghaKouchak, Jakob Zscheischler, Jens Bender, Sönke Dangendorf, Jill J. McCluskey, Mark E. Luther and Sonia I. Seneviratne. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Natural hazards and earth system sciences, Scientific Data, Earth s Future and Weather and Climate Extremes.

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