Tufa Dinku

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
53 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Tufa Dinku is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tufa Dinku has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Atmospheric Science and 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Tufa Dinku's work include Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (27 papers), Climate variability and models (24 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (23 papers). Tufa Dinku is often cited by papers focused on Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (27 papers), Climate variability and models (24 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (23 papers). Tufa Dinku collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ethiopia and Italy. Tufa Dinku's co-authors include Pietro Ceccato, Stephen J. Connor, Chester F. Ropelewski, Tsegaye Tadesse, Christelle Vancutsem, Ross Maidment, Emmanouil N. Anagnostou, E. Grover‐Kopec, Chris Funk and Pete Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Scientific Reports and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Tufa Dinku

50 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Validation of the CHIRPS satellite rainfall estimates over eastern Africa

2018 556 citations Tufa Dinku, Chris Funk et al. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society profile →
Validation of satellite rainfall products over East Africa's complex topography

2007 545 citations Tufa Dinku, Pietro Ceccato et al. International Journal of Remote Sensing profile →
Evaluation of MODIS land surface temperature data to estimate air temperature in different ecosystems over Africa

2009 479 citations Pietro Ceccato, Tufa Dinku et al. profile →

Peers

Tufa Dinku

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Arthur T. DeGaetano United States

Heiko Paeth Germany

M. F. Landsfeld United States

L. Harrison United States

Diego Pedreros United States

Emily Black United Kingdom

James Rowland United States

Pete Peterson United States

Moetasim Ashfaq United States

Ying Xu China

Arthur T. DeGaetano United States

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2.0k ×0.8

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1.6k ×0.7

590 ×0.6

580 ×1.0

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282 ×0.6

EEBS

Citations per year, relative to Tufa Dinku Tufa Dinku (= 1×) peers Arthur T. DeGaetano

Countries citing papers authored by Tufa Dinku

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tufa Dinku

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tufa Dinku

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tufa Dinku. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tufa Dinku 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 Tufa Dinku. Tufa Dinku is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Dadi, Diriba Korecha, et al.. (2025). The Role of Climate Services in Supporting Climate Change Adaptation in Ethiopia. Land. 14(11). 2251–2251.

Woyessa, Adugna, et al.. (2023). El Niño and other climatic drivers of epidemic malaria in Ethiopia: new tools for national health adaptation plans. Malaria Journal. 22(1). 195–195. 10 indexed citations

Gummadi, Sridhar, Tufa Dinku, Paresh Shirsath, & M. D. M. Kadiyala. (2022). Evaluation of multiple satellite precipitation products for rainfed maize production systems over Vietnam. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 485–485. 24 indexed citations

Dinku, Tufa, et al.. (2022). From research to practice: Adapting agriculture to climate today for tomorrow in Ethiopia. Frontiers in Climate. 4. 5 indexed citations

Ehsan, Muhammad Azhar, Michael K. Tippett, Andrew W. Robertson, et al.. (2021). Seasonal predictability of Ethiopian Kiremt rainfall and forecast skill of ECMWF's SEAS5 model. Climate Dynamics. 57(11-12). 3075–3091. 28 indexed citations

Siebert, Asher, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of ENACTS‐Rwanda: A new multi‐decade, high‐resolution rainfall and temperature data set—Climatology. International Journal of Climatology. 39(6). 3104–3120. 30 indexed citations

Dinku, Tufa. (2018). The ENACTS Approach: Transforming Climate Services in Africa, One Country at a Time. AGUFM. 2018. 14 indexed citations

Ayehu, Getachew Tesfaye, Tsegaye Tadesse, Berhan Gessesse, & Tufa Dinku. (2018). Validation of new satellite rainfall products over the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(4). 1921–1936. 192 indexed citations

Dinku, Tufa, Chris Funk, Pete Peterson, et al.. (2018). Validation of the CHIRPS satellite rainfall estimates over eastern Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 144(S1). 292–312. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shukla, Shraddhanand, Chris Funk, Pete Peterson, et al.. (2017). The Climate Hazards group InfraRed Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) dataset and its applications in drought risk management. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 11498. 7 indexed citations

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Dinku, Tufa. (2017). Validation of CHIRP Satellite Rainfall Estimates. 1 indexed citations

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Dinku, Tufa, Chris Funk, Tsegaye Tadesse, & Pietro Ceccato. (2017). Validation of the CHIRPS Satellite Rainfall Estimates over Eastern of Africa. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 2 indexed citations

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Lyon, Bradfield, et al.. (2017). Temperature suitability for malaria climbing the Ethiopian Highlands. Environmental Research Letters. 12(6). 64015–64015. 26 indexed citations

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Dinku, Tufa, Madeleine C. Thomson, Rémi Cousin, et al.. (2017). Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) for development in Africa. Climate and Development. 10(7). 664–672. 70 indexed citations

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Dinku, Tufa, et al.. (2015). A description and evaluation of FAO satellite rainfall estimation algorithm. Atmospheric Research. 163. 48–60. 14 indexed citations

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Dinku, Tufa, et al.. (2008). Validation of high‐resolution satellite rainfall products over complex terrain. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 29(14). 4097–4110. 329 indexed citations

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Dinku, Tufa, et al.. (2007). Validation of satellite rainfall products over East Africa's complex topography. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 28(7). 1503–1526. 545 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dinku, Tufa, Pietro Ceccato, E. Grover‐Kopec, Stephen J. Connor, & Chester F. Ropelewski. (2006). Validation and Inter-comparison of Satellite Rainfall Products over East Africa's Complex Topography. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations

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Connor, Stephen J., Pietro Ceccato, Tufa Dinku, et al.. (2006). Using climate information for improved health in Africa: relevance, constraints and opportunities. Geospatial health. 1(1). 17–17. 8 indexed citations

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Ceccato, Pietro, Michael A. Bell, M. Benno Blumenthal, et al.. (2006). Use of Remote Sensing for Monitoring Climate Variability for Integrated Early Warning Systems: Applications for Human Diseases and Desert Locust Management. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 270–274. 13 indexed citations

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