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Andreas H. Fink publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas H. Fink sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 270 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Andreas H. Fink D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas H. Fink sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andreas H. Fink is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these domains, they have focused extensively on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Oceanography, with additional contributions to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's scholarly output includes numerous publications addressing a range of climatic and atmospheric phenomena. Key research topics include Climate Variability and Models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Fink's work has appeared frequently in journals such as the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, with 11 publications, the International Journal of Climatology with 8, Weather and Forecasting with 7, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 6, and the Journal of Hydrometeorology with 5.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Fink include:

  • The extremely hot and dry 2018 summer in central and northern Europe from a multi-faceted weather and climate perspective, 2023, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
  • A Process-Based Validation of GPM IMERG and Its Sources Using a Mesoscale Rain Gauge Network in the West African Forest Zone, 2020, Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Debilitating floods in the Sahel are becoming frequent, 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • Validation of Satellite Rainfall Estimates over Equatorial East Africa, 2021, Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Towards a more comprehensive assessment of the intensity of historical European heat waves (1979-2019), 2022, Atmospheric Science Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fink include Peter Knippertz, Marlon Maranan, Joaquim G. Pinto, Michael Riemer, and Roderick van der Linden. These collaborations have contributed to the multidisciplinary character of their research output.

Best Publications

  • The 2003 European summer heatwaves and drought - synoptic diagnosis and impacts

    Andreas H. Fink;Tim Brücher;Andreas Krüger;Gregor C. Leckebusch

  • The European storm Kyrill in January 2007: synoptic evolution, meteorological impacts and some considerations with respect to climate change

    Andreas H. Fink;Tim Brücher;Volker Ermert;Andreas Krüger

  • Factors contributing to the development of extreme North Atlantic cyclones and their relationship with the NAO

    Joaquim G. Pinto;Stefan Zacharias;Andreas H. Fink;Gregor C. Leckebusch

  • Spatiotemporal variability of the relation between African Easterly Waves and West African Squall Lines in 1998 and 1999

    Andreas H. Fink;Andreas Reiner

  • The central European floods of August 2002: Part 1 - Rainfall periods and flood development

    Uwe Ulbrich;Tim Brücher;Andreas H. Fink;Gregor C. Leckebusch

  • Three extreme storms over Europe in December 1999

    U. Ulbrich;A. H. Fink;M. Klawa;Joaquim G Pinto

  • Rainfall over the African continent from the 19th through the 21st century

    Sharon E. Nicholson;Chris Funk;Chris Funk;Andreas H. Fink

  • Factors contributing to the development of extreme North Atlantic cyclones and their relationship with the NAO

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  • Spatio‐temporal characteristics of the recent rainfall recovery in West Africa

    Souleymane Sanogo;Souleymane Sanogo;Andreas H. Fink;Jerome A. Omotosho;Abdramane Ba

  • The ``Year'' of Tropical Convection (May 2008-April 2010): Climate Variability and Weather Highlights

    Duane E. Waliser;Mitchell W. Moncrieff;David Burridge;Andreas H. Fink

  • Progress in regional downscaling of west African precipitation

    Heiko Paeth;Nicholas M.J. Hall;Miguel Angel Gaertner;Marta Dominguez Alonso

  • The central European floods of August 2002: Part 2 –Synoptic causes and considerations with respect to climatic change

    Uwe Ulbrich;Tim Brücher;Andreas H. Fink;Gregor C. Leckebusch

  • Processes determining heat waves across different European climates

    Philipp Zschenderlein;Andreas H. Fink;Stephan Pfahl;Heini Wernli

  • The DACCIWA project: Dynamics-aerosol-chemistry-cloud interactions in West Africa

    Peter Knippertz;Hugh Coe;J. Christine Chiu;Mat J. Evans

  • The impact of regional climate change on malaria risk due to greenhouse forcing and land-use changes in tropical Africa.

    Volker Ermert;Andreas H. Fink;Andrew P. Morse;Heiko Paeth

  • Rainfall Types in the West African Sudanian Zone during the Summer Monsoon 2002

    A. H. Fink;D. G. Vincent;V. Ermert

  • Dry and wet periods in the northwestern Maghreb for present day and future climate conditions

    Kai Born;Andreas H. Fink;Heiko Paeth

  • Development of a new version of the Liverpool Malaria Model. I. Refining the parameter settings and mathematical formulation of basic processes based on a literature review

    Volker Ermert;Andreas H Fink;Anne E Jones;Andrew P Morse

  • THE AMMA RADIOSONDE PROGRAM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING OVER AFRICA

    Douglas J. Parker;Andreas Fink;Serge Janicot;Jean-Blaise Ngamini

  • Synoptic and dynamic aspects of an extreme springtime Saharan dust outbreak

    Peter Knippertz;Andreas H. Fink

  • The possible role of local air pollution in climate change in West Africa

    Peter Knippertz;Mat J. Evans;Paul R. Field;Paul R. Field;Andreas H. Fink

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Knippertz
Peter Knippertz Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Joaquim G. Pinto
Joaquim G. Pinto Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Tilmann Gneiting
Tilmann Gneiting Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies
Uwe Ulbrich
Uwe Ulbrich Freie Universität Berlin
Douglas J. Parker
Douglas J. Parker University of Leeds
John H. Marsham
John H. Marsham University of Leeds
Adrian M. Tompkins
Adrian M. Tompkins International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Norbert Kalthoff
Norbert Kalthoff Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Chris Funk
Chris Funk University of California, Santa Barbara
Gregor C. Leckebusch
Gregor C. Leckebusch University of Birmingham

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