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Arthur T. DeGaetano

Arthur T. DeGaetano

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
7067
World Ranking
7669
National Ranking
2736

Arthur T. DeGaetano 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 Arthur T. DeGaetano sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 133 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Arthur T. DeGaetano 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 Arthur T. DeGaetano sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Arthur T. DeGaetano is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable subfields including Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers a variety of key topics related to meteorology and climate studies. These topics include:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Arthur T. DeGaetano has contributed to multiple recent publications. Some of their notable papers are:

  • Temporal Changes in the Areal Coverage of Daily Extreme Precipitation in the Northeastern United States Using High-Resolution Gridded Data, 2020, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • Soil Moisture Conditions Determine Land-Atmosphere Coupling and Drought Risk in the Northeastern United States, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • NPCC4: Tail risk, climate drivers of extreme heat, and new methods for extreme event projections, 2024, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • Improved Diagnosis of Precipitation Type with LightGBM Machine Learning, 2024, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • A comparison of statistical and dynamical downscaling methods for short-term weather forecasts in the US Northeast, 2021, Meteorological Applications

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Michelle E. Miro
  • Krista Romita Grocholski
  • Jessica Spaccio
  • Samantha Borisoff
  • Lena Easton-Calabria

Arthur T. DeGaetano often publishes in specific scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Circulation
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

In addition to peer-reviewed journals, the scientist has a substantial number of book publications under the RAND Corporation eBooks. These include titles focused on regional climate impact summaries and technical reports related to projected climate hazards, with publications spanning from 2020 to 2024.

Best Publications

  • Past and future changes in climate and hydrological indicators in the US Northeast

    Katharine Hayhoe;Cameron P Wake;Thomas G Huntington;Lifeng Luo

  • Using the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis as weather input data for watershed models

    Daniel R. Fuka;M. Todd Walter;Charlotte MacAlister;Arthur T. Degaetano

  • Regional climate change projections for the Northeast USA

    Katharine Hayhoe;Cameron P Wake;Bruce T. Anderson;Xin-Zhong Liang

  • Trends in Twentieth-Century Temperature Extremes across the United States

    Arthur T. DeGaetano;Robert J. Allen

  • Temporal, spatial and meteorological variations in hourly PM2.5 concentration extremes in New York City

    Arthur T. DeGaetano;Owen M. Doherty

  • An East Coast Winter Storm Climatology

    Matthew E. Hirsch;Arthur T. DeGaetano;Stephen J. Colucci

  • Time-Dependent Changes in Extreme-Precipitation Return-Period Amounts in the Continental United States

    Arthur T. DeGaetano

  • A paradox of cooling winter soil surface temperatures in a warming northeastern United States

    Paula J. Brown;Arthur T. DeGaetano

  • Climate change and the geography of weed damage: Analysis of U.S. maize systems suggests the potential for significant range transformations

    Andrew McDonald;Susan Riha;Antonio DiTommaso;Arthur DeGaetano

  • Unique challenges and opportunities for northeastern US crop production in a changing climate

    David W. Wolfe;Arthur T. DeGaetano;Gregory M. Peck;Mary Carey

  • A regional high-frequency reconstruction of May–June precipitation in the north Aegean from oak tree rings, A.D. 1089–1989

    Carol Griggs;Arthur DeGaetano;Peter Kuniholm;Maryanne Newton

  • Climatic constraints on wintering bird distributions are modified by urbanization and weather.

    Benjamin Zuckerberg;David N. Bonter;Wesley M. Hochachka;Walter D. Koenig

  • Monitoring and understanding changes in extremes: Extratropical storms, winds, and waves

    Russell S. Vose;Scott Applequist;Mark A. Bourassa;Sara C. Pryor

  • Definition of Climate Regions in the Northern Plains Using an Objective Cluster Modification Technique

    Matthew J. Bunkers;James R. Miller;Arthur T. DeGaetano

  • Attributes of Several Methods for Detecting Discontinuities in Mean Temperature Series

    Arthur T. DeGaetano

  • Trends in U.S. Surface Humidity, 1930–2010

    Paula J. Brown;Arthur T. DeGaetano

  • Spatial Interpolation of Daily Maximum and Minimum Air Temperature Based on Meteorological Model Analyses and Independent Observations

    Arthur T. DeGaetano;Brian N. Belcher

  • Areal Reduction Factors for Two Eastern United States Regions with High Rain-Gauge Density

    Robert J. Allen;Robert J. Allen;Arthur T. DeGaetano;Arthur T. DeGaetano

  • Delineation of Mesoscale Climate Zones in the Northeastern United States Using a Novel Approach to Cluster Analysis

    Arthur T. Degaetano

  • Meteorological effects on adult mosquito (Culex) populations in metropolitan New Jersey.

    Arthur T. DeGaetano

  • Anatomy of the 2016 drought in the Northeastern United States: Implications for agriculture and water resources in humid climates

    Shannan K. Sweet;David W. Wolfe;Arthur DeGaetano;Rebecca Benner

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael F. O'Rourke
Michael F. O'Rourke University of New South Wales
M. Todd Walter
M. Todd Walter Cornell University
Laura C. Harrington
Laura C. Harrington Cornell University
Kenneth G. Hubbard
Kenneth G. Hubbard University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Kenneth E. Kunkel
Kenneth E. Kunkel North Carolina State University
Thomas C. Peterson
Thomas C. Peterson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David Y. Hollinger
David Y. Hollinger US Forest Service
Lewis H. Ziska
Lewis H. Ziska Columbia University
Clarence Alan Rotz
Clarence Alan Rotz Agricultural Research Service
Alexander N. Hristov
Alexander N. Hristov Pennsylvania State University

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