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52
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11722
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4433
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1649

Chris D. Thorncroft 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 Chris D. Thorncroft sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 99 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chris D. Thorncroft 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 Chris D. Thorncroft sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Chris D. Thorncroft is a researcher affiliated with the University at Albany, State University of New York in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected domains within Earth and Environmental Sciences, with a particular focus on atmospheric processes and climate dynamics.

The scientist's work primarily covers the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these fields, their contributions extend to subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Civil and Structural Engineering, Oceanography, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics addressed in Thorncroft's research comprise meteorological phenomena and simulations, climate variability and models, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, infrastructure maintenance and monitoring, asphalt pavement performance evaluation, explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), and scientific computing and data management.

Chris D. Thorncroft has published in various academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in the following journals:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Recent published papers include:

  • A Technical Overview of the New York State Mesonet Standard Network (2020), Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Extreme Rainfall in Taiwan: Seasonal Statistics and Trends (2021), Journal of Climate
  • The Influence of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves on African Easterly Waves in a Wave-Following Framework (2022), Monthly Weather Review
  • Overview and Applications of the New York State Mesonet Profiler Network (2021), Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • NSF AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography (AI2ES) (2022), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Thorncroft frequently collaborates with several scholars, including Nick P. Bassill, Lexi Henny, Lance F. Bosart, Christopher D. Wirz, and Carly Sutter. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint works, indicating ongoing partnerships within the atmospheric and climate science communities.

Best Publications

  • Two paradigms of baroclinic‐wave life‐cycle behaviour

    C. D. Thorncroft;B. J. Hoskins;M. E. McIntyre

  • African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis: An International Research Project and Field Campaign

    Jean-Luc Redelsperger;Chris D. Thorncroft;Arona Diedhiou;Thierry Lebel

  • The extratropical transition of tropical cyclones : forecast challenges, current understanding, and future directions

    Sarah C. Jones;Patrick A. Harr;Jim Abraham;Lance F. Bosart

  • African Easterly Wave Variability and Its Relationship to Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

    Chris Thorncroft;Kevin Ivan Hodges

  • Maintenance of the African easterly jet

    C. D. Thorncroft;M. Blackburn

  • Three-Dimensional Structure and Dynamics of African Easterly Waves. Part I: Observations

    George N. Kiladis;Chris D. Thorncroft;Nicholas M. J. Hall

  • The diurnal cycle of the West African monsoon circulation

    D. J. Parker;R. R. Burton;A. Diongue-Niang;R. J. Ellis

  • Impacts of wind farms on land surface temperature

    Liming Zhou;Yuhong Tian;Somnath Baidya Roy;Chris Thorncroft

  • An idealized study of African easterly waves. I: A linear view

    C. D. Thorncroft;B. J. Hoskins

  • Annual cycle of the West African monsoon: regional circulations and associated water vapour transport

    Chris D. Thorncroft;Hanh Nguyen;Chidong Zhang;Philippe Peyrillé

  • A Comparison of Recent Reanalysis Datasets Using Objective Feature Tracking: Storm Tracks and Tropical Easterly Waves

    Kevin Ivan Hodges;Brian John Hoskins;J. Boyle;C. Thorncroft

  • Case Study of an Intense African Easterly Wave

    Gareth J. Berry;Chris Thorncroft

  • 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

  • Analysis of convection and its association with African easterly waves

    Ademe Mekonnen;Chris D. Thorncroft;Anantha R. Aiyyer

  • Large-scale overview of the summer monsoon over West Africa during the AMMA field experiment in 2006

    S. Janicot;C. D. Thorncroft;A. Ali;N. Asencio

  • The Low-Level Structure of African Easterly Waves in 1995

    Ioannis Pytharoulis;Chris Thorncroft

  • Distribution and statistics of African mesoscale convective weather systems based on the ISCCP Meteosat imagery

    Kevin Ivan Hodges;C.D. Thorncroft

  • Three-Dimensional Structure and Dynamics of African Easterly Waves. Part III: Genesis

    Chris D. Thorncroft;Nicholas M. J. Hall;George N. Kiladis

  • Analysis of the African easterly jet, using aircraft observations from the JET2000 experiment

    Douglas J. Parker;Chris D. Thorncroft;Ralph R. Burton;Aïda Diongue-Niang

  • Three-Dimensional Structure and Dynamics of African Easterly Waves. Part II: Dynamical Modes

    Nicholas M. J. Hall;George N. Kiladis;Chris D. Thorncroft

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas J. Parker
Douglas J. Parker University of Leeds
George N. Kiladis
George N. Kiladis National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Brian J. Hoskins
Brian J. Hoskins University of Reading
Jean-Luc Redelsperger
Jean-Luc Redelsperger University of Western Brittany
Thierry Lebel
Thierry Lebel Grenoble Alpes University
Jan Polcher
Jan Polcher École Polytechnique
Andreas H. Fink
Andreas H. Fink Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kevin I. Hodges
Kevin I. Hodges University of Reading
Lance F. Bosart
Lance F. Bosart University at Albany, State University of New York
Adrian M. Tompkins
Adrian M. Tompkins International Centre for Theoretical Physics

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