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Chris K. Folland

Chris K. Folland

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Environmental Sciences
UK
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
43972
World Ranking
1162
National Ranking
92

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Chris K. Folland is affiliated with the Met Office in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Their work also touches on fields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Petr Chýlek
  • James D. Klett
  • Manvendra K. Dubey
  • Glen Lesins
  • Muyin Wang

Their work is often published in various scientific venues, with recurring contributions to:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Atmosphere
  • Earth System Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Science Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Chris K. Folland include:

  • "Annual Mean Arctic Amplification 1970-2020: Observed and Simulated by CMIP6 Climate Models," 2022, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Changes in the future summer Mediterranean climate: contribution of teleconnections and local factors," 2020, Earth System Dynamics
  • "CMIP5 Climate Models Overestimate Cooling by Volcanic Aerosols," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Will 2024 be the first year that global temperature exceeds 1.5°C?", 2024, Atmospheric Science Letters
  • "High Values of the Arctic Amplification in the Early Decades of the 21st Century: Causes of Discrepancy by CMIP6 Models Between Observation and Simulation," 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

In 2011, Chris K. Folland was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century

    N. A. Rayner;D. E. Parker;E. B. Horton;C. K. Folland

  • Maximum and Minimum Temperature Trends for the Globe

    David R. Easterling;Briony Horton;Philip D. Jones;Thomas C. Peterson

  • Inter-decadal modulation of the impact of ENSO on Australia

    S. Power;T. Casey;C. Folland;A. Colman

  • Sahel rainfall and worldwide sea temperatures, 1901–85

    C. K. Folland;T. N. Palmer;D. E. Parker

  • Observed climate variability and change

    Chris K. Folland;Thomas R. Karl;M. Jim Salinger

  • A signature of persistent natural thermohaline circulation cycles in observed climate

    Jeff R. Knight;Robert J. Allan;Chris K. Folland;Michael Vellinga

  • Climate impacts of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

    Jeff R. Knight;Chris K. Folland;Adam A. Scaife

  • Oceanic forcing of the wintertime North Atlantic Oscillation and European climate

    M. J. Rodwell;D. P. Rowell;C. K. Folland

  • Improved analyses of changes and uncertainties in sea surface temperature measured in Situ since the mid-nineteenth century: The HadSST2 dataset

    Nick A. Rayner;P. Brohan;D. E. Parker;C. K. Folland

  • A new daily central England temperature series, 1772 1991

    D. E. Parker;T. P. Legg;C. K. Folland

  • Improved surface temperature prediction for the coming decade from a global climate model.

    Doug M. Smith;Stephen Cusack;Andrew W. Colman;Chris K. Folland

  • The summer North Atlantic Oscillation: past, present, and future.

    Chris K. Folland;Jeff R. Knight;Hans W. Linderholm;David Fereday

  • Skillful long‐range prediction of European and North American winters

    A. A. Scaife;A. Arribas;E. Blockley;A. Brookshaw

  • A Tripole Index for the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation

    Benjamin J. Henley;Joelle Gergis;David J. Karoly;Scott Power

  • Variability of summer rainfall over tropical north Africa (1906–92): Observations and modelling

    David P. Rowell;Chris K. Folland;Kathy Maskell;M. Neil Ward

  • Interdecadal changes of surface temperature since the late nineteenth century

    D. E. Parker;P. D. Jones;C. K. Folland;A. Bevan

  • Relative influences of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation and ENSO on the South Pacific Convergence Zone

    C. K. Folland;J. A. Renwick;M. J. Salinger;A. B. Mullan

  • Two distinct influences of Arctic warming on cold winters over North America and East Asia

    Jong-Seong Kug;Jee-Hoon Jeong;Yeon-Soo Jang;Baek-Min Kim

  • Global temperature change and its uncertainties since 1861

    C K Folland;N A Rayner;S J Brown;T M Smith

  • Comparison of Modeled and Observed Trends in Indices of Daily Climate Extremes

    Dmitry Kiktev;David M. H. Sexton;Lisa Alexander;Chris K. Folland

  • A new look at maximum and minimum temperature trends for the globe

    D.R Easterling;B. Horton;Philip Jones;T.C. Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

David Parker
David Parker Met Office
Adam A. Scaife
Adam A. Scaife Met Office
Philip Jones
Philip Jones University of East Anglia
Jeff R. Knight
Jeff R. Knight Met Office
Nick Rayner
Nick Rayner Met Office
Hans W. Linderholm
Hans W. Linderholm University of Gothenburg
Thomas R. Karl
Thomas R. Karl National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mike Hulme
Mike Hulme University of Cambridge

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