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Edouard L. Davin

Edouard L. Davin

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
44
Citations
13451
World Ranking
6595
National Ranking
157

Edouard L. Davin 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 Edouard L. Davin sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 196 publications — 63rd percentile

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

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

Edouard L. Davin 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 Edouard L. Davin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

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

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

Overview

Édouard L. Davin is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses extensively on global and planetary change as well as atmospheric science, with additional attention to nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, and health-related topics such as toxicology and mutagenesis.

The main research topics Davin has addressed include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Notable recent publications by Davin include:

  • Biogeophysical impacts of forestation in Europe: first results from the LUCAS (Land Use and Climate Across Scales) regional climate model intercomparison, 2020, Earth System Dynamics

Other significant papers in which Davin has contributed appear alongside frequent coauthors such as Sonia I. Seneviratne, Ronny Meier, Diana Rechid, Wim Thiery, and Grégory Duveiller. These collaborators reflect a network engaged primarily in climate and environmental modeling research.

The most common publication venues for Davin's work include:

  • Earth System Dynamics
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Nature Communications
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • Journal of Climate

Davin's publication record also intersects with a broader community contributing to climate science, as evidenced by related papers on topics like regional climate downscaling over Europe, urban temperature mitigation by trees, irrigation impacts on heat extremes, and evaluation tools for Earth system models. These works have appeared in journals such as Regional Environmental Change and Nature Communications, showcasing their integration into large-scale environmental research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Investigating soil moisture-climate interactions in a changing climate: A review

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Thierry Corti;Edouard Léopold Davin;Martin Hirschi

  • Climatic Impact of Global-Scale Deforestation: Radiative versus Nonradiative Processes

    Edouard Léopold Davin;Nathalie de Noblet-Ducoudré

  • Uncertainties in climate responses to past land cover change: First results from the LUCID intercomparison study

    A. J. Pitman;N. de Noblet-Ducoudré;F. T. Cruz;E. L. Davin;E. L. Davin

  • The role of urban trees in reducing land surface temperatures in European cities

    Jonas Schwaab;Ronny Meier;Gianluca Mussetti;Sonia Seneviratne

  • Local temperature response to land cover and management change driven by non-radiative processes

    Ryan M. Bright;Edouard Léopold Davin;Thomas O'Halloran;Julia Pongratz

  • Regional climate downscaling over Europe: perspectives from the EURO-CORDEX community

    Daniela Jacob;Claas Teichmann;Stefan Sobolowski;Eleni Katragkou

  • Present-day irrigation mitigates heat extremes

    Wim Thiery;Wim Thiery;Edouard L. Davin;David M. Lawrence;Annette L. Hirsch

  • The Impact of the African Great Lakes on the Regional Climate

    Wim Thiery;Edouard Léopold Davin;Hans-Jürgen Panitz;Matthias Demuzere

  • Preferential cooling of hot extremes from cropland albedo management

    Edouard Léopold Davin;Sonia I. Seneviratne;Philippe Ciais;Albert Olioso

  • Warming of hot extremes alleviated by expanding irrigation.

    Wim Thiery;Auke J. Visser;Erich M. Fischer;Mathias Hauser

  • Impact of land cover change on surface climate: Relevance of the radiative forcing concept

    E. L. Davin;N. de Noblet-Ducoudré;P. Friedlingstein

  • Influence of Amazonian deforestation on the future evolution of regional surface fluxes, circulation, surface temperature and precipitation

    Quentin Lejeune;Edouard L. Davin;Benoit P. Guillod;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • ESMValTool (v1.0) – a community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for routine evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP

    Veronika Eyring;Mattia Righi;Axel Lauer;Martin Evaldsson

  • Releasing global forests from human management: How much more carbon could be stored?

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  • Hazardous thunderstorm intensification over Lake Victoria

    Wim Thiery;Wim Thiery;Edouard Léopold Davin;Sonia I. Seneviratne;Kristopher Bedka

  • Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2.0 - An extended set of large-scale diagnostics for quasi-operational and comprehensive evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP

    Veronika Eyring;Veronika Eyring;Lisa Bock;Axel Lauer;Mattia Righi

  • Empirical Estimate of Forestation-Induced Precipitation Changes in Europe

    Ronny Meier;Jonas Schwaab;Sonia I. Seneviratne;Michael Sprenger

  • COSMO-CLM regional climate simulations in the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) framework: a review

    Silje Lund Sørland;Roman Brogli;Praveen Kumar Pothapakula;Emmanuele Russo

  • Biogeophysical impacts of forestation in Europe: first results from the LUCAS (Land Use and Climate Across Scales) regional climate model intercomparison

    Edouard Léopold Davin;Diana Rechid;Marcus Breil;Rita M. Cardoso

  • Land radiative management as contributor to regional-scale climate adaptation and mitigation

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Steven J. Phipps;Steven J. Phipps;Andrew J. Pitman;Annette L. Hirsch

  • Historical Land-Cover Change Impacts on Climate: Comparative Assessment of LUCID and CMIP5 Multimodel Experiments

    Quentin Lejeune;Sonia I. Seneviratne;Edouard Léopold Davin

  • Historical deforestation locally increased the intensity of hot days in northern mid-latitudes

    Quentin Lejeune;Edouard Léopold Davin;Lukas Gudmundsson;Johannes Winckler

  • COSMO-CLM 2 : a new version of the COSMO-CLM model coupled to the Community Land Model

    Edouard Léopold Davin;Reto Stöckli;Reto Stöckli;Eric B. Jaeger;Samuel Levis

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Thiery
Wim Thiery Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Eleni Katragkou
Eleni Katragkou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Nathalie de Noblet-Ducoudré
Nathalie de Noblet-Ducoudré French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Jakob Zscheischler
Jakob Zscheischler Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Rita M. Cardoso
Rita M. Cardoso University of Lisbon
Pedro M. M. Soares
Pedro M. M. Soares University of Lisbon

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