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Colombia
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
8002
World Ranking
7041
National Ranking
2

Germán Poveda 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 Germán Poveda sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 147 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Germán Poveda 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 Germán Poveda sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Colombia Leader Award

Overview

Germán Poveda is affiliated with the National University of Colombia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant emphasis on global and planetary change, atmospheric science, water science and technology, public health related to environmental factors, and environmental engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include climate variability and models, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, meteorological phenomena and simulations, cryospheric studies and observations, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, hydrology and watershed management studies, and oceanographic and atmospheric processes.

Germán Poveda's recent publications include:

  • Climate impacts of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on South America (2020) in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Hydroclimate of the Andes Part I: Main Climatic Features (2020) in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • High Impact Weather Events in the Andes (2020) in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • LA HIDROCLIMATOLOGÍA DE COLOMBIA: UNA SÍNTESIS DESDE LA ESCALA INTER-DECADAL HASTA LA ESCALA DIURNA (2023) in Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales
  • Hydroclimate of the Andes Part II: Hydroclimate Variability and Sub-Continental Patterns (2021) in Frontiers in Earth Science

The frequent collaborators of Germán Poveda include Paola A. Arias, Jhan Carlo Espinoza, Manuel D. Zuluaga, John F. Mejía, and J. Alejandro Martínez.

Regarding publication venues, Germán Poveda has contributed to the Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Frontiers in Earth Science, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and International Journal of Climatology.

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including a work published by Universidad de Los Andes titled Ciencia y tecnología: fundamento de la bioeconomía - Propuestas del foco de biotecnología, bioeconomía y medio ambiente. Volumen 3 (2021).

Best Publications

  • Climate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on South America

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Michael J. McPhaden;Alice M. Grimm;Regina R. Rodrigues

  • Annual and inter-annual variability of the present climate in northern South America and southern Mesoamerica

    Germán Poveda;Peter R. Waylen;Roger S. Pulwarty

  • La hidroclimatología de Colombia: una síntesis desde la escala inter-decadal hasta la escala diurna

    Germán Poveda

  • On the existence of Lloró (the rainiest locality on earth): enhanced ocean-land-atmosphere interaction by a low-level jet

    Germán Poveda;Oscar J. Mesa

  • Feedbacks between Hydrological Processes in Tropical South America and Large-Scale Ocean–Atmospheric Phenomena

    Germán Poveda;Oscar J. Mesa

  • Seasonally in ENSO‐related precipitation, river discharges, soil moisture, and vegetation index in Colombia

    Germán Poveda;Alvaro Jaramillo;Marta María Gil;Natalia Quiceno

  • Hydro-climatic variability over the Andes of Colombia associated with ENSO: a review of climatic processes and their impact on one of the Earth’s most important biodiversity hotspots

    Germán Poveda;Diana M. Álvarez;Óscar A. Rueda

  • Seasonal precipitation patterns along pathways of South American low-level jets and aerial rivers

    Germán Poveda;Liliana Jaramillo;Luisa F. Vallejo

  • Coupling between Annual and ENSO Timescales in the Malaria-Climate Association in Colombia

    German Poveda;William Rojas;Martha L. Quinones;Ivan D. Velez

  • Predicting high‐risk years for malaria in Colombia using parameters of El Niño Southern Oscillation

    M J Bouma;G Poveda;W Rojas;D Chavasse

  • The diurnal cycle of precipitation in the Tropical Andes of Colombia

    Germán Poveda;Oscar J. Mesa;Luis F. Salazar;Paola A. Arias

  • Hydroclimate of the Andes part I: main climatic features

    Jhan Carlo Espinoza;René Garreaud;Germán Poveda;Paola A. Arias

  • Characteristics of Amazonian Climate: Main Features

    Carlos A. Nobre;Guillermo O. Obregón;José A. Marengo;Rong Fu

  • The 1877–1878 El Niño episode: associated impacts in South America

    Patricio Aceituno;Maríadel del Rosario Prieto;María Eugenia Solari;Alejandra Martínez

  • High Impact Weather Events in the Andes

    Germán Poveda;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;Manuel D. Zuluaga;Silvina A. Solman;Silvina A. Solman

  • Patrones de variabilidad de las temperaturas superficiales del mar en la costa caribe colombiana

    Gladys Bernal;Germán Poveda;Paola Roldán;Carlos Andrade

  • Landsliding and its multiscale influence on mountainscapes

    Carla Restrepo;Lawrence R. Walker;Aaron B. Shiels;Rainer Bussmann

  • El Niño-Southern Oscillation and aspects of western South American hydro-climatology

    Peter Waylen;Germán Poveda

  • The Hurst Effect: The scale of fluctuation approach

    Oscar J. Mesa;German Poveda

  • Annual and interannual (ENSO) variability of spatial scaling properties of a vegetation index (NDVI) in Amazonia

    Germán Poveda;Luis F. Salazar

  • Hydroclimate of the Andes Part II: Hydroclimate Variability and Sub-Continental Patterns

    Paola A. Arias;René Garreaud;Germán Poveda;Jhan Carlo Espinoza

  • NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE Feedbacks between Hydrological Processes in Tropical South America and Large-Scale Ocean-Atmospheric Phenomena

    German Poveda;Oscar J. Mesa

Frequent Co-Authors

Carolina Vera
Carolina Vera University of Buenos Aires
René D. Garreaud
René D. Garreaud University of Chile
Kevin E. Trenberth
Kevin E. Trenberth University of Auckland
Murugesu Sivapalan
Murugesu Sivapalan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Miguel D. Mahecha
Miguel D. Mahecha Leipzig University
Jhan Carlo Espinoza
Jhan Carlo Espinoza Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Vijay K. Gupta
Vijay K. Gupta University of Colorado Boulder
Lisa M. Goddard
Lisa M. Goddard Columbia University
Jeffrey J. Polovina
Jeffrey J. Polovina National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Anja Rammig
Anja Rammig Technical University of Munich

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