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J. Fidel González-Rouco

J. Fidel González-Rouco

Complutense University of Madrid
Spain

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
7667
World Ranking
7635
National Ranking
225

J. Fidel González-Rouco 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 J. Fidel González-Rouco sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 118 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

J. Fidel González-Rouco 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 J. Fidel González-Rouco 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

J. Fidel González-Rouco is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research centers on environmental and earth sciences, with a considerable focus on climate variability, atmospheric processes, and terrestrial interactions.

Their work spans multiple main fields of study, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broad areas, González-Rouco's research addresses several subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Radiation
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

The primary topics they investigate include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

González-Rouco has published research in a variety of venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Climate of the past
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • International Journal of Climatology

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by González-Rouco include:

  • Increasing the Depth of a Land Surface Model. Part I: Impacts on the Subsurface Thermal Regime and Energy Storage (2021), Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Increasing the Depth of a Land Surface Model. Part II: Temperature Sensitivity to Improved Subsurface Thermodynamics and Associated Permafrost Response (2021), Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Long-term global ground heat flux and continental heat storage from geothermal data (2021), Climate of the past
  • The Making of the New European Wind Atlas - Part 2: Production and evaluation (2020), Geoscientific model development
  • The making of the New European Wind Atlas - Part 01: Model sensitivity (2020), Geoscientific model development

Collaborations are a significant component of González-Rouco's research activities. Frequently co-authoring researchers include:

  • Elena García-Bustamante
  • Francisco José Cuesta-Valero
  • Hugo Beltrami
  • Almudena García-García
  • Félix García-Pereira

Best Publications

  • Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia

    Moinuddin Ahmed;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Asfawossen Asrat;Hemant P. Borgaonkar

  • Wet season Mediterranean precipitation variability: influence of large-scale dynamics and trends

    Elena Xoplaki;J. F. González-Rouco;Jürg Luterbacher;Heinz Wanner

  • Extending North Atlantic Oscillation reconstructions back to 1500

    Chris D. Jones;Peter M. Cox

  • Mediterranean summer air temperature variability and its connection to the large-scale atmospheric circulation and SSTs

    E. Xoplaki;E. Xoplaki;J. F. González-Rouco;J. Luterbacher;H. Wanner

  • Quality Control and Homogeneity of Precipitation Data in the Southwest of Europe

    J. Fidel González-Rouco;J. Luis Jiménez;Vicente Quesada;Francisco Valero

  • The PMIP4 contribution to CMIP6 – Part 3: The last millennium, scientific objective, and experimental design for the PMIP4 past1000 simulations

    Johann H. Jungclaus;Edouard Bard;Mélanie Baroni;Pascale Braconnot

  • Simulation and inversion of borehole temperature profiles in surrogate climates: Spatial distribution and surface coupling

    J. F. González-Rouco;H. Beltrami;E. Zorita;H. von Storch

  • Large-scale temperature response to external forcing in simulations and reconstructions of the last millennium

    L. Fernández-Donado;J.F. González-Rouco;C.C. Raible;C.M. Ammann

  • The Making of the New European Wind Atlas - Part 2: Production and evaluation

    Martin Dörenkämper;Bjarke T. Olsen;Björn Witha;Andrea N. Hahmann

  • Surface Wind Regionalization over Complex Terrain: Evaluation and Analysis of a High-Resolution WRF Simulation

    Pedro A. Jiménez;J. Fidel González-Rouco;Elena García-Bustamante;Jorge Navarro

  • The making of the New European Wind Atlas – Part 1: Model sensitivity

    Andrea N. Hahmann;Tija Sīle;Björn Witha;Neil N. Davis

  • Natural and anthropogenic modes of surface temperature variations in the last thousand years

    E. Zorita;J. F. González-Rouco;H. von Storch;J. P. Montávez

  • Interannual summer air temperature variability over Greece and its connection to the large-scale atmospheric circulation and Mediterranean SSTs 1950–1999

    E. Xoplaki;J. F. Gonzalez-Rouco;D. Gyalistras;J. Luterbacher

  • Sensitivity of the MM5 mesoscale model to physical parameterizations for regional climate studies: Annual cycle

    J. Fernández;J. P. Montávez;J. Sáenz;J. F. González-Rouco

  • Continental-scale temperature variability in PMIP3 simulations and PAGES 2k regional temperature reconstructions over the past millennium

    O. Bothe;Meg Evans;L. Fernández Donado;E. Garcia Bustamante

  • Agreement between Observed Rainfall Trends and Climate Change Simulations in the Southwest of Europe

    J. F. González-Rouco;H. Heyen;E. Zorita;F. Valero

  • Borehole climatology: a discussion based on contributions from climate modeling

    J. F. González-Rouco;H. Beltrami;E. Zorita;M. B. Stevens

  • Effects of bottom boundary placement on subsurface heat storage: Implications for climate model simulations

    M. Bruce Stevens;Jason E. Smerdon;J. Fidel González-Rouco;Marc Stieglitz

  • Modelling the variability of midlatitude storm activity on decadal to century time scales

    Irene Fischer-Bruns;H. von Storch;J. F. González-Rouco;E. Zorita

  • European warm-season temperature and hydroclimate since 850 CE

    Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist;Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist;Andrea Seim;Paul J Krusic;Paul J Krusic;Jesús Fidel González-Rouco

  • Climatology of wind patterns in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula

    Pedro A. Jiménez;J. Fidel González-Rouco;Juan P. Montávez;Elena García-Bustamante

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugo Beltrami
Hugo Beltrami St. Francis Xavier University
Juan Pedro Montávez
Juan Pedro Montávez University of Murcia
Jason E. Smerdon
Jason E. Smerdon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jorge A. R. Navarro
Jorge A. R. Navarro University of Granada
Jimy Dudhia
Jimy Dudhia National Center for Atmospheric Research
Eduardo Zorita
Eduardo Zorita Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Michael Sigl
Michael Sigl University of Oslo
Jürg Luterbacher
Jürg Luterbacher University of Giessen
Nicholas E. Graham
Nicholas E. Graham Hydrologic Research Center
Ulf Büntgen
Ulf Büntgen University of Cambridge

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