2026 James A. Renwick: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	47	5664	5429	33	31	139	14840

Overview

James A. Renwick is primarily affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their research focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Their body of work also includes studies in Oceanography, Sociology and Political Science, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics including Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Cryospheric studies and observations, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

James A. Renwick has published articles in a range of scientific venues, frequently appearing in the International Journal of Climatology, Nature Climate Change, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate, and New Zealand Science Review.

Among recent papers associated with their research are:

Record warming at the South Pole during the past three decades, 2020, Nature Climate Change
South Pacific Convergence Zone dynamics, variability and impacts in a changing climate, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Unparalleled coupled ocean-atmosphere summer heatwaves in the New Zealand region: drivers, mechanisms and impacts, 2020, Climatic Change
Water remains a blind spot in climate change policies, 2022, PLOS Water
WMO Evaluation of Two Extreme High Temperatures Occurring in February 2020 for the Antarctic Peninsula Region, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James A. Renwick include Adrian McDonald, Ryan L. Fogt, Gareth J. Marshall, Kyle R. Clem, and Benjamin R. Lintner. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary engagements within the climate and atmospheric science communities.

Best Publications

Observations. Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change. Chapter 3

K E Trenberth;P D Jones;P Ambenje;R Bojariu

3692
Citations
Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change

KE Trenberth;PD Jones;P Ambenje;R Bojariu

3031
Citations
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

637
Citations
INTERDECADAL PACIFIC OSCILLATION AND SOUTH PACIFIC CLIMATE

M.J. Salinger;J.A. Renwick;A.B. Mullan

447
Citations
Assessing recent trends in high-latitude Southern Hemisphere surface climate

Julie M. Jones;Sarah T. Gille;Hugues Goosse;Nerilie J. Abram

345
Citations
State of the Climate in 2014

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

332
Citations
Relationships between North Pacific Wintertime Blocking, El Niño, and the PNA Pattern

James A. Renwick;John M. Wallace

277
Citations
Blocking over the South Pacific and Rossby Wave Propagation

James A. Renwick;Michael J. Revell

266
Citations
The Southern Hemisphere westerlies in the Australasian sector over the last glacial cycle: a synthesis

J. Shulmeister;I. Goodwin;J. Renwick;K. Harle

260
Citations
Dynamic contribution to hemispheric mean temperature trends

John M. Wallace;Yuan Zhang;James A. Renwick

250
Citations
ENSO-Related Variability in the Frequency of South Pacific Blocking

James A. Renwick

190
Citations
Record warming at the South Pole during the past three decades

Kyle R. Clem;Ryan L. Fogt;John Turner;Benjamin R. Lintner

172
Citations
The unprecedented coupled ocean-atmosphere summer heatwave in the New Zealand region 2017/18: drivers, mechanisms and impacts

M. James Salinger;James Renwick;Erik Behrens;A. Brett Mullan

172
Citations
Variations of surface temperature and rainfall in Vietnam from 1971 to 2010

Dang-Quang Nguyen;Dang-Quang Nguyen;James Renwick;James Renwick;James McGregor

166
Citations
State of the Climate in 2016

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

161
Citations
Hemispheric-Scale Seasonality of the Southern Annular Mode and Impacts on the Climate of New Zealand

J. Kidston;J. A. Renwick;J. McGregor

150
Citations
Seasonal Zonal Asymmetries in the Southern Annular Mode and Their Impact on Regional Temperature Anomalies

Ryan L. Fogt;Julie M. Jones;James Renwick

141
Citations
Precipitation Seasonality over the Indian Subcontinent: An Evaluation of Gauge, Reanalyses, and Satellite Retrievals

Sapna Rana;James McGregor;James Renwick

137
Citations
Divergent trends in land and ocean temperature in the Southern Ocean over the past 18,000 years

Matt S. McGlone;Chris S. M. Turney;Janet M. Wilmshurst;James Renwick

132
Citations
Low-Frequency Variability of Southern Hemisphere Sea Level Pressure and Weather System Activity

Mark R. Sinclair;James A. Renwick;John W. Kidson

125
Citations
South Pacific Convergence Zone dynamics, variability and impacts in a changing climate

Josephine R. Brown;Matthieu Lengaigne;Benjamin R. Lintner;Matthew J. Widlansky

119
Citations
[Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Jones University of East Anglia

Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

David H. Bromwich The Ohio State University

Nancy A. N. Bertler Victoria University of Wellington

Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service

John M. Wallace University of Washington

David Parker Met Office

Andrew Mackintosh Monash University

Russell S. Vose National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Geoffrey K. Vallis University of Exeter

External Links

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