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National Ranking
653

Overview

James P. Kossin is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Environmental Science. The scientific contributions span various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Sociology and Political Science, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics of their work cover Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Climate variability and models, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Disaster Management and Resilience, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Disaster Response and Management, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Global increase in major tropical cyclone exceedance probability over the past four decades (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Declining tropical cyclone frequency under global warming (2022, Nature Climate Change)
  • A potential explanation for the global increase in tropical cyclone rapid intensification (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Increased U.S. coastal hurricane risk under climate change (2023, Science Advances)
  • Tropical Widening: From Global Variations to Regional Impacts (2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Michael Wehner, Karthik Balaguru, Wenwei Xu, L. Ruby Leung, and Mingfang Ting. Their work has been published in a variety of venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Climate Change

Best Publications

  • Tropical cyclones and climate change

    Thomas R. Knutson;John L. McBride;Johnny Chan;Kerry Emanuel

  • Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment.

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Neville Nicholls;David Easterling;Clare M. Goodess

  • The increasing intensity of the strongest tropical cyclones

    James B. Elsner;James P. Kossin;Thomas H. Jagger

  • Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part II: Projected Response to Anthropogenic Warming

    Thomas Knutson;Suzana J. Camargo;Johnny C. L. Chan;Kerry Emanuel

  • Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment: An overview of the IPCC SREX report

    S. I. Seneviratne;N. Nicholls;D. Easterling;C. M. Goodess

  • Tropical cyclones and climate change

    Kevin J.E. Walsh;John L. McBride;Philip J. Klotzbach;Sethurathinam Balachandran

  • Global trends in tropical cyclone risk

    P. Peduzzi;P. Peduzzi;B. Chatenoux;B. Chatenoux;H. Dao;H. Dao;A. De Bono;A. De Bono

  • The poleward migration of the location of tropical cyclone maximum intensity

    James P. Kossin;Kerry A. Emanuel;Gabriel A. Vecchi

  • Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective

    Stephanie C. Herring;Martin P. Hoerling;James P. Kossin;Thomas C. Peterson

  • Monitoring and Understanding Trends in Extreme Storms: State of Knowledge

    Kenneth E. Kunkel;Thomas R. Karl;Harold Brooks;James Kossin

  • A global slowdown of tropical-cyclone translation speed

    James P. Kossin

  • Tropical cyclones and climate change

    K.J.E. Walsh;S.J. Camargo;T.R. Knutson;J. Kossin

  • Global increase in major tropical cyclone exceedance probability over the past four decades

    James P Kossin;Kenneth R Knapp;Timothy L Olander;Christopher S Velden

  • Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part I: Detection and Attribution

    Thomas R. Knutson;Suzana J. Camargo;Johnny C. L. Chan;Kerry A. Emanuel

  • Polygonal Eyewalls, Asymmetric Eye Contraction, and Potential Vorticity Mixing in Hurricanes

    Wayne H. Schubert;Michael T. Montgomery;Richard K. Taft;Thomas A. Guinn

  • Ch. 2: Our Changing Climate. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment

    J. Walsh;D. Wuebbles;K. Hayhoe;J. Kossin

  • A globally consistent reanalysis of hurricane variability and trends

    J. P. Kossin;K. R. Knapp;D. J. Vimont;R. J. Murnane

  • Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), Volume I

    Donald J. Wuebbles;David W. Fahey;Kathy A. Hibbard;Jeff R. Arnold

  • Globally Gridded Satellite Observations for Climate Studies

    Kenneth R. Knapp;Steve Ansari;Caroline L. Bain;Mark A. Bourassa

  • The Atlantic Meridional Mode and hurricane activity

    Daniel J. Vimont;James P. Kossin

  • Monitoring and Understanding Trends in Extreme Storms: State of Knowledge

    Kenneth E. Kunkel;Thomas R. Karl;Harold Brooks;James P. Kossin

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Knutson
Thomas R. Knutson Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Suzana J. Camargo
Suzana J. Camargo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Michael F. Wehner
Michael F. Wehner Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kenneth E. Kunkel
Kenneth E. Kunkel North Carolina State University
Hiroyuki Murakami
Hiroyuki Murakami National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gabriel A. Vecchi
Gabriel A. Vecchi Princeton University
Wayne H. Schubert
Wayne H. Schubert Colorado State University
Sandro Galea
Sandro Galea Washington University in St. Louis
David R. Easterling
David R. Easterling National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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