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Jhan Carlo Espinoza 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 Jhan Carlo Espinoza sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 134 publications — 32nd percentile

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

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Jhan Carlo Espinoza 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 Jhan Carlo Espinoza sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jhan Carlo Espinoza is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France and specializes in environmental and earth sciences, with a focus on hydrology and climate-related studies in the Andes and the Amazon region.

Their recent research includes several notable papers published primarily in 2020 and 2021. These works include:

  • Hydroclimate of the Andes Part I: Main Climatic Features, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • High Impact Weather Events in the Andes, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Amazon Hydrology From Space: Scientific Advances and Future Challenges, 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Observed and Projected Hydroclimate Changes in the Andes, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Effects of Amazon basin deforestation on regional atmospheric circulation and water vapor transport towards tropical South America, 2020, Climate Dynamics

Espinoza collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, including Clémentine Junquas, Paola A. Arias, Jorge Molina-Carpio, Josyane Ronchail, and Thomas Condom, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

The scientist often publishes in established venues, with a significant number of contributions appearing in:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • International Journal of Climatology

The primary fields of study encompass Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Within these fields, Espinoza focuses on subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Oceanography

Their research topics include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Best Publications

  • Extreme seasonal droughts and floods in Amazonia: causes, trends and impacts

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza

  • Intensification of the Amazon hydrological cycle over the last two decades

    M. Gloor;R. J. W. Brienen;D. Galbraith;T. R. Feldpausch

  • Recent intensification of Amazon flooding extremes driven by strengthened Walker circulation

    Jonathan Barichivich;Emanuel Gloor;Philippe Peylin;Roel J. W. Brienen

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

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

  • Climate variability and extreme drought in the upper Solimões River (western Amazon Basin): Understanding the exceptional 2010 drought

    Jhan Carlo Espinoza;Josyane Ronchail;Jean Loup Guyot;Clementine Junquas

  • The extreme 2014 flood in south-western Amazon basin: The role of tropical-subtropical South Atlantic SST gradient

    Jhan Carlo Espinoza;José Antonio Marengo;Josyane Ronchail;Jorge Molina Carpio

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Rainfall hotspots over the southern tropical Andes: Spatial distribution, rainfall intensity, and relations with largescaleatmospheric circulation

    Jhan Carlo Espinoza Villar;Steven Chavez;Josyane Ronchail;Clémentine Junquas

  • Contrasting North–South changes in Amazon wet-day and dry-day frequency and related atmospheric features (1981–2017)

    Jhan Carlo Espinoza;Josyane Ronchail;José Antonio Marengo;Hans Segura

  • Hydroclimate of the Andes part I: main climatic features

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

  • The major floods in the Amazonas River and tributaries (Western Amazon Basin) during the 1970–2012 period: A focus on the 2012 flood

    Jhan Carlo Espinoza;Josyane Ronchail;Frédéric Frappart;Waldo Lavado

  • Correction of TRMM 3B43 monthly precipitation data over the mountainous areas of Peru during the period 1998–2007

    Thomas Condom;Pedro Rau;Jhan Carlo Espinoza

  • Basin-scale analysis of rainfall and runoff in Peru (1969–2004): Pacific, Titicaca and Amazonas drainages

    Waldo Sven Lavado Casimiro;Josyane Ronchail;David Labat;Jhan Carlo Espinoza

  • Impacts of different ENSO flavors and tropical Pacific convection variability (ITCZ, SPCZ) on austral summer rainfall in South America, with a focus on Peru

    Juan Sulca;Ken Takahashi;Jhan-Carlo Espinoza;Mathias Vuille

  • Trends in rainfall and temperature in the Peruvian Amazon-Andes basin over the last 40 years (1965-2007).

    Waldo Sven Lavado Casimiro;Waldo Sven Lavado Casimiro;David Labat;Josyane Ronchail;Jhan Carlo Espinoza

  • State of the Climate in 2016

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

  • Amazon Hydrology From Space: Scientific Advances and Future Challenges

    Alice César Fassoni-Andrade;Alice César Fassoni-Andrade;Alice César Fassoni-Andrade;Ayan Santos Fleischmann;Fabrice Papa;Fabrice Papa;Rodrigo Cauduro Dias de Paiva

  • High Impact Weather Events in the Andes

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

  • Hydroclimate variability of the northwestern Amazon Basin near the Andean foothills of Peru related to the South American Monsoon System during the last 1600 years

    J. Apaestegui;F. W. Cruz;Abdelfettah Sifeddine;Abdelfettah Sifeddine;M. Vuille

  • Discharge simulation in the sub-basins of the Amazon using ORCHIDEE forced by new datasets

    Matthieu Guimberteau;Guillaume Drapeau;Josyane Ronchail;Benjamin Sultan

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Josyane Ronchail
Josyane Ronchail Sorbonne University
Jean-Loup Guyot
Jean-Loup Guyot Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Naziano Filizola
Naziano Filizola Federal University of Amazonas
José A. Marengo
José A. Marengo Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais
Ken Takahashi
Ken Takahashi University of Sydney
Mathias Vuille
Mathias Vuille University at Albany, State University of New York
Thierry Lebel
Thierry Lebel Grenoble Alpes University
Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service
Jean-Michel Martinez
Jean-Michel Martinez Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Antoine Rabatel
Antoine Rabatel Grenoble Alpes University

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