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Jouni Räisänen

Jouni Räisänen

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
18689
World Ranking
7885
National Ranking
117

Jouni Räisänen 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 Jouni Räisänen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 157 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jouni Räisänen 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 Jouni Räisänen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jouni Räisänen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and related subfields.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Tropical and extratropical cyclones research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Among Jouni Räisänen's recent papers are:

  • The characteristics and structure of extra-tropical cyclones in a warmer climate (2020) published in Weather and Climate Dynamics
  • Snow conditions in northern Europe: the dynamics of interannual variability versus projected long-term change (2021) published in The Cryosphere
  • Effect of atmospheric circulation on surface air temperature trends in years 1979-2018 (2021) published in Climate Dynamics
  • The extratropical transition of Hurricane Ophelia (2017) as diagnosed with a generalized omega equation and vorticity equation (2020) published in Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
  • Research agenda for the Russian Far East and utilization of multi-platform comprehensive environmental observations (2020) published in International Journal of Digital Earth

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Victoria A. Sinclair
  • Mika Rantanen
  • Heikki Järvinen
  • Joonas Merikanto
  • Jianpu Bian

Jouni Räisänen has published multiple articles in well-known scientific venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • The Cryosphere
  • Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

The scope of their research embraces both theoretical and applied aspects within meteorology and environmental sciences, analyzing phenomena like cyclone structures under warming climates and variability in snow conditions across northern Europe. The studies incorporate advanced modeling techniques and observational data to examine atmospheric circulation impacts and transitions in dynamic weather systems.

Best Publications

  • Regional Climate Projections. Chapter 11

    J H Christensen;B Hewitson;A Busuioc;A Chen

  • Regional climate projections

    J. H. Christensen;B. Hewitson;A. Busuioc;A. Chen

  • Quantifying the risk of extreme seasonal precipitation events in a changing climate

    T N Palmer;Jouni Räisänen

  • European climate in the late twenty-first century: regional simulations with two driving global models and two forcing scenarios

    J. Räisänen;J. Räisänen;U. Hansson;A. Ullerstig;R. Döscher

  • How reliable are climate models

    Jouni Räisänen

  • Warmer climate: less or more snow?

    Jouni Räisänen

  • An intercomparison of a large ensemble of statistical downscaling methods over Europe: Results from the VALUE perfect predictor cross-validation experiment

    J. M. Gutiérrez;D. Maraun;M. Widmann;R. Huth;R. Huth

  • A Probability and Decision-Model Analysis of a Multimodel Ensemble of Climate Change Simulations

    Jouni Räisänen;T. N. Palmer

  • CO2-Induced Changes in Interannual Temperature and Precipitation Variability in 19 CMIP2 Experiments

    Jouni Räisänen

  • A regional climate model for northern Europe : model description and results from the downscaling of two GCM control simulations

    Markku Rummukainen;Jouni Räisänen;Björn Bringfelt;Anders Ullerstig

  • Evaluation of delta change and bias correction methods for future daily precipitation: intermodel cross-validation using ENSEMBLES simulations

    Olle Räty;Jouni Räisänen;Jussi S. Ylhäisi

  • CO2-Induced Climate Change in CMIP2 Experiments: Quantification of Agreement and Role of Internal Variability

    Jouni Räisänen

  • Projections of daily mean temperature variability in the future: cross-validation tests with ENSEMBLES regional climate simulations

    Jouni Räisänen;Olle Räty

  • Comparison of climate change scenarios for Sweden based on statistical and dynamical downscaling of monthly precipitation

    Cecilia Hellström;Deliang Chen;Christine Achberger;Jouni Räisänen

  • Towards modelling of decay risk of wooden materials

    Hannu Viitanen;Tomi Toratti;Lasse Makkonen;Ruut Hannele Peuhkuri

  • A synthesis of regional climate change simulations—A Scandinavian perspective

    J. H. Christensen;J. Räisänen;T. Iversen;D. Bjøge

  • 21st Century changes in snow climate in Northern Europe: a high-resolution view from ENSEMBLES regional climate models

    Jouni Räisänen;Joonas Eklund

  • GCM driven simulations of recent and future climate with the Rossby Centre coupled atmosphere - Baltic Sea regional climate model RCAO

    Jouni Räisänen;Ulf Hansson;Anders Ullerstig;Ralf Doescher

  • Weighting of model results for improving best estimates of climate change

    Jouni Räisänen;Leena Ruokolainen;Jussi Ylhäisi

  • Projected changes in thermal seasons and the growing season in Finland

    Kimmo Ruosteenoja;Jouni Räisänen;Pentti Pirinen

  • The characteristics and structure of extra-tropical cyclones in a warmer climate

    Victoria A. Sinclair;Mika Rantanen;Päivi Haapanala;Jouni Räisänen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen University of Copenhagen
Ari Venäläinen
Ari Venäläinen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Heikki Tuomenvirta
Heikki Tuomenvirta Finnish Meteorological Institute
Colin Jones
Colin Jones University of Leeds
Ole Bøssing Christensen
Ole Bøssing Christensen Danish Meteorological Institute
Deliang Chen
Deliang Chen Tsinghua University
Radan Huth
Radan Huth Charles University
Rasmus E. Benestad
Rasmus E. Benestad Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

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