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Kevin E. Trenberth

Kevin E. Trenberth

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Environmental Sciences
New Zealand
2026
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Environmental Sciences
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
127
Citations
108018
World Ranking
87
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1995 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kevin E. Trenberth is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. The primary subfields of their research include Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Atmospheric Science, alongside work in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to climate and atmospheric sciences. Key topics include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Kevin E. Trenberth reflect ongoing research in oceanic and atmospheric sciences:

  • Increasing ocean stratification over the past half-century, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Past and future ocean warming, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Improved Estimates of Changes in Upper Ocean Salinity and the Hydrological Cycle, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • Record-Setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019, 2020, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • Upper Ocean Temperatures Hit Record High in 2020, 2021, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Kevin E. Trenberth frequently publishes in several notable venues, including:

  • Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • Journal of Climate
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Collaborations have been important throughout their career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lijing Cheng
  • Michael Mann
  • John Abraham
  • John Fasullo
  • Jiang Zhu

In addition to research articles, they have contributed to the academic book domain with works published by Cambridge University Press, notably "The Changing Flow of Energy Through the Climate System" (2022).

Kevin E. Trenberth's work has been recognized through various awards and honors, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1994
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1995
  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2007

Best Publications

  • The ERA‐40 re‐analysis

    S. M. Uppala;P. W. Kållberg;Adrian J. Simmons;U. Andrae

  • Changes in precipitation with climate change

    Kevin E. Trenberth

  • The Definition of El Niño.

    Kevin E. Trenberth

  • Observations. Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change. Chapter 3

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

  • The Changing Character of Precipitation

    Kevin E. Trenberth;Aiguo Dai;R. O. Y. M. Rasmussen;David B. Parsons

  • Global warming and changes in drought

    Kevin E. Trenberth;Aiguo Dai;Aiguo Dai;Gerard van der Schrier;Gerard van der Schrier;Philip D. Jones;Philip D. Jones

  • Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change

    KE Trenberth;PD Jones;P Ambenje;R Bojariu

  • Decadal atmosphere-ocean variations in the Pacific

    Kevin E Trenberth;James W Hurrell

  • Modern Global Climate Change

    Thomas R. Karl;Kevin E. Trenberth

  • A Global Dataset of Palmer Drought Severity Index for 1870–2002: Relationship with Soil Moisture and Effects of Surface Warming

    Aiguo Dai;K Evin E. Trenberth;Taotao Qian

  • Earth's Global Energy Budget

    Kevin E. Trenberth;John T. Fasullo;Jeffrey Kiehl

  • Progress during TOGA in understanding and modeling global teleconnections associated with tropical sea surface temperatures

    Kevin E. Trenberth;Grant W. Branstator;David Karoly;Arun Kumar

  • Earth's annual global mean energy budget

    J. T. Kiehl;Kevin E. Trenberth

  • Recent Observed Interdecadal Climate Changes in the Northern Hemisphere

    Kevin E. Trenberth

  • Estimates of Freshwater Discharge from Continents: Latitudinal and Seasonal Variations

    Aiguo Dai;Kevin E. Trenberth

  • Indices of El Niño Evolution

    Kevin E. Trenberth;David P. Stepaniak

  • Atlantic hurricanes and natural variability in 2005

    Kevin E. Trenberth;Dennis J. Shea

  • The 1990–1995 El Niño‐Southern Oscillation Event: Longest on Record

    Kevin E. Trenberth;Timothy J. Hoar

  • Estimates of Meridional Atmosphere and Ocean Heat Transports

    Kevin E. Trenberth;Julie M. Caron

  • Changes in Continental Freshwater Discharge from 1948 to 2004

    Aiguo Dai;Taotao Qian;Kevin E. Trenberth;John D. Milliman

Frequent Co-Authors

John T. Fasullo
John T. Fasullo National Center for Atmospheric Research
Aiguo Dai
Aiguo Dai University at Albany, State University of New York
Thomas R. Karl
Thomas R. Karl National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James W. Hurrell
James W. Hurrell Colorado State University
Nathaniel L. Bindoff
Nathaniel L. Bindoff University of Tasmania
Philip Jones
Philip Jones University of East Anglia
Gerald A. Meehl
Gerald A. Meehl National Center for Atmospheric Research
Magdalena Balmaseda
Magdalena Balmaseda European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
John A. Church
John A. Church University of New South Wales
Timothy P. Boyer
Timothy P. Boyer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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