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René D. Garreaud

René D. Garreaud

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Environmental Sciences
Chile
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
77
Citations
22761
World Ranking
1128
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Chile Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Chile Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Chile Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Chile Leader Award

Overview

René D. Garreaud is affiliated with the University of Chile in Chile and has made significant contributions to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Water Science and Technology, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in René D. Garreaud's work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

The scientist has published extensively in frequently appearing venues such as:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmosphere
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Some of their recent papers demonstrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Climate impacts of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on South America, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Hydroclimate of the Andes Part I: Main Climatic Features, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Worldwide Signature of the 2022 Tonga Volcanic Tsunami, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters
  • The 2019 Southern Hemisphere Stratospheric Polar Vortex Weakening and Its Impacts, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • High Impact Weather Events in the Andes, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

René D. Garreaud frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Roberto Rondanelli
  • Iván Vergara
  • Deniz Bozkurt
  • Patricio A. Díaz
  • Juan Pablo Boisier

Best Publications

  • Present-day South American climate

    René D. Garreaud;Mathias Vuille;Rosa Compagnucci;José Marengo

  • Toward a unified view of the American monsoon systems

    Carolina Vera;W. Higgins;J. Amador;T. Ambrizzi

  • The climate of the Altiplano: observed current conditions and mechanisms of past changes

    René Garreaud;Mathias Vuille;Amy C. Clement

  • The Central Chile Mega Drought (2010‐2018): A Climate dynamics perspective

    René D. Garreaud;Juan Pablo Boisier;Roberto Rondanelli;Aldo Montecinos

  • The Andes climate and weather

    R. D. Garreaud

  • Climate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on South America

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Michael J. McPhaden;Alice M. Grimm;Regina R. Rodrigues

  • The 2010–2015 megadrought in central Chile: impacts on regional hydroclimate and vegetation

    René D. Garreaud;Camila Alvarez-Garreton;Jonathan Barichivich;Juan Pablo Boisier

  • Large-Scale Control on the Patagonian Climate

    R. Garreaud;P. Lopez;M. Minvielle;M. Rojas

  • Regional cooling in a warming world: Recent temperature trends in the southeast Pacific and along the west coast of subtropical South America (1979–2006)

    Mark Falvey;René D. Garreaud

  • Interannual (ENSO) and Interdecadal (ENSO-like) Variability in the Southern Hemisphere Tropospheric Circulation*

    René D. Garreaud;David S. Battisti

  • Interannual Rainfall Variability over the South American Altiplano

    René D. Garreaud;Patricio Aceituno

  • The CAMELS-CL dataset: catchment attributes and meteorology for large sample studies – Chile dataset

    Camilla Alvarez-Garreton;Pablo A. Mendoza;Juan Pablo Boisier;Nans Addor

  • Anthropogenic and natural contributions to the Southeast Pacific precipitation decline and recent megadrought in central Chile

    Juan P. Boisier;Roberto Rondanelli;René D. Garreaud;Francisca Muñoz

  • Cold Air Incursions over Subtropical South America: Mean Structure and Dynamics

    René D. Garreaud

  • The VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study Regional Experiment (VOCALS-REx): goals, platforms, and field operations

    R. Wood;C. R. Mechoso;C. S. Bretherton;R. A. Weller

  • Multiscale Analysis of the Summertime Precipitation over the Central Andes

    René D. Garreaud

  • The Diurnal March of Convective Cloudiness over the Americas

    René D. Garreaud;John M. Wallace

  • Impact of the global warming hiatus on Andean temperature

    Mathias Vuille;Eric Franquist;René Garreaud;Waldo Sven Lavado Casimiro

  • Wintertime Precipitation Episodes in Central Chile: Associated Meteorological Conditions and Orographic Influences

    Mark Falvey;René Garreaud

  • Climate change impacts on the hydrology of a snowmelt driven basin in semiarid Chile

    Sebastian Vicuña;René D. Garreaud;James McPhee

  • Summertime Incursions of Midlatitude Air into Subtropical and Tropical South America

    René D. Garreaud;John M. Wallace

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricio I. Moreno
Patricio I. Moreno University of Chile
Helge W Arz
Helge W Arz Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Frank Lamy
Frank Lamy Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Antonio Lara
Antonio Lara Austral University of Chile
Germán Poveda
Germán Poveda National University of Colombia
Jhan Carlo Espinoza
Jhan Carlo Espinoza Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
José A. Marengo
José A. Marengo National Institute for Space Research
José Iriarte
José Iriarte University of Exeter
Mathias Vuille
Mathias Vuille University at Albany, State University of New York
Carlos R. Mechoso
Carlos R. Mechoso University of California, Los Angeles

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