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Ricardo García-Herrera

Ricardo García-Herrera

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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
58
Citations
14301
World Ranking
3230
National Ranking
82

Ricardo García-Herrera 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 Ricardo García-Herrera sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 264 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ricardo García-Herrera 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 Ricardo García-Herrera sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Ricardo García-Herrera is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research spans fields including Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions particularly within the subfields of Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's recent publications cover diverse topics such as climate variability, meteorological phenomena, hydrology, and atmospheric chemistry. Notable papers include:

  • "Heat Waves: Physical Understanding and Scientific Challenges" published in 2023 in Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Early spring near-surface ozone in Europe during the COVID-19 shutdown: Meteorological effects outweigh emission changes," published in 2020 in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Long-term variability and trends in meteorological droughts in Western Europe (1851-2018)," published in 2020 in International Journal of Climatology
  • "Distinct influences of large-scale circulation and regional feedbacks in two exceptional 2019 European heatwaves," published in 2020 in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Long-term precipitation in Southwestern Europe reveals no clear trend attributable to anthropogenic forcing," published in 2020 in Environmental Research Letters

Common themes in their research include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

The scientist frequently publishes in prominent venues such as:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Research
  • International Journal of Climatology

Frequent collaborators of Ricardo García-Herrera include:

  • David Barriopedro
  • José M. Garrido-Pérez
  • Carlos Ordóñez
  • Ricardo M. Trigo
  • Fernando Domínguez-Castro

The body of work by Ricardo García-Herrera focuses on understanding environmental changes, atmospheric processes, and their interactions with climate systems over time, often through quantitative analysis of observational data and modeling approaches.

Best Publications

  • The Hot Summer of 2010: Redrawing the Temperature Record Map of Europe

    David Barriopedro;Erich M. Fischer;Jürg Luterbacher;Ricardo M. Trigo

  • A Review of the European Summer Heat Wave of 2003

    R. García-Herrera;J. Díaz;R. M. Trigo;J. Luterbacher

  • A Climatology of Northern Hemisphere Blocking

    David Barriopedro;Ricardo García-Herrera;Anthony R. Lupo;Emiliano Hernández

  • Trends and extremes of drought indices throughout the 20th century in the Mediterranean

    P. M. Sousa;R. M. Trigo;R. M. Trigo;P. Aizpurua;R. Nieto;R. Nieto

  • How exceptional was the early August 2003 heatwave in France

    Ricardo Machado Trigo;Ricardo Machado Trigo;Ricardo García-Herrera;Julio Díaz;Isabel Franco Trigo;Isabel Franco Trigo

  • The Outstanding 2004/05 Drought in the Iberian Peninsula: Associated Atmospheric Circulation

    Ricardo García-Herrera;Daniel Paredes;Ricardo M. Trigo;Isabel Franco Trigo

  • Heat Waves: Physical Understanding and Scientific Challenges

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  • Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective

    T.C. Peterson;L.V. Alexander;M.R. Allen;J.A. Anel;J.A. Anel

  • Climatological Features of Cutoff Low Systems in the Northern Hemisphere

    Raquel Nieto;Luis Gimeno;Laura de la Torre;Pedro Ribera

  • Understanding Precipitation Changes in Iberia in Early Spring: Weather Typing and Storm-Tracking Approaches

    Daniel Paredes;Ricardo M. Trigo;Ricardo Garcia-Herrera;Isabel Franco Trigo

  • Mediterranean climate variability over the last centuries: a review

    Jürg Luterbacher;Elena Xoplaki;Carlo Casty;Heinz Wanner

  • Propagation of ENSO temperature signals into the middle atmosphere: A comparison of two general circulation models and ERA-40 reanalysis data

    R. García-Herrera;N. Calvo;R. R. Garcia;M. A. Giorgetta

  • Application of blocking diagnosis methods to General Circulation Models. Part I: a novel detection scheme

    D. Barriopedro;D. Barriopedro;R. García-Herrera;R. M. Trigo

  • Feature selection in machine learning prediction systems for renewable energy applications

    S. Salcedo-Sanz;L. Cornejo-Bueno;L. Prieto;D. Paredes

  • A review of 2000 years of paleoclimatic evidence in the Mediterranean

    Jürg Luterbacher;Ricardo García-Herrera;Sena Akcer-On;Rob Allan

  • Extreme summer temperatures in Iberia: health impacts and associated synoptic conditions

    R. García-Herrera;J. Díaz;R. M. Trigo;E. Hernández

  • Feature selection in wind speed prediction systems based on a hybrid coral reefs optimization – Extreme learning machine approach

    S. Salcedo-Sanz;A. Pastor-Sánchez;L. Prieto;A. Blanco-Aguilera

  • Chapter 3 Relations between variability in the Mediterranean region and mid-latitude variability

    Ricardo Trigo;Elena Xoplaki;Eduardo Zorita;Jürg Luterbacher

  • The impact of the summer 2003 heat wave in Iberia: how should we measure it?

    Juan Díaz;R. García-Herrera;R. M. Trigo;R. M. Trigo;Cristina Linares

  • Unlocking pre-1850 instrumental meteorological records: A global inventory

    Stefan Brönnimann;Rob Allan;Linden Ashcroft;Saba Baer

  • The European 2016/17 Drought

    Ricardo García-Herrera;Jose M. Garrido-Perez;David Barriopedro;Carlos Ordóñez

  • CLIWOC: A climatological database for the world's oceans 1750–1854

    R. García-Herrera;G. P. Können;D. A. Wheeler;M. R. Prieto

  • Iberia in 1816, the year without a summer.

    Ricardo M. Trigo;Ricardo M. Trigo;José M. Vaquero;Maria Joao Alcoforado;Mariano Barriendos

  • Early spring near-surface ozone in Europe during the COVID-19 shutdown: Meteorological effects outweigh emission changes.

    Carlos Ordóñez;Jose M. Garrido-Perez;Ricardo García-Herrera

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo M. Trigo
Ricardo M. Trigo University of Lisbon
David Barriopedro
David Barriopedro Complutense University of Madrid
Luis Gimeno
Luis Gimeno Universidade de Vigo
Raquel Nieto
Raquel Nieto Universidade de Vigo
Jürg Luterbacher
Jürg Luterbacher University of Giessen
Sancho Salcedo-Sanz
Sancho Salcedo-Sanz University of Alcalá
Isabel F. Trigo
Isabel F. Trigo Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Elena Xoplaki
Elena Xoplaki University of Giessen
Piero Lionello
Piero Lionello University of Salento
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano Spanish National Research Council

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