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D-Index
36
Citations
6787
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9078
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343

Stephen P. Charles 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 Stephen P. Charles sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 75 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Stephen P. Charles 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 Stephen P. Charles sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stephen P. Charles is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions in subfields such as global and planetary change, water science and technology, oceanography, atmospheric science, and environmental engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to hydrology and watershed management studies, climate variability and models, hydrology and drought analysis, geophysics and gravity measurements, hydrological forecasting using artificial intelligence, flood risk assessment and management, and precipitation measurement and analysis.

Frequent collaborators include Nicholas J. Potter, Francis H. S. Chiew, Guobin Fu, Hongxing Zheng, and Lu Zhang. Publications have appeared in several notable journals, including the Journal of Hydrology, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, Hydrological Processes, and Water.

  • Bias in dynamically downscaled rainfall characteristics for hydroclimatic projections (2020), Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Runoff and Groundwater Responses to Climate Change in South West Australia (2020), Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
  • Impact of downscaled rainfall biases on projected runoff changes (2020), Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Understanding spatio-temporal rainfall-runoff changes in a semi-arid region (2020), Hydrological Processes
  • Statistical analysis of attributions of climatic characteristics to nonstationary rainfall-streamflow relationship (2021), Journal of Hydrology

  • Nicholas J. Potter
  • Francis H. S. Chiew
  • Guobin Fu
  • Hongxing Zheng
  • Lu Zhang

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Water

  • Environmental Science

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Engineering

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate variability and models
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for Use of Climate Scenarios Developed from Statistical Downscaling Methods

    R. L. Wilby;S. P. Charles;E. Zorita;B. Timbal

  • A non‐homogeneous hidden Markov model for precipitation occurrence

    James P. Hughes;Peter Guttorp;Stephen P. Charles

  • A two-parameter climate elasticity of streamflow index to assess climate change effects on annual streamflow

    Guobin Fu;Stephen P. Charles;Francis H. S. Chiew

  • Key findings from the Indian Ocean Climate Initiative and their impact on policy development in Australia

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  • Validation of downscaling models for changed climate conditions: case study of southwestern Australia

    Stephen P. Charles;Bryson C. Bates;Peter H. Whetton;James P. Hughes

  • A spatiotemporal model for downscaling precipitation occurrence and amounts

    Stephen P. Charles;Bryson C. Bates;James P. Hughes

  • Statistical downscaling of daily precipitation from observed and modelled atmospheric fields

    Stephen P. Charles;Bryson C. Bates;Ian N. Smith;James P. Hughes

  • Comparison of runoff modelled using rainfall from different downscaling methods for historical and future climates

    F.H.S. Chiew;D.G.C. Kirono;D.M. Kent;A.J. Frost

  • Climate change and runoff in south-western Australia

    R.P. Silberstein;S.K. Aryal;J. Durrant;M. Pearcey

  • A critical overview of pan evaporation trends over the last 50 years

    Guobin Fu;Stephen P. Charles;Jingjie Yu

  • Decadal Climatic Variability, Trends, and Future Scenarios for the North China Plain

    Guobin Fu;Stephen P. Charles;Jingjie Yu;Changming Liu

  • Stochastic downscaling of numerical climate model simulations

    Bryson C. Bates;Stephen P. Charles;James P. Hughes

  • A comparison of multi-site daily rainfall downscaling techniques under Australian conditions

    Andrew J. Frost;Stephen P. Charles;Bertrand Timbal;Francis H.S. Chiew

  • Impacts of climate variability on stream-flow in the Yellow River

    Guobin Fu;Guobin Fu;Stephen P. Charles;Neil R. Viney;Shulin Chen

  • Potential climate change impacts on groundwater resources of south-western Australia

    Riasat Ali;Don McFarlane;Sunil Varma;Warrick Dawes

  • Differences in future recharge estimates due to GCMs, downscaling methods and hydrological models

    Russell S. Crosbie;Warrick R. Dawes;Stephen P. Charles;Freddie S. Mpelasoka

  • A score-based method for assessing the performance of GCMs: A case study of southeastern Australia

    Guobin Fu;Zhaofei Liu;Zhaofei Liu;Stephen P Charles;Zongxue Xu

  • Evaluation of two statistical downscaling models for daily precipitation over an arid basin in China

    Zhaofei Liu;Zhaofei Liu;Zongxue Xu;Zongxue Xu;Stephen P. Charles;Guobin Fu;Guobin Fu

  • Attributing variations of temporal and spatial groundwater recharge: A statistical analysis of climatic and non-climatic factors

    Guobin Fu;Russell S. Crosbie;Olga Barron;Stephen P. Charles

  • An assessment of the climate change impacts on groundwater recharge at a continental scale using a probabilistic approach with an ensemble of GCMs

    Russell S. Crosbie;Trevor Pickett;Freddie S. Mpelasoka;Geoff Hodgson

  • Effect of GCM bias on downscaled precipitation and runoff projections for the Serpentine catchment, Western Australia

    S. P. Charles;M. A. Bari;A. Kitsios;B. C. Bates

  • Stable isotopic compositions in Australian precipitation

    Jianrong Liu;Guobin Fu;Guobin Fu;Xianfang Song;Stephen P. Charles;Stephen P. Charles

Frequent Co-Authors

Guobin Fu
Guobin Fu Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Francis H. S. Chiew
Francis H. S. Chiew Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Neil R. Viney
Neil R. Viney Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
James P. Hughes
James P. Hughes University of Washington
Lu Zhang
Lu Zhang Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Bertrand Timbal
Bertrand Timbal Bureau of Meteorology
Timothy R. Green
Timothy R. Green Agricultural Research Service
Andrew W. Robertson
Andrew W. Robertson Columbia University
Warrick Dawes
Warrick Dawes Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Quan J. Wang
Quan J. Wang University of Melbourne

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