2026 Swadhin K. Behera: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	57	2231	2023	47	42	222	16406

Overview

Swadhin K. Behera is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The main topics of Behera's work include Climate Variability and Models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Hydrological Forecasting Using AI, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, and Cryospheric Studies and Observations.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Behera include:

Masami Nonaka
Takeshi Doi
Yushi Morioka
J. V. Ratnam
Jing-Jia Luo

Behera has published extensively in notable venues, with recurring publications in:

Scientific Reports
arXiv (Cornell University)
Geophysical Research Letters
Frontiers in Climate
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Their recent papers include:

"Predictability of the Super IOD Event in 2019 and Its Link With El Niño Modoki," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
"Harnessing AI and computing to advance climate modelling and prediction," 2023, Nature Climate Change
"Advanced Rainfall Trend Analysis of 117 Years over West Coast Plain and Hill Agro-Climatic Region of India," 2020, Atmosphere
"Why apple orchards are shifting to the higher altitudes of the Himalayas?", 2020, PLoS ONE
"A framework for research linking weather, climate and COVID-19," 2020, Nature Communications

In addition to journal articles, Behera has contributed to book publications. A recent book published through Frontiers Media is titled Multi-Scale Ocean Dynamical Processes and Their Climatic, Ecological and Sedimentological Effects in the Eastern Indian Ocean (2024).

Best Publications

El Niño Modoki and its possible teleconnection

Karumuri Ashok;Karumuri Ashok;Swadhin K. Behera;Suryachandra A. Rao;Hengyi Weng

3213
Citations
Impacts of recent El Niño Modoki on dry/wet conditions in the Pacific rim during boreal summer

Hengyi Weng;Karumuri Ashok;Swadhin K. Behera;Suryachandra A. Rao

705
Citations
Subtropical SST dipole events in the southern Indian Ocean

Swadhin K. Behera;Toshio Yamagata

572
Citations
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Variability in the Tropical Indian Ocean

Toshio Yamagata;Swadhin K. Behera;Jing-Jia Luo;Sebastien Masson

495
Citations
Paramount Impact of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the East African Short Rains: A CGCM Study

Swadhin K. Behera;Jing Jia Luo;Sebastien Masson;Pascale Delecluse

478
Citations
Influence of the state of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the following year’s El Niño

Takeshi Izumo;Takeshi Izumo;Jérôme Vialard;Matthieu Lengaigne;Clément de Boyer Montegut;Clément de Boyer Montegut

470
Citations
Anomalous winter climate conditions in the Pacific rim during recent El Niño Modoki and El Niño events

Hengyi Weng;Swadhin K. Behera;Toshio Yamagata;Toshio Yamagata

451
Citations
Interaction between El Niño and Extreme Indian Ocean Dipole

Jing-Jia Luo;Ruochao Zhang;Swadhin K. Behera;Yukio Masumoto

444
Citations
A CGCM Study on the Interaction between IOD and ENSO

Swadhin K. Behera;Jing Jia Luo;Sebastien Masson;Suryachandra A. Rao

436
Citations
Interannual subsurface variability in the tropical Indian Ocean with a special emphasis on the Indian Ocean Dipole

Suryachandra A. Rao;Swadhin K. Behera;Yukio Masumoto;Toshio Yamagata

412
Citations
Unusual ocean-atmosphere conditions in the tropical Indian Ocean during 1994

S. K. Behera;R. Krishnan;T. Yamagata

397
Citations
Extended ENSO Predictions Using a Fully Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Model

Jing-Jia Luo;Sebastien Masson;Swadhin K. Behera;Toshio Yamagata

352
Citations
Climate Fluctuations of Tropical Coupled Systems—The Role of Ocean Dynamics

P. Chang;T. Yamagata;P. Schopf;S. K. Behera

303
Citations
The Indian Ocean dipole - the unsung driver of climatic variability in East Africa

Rob Marchant;Cassian Mumbi;Cassian Mumbi;Swadhin Behera;Toshio Yamagata

294
Citations
The Role of the Western Arabian Sea Upwelling in Indian Monsoon Rainfall Variability

Takeshi Izumo;Clément de Boyer Montégut;Jing-Jia Luo;Swadhin K. Behera

287
Citations
Influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Southern Oscillation

Swadhin K Behera;Toshio Yamagata

273
Citations
Anatomy of Indian heatwaves

J. V. Ratnam;Swadhin K. Behera;Satyaban B. Ratna;M. Rajeevan

259
Citations
Experimental Forecasts of the Indian Ocean Dipole Using a Coupled OAGCM

Jing-Jia Luo;Sébastien Masson;Swadhin K. Behera;Toshio Yamagata

239
Citations
Equatorial Atlantic variability and its relation to mean state biases in CMIP5

Ingo Richter;Shang-Ping Xie;Shang-Ping Xie;Swadhin K. Behera;Takeshi Doi

238
Citations
On the roles of the northeast cold surge, the Borneo vortex, the Madden‐Julian Oscillation, and the Indian Ocean Dipole during the extreme 2006/2007 flood in southern Peninsular Malaysia

Fredolin T. Tangang;Liew Juneng;Ester Salimun;P. N. Vinayachandran

225
Citations
Subsurface influence on SST in the tropical Indian Ocean: structure and interannual variability

Suryachandra A. Rao;Swadhin K. Behera

220
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Yamagata Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Jing-Jia Luo Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Yukio Masumoto University of Tokyo

Masahiro Hashizume University of Tokyo

Suryachandra A. Rao Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Silvio Gualdi Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change

Tim Li University of Hawaii at Manoa

Simona Masina Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Shang-Ping Xie University of California, San Diego

Jérôme Vialard Université Paris Cité

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