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Thomas C. Peterson 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 Thomas C. Peterson sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 122 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Thomas C. Peterson 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 Thomas C. Peterson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thomas C. Peterson is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science, Social Sciences, and Health Professions, contributing to interdisciplinary understanding of complex societal and environmental issues.

Their recent publication titled "Establishing a methodology to measure vulnerability of unhoused populations to climate change in the United States" appeared in 2024 in the journal Climate Risk Management. This work addresses the intersection of climate change impacts and social vulnerability, focusing on unhoused populations.

The scientist's research explores various main topics, including:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

Subfields of study related to their work include:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Health Professions

Frequent collaborators have included Harris R. Eisenhardt and Michael B. Schwebel, reflecting interdisciplinary teamwork in producing their recent research.

They have published primarily in the venue Climate Risk Management, aligning with their focus areas on climate risk and social vulnerabilities. This venue has been the source for at least one of their known papers.

Best Publications

  • Global observed changes in daily climate extremes of temperature and precipitation

    Lisa V. Alexander;Lisa V. Alexander;Lisa V. Alexander;X. Zhang;T. C. Peterson;J. Caesar

  • Improvements to NOAA’s Historical Merged Land–Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis (1880–2006)

    Thomas M. Smith;Richard W. Reynolds;Thomas C. Peterson;Jay Lawrimore

  • Observed coherent changes in climatic extremes during the second half of the twentieth century

    P. Frich;LV Alexander;P. Della-Marta;B. Gleason

  • Indices for monitoring changes in extremes based on daily temperature and precipitation data

    Xuebin Zhang;Lisa Alexander;Gabriele C. Hegerl;Philip D. Jones;Philip D. Jones

  • Maximum and Minimum Temperature Trends for the Globe

    David R. Easterling;Briony Horton;Philip D. Jones;Thomas C. Peterson

  • Updated analyses of temperature and precipitation extreme indices since the beginning of the twentieth century: The HadEX2 dataset

    M. G. Donat;L. V. Alexander;H. Yang;I. Durre

  • An Overview of the Global Historical Climatology Network Temperature Database

    Thomas C. Peterson;Russell S. Vose

  • A new perspective on recent global warming: asymmetric trends of daily maximum and minimum temperature

    Thomas R. Karl;Philip D. Jones;Richard W. Knight;George Kukla

  • Homogeneity adjustments of in situ atmospheric climate data: a review

    Thomas C. Peterson;David R. Easterling;Thomas R. Karl;Pavel Groisman

  • Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 4 (ERSST.v4). Part I: Upgrades and Intercomparisons

    Boyin Huang;Viva F. Banzon;Eric Freeman;Jay Lawrimore

  • The Concept of Essential Climate Variables in Support of Climate Research, Applications, and Policy

    Stephan Bojinski;Michel Verstraete;Thomas C. Peterson;Carolin Richter

  • Trends in Total and Extreme South American Rainfall in 1960–2000 and Links with Sea Surface Temperature

    M. R. Haylock;T. C. Peterson;L. M. Alves;T. Ambrizzi

  • A closer look at United States and global surface temperature change

    J. Hansen;R. Ruedy;M. Sato;M. Imhoff

  • Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus

    Thomas R. Karl;Anthony Arguez;Boyin Huang;Jay H. Lawrimore

  • Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective

    Stephanie C. Herring;Martin P. Hoerling;James P. Kossin;Thomas C. Peterson

  • Changes in precipitation and temperature extremes in Central America and northern South America, 1961–2003

    E. Aguilar;T. C. Peterson;P. Ramírez Obando;R. Frutos

  • Evaporation losing its strength

    T. C. Peterson;V. S. Golubev;P. Ya. Groisman

  • The Global Historical Climatology Network: Long-term monthly temperature, precipitation, sea level pressure, and station pressure data

    R. L. Schmoyer;P. M. Steurer

  • Trends in Middle East climate extreme indices from 1950 to 2003

    Xuebin Zhang;Enric Aguilar;Serhat Sensoy;Hamlet Melkonyan

  • Observed Trends in Indices of Daily Temperature Extremes in South America 1960–2000

    L. A. Vincent;T. C. Peterson;V. R. Barros;M. B. Marino

  • Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 4 (ERSST.v4), Part I. Upgrades and Intercomparisons

    B. Huang;E. Freeman;J. H. Lawrimore;W. Liu

  • A new look at maximum and minimum temperature trends for the globe

    D.R Easterling;B. Horton;Philip Jones;T.C. Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay H. Lawrimore
Jay H. Lawrimore National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Peter Thorne
Peter Thorne National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Thomas R. Karl
Thomas R. Karl National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Russell S. Vose
Russell S. Vose National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Philip Jones
Philip Jones University of East Anglia
Lisa V. Alexander
Lisa V. Alexander University of New South Wales
Manola Brunet
Manola Brunet University of East Anglia
David R. Easterling
David R. Easterling National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Peter A. Stott
Peter A. Stott Met Office
Xuebin Zhang
Xuebin Zhang University of Victoria

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