| El Niño, La Niña, and the nonlinearity of their teleconnections MP Hoerling, A Kumar, M Zhong Journal of Climate 10 (8), 1769-1786, 1997 | 1000 | 1997 |
| Explaining extreme events of 2014 from a climate perspective SC Herring, MP Hoerling, JP Kossin, TC Peterson, PA Stott Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 96 (12), S1-S172, 2015 | 924 | 2015 |
| Unraveling the mystery of Indian monsoon failure during El Niño KK Kumar, B Rajagopalan, M Hoerling, G Bates, M Cane Science 314 (5796), 115-119, 2006 | 885 | 2006 |
| The perfect ocean for drought M Hoerling, A Kumar Science 299 (5607), 691-694, 2003 | 850 | 2003 |
| On the increased frequency of Mediterranean drought M Hoerling, J Eischeid, J Perlwitz, X Quan, T Zhang, P Pegion Journal of climate 25 (6), 2146-2161, 2012 | 800 | 2012 |
| Was there a basis for anticipating the 2010 Russian heat wave? R Dole, M Hoerling, J Perlwitz, J Eischeid, P Pegion, T Zhang, XW Quan, ... Geophysical research letters 38 (6), 2011 | 787 | 2011 |
| Tropical origins for recent North Atlantic climate change MP Hoerling, JW Hurrell, T Xu Science 292 (5514), 90-92, 2001 | 755 | 2001 |
| Detection and attribution of twentieth-century northern and southern African rainfall change M Hoerling, J Hurrell, J Eischeid, A Phillips Journal of climate 19 (16), 3989-4008, 2006 | 607 | 2006 |
| ENSO variability, teleconnections and climate change HF Diaz, MP Hoerling, JK Eischeid International Journal of Climatology 21 (15), 1845-1862, 2001 | 585 | 2001 |
| Causes and predictability of the 2012 Great Plains drought M Hoerling, J Eischeid, A Kumar, R Leung, A Mariotti, K Mo, S Schubert, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 95 (2), 269-282, 2014 | 507 | 2014 |
| Causes of the 2011–14 California drought R Seager, M Hoerling, S Schubert, H Wang, B Lyon, A Kumar, ... Journal of Climate 28 (18), 6997-7024, 2015 | 397 | 2015 |
| Water and climate: Recognize anthropogenic drought A AghaKouchak, D Feldman, M Hoerling, T Huxman, J Lund Nature 524 (7566), 409-411, 2015 | 396 | 2015 |
| Anatomy of an extreme event M Hoerling, A Kumar, R Dole, JW Nielsen-Gammon, J Eischeid, J Perlwitz, ... Journal of Climate 26 (9), 2811-2832, 2013 | 344 | 2013 |
| Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction AG Pendergrass, GA Meehl, R Pulwarty, M Hobbins, A Hoell, ... Nature Climate Change 10 (3), 191-199, 2020 | 342 | 2020 |
| A US CLIVAR project to assess and compare the responses of global climate models to drought-related SST forcing patterns: overview and results S Schubert, D Gutzler, H Wang, A Dai, T Delworth, C Deser, K Findell, ... Journal of Climate 22 (19), 5251-5272, 2009 | 330 | 2009 |
| Twentieth century North Atlantic climate change. Part II: Understanding the effect of Indian Ocean warming MP Hoerling, JW Hurrell, T Xu, GT Bates, AS Phillips Climate Dynamics 23, 391-405, 2004 | 310 | 2004 |
| What caused the recent “Warm Arctic, Cold Continents” trend pattern in winter temperatures? L Sun, J Perlwitz, M Hoerling Geophysical Research Letters 43 (10), 5345-5352, 2016 | 303 | 2016 |
| An observed trend in central South American precipitation B Liebmann, CS Vera, LMV Carvalho, IA Camilloni, MP Hoerling, ... Journal of Climate 17 (22), 4357-4367, 2004 | 279 | 2004 |
| Understanding recent eastern Horn of Africa rainfall variability and change B Liebmann, MP Hoerling, C Funk, I Bladé, RM Dole, D Allured, X Quan, ... Journal of Climate 27 (23), 8630-8645, 2014 | 277 | 2014 |
| Global objective tropopause analysis MP Hoerling, TK Schaack, AJ Lenzen Monthly Weather Review 119 (8), 1816-1831, 1991 | 274 | 1991 |
Balaji RajagopalanProfessor, Department of Civil, Env. and Arch. Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USAVerified email at colorado.edu