Alexander Gershunov

Scripps Institution of Oceanography — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

53h-index11.9kcitations204works2.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Climate variability and models(100), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations(76), Climate Change and Health Impacts(34), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research(27), Hydrology and Drought Analysis(25)

Publications204 total

Daytime and nighttime heatwave intensity and acute care utilization for mental and neurological disorders in California
Environmental Research Health·2025Open Access
Effects of Multiple Wildfire Smoke Pollutants (PM <sub>2.5</sub> , PM <sub>10</sub> , and Ozone) on Respiratory and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in California (2006–2019)
GeoHealth·2025Open Access
Convection Embedded in an Atmospheric River: Exploring Precipitation Sensitivity to Convective Parameterizations
Monthly Weather Review·2025
Assessing the Impact of Agricultural Droughts on Child Undernutrition in Varying Crop-Growing Periods and Agricultural Land Use: Analysis across 33 Sub-Saharan African Countries
2025Open Access
Atmospheric Rivers and Floods in California’s Changing Hydroclimate
San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The 1991 California “Miracle March”: Precipitation Myth or Miracle?
Environmental Research Communications·2025Open Access
Future MJO Change and Its Impact on Extreme Precipitation and Temperature Over the Western US in CMIP6
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
A holistic stochastic model for precipitation events
Scientific Reports·2025Open Access
Heresy in ENSO teleconnections: atmospheric rivers as disruptors of canonical seasonal precipitation anomalies in the Southwestern US
Climate Dynamics·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Differential Associations of Daytime and Nighttime Heatwave Intensity with Hospitalizations for Mental and Neurological Disorders in California: Humid Nighttime Heatwaves as a Stronger Driver
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Seasonality and climate modes influence the temporal clustering of unique atmospheric rivers in the Western U.S
Communications Earth & Environment·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Effects of fine particulate matter from wildfire and non-wildfire sources on emergency-department visits in people who were housed and unhoused in San Diego County (CA, USA) during 2012–20: a time-stratified case–crossover study
The Lancet Planetary Health·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Climate and weather drivers in southern California Santa Ana Wind and non-Santa Wind fires
International Journal of Wildland Fire·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Compounded health impacts of air pollution and allergens during extreme weather events in California, USA
ISEE Conference Abstracts·2024Open Access
Reinterpreting ENSO's Role in Modulating Impactful Precipitation Events in California
Geophysical Research Letters·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Mean Summer Land Temperatures in the Southern California Coastal Zone: Connections With Ocean Processes
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Heresy in ENSO teleconnections: Atmospheric Rivers as disruptors of canonical seasonal precipitation anomalies in the Southwestern US
2024Open Access
Association of western US compound hydrometeorological extremes with Madden-Julian oscillation and ENSO interaction
Communications Earth & Environment·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Anthropogenic Intensification of Cool‐Season Precipitation Is Not Yet Detectable Across the Western United States
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Disentangling the roles of internal atmospheric variability and ENSO on California precipitation to explain recent seasonal forecast errors
2024Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Daniel R. Cayan(18), F. Martin Ralph(10), Kristen Guirguis(9), Tarik Benmarhnia(8), Michael D. Dettinger(8), David W. Pierce(6), Tamara Shulgina(6), T. P. Barnett(5), Rachel E. S. Clemesha(5), Rupa Basu(5), Rosana Aguilera(4), Suraj D. Polade(4), Jonathan J. Rutz(4), L. Ruby Leung(4), Michael Wehner(4), David A. Lavers(4), Sindana D. Ilango(4), Janin Guzman‐Morales(3), Thomas W. Corringham(3), Brian Kawzenuk(3)