| On the role of sea surface temperature gradients in forcing low-level winds and convergence in the tropics RS Lindzen, S Nigam Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 44 (17), 2418-2436, 1987 | 1745 | 1987 |
| ENSO, Pacific decadal variability, and US summertime precipitation, drought, and stream flow M Barlow, S Nigam, EH Berbery Journal of climate 14 (9), 2105-2128, 2001 | 553 | 2001 |
| The North Pacific Oscillation–west Pacific teleconnection pattern: Mature-phase structure and winter impacts ME Linkin, S Nigam Journal of Climate 21 (9), 1979-1997, 2008 | 472 | 2008 |
| Transients and the extratropical response to El Niño IM Held, SW Lyons, S Nigam Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 46 (1), 163-174, 1989 | 361 | 1989 |
| 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 | 324 | 2009 |
| North American climate in CMIP5 experiments. Part I: Evaluation of historical simulations of continental and regional climatology J Sheffield, AP Barrett, B Colle, D Nelun Fernando, R Fu, KL Geil, Q Hu, ... Journal of Climate 26 (23), 9209-9245, 2013 | 318 | 2013 |
| Structure of interannual-to-decadal climate variability in the tropical Atlantic sector A Ruiz-Barradas, JA Carton, S Nigam Journal of Climate 13 (18), 3285-3297, 2000 | 262 | 2000 |
| Evolution of the North American monsoon system M Barlow, S Nigam, EH Berbery Journal of Climate 11 (9), 2238-2257, 1998 | 236 | 1998 |
| Winter and summer structure of the Caribbean low-level jet E Muñoz, AJ Busalacchi, S Nigam, A Ruiz-Barradas Journal of Climate 21 (6), 1260-1276, 2008 | 221 | 2008 |
| Variability of the Great Plains low-level jet: Large-scale circulation context and hydroclimate impacts SJ Weaver, S Nigam Journal of Climate 21 (7), 1532-1551, 2008 | 195 | 2008 |
| Absorbing aerosols and summer monsoon evolution over South Asia: An observational portrayal M Bollasina, S Nigam, KM Lau Journal of Climate 21 (13), 3221-3239, 2008 | 194 | 2008 |
| Key role of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in 20th century drought and wet periods over the Great Plains S Nigam, B Guan, A Ruiz‐Barradas Geophysical Research Letters 38 (16), 2011 | 188 | 2011 |
| Analysis links Pacific decadal variability to drought and streamflow in United States S Nigam, M Barlow, EH Berbery EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union 80 (51), 621-625, 1999 | 182 | 1999 |
| Twentieth-century climate change over Africa: Seasonal hydroclimate trends and Sahara Desert expansion N Thomas, S Nigam Journal of Climate 31 (9), 3349-3370, 2018 | 172 | 2018 |
| ENSO evolution and teleconnections in IPCC’s twentieth-century climate simulations: realistic representation? R Joseph, S Nigam Journal of Climate 19 (17), 4360-4377, 2006 | 168 | 2006 |
| North American climate in CMIP5 experiments. Part II: Evaluation of historical simulations of intraseasonal to decadal variability J Sheffield, SJ Camargo, R Fu, Q Hu, X Jiang, N Johnson, KB Karnauskas, ... Journal of Climate 26 (23), 9247-9290, 2013 | 164 | 2013 |
| The simulated Indian monsoon: a GCM sensitivity study MJ Fennessy, JL Kinter, B Kirtman, L Marx, S Nigam, E Schneider, ... Journal of Climate 7 (1), 33-43, 1994 | 154 | 1994 |
| Warm season rainfall variability over the US Great Plains in observations, NCEP and ERA-40 reanalyses, and NCAR and NASA atmospheric model simulations A Ruiz-Barradas, S Nigam Journal of Climate 18 (11), 1808-1830, 2005 | 153 | 2005 |
| On the dynamical basis for the Asian summer monsoon rainfall-El Niño relationship S Nigam Journal of Climate 7 (11), 1750-1771, 1994 | 144 | 1994 |
| Teleconnections S Nigam Encyclopedia of atmospheric sciences, 2243-2269, 2003 | 138* | 2003 |
