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Adam H. Sobel 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 Adam H. Sobel sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 300 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Adam H. Sobel 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 Adam H. Sobel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Adam H. Sobel is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to climate variability and models, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, meteorological phenomena and simulations, ocean waves and remote sensing, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, atmospheric ozone and climate, and climate change and geoengineering.

Frequent publication venues for Sobel's work include:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Some of Sobel's recent papers are:

  • "Tropical Cyclone Frequency," 2021, Earth's Future
  • "Statistical-Dynamical Downscaling Projections of Tropical Cyclone Activity in a Warming Climate: Two Diverging Genesis Scenarios," 2020, Journal of Climate
  • "The influence of the quasi-biennial oscillation on the Madden-Julian oscillation," 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Dry and moist dynamics shape regional patterns of extreme precipitation sensitivity," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Characteristics of Model Tropical Cyclone Climatology and the Large-Scale Environment," 2020, Journal of Climate

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers such as Suzana J. Camargo, Chia-Ying Lee, Shuguang Wang, Michael K. Tippett, and Zane Martin.

Research by Sobel often addresses complex interactions in atmospheric and oceanic systems, with a focus on tropical cyclone behavior, climate variability, and the mechanisms driving extreme weather and climate phenomena. The wide range of coauthors and publication outlets illustrates a broad interdisciplinary approach in their research activities.

Best Publications

  • Clouds, circulation and climate sensitivity

    Sandrine Bony;Bjorn Stevens;Dargan M W Frierson;Christian Jakob

  • Use of a Genesis Potential Index to Diagnose ENSO Effects on Tropical Cyclone Genesis

    Suzana J. Camargo;Kerry A. Emanuel;Adam H. Sobel

  • Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Intensity and ENSO

    Suzana J. Camargo;Adam H. Sobel

  • Tropical cyclones and climate change

    Kevin J.E. Walsh;John L. McBride;Philip J. Klotzbach;Sethurathinam Balachandran

  • Using Weather Data and Climate Model Output in Economic Analyses of Climate Change

    Maximilian Auffhammer;Solomon M. Hsiang;Wolfram Schlenker;Adam Sobel

  • The Weak Temperature Gradient Approximation and Balanced Tropical Moisture Waves

    Adam H. Sobel;Johan Nilsson;Lorenzo M. Polvani

  • Storylines: an alternative approach to representing uncertainty in physical aspects of climate change

    Theodore G. Shepherd;Emily Boyd;Raphael A. Calel;Raphael A. Calel;Sandra C. Chapman;Sandra C. Chapman

  • Tropical tropospheric temperature variations caused by ENSO and their influence on the remote tropical climate

    John C. H. Chiang;Adam H. Sobel

  • Diagnosis of the MJO Modulation of Tropical Cyclogenesis Using an Empirical Index

    Suzana J. Camargo;Matthew C. Wheeler;Adam H. Sobel

  • Modeling Tropical Precipitation in a Single Column

    Adam H. Sobel;Christopher S. Bretherton

  • Human influence on tropical cyclone intensity

    Adam H. Sobel;Adam H. Sobel;Suzana J. Camargo;Timothy M. Hall;Chia Ying Lee

  • Moisture Modes and the Eastward Propagation of the MJO

    Adam H. Sobel;Eric D. Maloney

  • A global perspective on African climate

    Alessandra Giannini;Michela Biasutti;Isaac M. Held;Adam H. Sobel

  • The Mechanics of Gross Moist Stability

    David J Raymond;Sharon L Sessions;Adam H Sobel;Željka Fuchs

  • An Idealized Semi-Empirical Framework for Modeling the Madden–Julian Oscillation

    Adam Sobel;Eric Maloney

  • A Poisson Regression Index for Tropical Cyclone Genesis and the Role of Large-Scale Vorticity in Genesis

    Michael K. Tippett;Suzana J. Camargo;Adam H. Sobel

  • What Is the Polar Vortex and How Does It Influence Weather

    Darryn W. Waugh;Adam H. Sobel;Lorenzo M. Polvani

  • Tropical cyclone genesis potential index in climate models

    Suzana J. Camargo;Adam H. Sobel;Anthony G. Barnston;Kerry A. Emanuel

  • Propagating versus Nonpropagating Madden–Julian Oscillation Events

    Daehyun Kim;Jong-Seong Kug;Adam H. Sobel

  • Moist Static Energy Budget of the MJO during DYNAMO

    Adam H. Sobel;Shuguang Wang;Daehyun Kim

  • SST Forcings and Sahel Rainfall Variability in Simulations of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

    Michela Biasutti;Isaac M. Held;A. H. Sobel;A. Giannini

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzana J. Camargo
Suzana J. Camargo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Michael K. Tippett
Michael K. Tippett Columbia University
Eric D. Maloney
Eric D. Maloney Colorado State University
Daehyun Kim
Daehyun Kim University of Washington
Michela Biasutti
Michela Biasutti Columbia University
Gabriel A. Vecchi
Gabriel A. Vecchi Princeton University
Ming Zhao
Ming Zhao Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Hiroyuki Murakami
Hiroyuki Murakami National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Frederic Vitart
Frederic Vitart European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Michael F. Wehner
Michael F. Wehner Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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