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D-Index
52
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8574
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4555
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1686

Alan J. Wallcraft 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 Alan J. Wallcraft sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 164 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alan J. Wallcraft 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 Alan J. Wallcraft sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alan J. Wallcraft is affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Numerical Analysis.

Wallcraft's research topics cover a range of oceanographic and atmospheric processes, climate variability and models, ocean waves and remote sensing, meteorological phenomena and simulations, marine and coastal ecosystems, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and tropical and extratropical cyclones research.

The scientist has published numerous papers in notable venues, frequently contributing to the following journals and platforms:

  • Ocean Modelling
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Notable recent papers by Alan J. Wallcraft include:

  • On the interplay between horizontal resolution and wave drag and their effect on tidal baroclinic mode waves in realistic global ocean simulations, 2020, Ocean Modelling
  • The Navy's Earth System Prediction Capability: A New Global Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean-Sea Ice Prediction System Designed for Daily to Subseasonal Forecasting, 2020, Earth and Space Science
  • Ensemble forecasting greatly expands the prediction horizon for ocean mesoscale variability, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Statistical Comparisons of Temperature Variance and Kinetic Energy in Global Ocean Models and Observations: Results From Mesoscale to Internal Wave Frequencies, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Cloud-based framework for inter-comparing submesoscale-permitting realistic ocean models, 2022, Geoscientific model development

Wallcraft has collaborated frequently with a number of other researchers in the field, including:

  • Eric P. Chassignet
  • Brian K. Arbic
  • Jay F. Shriver
  • Maarten C. Buijsman
  • Joseph K. Ansong

Best Publications

  • The HYCOM (HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model) data assimilative system

    Eric P. Chassignet;Harley E. Hurlburt;Ole Martin Smedstad;George R. Halliwell

  • US GODAE: Global Ocean Prediction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

    Eric P Chassignet;Harley E Hurlburt;E J Metzger;Ole M Smedstad

  • Decade-scale trans-Pacific propagation and warming effects of an El Niño anomaly

    G. A. Jacobs;H. E. Hurlburt;J. C. Kindle;E. J. Metzger

  • Patterns of Indian Ocean sea-level change in a warming climate

    Weiqing Han;Gerald A. Meehl;Balaji Rajagopalan;John T. Fasullo

  • Concurrent simulation of the eddying general circulation and tides in a global ocean model

    Brian K. Arbic;Alan J. Wallcraft;E. Joseph Metzger

  • Dynamics of the Kuroshio/Oyashio current system using eddy-resolving models of the North Pacific Ocean

    Harley E. Hurlburt;Alan J. Wallcraft;William J. Schmitz;Patrick J. Hogan

  • An evaluation of the barotropic and internal tides in a high‐resolution global ocean circulation model

    J. F. Shriver;Brian K. Arbic;J. G. Richman;R. D. Ray

  • The Navy Layered Ocean Model Users Guide

    Alan J. Wallcraft

  • Global Modeling of Internal Tides Within an Eddying Ocean General Circulation Model

    Brian K Arbic;James G Richman;Jay F Shriver;Patrick G Timko

  • A Primer on Global Internal Tide and Internal Gravity Wave Continuum Modeling in HYCOM and MITgcm

    Brian K. Arbic;Matthew H. Alford;Joseph K. Ansong;Maarten C. Buijsman

  • Stability-Dependent Exchange Coefficients for Air–Sea Fluxes

    A. Birol Kara;Harley E. Hurlburt;Alan J. Wallcraft

  • Inferring dynamics from the wavenumber spectra of an eddying global ocean model with embedded tides

    James G. Richman;Brian K. Arbic;Jay F. Shriver;E. Joseph Metzger

  • Generalized Vertical Coordinates for Eddy-Resolving Global and Coastal Ocean Forecasts

    Eric P Chassignet;Harley E Hurlburt;Ole M Smedstad;George R Halliwell

  • Navy Real-time Global Modeling Systems

    Robert C. Rhodes;Harley E. Hurlburt;Alan J. Wallcraft;Charlie N. Barron

  • Spectral decomposition of internal gravity wave sea surface height in global models

    Anna C. Savage;Brian K. Arbic;Matthew H. Alford;Joseph K. Ansong

  • Software Design Description for the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM), Version 2.2

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  • An operational Eddy resolving 1/16° global ocean nowcast/forecast system

    Ole Martin Smedstad;Harley E. Hurlburt;E.Joseph Metzger;Robert C. Rhodes

  • Frequency content of sea surface height variability from internal gravity waves to mesoscale eddies

    Anna C. Savage;Brian K. Arbic;James G. Richman;Jay F. Shriver

  • Impact of Parameterized Internal Wave Drag on the Semidiurnal Energy Balance in a Global Ocean Circulation Model

    Maarten C. Buijsman;Joseph K. Ansong;Brian K. Arbic;James G. Richman

  • Utilizing CryoSat-2 sea ice thickness to initialize a coupled ice-ocean modeling system

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  • A New Solar Radiation Penetration Scheme for Use in Ocean Mixed Layer Studies: An Application to the Black Sea Using a Fine-Resolution Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

    A. Birol Kara;Alan J. Wallcraft;Harley E. Hurlburt

  • High-Resolution Global and Basin-Scale Ocean Analyses and Forecasts

    Harley E Hurlburt;Gary B Brassington;Yann Drillet;Masafumi Kamachi

  • Importance of solar subsurface heating in ocean general circulation models

    Peter A. Rochford;A. Birol Kara;Alan J. Wallcraft;Robert A. Arnone

Frequent Co-Authors

Harley E. Hurlburt
Harley E. Hurlburt United States Naval Research Laboratory
Brian K. Arbic
Brian K. Arbic University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jay F. Shriver
Jay F. Shriver United States Naval Research Laboratory
Eric P. Chassignet
Eric P. Chassignet Florida State University
E. Joseph Metzger
E. Joseph Metzger United States Naval Research Laboratory
Patrick J. Hogan
Patrick J. Hogan United States Naval Research Laboratory
Maarten C. Buijsman
Maarten C. Buijsman University of Southern Mississippi
George R. Halliwell
George R. Halliwell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mark A. Bourassa
Mark A. Bourassa Florida State University
Rainer Bleck
Rainer Bleck National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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