2026 Amala Mahadevan: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	44	4720	4344	1801	1597	148	7258

Overview

Amala Mahadevan is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, including Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Climate Variability and Models, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Geological Formations and Processes.

Mahadevan has contributed to several recent publications, demonstrating ongoing engagement with research in oceanographic processes:

"Sinking flux of particulate organic matter in the oceans: Sensitivity to particle characteristics" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
"Coherent Pathways for Vertical Transport from the Surface Ocean to Interior" (2020), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
"Frontal Convergence and Vertical Velocity Measured by Drifters in the Alboran Sea" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
"Coherent Pathways for Subduction From the Surface Mixed Layer at Ocean Fronts" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
"Drifter Observations Reveal Intense Vertical Velocity in a Surface Ocean Front" (2022), published in Geophysical Research Letters

In addition to journal articles, Mahadevan has contributed to book publications, including the "CALYPSO 2019 Cruise Report: field campaign in the Mediterranean" published by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution eBooks in 2020.

Frequent coauthors in Mahadevan's work include Mara Freilich, Eric A. D'Asaro, Ananda Pascual, Simón Ruíz, and J. Thomas Farrar, reflecting collaborations within the oceanographic research community.

Their research appears regularly in a set of key academic venues, including:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Geophysical Research Letters
arXiv (Cornell University)
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Best Publications

Submesoscale Processes and Dynamics

Leif N. Thomas;Amit Tandon;Amala Mahadevan

764
Citations
The Impact of Submesoscale Physics on Primary Productivity of Plankton.

Amala Mahadevan

626
Citations
Eddy-driven stratification initiates North Atlantic spring phytoplankton blooms.

Amala Mahadevan;Eric D’Asaro;Craig Lee;Mary Jane Perry

526
Citations
Eddy-driven subduction exports particulate organic carbon from the spring bloom

Melissa M. Omand;Eric A. D’Asaro;Craig M. Lee;Mary Jane Perry

446
Citations
An analysis of mechanisms for submesoscale vertical motion at ocean fronts

Amala Mahadevan;Amit Tandon

426
Citations
Modeling the impact of fronts and mesoscale circulation on the nutrient supply and biogeochemistry of the upper ocean

Arnala Mahadevan;David Archer

243
Citations
Comment on "Eddy/Wind Interactions Stimulate Extraordinary Mid-Ocean Plankton Blooms"

Amala Mahadevan;Leif N. Thomas;Amit Tandon

204
Citations
Rapid changes in mixed layer stratification driven by submesoscale instabilities and winds

A. Mahadevan;A. Tandon;R. Ferrari

197
Citations
Reconstructing the Ocean's Interior from Surface Data

Jinbo Wang;Glenn R. Flierl;Joseph H. LaCasce;Julie L. McClean

160
Citations
Estimating subsurface horizontal and vertical velocities from sea-surface temperature

J. H. LaCasce;A. Mahadevan

146
Citations
A Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Ocean Model. Part I: Well-Posedness and Scaling

Amala Mahadevan;Joseph Oliger;Robert Street

146
Citations
The latmix summer campaign: Submesoscale stirring in the upper ocean

Andrey Y. Shcherbina;Miles A. Sundermeyer;Eric Kunze;Eric A. D'Asaro

137
Citations
Spontaneous Generation of Near-Inertial Waves by the Kuroshio Front

Takeyoshi Nagai;Amit Tandon;Eric Kunze;Amala Mahadevan

131
Citations
Rapid headward erosion of marsh creeks in response to relative sea level rise

Zoe J. Hughes;Duncan M. FitzGerald;Carol A. Wilson;Steve C. Pennings

131
Citations
Biogeochemical patchiness at the sea surface

A. Mahadevan;A. Mahadevan;J. W. Campbell

130
Citations
Effects of freshwater stratification on nutrients, dissolved oxygen, and phytoplankton in the Bay of Bengal

V. V. S. S. Sarma;G. S. Rao;R. Viswanadham;C. K. Sherin

130
Citations
A nonhydrostatic mesoscale ocean model. Part II: Numerical implementation

Amala Mahadevan;Joseph Oliger;Robert Street

121
Citations
Modeling vertical motion at ocean fronts: Are nonhydrostatic effects relevant at submesoscales?

Amala Mahadevan

118
Citations
A Multiplatform Experiment to Unravel Meso- and Submesoscale Processes in an Intense Front (AlborEx)

Ananda Pascual;Simon Ruiz;Antonio Olita;Charles Troupin

103
Citations
Effects of Oceanic Mesoscale and Submesoscale Frontal Processes on the Vertical Transport of Phytoplankton

Simón Ruiz;Mariona Claret;Ananda Pascual;Antonio Olita

90
Citations
Sinking flux of particulate organic matter in the oceans: Sensitivity to particle characteristics

Melissa M. Omand;Rama Govindarajan;Jing He;Amala Mahadevan

87
Citations
Ocean science: Eddy effects on biogeochemistry

Amala Mahadevan

75
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ananda Pascual National Research Council (CNR)

Simón Ruiz Spanish National Research Council

Joaquín Tintoré Spanish National Research Council

Luca Centurioni University of California, San Diego

Eric A. D'Asaro University of Washington

Pierre-Marie Poulain National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics

Jennifer MacKinnon University of California, San Diego

Jonathan D. Nash Oregon State University

Tamay M. Özgökmen University of Miami

M. Ravichandran Ministry of Earth Sciences

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