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54
Citations
8958
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2747
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Andrew F. Thompson publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew F. Thompson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 220 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Andrew F. Thompson D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew F. Thompson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andrew F. Thompson is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in several focused subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work addresses a range of topics closely related to oceanographic and atmospheric processes, climate variability and models, and geology and paleoclimatology research. Additional areas of specialization include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, cryospheric studies and observations, marine and coastal ecosystems, as well as climate change and permafrost.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Andrew F. Thompson include Héctor Torres, Patrice Klein, M.M. Flexas, Lilian A. Dove, and Shantong Sun. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships in the advancement of environmental and planetary sciences.

Their research is published extensively in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Nature Communications
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Andrew F. Thompson include:

  • "Submesoscale Dynamics in the Upper Ocean" (2022), published in Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
  • "Enhanced eddy activity in the Beaufort Gyre in response to sea ice loss" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "How Does Antarctic Bottom Water Cross the Southern Ocean?" (2022), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "High-Frequency Submesoscale Motions Enhance the Upward Vertical Heat Transport in the Global Ocean" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Transient and Equilibrium Responses of the Atlantic Overturning Circulation to Warming in Coupled Climate Models: The Role of Temperature and Salinity" (2022), published in Journal of Climate

Best Publications

  • Multidecadal warming of Antarctic waters

    Sunke Schmidtko;Sunke Schmidtko;Karen J. Heywood;Andrew F. Thompson;Shigeru Aoki

  • Antarctic sea ice control on ocean circulation in present and glacial climates.

    Raffaele Ferrari;Malte Friedrich Jansen;Jess F. Adkins;Andrea Burke

  • Ocean submesoscales as a key component of the global heat budget

    Zhan Su;Jinbo Wang;Patrice Klein;Andrew F. Thompson

  • The Antarctic Slope Current in a Changing Climate

    Andrew F. Thompson;Andrew L. Stewart;Paul Spence;Karen J. Heywood

  • Eddy-mediated transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water across the Antarctic Shelf Break

    Andrew L. Stewart;Andrew F. Thompson

  • Open-Ocean Submesoscale Motions: A Full Seasonal Cycle of Mixed Layer Instabilities from Gliders

    Andrew F. Thompson;Ayah Lazar;Christian Buckingham;Alberto C. Naveira Garabato

  • Marine ice-sheet profiles and stability under Coulomb basal conditions

    Victor C. Tsai;Andrew L. Stewart;Andrew F. Thompson

  • Jets and Topography: Jet Transitions and the Impact on Transport in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

    Andrew F. Thompson;Jean-Baptiste Sallée

  • Submesoscale Dynamics in the Upper Ocean

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  • Enhanced upward heat transport at deep submesoscale ocean fronts

    Lia Siegelman;Lia Siegelman;Patrice Klein;Patrice Klein;Pascal Rivière;Andrew F. Thompson

  • Dynamic Topography and Sea Level Anomalies of the Southern Ocean: Variability and Teleconnections

    Thomas W. K. Armitage;Ron Kwok;Andrew F. Thompson;Glenn Cunningham

  • Equilibration of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by Standing Meanders

    Andrew F. Thompson;Alberto C. Naveira Garabato

  • OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS

    Pierre Testor;Brad DeYoung;Daniel L. Rudnick;Scott Glenn

  • Seasonality of submesoscale flows in the ocean surface boundary layer

    Christian E. Buckingham;Alberto C. Naveira Garabato;Andrew F. Thompson;Liam Brannigan

  • Submesoscale Sea Ice-Ocean Interactions in Marginal Ice Zones

    Georgy E. Manucharyan;Andrew F. Thompson

  • How Does Antarctic Bottom Water Cross the Southern Ocean?

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  • Surface circulation at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula from drifters

    Andrew F. Thompson;Karen J. Heywood;Sally E. Thorpe;Angelika H. H. Renner

  • Eddy transport as a key component of the Antarctic overturning circulation

    Andrew F. Thompson;Karen J. Heywood;Sunke Schmidtko;Andrew L. Stewart;Andrew L. Stewart

  • Two-layer baroclinic eddy heat fluxes : Zonal flows and energy balance

    Andrew F. Thompson;William R. Young

  • Jet Formation and Evolution in Baroclinic Turbulence with Simple Topography

    Andrew F. Thompson

  • Enhanced eddy activity in the Beaufort Gyre in response to sea ice loss.

    Thomas W.K. Armitage;Georgy E. Manucharyan;Alek A. Petty;Alek A. Petty;Ronald Kwok

  • Scaling Baroclinic Eddy Fluxes: Vortices and Energy Balance

    Andrew F. Thompson;William R. Young

  • Distribution and sea‐air fluxes of biogenic trace gases in the eastern Atlantic Ocean

    A. R. Baker;S. M. Turner;W. J. Broadgate;A. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen J. Heywood
Karen J. Heywood University of East Anglia
Janet Sprintall
Janet Sprintall University of California, San Diego
Dimitris Menemenlis
Dimitris Menemenlis California Institute of Technology
Jess F. Adkins
Jess F. Adkins California Institute of Technology
Jan Kaiser
Jan Kaiser University of East Anglia
Yi Chao
Yi Chao University of California, Los Angeles
Alberto C. Naveira Garabato
Alberto C. Naveira Garabato University of Southampton
Craig M. Lee
Craig M. Lee University of Washington
Adrian P. Martin
Adrian P. Martin National Oceanography Centre

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