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72
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1468
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Andrew T. Wittenberg 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 Andrew T. Wittenberg sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 194 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew T. Wittenberg 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 Andrew T. Wittenberg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Andrew T. Wittenberg is affiliated with the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with substantial contributions to several related subfields.

The main subfields in which Wittenberg has published are Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials. Their work covers a range of topics including climate variability and models, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, as well as hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Wittenberg has published a significant number of papers in the following frequent venues:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Recent publications by Andrew T. Wittenberg include:

  • The GFDL Earth System Model Version 4.1 (GFDL-ESM 4.1): Overall Coupled Model Description and Simulation Characteristics, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • SPEAR: The Next Generation GFDL Modeling System for Seasonal to Multidecadal Prediction and Projection, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Evaluating Climate Models with the CLIVAR 2020 ENSO Metrics Package, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Decadal climate variability in the tropical Pacific: Characteristics, causes, predictability, and prospects, 2021, Science
  • On the future zonal contrasts of equatorial Pacific climate: Perspectives from Observations, Simulations, and Theories, 2022, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Frequent collaborators include the following co-authors:

  • Thomas L. Delworth
  • Colleen McHugh
  • Nathaniel C. Johnson
  • William Cooke
  • Anthony Rosati

Best Publications

  • GFDL's CM2 global coupled climate models. Part I: Formulation and simulation characteristics

    Thomas L. Delworth;Anthony J. Broccoli;Anthony Rosati;Ronald J. Stouffer

  • The impact of global warming on the tropical Pacific Ocean and El Nino

    Mat Collins;Mat Collins;Soon Il An;Wenju Cai;Alexandre Ganachaud

  • GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Earth System Models. Part I: Physical Formulation and Baseline Simulation Characteristics

    John P. Dunne;Jasmin G. John;Alistair J. Adcroft;Stephen M. Griffies

  • Global warming pattern formation: sea surface temperature and rainfall.

    Shang Ping Xie;Clara Deser;Gabriel Andres Vecchi;Jian Ma

  • Weakening of tropical Pacific atmospheric circulation due to anthropogenic forcing

    Gabriel A. Vecchi;Brian J. Soden;Andrew T. Wittenberg;Isaac M. Held

  • El Niño–Southern Oscillation complexity

    Axel Timmermann;Axel Timmermann;Soon Il An;Jong Seong Kug;Fei Fei Jin

  • Understanding ENSO Diversity

    Antonietta Capotondi;Andrew T. Wittenberg;Matthew Newman;Emanuele Di Lorenzo

  • The dynamical core, physical parameterizations, and basic simulation characteristics of the atmospheric component AM3 of the GFDL global coupled model CM3

    Leo J. Donner;Bruce L. Wyman;Richard S. Hemler;Larry W. Horowitz

  • The GFDL Earth System Model Version 4.1 (GFDL-ESM 4.1): Overall Coupled Model Description and Simulation Characteristics

    J. P. Dunne;L. W. Horowitz;A. J. Adcroft;P. Ginoux

  • Are historical records sufficient to constrain ENSO simulations

    Andrew T. Wittenberg

  • UNDERSTANDING EL NINO IN OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS : Progress and Challenges

    Eric Guilyardi;Andrew Wittenberg;Alexey Fedorov;Matthew Collins

  • Simulated Climate and Climate Change in the GFDL CM2.5 High-Resolution Coupled Climate Model

    Thomas L. Delworth;Anthony Rosati;Whit Anderson;Alistair J. Adcroft

  • Structure and Performance of GFDL's CM4.0 Climate Model

    I. M. Held;H. Guo;A. Adcroft;J. P. Dunne

  • System Design and Evaluation of Coupled Ensemble Data Assimilation for Global Oceanic Climate Studies

    S. Zhang;M. J. Harrison;A. Rosati;A. Wittenberg

  • GFDL's CM2 Global Coupled Climate Models. Part III: Tropical Pacific Climate and ENSO

    Andrew T. Wittenberg;Anthony Rosati;Ngar-Cheung Lau;Jeffrey J. Ploshay

  • On the Seasonal Forecasting of Regional Tropical Cyclone Activity

    G. A. Vecchi;T. Delworth;R. Gudgel;S. Kapnick

  • The GFDL Global Ocean and Sea Ice Model OM4.0: Model Description and Simulation Features

    Alistair Adcroft;Whit Anderson;V. Balaji;Chris Blanton

  • Impacts on Ocean Heat from Transient Mesoscale Eddies in a Hierarchy of Climate Models

    Stephen M. Griffies;Michael Winton;Whit G. Anderson;Rusty Benson

  • Observing and Predicting the 2015/16 El Niño

    Michelle L. L’Heureux;Ken Takahashi;Andrew B. Watkins;Anthony G. Barnston

  • The GFDL CM3 Coupled Climate Model: Characteristics of the Ocean and Sea Ice Simulations

    Stephen M. Griffies;Michael Winton;Leo J. Donner;Larry W. Horowitz

  • Understanding El Niño in Ocean-Atmosphere General Circulation Models: progress and challenges

    E. Guilyardi;A. Wittenberg;A. Fedorov;M. Collins

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabriel A. Vecchi
Gabriel A. Vecchi Princeton University
Fanrong Zeng
Fanrong Zeng Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Thomas L. Delworth
Thomas L. Delworth Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Anthony Rosati
Anthony Rosati National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Stephen M. Griffies
Stephen M. Griffies National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Michael Winton
Michael Winton Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
John P. Dunne
John P. Dunne Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Sergey Malyshev
Sergey Malyshev Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Hiroyuki Murakami
Hiroyuki Murakami National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eric Guilyardi
Eric Guilyardi Université Paris Cité

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