2026 Arnoldo Valle-Levinson: 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	48	3854	3533	1514	1343	262	7635

Overview

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research predominantly focuses on Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The primary scientific topics addressed in their work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Geological Formations and Processes, and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

Recent publications by Valle-Levinson include the following:

Compound flooding in Houston-Galveston Bay during Hurricane Harvey, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
Saltwater Intrusion in a Mediterranean Delta Under a Changing Climate, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Natural and anthropogenic effects on microplastic distribution in a hypersaline lagoon, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
Water age variability in a Patagonian fjord, 2020, Journal of Marine Systems
Transport Processes in the Gulf of Mexico Along the River-Estuary-Shelf-Ocean Continuum: a Review of Research from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, 2021, Estuaries and Coasts

They have frequently published in the following venues:

Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Estuaries and Coasts
Regional Studies in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors that Valle-Levinson has collaborated with include:

Jorge Armando Laurel-Castillo
Sangdon So
Manuel Díez-Minguito
Miguel Ortega-Sánchez
Sabrina M. Parra

Best Publications

Contemporary issues in estuarine physics

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson

247
Citations
Effects of Bathymetry, Friction, and Rotation on Estuary-Ocean Exchange

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson;Cristobal Reyes;Rosario Sanay

166
Citations
Density-driven exchange flow in terms of the Kelvin and Ekman numbers

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson

164
Citations
Tidal effects on estuarine circulation and outflow plume in the Chesapeake Bay

Xinyu Guo;Arnoldo Valle-Levinson

159
Citations
Compound flooding in Houston-Galveston Bay during Hurricane Harvey

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson;Maitane Olabarrieta;Lorraine Heilman

157
Citations
The effects of channels and shoals on exchange between the Chesapeake Bay and the adjacent ocean

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson;Kamazima M. M. Lwiza

133
Citations
Drifter motion in the Gulf of Mexico constrained by altimetric Lagrangian coherent structures

M. J. Olascoaga;F. J. Beron-Vera;G. Haller;J. Triñanes

132
Citations
Observations of cross-channel structure of flow in an energetic tidal channel

Mario Caceres;Arnoldo Valle-Levinson;Larry P. Atkinson

132
Citations
Satellite radar altimetry water elevations performance over a 200 m wide river: Evaluation over the Garonne River

Sylvain Biancamaria;Frédéric Frappart;A.-S Leleu;V. Marieu

131
Citations
Spatial Gradients in the Flow Over an Estuarine Channel

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson;Larry P. Atkinson

124
Citations
Lateral entrapment of sediment in tidal estuaries: an idealized model study

K. M. H. Huijts;H. M. Schuttelaars;H. E. de Swart;A. Valle-Levinson

119
Citations
Spatial Structure of Hydrography and Flow in a Chilean Fjord, Estuario Reloncavi´

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson;Nandita Sarkar;Rosario Sanay;Doris Soto

117
Citations
Spatial and temporal variability of sea level rise hot spots over the eastern United States

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson;Andrea Dutton;Jonathan B. Martin

111
Citations
Wind-induced diurnal variability in river plume motion

A. Piñones;A. Piñones;A. Valle-Levinson;D.A. Narváez;D.A. Narváez;C.A. Vargas

104
Citations
Transverse variability of flow and density in a Chilean fjord

Mario Cáceres;Arnoldo Valle-Levinson;Héctor H. Sepúlveda;Kristine Holderied

100
Citations
On the relative importance of the remote and local wind effects on the subtidal exchange at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay

Kuo-Chuin Wong;Arnoldo Valle-Levinson

98
Citations
A two-dimensional analytic tidal model for a narrow estuary of arbitrary lateral depth variation: The intratidal motion

Chunyan Li;Arnoldo Valle-Levinson

92
Citations
Wind effects on the lateral structure of density-driven circulation in Chesapeake Bay

Xinyu Guo;Arnoldo Valle-Levinson

91
Citations
Biophysical mechanisms of larval fish ingress into Chesapeake Bay

Jonathan A. Hare;Simon R. Thorrold;Harvey J. Walsh;Christian S. Reiss

90
Citations
A 3D unstructured-grid model for Chesapeake Bay: Importance of bathymetry

Fei Ye;Yinglong J. Zhang;Harry V. Wang;Marjorie A.M. Friedrichs

83
Citations
Spatial Structure of Hydrography and Flow in a Chilean Fjord

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson;Nandita Sarkar;Rosario Sanay;Doris Sot

19
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry P. Atkinson Old Dominion University

Chunyan Li Louisiana State University

Jonathan B. Martin University of Florida

Brian K. Haus University of Miami

Clinton D. Winant University of California, San Diego

Emil V. Stanev Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research

Tamay M. Özgökmen University of Miami

Patrick J. Hogan United States Naval Research Laboratory

Shuyi S. Chen University of Washington

Arthur J. Mariano University of Miami

External Links

Personal website of Arnoldo Valle-Levinson

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