World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Environmental Sciences
UK
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
86
Citations
25382
World Ranking
718
National Ranking
57

C. S. B. Grimmond 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 C. S. B. Grimmond sits on this spectrum.

41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 283 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 25 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 18 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–686 publications: 3 scientists 687+ publications: 100 scientists
41 publications 687+

This scientist: 192 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

C. S. B. Grimmond 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 C. S. B. Grimmond sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 199 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 19 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Meteorology
  • Climate change
  • Hydrology

Meteorology, Energy balance, Latent heat, Atmospheric sciences and Planetary boundary layer are his primary areas of study. His Meteorology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Land cover, Local scale and Eddy covariance. He has included themes like Climatology, Vegetation and Thermal energy storage in his Energy balance study.

His Latent heat research includes themes of Hydrology and Sensible heat. The Sensible heat study combines topics in areas such as Atmosphere and Heat transfer. His Atmospheric sciences research incorporates elements of Sky and Heat flux.

His most cited work include:

  • Aerodynamic Properties of Urban Areas Derived from Analysis of Surface Form (799 citations)
  • The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), model description – Part 1: Energy and water fluxes (717 citations)
  • The integrated WRF/urban modelling system: development, evaluation, and applications to urban environmental problems (620 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His scientific interests lie mostly in Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences, Sensible heat, Latent heat and Eddy covariance. His study in the field of Planetary boundary layer also crosses realms of Flux. His work in the fields of Daytime overlaps with other areas such as Flux.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Soil water, Radiative transfer and Surface in addition to Sensible heat. C. S. B. Grimmond combines subjects such as Humidity, Turbulence, Evapotranspiration and Vegetation with his study of Latent heat. His studies in Eddy covariance integrate themes in fields like Hydrology, Carbon dioxide and Radiometer.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Meteorology (56.18%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (49.44%)
  • Sensible heat (30.34%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2020)?

  • Meteorology (56.18%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (49.44%)
  • Flux (11.24%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

C. S. B. Grimmond mainly investigates Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences, Flux, Water balance and Surface runoff. His Meteorology study incorporates themes from Urban climate and Eddy covariance. His work carried out in the field of Urban climate brings together such families of science as Urban density, Latent heat and Energy balance.

His study in Atmospheric sciences is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Land cover, Lidar, Isotope analysis and Atmospheric methane. His studies deal with areas such as Urban morphology and Heat flux as well as Land cover. His Water balance study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Climatology and Temporal resolution.

Between 2016 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Urban Multi-scale Environmental Predictor (UMEP) (76 citations)
  • From urban meteorology, climate and environment research to integrated city services (65 citations)
  • Impact of urban canopy models and external parameters on the modelled urban energy balance in a tropical city (40 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Meteorology
  • Climate change
  • Optics

His primary areas of study are Meteorology, Urban climate, Energy consumption, Wind speed and Atmospheric sciences. The study incorporates disciplines such as Transport network and Sustainable development in addition to Meteorology. His Energy consumption research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Spatial ecology, Solar irradiance and Forecast skill.

His Wind speed study incorporates themes from Wind power, Aerodynamics and Fetch. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Outgoing longwave radiation, Impervious surface, Doppler effect, Lidar and Radiative transfer. His Urban heat island research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Latent heat, Haze and Energy balance.

Best Publications

  • Aerodynamic Properties of Urban Areas Derived from Analysis of Surface Form

    C. S. B. Grimmond;Timothy R. Oke

  • The integrated WRF/urban modelling system: development, evaluation, and applications to urban environmental problems

    Fei Chen;Hiroyuki Kusaka;Robert Bornstein;Jason Ching

  • The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), model description – Part 1: Energy and water fluxes

    M. J. Best;M. Pryor;D. B. Clark;G. G. Rooney

  • The International Urban Energy Balance Models Comparison Project: First Results from Phase 1

    C.S.B. Grimmond;M. Blackett;M.J. Best;J. Barlow

  • Turbulent Heat Fluxes in Urban Areas: Observations and a Local-Scale Urban Meteorological Parameterization Scheme (LUMPS)

    C. S. B. Grimmond;Timothy R. Oke

  • Heat Storage in Urban Areas: Local-Scale Observations and Evaluation of a Simple Model

    C. S. B. Grimmond;Timothy R. Oke

  • Initial results from Phase 2 of the international urban energy balance model comparison

    C.S.B. Grimmond;M. Blackett;M.J. Best;J.J. Baik

  • An evapotranspiration‐interception model for urban areas

    C. S. B. Grimmond;Timothy R. Oke

  • The energy balance of central Mexico City during the dry season

    T.R. Oke;R.A. Spronken-Smith;E. Jáuregui;C.S.B. Grimmond

  • Evaluation of the Town Energy Balance (TEB) Scheme with Direct Measurements from Dry Districts in Two Cities

    V. Masson;C. S. B. Grimmond;Timothy R. Oke

  • Local-scale fluxes of carbon dioxide in urban environments: methodological challenges and results from Chicago.

    C.S.B Grimmond;T.S King;F.D Cropley;D.J Nowak

  • Climate and more sustainable cities: climate information for improved planning and management of cities (producers/capabilities perspective)

    C.S.B. Grimmond;Matthias Roth;Tim R. Oke;Y. C. Au

  • The influence of vegetation and building morphology on shadow patterns and mean radiant temperatures in urban areas: model development and evaluation

    Fredrik Lindberg;Fredrik Lindberg;C. S. B. Grimmond

  • An objective urban heat storage model and its comparison with other schemes

    C.S.B. Grimmond;H.A. Cleugh;T.R. Oke

  • An Urban Parameterization for a Global Climate Model. Part I: Formulation and Evaluation for Two Cities

    Keith W. Oleson;Gordon B. Bonan;Johannes J. Feddema;M. Vertenstein

  • Global to city scale urban anthropogenic heat flux: model and variability

    Lucy Allen;Fredrik Lindberg;C. S. B. Grimmond

  • Urban Multi-scale Environmental Predictor (UMEP)

    Fredrik Lindberg;C.S.B. Grimmond;Andrew Gabey;Bei Huang

  • Progress in measuring and observing the urban atmosphere

    C. S. B. Grimmond

  • Flux and turbulence measurements at a densely built‐up site in Marseille: Heat, mass (water and carbon dioxide), and momentum

    C. S. B. Grimmond;J. A. Salmond;Timothy R. Oke;B. Offerle

  • Modeling the Surface Energy Balance of the Core of an Old Mediterranean City: Marseille

    A. Lemonsu;C. S. B. Grimmond;V. Masson

  • Comparison of heat fluxes from summertime observations in the suburbs of four North American cities

    C. S. B. Grimmond;Timothy R. Oke

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy R. Oke
Timothy R. Oke University of British Columbia
Fredrik Lindberg
Fredrik Lindberg University of Gothenburg
Janet F. Barlow
Janet F. Barlow University of Reading
Hans Peter Schmid
Hans Peter Schmid Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Alberto Martilli
Alberto Martilli Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Valéry Masson
Valéry Masson Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
James A. Voogt
James A. Voogt University of Western Ontario
Fei Chen
Fei Chen National Center for Atmospheric Research
Lee Chapman
Lee Chapman University of Birmingham

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Pursuing a degree related to Environmental Sciences can open doors to diverse career paths. For those interested in public administration and policy aspects, exploring 1 year mpa programs offers a fast-track option to gain leadership skills in environmental governance and sustainable development.

Understanding societal impacts on the environment is crucial, and a strong foundation can be built through the best online bachelor degree in sociology. This equips students to analyze human-environment interactions and develop community-focused environmental solutions.

For educators and professionals aiming to influence environmental education policy or practice, pursuing advanced degrees like online doctoral programs is ideal. Many are now available as online edd no dissertation options, making higher education more accessible without the extensive dissertation requirement.

Additionally, transitioning from a Master of Education to a Doctor of Education can be seamless with various eds to edd programs online. These programs focus on leadership and policy, ideal for professionals dedicated to advancing environmental education and related fields.

Best Scientists Citing C. S. B. Grimmond

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles