2026 Christopher S. Meinen: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	40	7942	7632	2830	2635	148	8871

Christopher S. Meinen 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 Christopher S. Meinen sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 148 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher S. Meinen 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 Christopher S. Meinen sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christopher S. Meinen is affiliated with the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialized emphasis on Oceanography. Additional areas of study include Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Geophysics.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics:

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Climate variability and models
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Seismic Waves and Analysis

Christopher S. Meinen has contributed to several notable publications. Recent papers include:

Observed Ocean Bottom Temperature Variability at Four Sites in the Northwestern Argentine Basin: Evidence of Decadal Deep/Abyssal Warming Amidst Hourly to Interannual Variability During 2009-2019, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
Warming Trend in Antarctic Bottom Water in the Vema Channel in the South Atlantic, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
Circulation-driven variability of Atlantic anthropogenic carbon transports and uptake, 2021, Nature Geoscience
Highly variable upper and abyssal overturning cells in the South Atlantic, 2020, Science Advances
Global Oceans, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Their frequent co-authors include Shenfu Dong, Renellys C. Perez, Edmo Campos, Alberto Piola, and Molly Baringer.

Christopher S. Meinen publishes regularly in several scientific venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Geophysical Research Letters
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Nature Geoscience
Science Advances

Best Publications

Temporal Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N

Stuart A. Cunningham;Torsten Kanzow;Darren Rayner;Molly O. Baringer

969
Citations
Observations of Warm Water Volume Changes in the Equatorial Pacific and Their Relationship to El Niño and La Niña

Christopher S. Meinen;Michael J. McPhaden

737
Citations
Measuring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N

Gerard D. McCarthy;David A. Smeed;William E. Johns;Eleanor Frajka-Williams

496
Citations
Continuous, Array-Based Estimates of Atlantic Ocean Heat Transport at 26.5°N

William E. Johns;Molly O. Baringer;Lisa M. Beal;S. A. Cunningham

495
Citations
Observed decline of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation 2004–2012

David A. Smeed;Gerard D. McCarthy;Stuart A. Cunningham;Eleanor Frajka-Williams

433
Citations
The North Atlantic Ocean Is in a State of Reduced Overturning

David A. Smeed;S.A. Josey;Claudie Beaulieu;W.E. Johns

424
Citations
State of the Climate in 2014

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

332
Citations
Seasonal Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N

Torsten Kanzow;Torsten Kanzow;S. A. Cunningham;W. E. Johns;J. J-M. Hirschi

328
Citations
Observed interannual variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5 N

Gerard McCarthy;Eleanor Frajka‐Williams;William E. Johns;Molly O. Baringer

311
Citations
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed Transport and Variability

Eleanor Frajka-Williams;Isabelle J. Ansorge;Johanna Baehr;Harry L. Bryden

272
Citations
Observed Flow Compensation Associated with the MOC at 26.5°N in the Atlantic

Torsten Kanzow;Stuart A. Cunningham;Darren Rayner;Joël J.-M. Hirschi

244
Citations
Florida Current transport variability: An analysis of annual and longer-period signals

Christopher S. Meinen;Molly O. Baringer;Rigoberto F. Garcia

244
Citations
Monitoring the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Darren Rayner;Joël J.-M. Hirschi;Torsten Kanzow;William E. Johns

213
Citations
Vertical structure and transport on a transect across the North Atlantic Current near 42°N: Time series and mean

Christopher S. Meinen;D. Randolph Watts

199
Citations
State of the Climate in 2016

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

161
Citations
Interannual variations in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and its relationship with the net northward heat transport in the South Atlantic

Shenfu Dong;Silvia Garzoli;Molly Baringer;Christopher Meinen

116
Citations
Interannual Variability in Warm Water Volume Transports in the Equatorial Pacific during 1993–99*

Christopher S. Meinen;Michael J. McPhaden

108
Citations
State of the Climate in 2013

Jessica Blunden;Derek S. Arndt;Kate M. Willett;A. Johannes Dolman

107
Citations
Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2015

D. Smeed;G. McCarthy;D. Rayner;B.I. Moat

68
Citations
Meridional overturning circulation observations in the Subtropical North Atlantic

O. M. Baringer;T. O. Kanzow;C. S. Meinen;S. A. Cunningham

38
Citations
Meridional overturning circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean

M.O. Barringer;D.A. Smeed;J. Willis;M. Lankhorst

12
Citations
[Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvia L. Garzoli Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

William E. Johns University of Miami

Molly O. Baringer Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

Stuart A. Cunningham Scottish Association For Marine Science

David A. Smeed National Oceanography Centre

Alberto R. Piola University of Buenos Aires

Edmo J. D. Campos Universidade de São Paulo

Harry L. Bryden University of Southampton

Torsten Kanzow Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Jochem Marotzke Max Planck Society

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