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D-Index
91
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29884
World Ranking
559
National Ranking
252

Christopher W. Fairall 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 W. Fairall sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 388 publications — 93rd percentile

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

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

Christopher W. Fairall 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 W. Fairall sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christopher W. Fairall is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change. Additional work covers Earth-Surface Processes and Environmental Engineering.

Their research topics include:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Fairall include:

  • Observations of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Surface Radiation over the Southern Ocean: An Overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS, MICRE, and SOCRATES, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • EUREC 4 A, 2021, Earth System Science Data
  • JOANNE: Joint dropsonde Observations of the Atmosphere in tropical North atlaNtic meso-scale Environments, 2021, Earth System Science Data
  • Continuous observations of the surface energy budget and meteorology over the Arctic sea ice during MOSAiC, 2023, Scientific Data
  • Measurements from the RV Ronald H. Brown and related platforms as part of the Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC), 2021, Earth System Science Data

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Elizabeth Thompson
  • Robert Pincus
  • Andrey A. Grachev
  • Gijs de Boer
  • Sébastien Bigorre

Publication venues where Fairall's contributions appear regularly include:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Earth System Science Data
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Best Publications

  • Bulk Parameterization of Air–Sea Fluxes: Updates and Verification for the COARE Algorithm

    C. W. Fairall;E. F. Bradley;J. E. Hare;A. A. Grachev

  • Bulk parameterization of air‐sea fluxes for Tropical Ocean‐Global Atmosphere Coupled‐Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment

    C. W. Fairall;E. F. Bradley;D. P. Rogers;J. B. Edson

  • Cool-skin and warm-layer effects on sea surface temperature

    C. W. Fairall;E. F. Bradley;J. S. Godfrey;G. A. Wick

  • On the exchange of momentum over the open ocean

    James B. Edson;Venkata Jampana;Robert A. Weller;Sebastien P. Bigorre

  • Production flux of sea spray aerosol

    Gerrit de Leeuw;Gerrit de Leeuw;Edgar L Andreas;Magdalena D. Anguelova;C. W. Fairall

  • Measurements near the Atmospheric Surface Flux Group tower at SHEBA: Near-surface conditions and surface energy budget

    P. Ola G. Persson;Christopher W. Fairall;Edgar L. Andreas;Peter S. Guest

  • An annual cycle of Arctic surface cloud forcing at SHEBA

    J. M. Intrieri;C. W. Fairall;M. D. Shupe;P. O. G. Persson

  • Rain in Shallow Cumulus Over the Ocean: The RICO Campaign

    R. M. Rauber;B. Stevens;B. Stevens;H. T. Ochs;C. Knight

  • Direct Covariance Flux Estimates from Mobile Platforms at Sea

    J. B. Edson;A. A. Hinton;K. E. Prada;J. E. Hare

  • Measurement of Stratus Cloud and Drizzle Parameters in ASTEX with a Kα-Band Doppler Radar and a Microwave Radiometer

    A. S. Frisch;C. W. Fairall;J. B. Snider

  • The Epic 2001 Stratocumulus Study

    Christopher S. Bretherton;Taneil Uttal;Christopher W. Fairall;Sandra E. Yuter

  • Direct covariance air‐sea CO2 fluxes

    W. R. McGillis;J. B. Edson;J. E. Hare;C. W. Fairall

  • FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment

    J. A. Curry;P. V. Hobbs;M. D. King;D. A. Randall

  • Outlook for research on subtropical marine stratiform clouds

    D. A. Randall;J. A. Coakley;D. H. Lenschow;C. W. Fairall

  • The VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study Regional Experiment (VOCALS-REx): goals, platforms, and field operations

    R. Wood;C. R. Mechoso;C. S. Bretherton;R. A. Weller

  • Advancing Polar Prediction Capabilities on Daily to Seasonal Time Scales

    Thomas Jung;Neil D. Gordon;Peter Bauer;David H. Bromwich

  • The Critical Richardson Number and Limits of Applicability of Local Similarity Theory in the Stable Boundary Layer

    Andrey A. Grachev;Edgar L Andreas;Christopher W. Fairall;Peter S. Guest

  • SHEBA flux–profile relationships in the stable atmospheric boundary layer

    Andrey A. Grachev;Andrey A. Grachev;Edgar L Andreas;Christopher W. Fairall;Peter S. Guest

  • Year on ice gives climate insights

    Don K. Perovich;E. L. Andreas;J. A. Curry;H. Eiken

  • Stratocumulus cloud properties derived from simultaneous satellite and island-based instrumentation during FIRE

    Patrick Minnis;Patrick W. Heck;David F. Young;C. W. Fairall

  • Observations of clouds, aerosols, precipitation, and surface radiation over the southern ocean

    Greg Michael McFarquhar;Christopher S. Bretherton;Roger Marchand;Alain Protat

  • Corrigendum : On the exchange of momentum over the open ocean

    James B. Edson;Venkata Jampana;Robert A. Weller;Sebastien P. Bigorre

  • An annual cycle of Arctic surface cloud forcing at SHEBA : The surface heat budget of arctic ocen (SHEBA)

    J. M. Intrieri;C. W. Fairall;M. D. Shupe;P. O. G. Persson

  • Measurements near the atmospheric Surface Flux Group tower at SHEBA: Near-surface conditions and surface energy budget : The surface heat budget of arctic ocen (SHEBA)

    P. Ola G. Persson;Christopher W. Fairall;Edgar L. Andreas;Peter S. Guest

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrey A. Grachev
Andrey A. Grachev Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
J. E. Hare
J. E. Hare Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Byron Blomquist
Byron Blomquist University of Colorado Boulder
P. Ola G. Persson
P. Ola G. Persson University of Colorado Boulder
James B. Edson
James B. Edson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert A. Weller
Robert A. Weller Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Edgar L. Andreas
Edgar L. Andreas Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Allen B. White
Allen B. White National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Søren Ejling Larsen
Søren Ejling Larsen Technical University of Denmark
Paquita Zuidema
Paquita Zuidema University of Miami

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