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55
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3759
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Christopher W. Landsea 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. Landsea sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 93 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher W. Landsea 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. Landsea sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% 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. Landsea is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The scientist's main topics of work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Climate Variability and Models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing.

Christopher W. Landsea has published several recent papers across various respected journals. These include the following:

  • Changes in Atlantic major hurricane frequency since the late-19th century, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The G-IV Inner Circumnavigation: A Story of Successful Organic Interactions Between Research and Operations at NOAA, 2023, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Constraints in Dvorak Wind Speed Estimates: How Quickly Can Hurricanes Intensify?, 2020, Weather and Forecasting
  • New WMO Certified Tropical Cyclone Duration Extreme: TC Freddy (04 February to 14 March 2023) Lasting for 36.0 Days, 2024, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Landsea include Gabriel A. Vecchi, Wei Zhang, Gabriele Villarini, Thomas R. Knutson, and Jason A. Sippel.

Their work has been published in venues such as:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Nature Communications
  • Weather and Forecasting

Best Publications

  • Tropical cyclones and climate change

    Thomas R. Knutson;John L. McBride;Johnny Chan;Kerry Emanuel

  • The Recent Increase in Atlantic Hurricane Activity: Causes and Implications

    Stanley B. Goldenberg;Christopher W. Landsea;Alberto M. Mestas-Nuñez;William M. Gray

  • Atlantic Hurricane Database Uncertainty and Presentation of a New Database Format

    Christopher W. Landsea;James L. Franklin

  • Normalized Hurricane Damage in the United States: 1900–2005

    Roger A. Pielke;Joel Gratz;Christopher W. Landsea;Douglas Collins

  • Regional Climate Information—Evaluation and Projections

    F. Giorgi;J. Christensen;M. Hulme;H. von Storch

  • Normalized Hurricane Damages in the United States: 1925-95

    Roger A. Pielke;Christopher W. Landsea

  • Tropical Cyclones and Global Climate Change: A Post-IPCC Assessment

    A. Henderson-Sellers;H. Zhang;G. Berz;K. Emanuel

  • Can We Detect Trends in Extreme Tropical Cyclones

    Christopher W. Landsea;Bruce A. Harper;Karl Hoarau;John A. Knaff

  • A Climatology of Intense (or Major) Atlantic Hurricanes

    Unknown

  • Advances and Challenges at the National Hurricane Center

    Edward N. Rappaport;James L. Franklin;Lixion A. Avila;Stephen R. Baig

  • Atlantic Basin Hurricanes: Indices of Climatic Changes

    Christopher W. Landsea;Roger A. Pielke;Alberto M. Mestas-Nuñez;John A. Knaff

  • Hurricanes and Global Warming.

    R. A. Pielke;C. Landsea;M. Mayfield;J. Laver

  • Counting Atlantic tropical cyclones back to 1900

    Christopher W. Landsea

  • Effect of El Niño on U.S. landfalling hurricanes, revisited

    Mark C. Bove;James B. Elsner;Chris W. Landsea;Xufeng Niu

  • Influences of the Atlantic Warm Pool on Western Hemisphere Summer Rainfall and Atlantic Hurricanes

    Chunzai Wang;David B. Enfield;Sang-Ki Lee;Christopher W. Landsea

  • Impact of Duration Thresholds on Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Counts

    Christopher W. Landsea;Gabriel Andres Vecchi;Lennart Bengtsson;Thomas R. Knutson

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • The Strong Association between Western Sahelian Monsoon Rainfall and Intense Atlantic Hurricanes

    Christopher W. Landsea;William M. Gray

  • State of the Climate in 2014

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

  • Hurricane vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean: normalized damage and loss potentials

    Roger A. Pielke;Jose Rubiera;Christopher W. Landsea;Mario L. Fernandez

  • Predicting Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Activity 6–11 Months in Advance

    William M. Gray;Christopher W. Landsea;Paul W. Mielke;Kenneth J. Berry

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Knaff
John A. Knaff National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service
Philip J. Klotzbach
Philip J. Klotzbach Colorado State University
Roger A. Pielke
Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder
William M. Gray
William M. Gray Colorado State University
Suzana J. Camargo
Suzana J. Camargo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Tim R. McVicar
Tim R. McVicar Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Hugo G. Hidalgo
Hugo G. Hidalgo University of Costa Rica
Dale F. Hurst
Dale F. Hurst Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

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