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D. Shankar publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where D. Shankar sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 80 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

D. Shankar D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where D. Shankar sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

D. Shankar is affiliated with the National Institute of Oceanography in India and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Oceanography. The research encompasses various subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's recent publications include studies on oceanographic and atmospheric processes, particularly related to the Indian Ocean and coastal currents. Notable works include:

  • High-Resolution Operational Ocean Forecast and Reanalysis System for the Indian Ocean, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Observed variability of the West India Coastal Current on the continental slope from 2009-2018, 2020, Journal of Earth System Science
  • Structure and dynamics of undercurrents in the western boundary current of the Bay of Bengal, 2020, Ocean Dynamics
  • Observed variability of the East India Coastal Current on the continental slope during 2009-2018, 2020, Journal of Earth System Science
  • Modulation of chlorophyll concentration by downwelling Rossby waves during the winter monsoon in the southeastern Arabian Sea, 2020, Progress In Oceanography

D. Shankar frequently collaborates with several researchers. These coauthors include:

  • Amol Prakash
  • S G Aparna
  • A. Mukherjee
  • Soumya Mukhopadhyay
  • V. Fernando

The body of work is published mainly in the following journals:

  • Journal of Earth System Science
  • Ocean Modelling
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Ocean Dynamics

The research topics cover a broad spectrum within oceanographic and atmospheric sciences, including:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Best Publications

  • The monsoon currents in the north Indian Ocean

    D. Shankar;P.N. Vinayachandran;A.S. Unnikrishnan

  • Hydrography and circulation in the western Bay of Bengal during the northeast monsoon

    S. R. Shetye;A. D. Gouveia;D. Shankar;S. S. C. Shenoi

  • Differences in heat budgets of the near-surface Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal: Implications for the summer monsoon

    S. S. C. Shenoi;D. Shankar;S. R. Shetye

  • On the dynamics of the Lakshadweep high and low in the southeastern Arabian Sea

    D. Shankar;S. R. Shetye

  • Dynamics of the East India Coastal Current: 2. Numerical solutions

    J. P. McCreary;W. Han;D. Shankar;S. R. Shetye

  • Are sea-level-rise trends along the coasts of the north Indian Ocean consistent with global estimates?

    A.S. Unnikrishnan;D. Shankar

  • Basin-wide seasonal evolution of the Indian Ocean's phytoplankton blooms

    M. Lévy;D. Shankar;J.-M. André;S. S. C. Shenoi

  • Dynamics of the East India Coastal Current. 1. Analytic solutions forced by interior Ekman pumping and local alongshore winds

    D. Shankar;J. P. McCreary;W. Han;S. R. Shetye

  • On the sea surface temperature high in the Lakshadweep Sea before the onset of the southwest monsoon

    S. S. C. Shenoi;D. Shankar;S. R. Shetye

  • Spatiotemporal structure of the East India Coastal Current from satellite altimetry

    Franck Durand;Franck Durand;D. Shankar;F. Birol;S. S. C. Shenoi

  • A summer monsoon pump to keep the Bay of Bengal salty

    P. N. Vinayachandran;D. Shankar;Siddharth Vernekar;K. K. Sandeep

  • Simulated Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the Mixed Layer Heat Budget in the Northern Indian Ocean

    Clément de Boyer Montégut;Jérôme Vialard;S.S.C. Shenoi;D. Shankar

  • A new atlas of temperature and salinity for the North Indian Ocean

    A Chatterjee;D Shankar;S S C Shenoi;G V Reddy

  • Biophysical Processes in the Indian Ocean

    J.P. McCreary;R. Murtugudde;J. Vialard;P.N. Vinayachandran

  • Seasonal cycle of sea level and currents along the coast of India

    D. Shankar

  • Impact of temperature inversions on SST evolution in the South-Eastern Arabian Sea during the pre-summer monsoon season

    Fabien Durand;S. R. Shetye;Jérôme Vialard;D. Shankar

  • Tidal variations in the Sundarbans Estuarine System, India

    Meenakshi Chatterjee;D Shankar;G K Sen;P Sanyal

  • Dynamics of Andaman Sea circulation and its role in connecting the equatorial Indian Ocean to the Bay of Bengal

    Abhisek Chatterjee;D. Shankar;J. P. McCreary;P. N. Vinayachandran

  • Signatures of Indian Ocean Dipole and El Niño–Southern Oscillation events in sea level variations in the Bay of Bengal

    S. G. Aparna;J. P. McCreary;D. Shankar;P. N. Vinayachandran

  • Intraseasonal response of the northern Indian Ocean coastal waveguide to the Madden-Julian Oscillation

    Jérôme Vialard;S. S. C. Shenoi;J. P. McCreary;D. Shankar

  • The Mandovi and Zuari estuaries

    Satish R. Shetye;M. Dileep Kumar;D. Shankar

Frequent Co-Authors

S. S. C. Shenoi
S. S. C. Shenoi Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
S. R. Shetye
S. R. Shetye National Institute of Oceanography
P. N. Vinayachandran
P. N. Vinayachandran Indian Institute of Science
Julian P. McCreary
Julian P. McCreary University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jérôme Vialard
Jérôme Vialard Université Paris Cité
Gurvan Madec
Gurvan Madec Sorbonne University
Marina Lévy
Marina Lévy Sorbonne University
Weiqing Han
Weiqing Han University of Colorado Boulder
M. Ravichandran
M. Ravichandran Ministry of Earth Sciences
Pascal Terray
Pascal Terray Sorbonne University

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