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David A. Smeed 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 David A. Smeed sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 168 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

David A. Smeed 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 David A. Smeed sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

David A. Smeed is affiliated with the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. The primary subfields of study include Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered by their work encompass Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate Variability and Models, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

The scientist has published multiple papers, including:

  • Pending recovery in the strength of the meridional overturning circulation at 26° N (2020) in Ocean Science
  • A 30-year reconstruction of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation shows no decline (2021) in Ocean Science
  • Circulation-driven variability of Atlantic anthropogenic carbon transports and uptake (2021) in Nature Geoscience
  • Towards two decades of Atlantic Ocean mass and heat transports at 26.5° N (2023) in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Labrador Slope Water connects the subarctic with the Gulf Stream (2021) in Environmental Research Letters

Frequent coauthors include Ben Moat, Denis L. Volkov, William E. Johns, Eleanor Frajka-Williams, and Molly Baringer. The scientist has contributed to high-profile publication venues such as:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Ocean Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

In addition to journal publications, David A. Smeed has authored a book titled Effects of climate change on the Atlantic Heat Conveyor relevant to the UK, published by the University of East Anglia in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Sea-level fluctuations during the last glacial cycle

    M. Siddall;E. J. Rohling;A. Almogi-Labin;Ch. Hemleben

  • Emptying filling boxes: the fluid mechanics of natural ventilation

    P. F. Linden;G. F. Lane-Serff;D. A. Smeed

  • Measuring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N

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

  • Observed decline of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation 2004–2012

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

  • The North Atlantic Ocean Is in a State of Reduced Overturning

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

  • Ocean impact on decadal Atlantic climate variability revealed by sea-level observations

    Gerard D. McCarthy;Ivan D. Haigh;Joël J.-M. Hirschi;Jeremy P. Grist

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

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

  • Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed Transport and Variability

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

  • Observations of seasonal exchange through the Straits of Hormuz and the inferred heat and freshwater budgets of the Persian Gulf

    W. E. Johns;F. Yao;D. B. Olson;S. A. Josey

  • Understanding the North Sea System

    Anne Elizabeth Hill;I. D. James;P. F. Linden;J. P. Matthews

  • OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS

    Pierre Testor;Brad DeYoung;Daniel L. Rudnick;Scott Glenn

  • Understanding the Red Sea response to sea level

    Mark Siddall;David A. Smeed;Christoph Hemleben;Eelco J. Rohling

  • Rates and mechanisms of turbulent dissipation and mixing in the Southern Ocean: Results from the Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean (DIMES)

    K. L. Sheen;J. A. Brearley;A. C. Naveira Garabato;D. A. Smeed

  • Exchange through the Bab el Mandab

    David A Smeed

  • Observations of a cyclonic gyre in the western Irish Sea

    A.E. Hill;R. Durazo;D.A. Smeed

  • Gliders as a Component of Future Observing Systems

    P. Testor;G. Meyers;C. Pattiaratchi;R. Bachmayer

  • State of the Climate in 2013

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

  • Pending recovery in the strength of the meridional overturning circulation at 26°N

    Ben I. Moat;David A. Smeed;Eleanor Frajka-Williams;Damien G. Desbruyères

  • Vertical Water Velocities from Underwater Gliders

    Lucas Merckelbach;David A. Smeed;Gwyn Griffiths

  • Seasonal variation of the flow in the strait of Bab al Mandab

    D. Smeed

  • Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation slowdown cooled the subtropical ocean

    Stuart A. Cunningham;Stuart A. Cunningham;Christopher D. Roberts;Eleanor Frajka-Williams;William E. Johns

  • 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

  • Meridional overturning circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean

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

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Johns
William E. Johns University of Miami
Christopher S. Meinen
Christopher S. Meinen Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Stuart A. Cunningham
Stuart A. Cunningham Scottish Association For Marine Science
Molly O. Baringer
Molly O. Baringer Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Harry L. Bryden
Harry L. Bryden University of Southampton
Simon A. Josey
Simon A. Josey National Oceanography Centre
Adrian L. New
Adrian L. New National Oceanography Centre
Uwe Send
Uwe Send University of California, San Diego
Gustavo Goni
Gustavo Goni Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Michael P. Meredith
Michael P. Meredith British Antarctic Survey

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