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73
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47046
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1373
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588

David R. Easterling 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 David R. Easterling sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 151 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David R. Easterling 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 David R. Easterling sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David R. Easterling is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with a specialized emphasis on global and planetary change, atmospheric science, aerospace engineering, water science and technology, and management science and operations research.

The scientist's recent papers cover various aspects of climate and environmental studies. These include:

  • Implementing Full Spatial Coverage in NOAA's Global Temperature Analysis, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Incorporating non-stationarity from climate change into rainfall frequency and intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves, 2022, Journal of Hydrology
  • Why Has the Summertime Central U.S. Warming Hole Not Disappeared?, 2023, Journal of Climate
  • Algorithm 1007, 2020, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
  • Long-term planning requires climate projections beyond 2100, 2024, Nature Climate Change

The key research topics associated with David R. Easterling include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Frequent co-authors in their publications are Kenneth E. Kunkel, Russell S. Vose, J. J. Barsugli, Carl J. Schreck, and Derek S. Arndt. The collaboration with these co-authors indicates a network of sustained research activity in climate science and related fields.

The scientist has published in a range of journals that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work. These venues include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Journal of Climate
  • Nature Climate Change
  • ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software

Best Publications

  • Climate Extremes: Observations, Modeling, and Impacts

    David R. Easterling;Gerald A. Meehl;Camille Parmesan;Stanley A. Changnon

  • Observations. Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change. Chapter 3

    K E Trenberth;P D Jones;P Ambenje;R Bojariu

  • Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change

    KE Trenberth;PD Jones;P Ambenje;R Bojariu

  • Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment.

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Neville Nicholls;David Easterling;Clare M. Goodess

  • Observations: Atmosphere and surface

    Dennis L. Hartmann;Albert M.G. Klein Tank;Matilde Rusticucci;Lisa V. Alexander

  • Maximum and Minimum Temperature Trends for the Globe

    David R. Easterling;Briony Horton;Philip D. Jones;Thomas C. Peterson

  • Observed Variability and Trends in Extreme Climate Events: A Brief Review

    David R. Easterling;J. L. Evans;P. Ya Groisman;T. R. Karl

  • Trends in Intense Precipitation in the Climate Record

    Pavel Ya Groisman;Richard W. Knight;David R. Easterling;Thomas R. Karl

  • Homogeneity adjustments of in situ atmospheric climate data: a review

    Thomas C. Peterson;David R. Easterling;Thomas R. Karl;Pavel Groisman

  • Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment: An overview of the IPCC SREX report

    S. I. Seneviratne;N. Nicholls;D. Easterling;C. M. Goodess

  • Changes in the Probability of Heavy Precipitation: Important Indicators of Climatic Change

    Pavel Ya. Groisman;Thomas R. Karl;David R. Easterling;Richard W. Knight

  • Maximum and minimum temperature trends for the globe: An update through 2004

    Russell S. Vose;David R. Easterling;Byron Gleason

  • Contemporary Changes of the Hydrological Cycle over the Contiguous United States: Trends Derived from In Situ Observations

    Pavel Ya Groisman;Richard W. Knight;Thomas R. Karl;David R. Easterling

  • Indices of Climate Change for the United States

    Thomas R. Karl;Richard W. Knight;David R. Easterling;Robert G. Quayle

  • A closer look at United States and global surface temperature change

    J. Hansen;R. Ruedy;M. Sato;M. Imhoff

  • An Introduction to Trends in Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Observations, Socioeconomic Impacts, Terrestrial Ecological Impacts, and Model Projections*

    Gerald A. Meehl;Thomas Karl;David R. Easterling;Stanley Changnon

  • Global warming : evidence for asymmetric diurnal temperature change.

    Thomas R. Karl;George Kukla;Vyacheslav N. Razuvayev;Michael J. Changery

  • Is the climate warming or cooling

    David R. Easterling;Michael F. Wehner

  • Long-Term Trends in Extreme Precipitation Events over the Conterminous United States and Canada

    Kenneth E. Kunkel;Karen Andsager;David R. Easterling

  • A new method for detecting undocumented discontinuities in climatological time series

    David R. Easterling;Thomas C. Peterson

  • A new look at maximum and minimum temperature trends for the globe

    D.R Easterling;B. Horton;Philip Jones;T.C. Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth E. Kunkel
Kenneth E. Kunkel North Carolina State University
Thomas R. Karl
Thomas R. Karl National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Russell S. Vose
Russell S. Vose National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Michael F. Wehner
Michael F. Wehner Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Allegra N. LeGrande
Allegra N. LeGrande Goddard Institute for Space Studies
James P. Kossin
James P. Kossin University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas C. Peterson
Thomas C. Peterson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Katharine Hayhoe
Katharine Hayhoe Texas Tech University
Thomas R. Knutson
Thomas R. Knutson Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Kenneth G. Hubbard
Kenneth G. Hubbard University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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