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D-Index
102
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49668
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324
National Ranking
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David Rind 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 Rind sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 297 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Rind 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 Rind sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 102 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

David Rind is a researcher affiliated with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the United States. Their work mainly focuses on climate science, addressing different aspects of Earth and planetary systems through modeling and analysis. Their contributions span environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on global and planetary change as well as atmospheric science.

Their recent publications include research on climate models and simulation of atmospheric processes. Notable papers include:

  • GISS Model E2.2: A Climate Model Optimized for the Middle Atmosphere-Model Structure, Climatology, Variability, and Climate Sensitivity (2020), published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • GISS Model E2.2: A Climate Model Optimized for the Middle Atmosphere-2. Validation of Large-Scale Transport and Evaluation of Climate Response (2020), published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology (2020), published in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • CMIP6 Historical Simulations (1850-2014) With GISS-E2.1 (2020), published in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Future Climate Change Under SSP Emission Scenarios With GISS-E2.1 (2022), published in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

The main topics in their research involve:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Communications Earth & Environment

David Rind collaborates regularly with other researchers in the climate science community. Frequent coauthors include Larissa Nazarenko, Clara Orbe, Gavin A. Schmidt, Gary L. Russell, and Anastasia Romanou.

The subfields associated with their work span:

  • Global and planetary change
  • Atmospheric science
  • Oceanography
  • Astronomy and astrophysics
  • Environmental chemistry

In recognition of their contributions, David Rind was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • Efficacy of climate forcings

    J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;L. Nazarenko

  • Climate Sensitivity: Analysis of Feedback Mechanisms

    J. Hansen;A. Lacis;D. Rind;G. Russell

  • Climate Impact of Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

    J. Hansen;D. Johnson;A. Lacis;S. Lebedeff

  • Does the ocean–atmosphere system have more than one stable mode of operation?

    Wallace S. Broecker;Dorothy M. Peteet;David Rind

  • Efficient Three-Dimensional Global Models for Climate Studies: Models I and II

    J. Hansen;G. Russell;D. Rind;P. Stone

  • Global climate changes as forecast by Goddard Institute for Space Studies three-dimensional model

    J. Hansen;I. Fung;A. Lacis;D. Rind

  • Present-Day Atmospheric Simulations Using GISS ModelE: Comparison to In Situ, Satellite, and Reanalysis Data

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Reto Ruedy;James E. Hansen;Igor Aleinov

  • Trends in Antarctic annual sea ice retreat and advance and their relation to El Niño–Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode variability

    S. E. Stammerjohn;S. E. Stammerjohn;D. G. Martinson;D. G. Martinson;R. C. Smith;X. Yuan

  • A simple lightning parameterization for calculating global lightning distributions

    Colin Price;David Rind

  • Solar Forcing of Regional Climate Change During the Maunder Minimum

    Drew T. Shindell;Gavin A. Schmidt;Michael E. Mann;David Rind

  • Increased polar stratospheric ozone losses and delayed eventual recovery owing to increasing greenhouse-gas concentrations

    Drew T. Shindell;David Rind;Patrick Lonergan

  • Climate-induced changes in forest disturbance and vegetation

    Jonathan T. Overpeck;David Rind;Richard Goldberg

  • Configuration and Assessment of the GISS ModelE2 Contributions to the CMIP5 Archive

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Max Kelley;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy

  • Solar cycle variability, ozone, and climate

    Drew Shindell;David Rind;Nambeth Balachandran;Judith Lean

  • Regions of rapid sea ice change: An inter‐hemispheric seasonal comparison

    Sharon Stammerjohn;Sharon Stammerjohn;Robert Massom;Robert Massom;David Rind;Douglas Martinson

  • Atmospheric CO2: Principal Control Knob Governing Earth’s Temperature

    Andrew A. Lacis;Gavin A. Schmidt;David Rind;Reto A. Ruedy

  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology.

    Maxwell Kelley;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Susanne E. Bauer

  • Terrestrial Conditions at the Last Glacial Maximum and CLIMAP Sea-Surface Temperature Estimates: Are They Consistent?

    D. Rind;D. Peteet

  • Potential evapotranspiration and the likelihood of future drought

    D. Rind;R. Goldberg;J. Hansen;C. Rosenzweig

  • Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP)

    S. Joussaume;K. E. Taylor;P. Braconnot;J. F.B. Mitchell

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary L. Russell
Gary L. Russell Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Andrew A. Lacis
Andrew A. Lacis Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Drew T. Shindell
Drew T. Shindell Duke University
James Hansen
James Hansen Columbia University
Gavin A. Schmidt
Gavin A. Schmidt Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Douglas G. Martinson
Douglas G. Martinson Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Judith Lean
Judith Lean United States Naval Research Laboratory
Ron L. Miller
Ron L. Miller Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Reto Ruedy
Reto Ruedy Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Anastasia Romanou
Anastasia Romanou Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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