2026 Don P. Chambers: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	59	1989	1795	864	760	181	15560

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Don P. Chambers is affiliated with the University of South Florida St. Petersburg in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work covers several key topics including Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Climate Variability and Models, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Don P. Chambers include R. S. Nerem, Lijing Cheng, Ivona Cetinić, Xinfeng Liang, and B. D. Hamlington.

Chambers has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most common publication venues are Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, each featuring nine of their publications. Other venues include Surveys in Geophysics, Journal of Climate, and Reviews of Geophysics.

Recent papers by Don P. Chambers include:

Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future, 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
Observation-based trajectory of future sea level for the coastal United States tracks near high-end model projections, 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
A Comparison of the Variability and Changes in Global Ocean Heat Content from Multiple Objective Analysis Products During the Argo Period, 2021, Journal of Climate
Global Oceans, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
The Seasonality of Global Land and Ocean Mass and the Changing Water Cycle, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters

Don P. Chambers was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2017.

Best Publications

Estimating Geocenter Variations from a Combination of GRACE and Ocean Model Output

Sean Swenson;Don Chambers;John Wahr

1080
Citations
Contributions of GRACE to understanding climate change.

Byron D. Tapley;Michael M. Watkins;Frank Flechtner;Christoph Reigber

941
Citations
GGM02 - An Improved Earth Gravity Field Model from GRACE

B. D. Tapley;J. C. Ries;S. Bettadpur;Don P. Chambers

844
Citations
Estimating Mean Sea Level Change from the TOPEX and Jason Altimeter Missions

R. S. Nerem;Don P. Chambers;C. Choe;Gary T. Mitchum

590
Citations
Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

497
Citations
An imperative to monitor Earth's energy imbalance

K. von Schuckmann;M. D. Palmer;K. E. Trenberth;A. Cazenave;A. Cazenave

444
Citations
The Observed State of the Water Cycle in the Early Twenty-First Century

M. Rodell;H. K. Beaudoing;H. K. Beaudoing;T. S. L'Ecuyer;W. S. Olson;W. S. Olson

388
Citations
Preliminary observations of global ocean mass variations with GRACE

Don P. Chambers;John Wahr;R. Steven Nerem

383
Citations
Evaluation of new GRACE time‐variable gravity data over the ocean

Don P. Chambers

348
Citations
STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

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

344
Citations
Anomalous warming in the Indian Ocean coincident with El Niño

D. P. Chambers;Byron D Tapley;R. H. Stewart

339
Citations
State of the Climate in 2014

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

332
Citations
GRACE observes small?scale mass loss in Greenland

B. Wouters;Don P. Chambers;E.J. O. Schrama

323
Citations
Mean Dynamic Topography of the Ocean Derived from Satellite and Drifting Buoy Data Using Three Different Techniques

Nikolai Maximenko;Peter Niiler;Marie-Helene Rio;Oleg Melnichenko

314
Citations
Assessing the globally averaged sea level budget on seasonal to interannual timescales

Josh K. Willis;Don P. Chambers;R. Steven Nerem

289
Citations
Observing seasonal steric sea level variations with GRACE and satellite altimetry

Don P. Chambers

268
Citations
Is there a 60-year oscillation in global mean sea level?

Don P. Chambers;Mark A. Merrifield;R. Steven Nerem

263
Citations
Evaluation of groundwater storage monitoring with the GRACE satellite: Case study of the High Plains aquifer, central United States

Gil Strassberg;Bridget R. Scanlon;Don Chambers

238
Citations
The Observed State of the Energy Budget in the Early Twenty-First Century

Tristan S. L'Ecuyer;H. K. Beaudoing;H. K. Beaudoing;M. Rodell;W. Olson

235
Citations
State of the Climate in 2018

M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

233
Citations
State of the Climate in 2016

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

161
Citations
[Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James S. Famiglietti University of Saskatchewan

Byron D Tapley The University of Texas at Austin

Gary T. Mitchum University of South Florida

Matthew Rodell Goddard Space Flight Center

Anny Cazenave Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales

R. S. Nerem University of Colorado Boulder

Gregory C. Johnson Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

Mark A. Merrifield University of California, San Diego

John Wahr University of Colorado Boulder

John C Ries The University of Texas at Austin

External Links

Personal website of Don P. Chambers

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