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59
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15560
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1989
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Don P. Chambers 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 Don P. Chambers sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 181 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Don P. Chambers 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 Don P. Chambers sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Contributions of GRACE to understanding climate change.

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

  • GGM02 - An Improved Earth Gravity Field Model from GRACE

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

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

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

  • Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

    Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

  • An imperative to monitor Earth's energy imbalance

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

  • 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

  • Preliminary observations of global ocean mass variations with GRACE

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

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

    Don P. Chambers

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

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

  • Anomalous warming in the Indian Ocean coincident with El Niño

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

  • State of the Climate in 2014

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

  • GRACE observes small?scale mass loss in Greenland

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Observing seasonal steric sea level variations with GRACE and satellite altimetry

    Don P. Chambers

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • State of the Climate in 2018

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

  • State of the Climate in 2016

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

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

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

Frequent Co-Authors

James S. Famiglietti
James S. Famiglietti University of Saskatchewan
Byron D Tapley
Byron D Tapley The University of Texas at Austin
Gary T. Mitchum
Gary T. Mitchum University of South Florida
Matthew Rodell
Matthew Rodell Goddard Space Flight Center
Anny Cazenave
Anny Cazenave Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales
R. S. Nerem
R. S. Nerem University of Colorado Boulder
Gregory C. Johnson
Gregory C. Johnson Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Mark A. Merrifield
Mark A. Merrifield University of California, San Diego
John Wahr
John Wahr University of Colorado Boulder
John C Ries
John C Ries The University of Texas at Austin

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