2026 Donald H. Lenschow: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	82	901	856	390	358	261	20654

Donald H. Lenschow 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 Donald H. Lenschow sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 690+

This scientist: 261 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Donald H. Lenschow 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 Donald H. Lenschow sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Donald H. Lenschow is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a specific focus on atmospheric processes.

Their main fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, they have contributed to subfields such as:

Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Environmental Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Their work covers a range of topics that reflect a deep engagement with atmospheric phenomena and their environmental impacts.

Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Climate variability and models
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Wind and Air Flow Studies
Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Donald H. Lenschow include:

"Why Are There More Summer Afternoon Low Clouds Over the Tibetan Plateau Compared to Eastern China?", 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
"High urban NO _x triggers a substantial chemical downward flux of ozone", 2023, Science Advances
"Observed Relationships Between the Urban Heat Island, Urban Pollution Island, and Downward Longwave Radiation in the Beijing Area", 2020, Earth and Space Science
"Exploration of oxidative chemistry and secondary organic aerosol formation in the Amazon during the wet season: explicit modeling of the Manaus urban plume with GECKO-A", 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
"A foehn-induced haze front in Beijing: observations and implications", 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

They frequently publish in journals such as:

Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Geophysical Research Letters
Science Advances
Earth and Space Science
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, their regular coauthors include:

Mingyu Zhou
Ju Li
Zhigang Cheng
David Gurarie
Youjun Dou

Best Publications

The characteristics of turbulent velocity components in the surface layer under convective conditions

H. A. Panofsky;H. Tennekes;D. H. Lenschow;J. C. Wyngaard;J. C. Wyngaard

827
Citations
How Long Is Long Enough When Measuring Fluxes and Other Turbulence Statistics

D. H. Lenschow;J. Mann;L. Kristensen

803
Citations
Mean-Field and Second-Moment Budgets in a Baroclinic, Convective Boundary Layer

D. H. Lenschow;J. C. Wyngaard;W. T. Pennell

646
Citations
Rain in Shallow Cumulus Over the Ocean: The RICO Campaign

R. M. Rauber;B. Stevens;B. Stevens;H. T. Ochs;C. Knight

523
Citations
Dynamics and chemistry of marine stratocumulus - DYCOMS II

Bjorn Stevens;Donald H. Lenschow;Gabor Vali;Hermann Gerber

500
Citations
Structure of the Entrainment Zone Capping the Convective Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Peter P. Sullivan;Chin-Hoh Moeng;Bjorn Stevens;Donald H. Lenschow

455
Citations
Length Scales in the Convective Boundary Layer

Donald H. Lenschow;B. Boba Stankov

438
Citations
The influence of large-scale wind power on global climate

David W. Keith;Joseph F. DeCarolis;David C. Denkenberger;Donald H. Lenschow

418
Citations
Outlook for research on subtropical marine stratiform clouds

D. A. Randall;J. A. Coakley;D. H. Lenschow;C. W. Fairall

347
Citations
An Objective Method for Deriving Atmospheric Structure from Airborne Lidar Observations

K. J. Davis;N. Gamage;C. R. Hagelberg;C. Kiemle

339
Citations
POCKETS OF OPEN CELLS AND DRIZZLE IN MARINE STRATOCUMULUS

Bjorn Stevens;Gabor Vali;Kimberly Comstock;Robert Wood

313
Citations
The role of thermals in the convective boundary layer

D. H. Lenschow;P. L. Stephens

311
Citations
Particle nucleation in the tropical boundary layer and its coupling to marine sulfur sources

A. D. Clarke;D. Davis;V. N. Kapustin;F. Eisele

306
Citations
Observations of Drizzle in Nocturnal Marine Stratocumulus

M. C. vanZanten;B. Stevens;G. Vali;D. H. Lenschow

303
Citations
Measuring Second- through Fourth-Order Moments in Noisy Data

Donald H. Lenschow;Volker Wulfmeyer;Christoph Senff

291
Citations
The attenuation of fluctuations in scalar concentrations through sampling tubes

D. H. Lenschow;M. R. Raupach

260
Citations
Probing the atmospheric boundary layer

Donald H. Lenschow

252
Citations
An observational study of the structure of the nocturnal boundary layer

L. Mahrt;R. C. Heald;D. H. Lenschow;B. B. Stankov

250
Citations
Airplane Measurements of Planetary Boundary Layer Structure

D. H. Lenschow

246
Citations
Marine Stratocumulus Layers. Part II: Turbulence Budgets

R. A. Brost;J. C. Wyngaard;D. H. Lenschow

236
Citations
EUREC 4 A

Bjorn Stevens;Sandrine Bony;David Farrell;Felix Ament

219
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jielun Sun National Center for Atmospheric Research

Bjorn Stevens Max Planck Society

Alan R. Bandy Drexel University

Sean P. Burns University of Colorado Boulder

Larry Mahrt Northwest Research Associates

Donald C. Thornton Drexel University

Kenneth J. Davis Pennsylvania State University

Ian Faloona University of California, Davis

Peter P. Sullivan National Center for Atmospheric Research

Shiyuan Zhong Michigan State University

External Links

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