Dudley B. Chelton publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Dudley B. Chelton between 1956 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Dudley B. Chelton published across 69 years, from 1956 to 2024, averaging 2.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2019. 4 of the 187 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15

1956 2024

187 publications in total across all disciplines

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Dudley B. Chelton: publications per year, 1956 to 2024
Year	Publications
1956	1
1957	0
1958	0
1959	0
1960	4
1961	0
1962	1
1963	1
1964	2
1965	0
1966	3
1967	1
1968	0
1969	0
1970	0
1971	0
1972	0
1973	0
1974	0
1975	0
1976	0
1977	0
1978	0
1979	0
1980	0
1981	1
1982	2
1983	1
1984	2
1985	5
1986	5
1987	1
1988	3
1989	3
1990	2
1991	5
1992	3
1993	4
1994	9
1995	1
1996	2
1997	3
1998	3
1999	1
2000	4
2001	6
2002	3
2003	6
2004	4
2005	7
2006	5
2007	5
2008	5
2009	2
2010	8
2011	9
2012	4
2013	6
2014	5
2015	1
2016	6
2017	2
2018	2
2019	17
2020	5
2021	0
2022	2
2023	1
2024	3
Total	187

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Dudley B. Chelton 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 Dudley B. Chelton sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 136 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
38–47	5
48–57	33
58–67	94
68–77	161
78–87	278
88–97	376
98–107	404
108–117	484
118–127	540
128–137	557	136
138–147	491
148–157	495
158–167	458
168–177	490
178–187	414
188–197	401
198–207	333
208–217	292
218–227	290
228–237	262
238–247	243
248–257	208
258–267	185
268–277	147
278–287	128
288–297	119
298–307	120
308–317	107
318–327	93
328–337	87
338–347	64
348–357	87
358–367	60
368–377	60
378–387	34
388–397	50
398–407	44
408–417	31
418–427	39
428–437	27
438–447	36
448–457	27
458–467	29
468–477	30
478–487	19
488–497	15
498–507	18
508–517	19
518–527	16
528–537	10
538–547	11
548–557	14
558–567	11
568–577	7
578–587	14
588–597	5
598–602	4
603+	100

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Dudley B. Chelton 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 Dudley B. Chelton sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 86th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	144
31	215
32	278
33	379
34	366
35	372
36	389
37	366
38	344
39	349
40	296
41	289
42	277
43	279
44	248
45	257
46	212
47	202
48	207
49	204
50	183
51	178
52	182
53	178
54	163
55	117
56	163
57	120
58	113
59	136
60	135
61	96
62	103
63	83
64	103
65	83
66	89	66
67	92
68	89
69	78
70	75
71	53
72	62
73	54
74	35
75	52
76	50
77	32
78	37
79	20
80	33
81	36
82	34
83	34
84	24
85	19
86	18
87	26
88	30
89	17
90	21
91	19
92	15
93	14
94	20
95	9
96	10
97	15
98	13
99	3
100	13
101	3
102	9
103	4
104	6
105	6
106+	98

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Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Dudley B. Chelton is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, contributing extensively to the fields of Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science. Their work also touches on Ecological Modeling and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in Chelton's research include:

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics
Hydrology and Drought Analysis
Climate Variability and Models
Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
Species Distribution and Climate Change

The scientist has published multiple papers, notably in the following venues:

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Journal of Hydrometeorology
The Science of The Total Environment
Monthly Weather Review

Recent publications include:

"The Effects of Uncorrelated Measurement Noise on SWOT Estimates of Sea Surface Height, Velocity, and Vorticity" (2022) in the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
"A Postlaunch Update on the Effects of Instrumental Measurement Errors on SWOT Estimates of Sea Surface Height, Velocity, and Vorticity" (2024) in the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
"A Hybrid Precipitation Index Inspired by the SPI, PDSI, and MCDI. Part I: Development of the Index" (2020) in the Journal of Hydrometeorology
"The spectral color of natural and anthropogenic time series and its impact on the statistical significance of cross correlation" (2022) in The Science of The Total Environment
"A Hybrid Precipitation Index Inspired by the SPI, PDSI, and MCDI. Part II: Application to Investigate Precipitation Variability along the West Coast of North America" (2020) in the Journal of Hydrometeorology

Dudley B. Chelton collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

R. M. Samelson
Craig M. Risien
J. Thomas Farrar
Ismael Núñez-Riboni
Valentina Marconi

The scientist has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2008.

Best Publications

Daily High-Resolution-Blended Analyses for Sea Surface Temperature

Richard W. Reynolds;Thomas M. Smith;Chunying Liu;Dudley B. Chelton

4862
Citations
Global observations of nonlinear mesoscale eddies

Dudley B. Chelton;Michael G. Schlax;Roger M. Samelson

2777
Citations
Geographical Variability of the First Baroclinic Rossby Radius of Deformation

Dudley B. Chelton;Roland A. deSzoeke;Michael G. Schlax;Karim El Naggar

2013
Citations
Global observations of large oceanic eddies

Dudley B. Chelton;Michael G. Schlax;Roger M. Samelson;Roland A. de Szoeke

1426
Citations
Global Observations of Oceanic Rossby Waves

Dudley B. Chelton;Michael G. Schlax

1096
Citations
Satellite measurements reveal persistent small-scale features in ocean winds.

Dudley B. Chelton;Michael G. Schlax;Michael H. Freilich;Ralph F. Milliff

1006
Citations
Satellite measurements of sea surface temperature through clouds

Frank J. Wentz;Chelle Gentemann;Deborah Smith;Dudley Chelton

917
Citations
The Influence of Nonlinear Mesoscale Eddies on Near-Surface Oceanic Chlorophyll

Dudley B. Chelton;Peter Gaube;Michael G. Schlax;Jeffrey J. Early

733
Citations
Observations of coupling between surface wind stress and sea surface temperature in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Dudley B. Chelton;Steven K. Esbensen;Michael G. Schlax;Nicolai Thum

681
Citations
A Global Climatology of Surface Wind and Wind Stress Fields from Eight Years of QuikSCAT Scatterometer Data

Craig M. Risien;Dudley B. Chelton

614
Citations
Monthly Mean Sea-Level Variability Along the West Coast of North America

Dudley B. Chelton;Russ E. Davis

591
Citations
Coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction at oceanic mesoscales

Dudley B. Chelton;Shang-Ping Xie

495
Citations
The Speed of Observed and Theoretical Long Extratropical Planetary Waves

Peter D. Killworth;Dudley B. Chelton;Roland A. de Szoeke

462
Citations
Satellite Observations of Mesoscale Eddy-Induced Ekman Pumping

Peter Gaube;Dudley B. Chelton;Roger M. Samelson;Michael G. Schlax

408
Citations
Scatterometer-Based Assessment of 10-m Wind Analyses from the Operational ECMWF and NCEP Numerical Weather Prediction Models

Dudley B. Chelton;Michael H. Freilich

400
Citations
Regional variations in the influence of mesoscale eddies on near‐surface chlorophyll

Peter Gaube;Dennis J. McGillicuddy;Dudley B. Chelton;Michael J. Behrenfeld

383
Citations
Chapter 1 Satellite Altimetry

Dudley B. Chelton;John C. Ries;Bruce J. Haines;Lee-Lueng Fu

362
Citations
Eddy dynamics from satellite altimetry

Lee-Lueng Fu;Dudley B. Chelton;Pierre Yves Le Traon;Rosemary Morrow

349
Citations
Geosat altimeter observations of the surface circulation of the Southern Ocean

Dudley B. Chelton;Michael G. Schlax;Donna L. Witter;James G. Richman

339
Citations
Satellite observations of chlorophyll, phytoplankton biomass, and Ekman pumping in nonlinear mesoscale eddies

Peter Gaube;Peter Gaube;Dudley B. Chelton;Peter G. Strutton;Michael J. Behrenfeld

334
Citations
High-Resolution Satellite Measurements of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Response to SST Variations along the Agulhas Return Current

Larry W. O’Neill;Dudley B. Chelton;Steven K. Esbensen;Frank J. Wentz

298
Citations
A geosat altimeter wind speed algorithm and a method for altimeter wind speed algorithm development

Donna L. Witter;Dudley B. Chelton

275
Citations
Observations of SST-Induced Perturbations of the Wind Stress Field over the Southern Ocean on Seasonal Timescales

Larry W. O'Neill;Dudley B. Chelton;Steven K. Esbensen

264
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger M. Samelson Oregon State University

Lee-Lueng Fu Jet Propulsion Lab

Rosemary Morrow Paul Sabatier University

James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles

Ananda Pascual National Research Council (CNR)

Frank J. Wentz Remote Sensing Systems (United States)

Ernesto Rodriguez Jet Propulsion Lab

Eric D. Maloney Colorado State University

Mark A. Bourassa Florida State University

Michael J. Behrenfeld Oregon State University

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