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D-Index
76
Citations
23782
World Ranking
1187
National Ranking
36

E. van Meijgaard 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 E. van Meijgaard sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 221 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

E. van Meijgaard 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 E. van Meijgaard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

E. van Meijgaard is affiliated with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute in the Netherlands. Their research spans key areas within environmental and earth sciences, with a primary focus on climate variability, atmospheric processes, and related modeling approaches.

The main fields of study for their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their subfields of study highlight expertise across:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • General Health Professions
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology

Van Meijgaard's scientific contributions engage with several specific topics, such as:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Their recent publications reflect a focus on regional climate modeling and related environmental assessments. Selected papers include:

  • Regional climate downscaling over Europe: perspectives from the EURO-CORDEX community, 2020, Regional Environmental Change
  • Evaluation of the Large EURO-CORDEX Regional Climate Model Ensemble, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Assessment of the European Climate Projections as Simulated by the Large EURO-CORDEX Regional and Global Climate Model Ensemble, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • What is the surface mass balance of Antarctica? An intercomparison of regional climate model estimates, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Future evolution of surface solar radiation and photovoltaic potential in Europe: investigating the role of aerosols, 2020, Environmental Research Letters

Van Meijgaard frequently publishes in the following journals:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Geoscientific Model Development

Their collaborative work involves repeated partnerships with several coauthors, including:

  • Geert Lenderink
  • Hylke de Vries
  • Samuel Somot
  • Karin van der Wiel
  • Erik Kjellström

Best Publications

  • EURO-CORDEX : new high-resolution climate change projections for European impact research

    Daniela Jacob;Juliane Petersen;Bastian Eggert;Antoinette Alias

  • Increase in hourly precipitation extremes beyond expectations from temperature changes

    Geert Lenderink;Erik van Meijgaard

  • Recent Antarctic ice mass loss from radar interferometry and regional climate modelling

    Eric Rignot;Eric Rignot;Eric Rignot;Jonathan L. Bamber;Michiel R. van den Broeke;Curt Davis

  • Partitioning Recent Greenland Mass Loss

    Michiel van den Broeke;Jonathan Bamber;Janneke Ettema;Eric Rignot;Eric Rignot

  • Regional climate modeling on European scales: a joint standard evaluation of the EURO-CORDEX RCM ensemble

    S. Kotlarski;K. Keuler;O. B. Christensen;A. Colette

  • Precipitation Climatology in an Ensemble of CORDEX-Africa Regional Climate Simulations

    Grigory Nikulin;Colin Jones;Filippo Giorgi;Ghassem Asrar

  • Higher surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet revealed by high-resolution climate modeling.

    Janneke Ettema;Michiel R. van den Broeke;Erik van Meijgaard;Willem Jan van de Berg

  • On the recent contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea level change

    Michiel R. van den Broeke;Ellyn M. Enderlin;Ian M. Howat;Peter Kuipers Munneke

  • Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016)

    Jan Melchior Van Wessem;Willem Jan Van De Berg;Brice P.Y. Noël;Erik Van Meijgaard

  • A new, high‐resolution surface mass balance map of Antarctica (1979–2010) based on regional atmospheric climate modeling

    J. T. M. Lenaerts;M. R. van den Broeke;W. J. van de Berg;E. van Meijgaard

  • The impact of climate change on photovoltaic power generation in Europe

    Sandra Jerez;Isabelle Tobin;Robert Vautard;Juan Pedro Montavez

  • The simulation of European heat waves from an ensemble of regional climate models within the EURO-CORDEX project

    Robert Vautard;Andreas Gobiet;Daniela Jacob;Michal Belda

  • Regional climate downscaling over Europe: perspectives from the EURO-CORDEX community

    Daniela Jacob;Claas Teichmann;Stefan Sobolowski;Eleni Katragkou

  • The KNMI regional atmospheric climate model RACMO version 2.1

    E. van Meijgaard;F. C. Bosveld;G. Lenderink

  • Improved representation of East Antarctic surface mass balance in a regional atmospheric climate model

    J. M. Van Wessem;C. H. Reijmer;M. Morlighem;J. Mouginot

  • Precipitation in the EURO-CORDEX 0.11° and 0.44° simulations: high resolution, high benefits?

    A.F. Prein;A. Gobiet;H. Truhetz;K. Keuler

  • Linking increases in hourly precipitation extremes to atmospheric temperature and moisture changes

    Geert Lenderink;Erik van Meijgaard

  • Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 1: Greenland (1958–2016)

    Brice Noël;Willem Jan van de Berg;J. Melchior Van Wessem;Erik Van Meijgaard

  • A first-of-its-kind multi-model convection permitting ensemble for investigating convective phenomena over Europe and the Mediterranean

    Erika Coppola;Stefan Sobolowski;E. Pichelli;F. Raffaele

  • Reassessment of the Antarctic surface mass balance using calibrated output of a regional atmospheric climate model

    W. J. van de Berg;M. R. van den Broeke;C. H. Reijmer;E. van Meijgaard

  • Divergent trajectories of Antarctic surface melt under two twenty-first-century climate scenarios

    Luke D. Trusel;Luke D. Trusel;Karen E. Frey;Sarah B. Das;Kristopher B. Karnauskas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan T. M. Lenaerts
Jan T. M. Lenaerts University of Colorado Boulder
Carleen Reijmer
Carleen Reijmer Utrecht University
Geert Lenderink
Geert Lenderink Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg
Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg Utrecht University
Johannes Oerlemans
Johannes Oerlemans Utrecht University
B. J. J. M. van den Hurk
B. J. J. M. van den Hurk Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Jonathan L. Bamber
Jonathan L. Bamber University of Bristol
Daniela Jacob
Daniela Jacob Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Grigory Nikulin
Grigory Nikulin Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

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