2026 Edward K. Vizy: 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	33	9561	9153	3424	3172	80	4212

Edward K. Vizy 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 Edward K. Vizy sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 690+

This scientist: 80 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edward K. Vizy 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 Edward K. Vizy sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Edward K. Vizy is a researcher affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their work is primarily situated within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Water Science and Technology, and Forestry.

The main thematic focus of their research lies on Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, and Hydrology and Drought Analysis.

They have contributed extensively to peer-reviewed publications with a significant presence in notable academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Climate Dynamics
Journal of Climate
International Journal of Climatology
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Research Square (Research Square)

Edward K. Vizy's recent papers reflect a focus on convective systems and regional climatic variations. Selected publications include:

"What Drives the Intensification of Mesoscale Convective Systems over the West African Sahel under Climate Change?" (2020, Journal of Climate)
"Seasonal asymmetry of equatorial East African rainfall projections: understanding differences between the response of the long rains and the short rains to increased greenhouse gases" (2020, Climate Dynamics)
"Influence of Indian Ocean SST regionality on the East African short rains" (2020, Climate Dynamics)
"Hydrodynamics of regional and seasonal variations in Congo Basin precipitation" (2021, Climate Dynamics)
"Mesoscale convective systems in the Congo Basin: seasonality, regionality, and diurnal cycles" (2023, Climate Dynamics)

Their collaborative network features frequent co-authors:

Kerry H. Cook
Patrick C. Andrews
Weiran Liu
Siyu Zhao
Rory G. J. Fitzpatrick

Best Publications

Coupled Model Simulations of the West African Monsoon System: Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Simulations

Kerry H. Cook;Edward K. Vizy

358
Citations
Hydrodynamics of the Caribbean Low-Level Jet and Its Relationship to Precipitation

Kerry Harrison Cook;Edward K Vizy

208
Citations
Mechanisms by Which Gulf of Guinea and Eastern North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Can Influence African Rainfall

Edward K. Vizy;Kerry H. Cook

206
Citations
Development and application of a mesoscale climate model for the tropics: Influence of sea surface temperature anomalies on the West African monsoon

Edward K. Vizy;Kerry H. Cook

201
Citations
Variability and predictability of West African droughts: a review on the role of sea surface temperature anomalies.

Belen Rodríguez-Fonseca;Elsa Mohino;Carlos R. Mechoso;Cyril Caminade

197
Citations
Springtime Intensification of the Great Plains Low-Level Jet and Midwest Precipitation in GCM Simulations of the Twenty-First Century

Kerry Harrison Cook;Edward K Vizy;Zachary S. Launer;Christina M. Patricola

175
Citations
Effects of Twenty-First-Century Climate Change on the Amazon Rain Forest

Kerry Harrison Cook;Edward K Vizy

174
Citations
Mid-Twenty-First-Century Changes in Extreme Events over Northern and Tropical Africa

Edward K. Vizy;Kerry H. Cook

168
Citations
Projected Changes in East African Rainy Seasons

Kerry Harrison Cook;Edward K Vizy

158
Citations
Impact of climate change on mid-twenty-first century growing seasons in Africa

Kerry H. Cook;Edward K. Vizy

135
Citations
The South Atlantic Subtropical High: Climatology and Interannual Variability

Xiaoming Sun;Kerry H. Cook;Edward K. Vizy

133
Citations
Projections of a Wetter Sahel in the Twenty-First Century from Global and Regional Models

Edward K Vizy;Kerry Harrison Cook;Julien Crétat;Naresh Neupane

124
Citations
South American climate during the Last Glacial Maximum: Delayed onset of the South American monsoon

Kerry Harrison Cook;Edward K Vizy

122
Citations
Detection and Analysis of an Amplified Warming of the Sahara Desert

Kerry H. Cook;Edward K. Vizy

114
Citations
The WAMME regional model intercomparison study

Leonard M. Druyan;Jinming Feng;Jinming Feng;Kerry H. Cook;Yongkang Xue

109
Citations
Identifying hot spots of security vulnerability associated with climate change in Africa

Joshua W. Busby;Kerry H. Cook;Edward K. Vizy;Todd G. Smith

105
Citations
How well are daily intense rainfall events captured by current climate models over Africa

Julien Crétat;Edward K Vizy;Kerry Harrison Cook

99
Citations
Connections between the summer east African and Indian rainfall regimes

Edward K. Vizy;Kerry H. Cook

95
Citations
Relationship between Amazon and high Andes rainfall

Edward K. Vizy;Kerry H. Cook

95
Citations
The Congo Basin Walker circulation: dynamics and connections to precipitation

Kerry Harrison Cook;Edward K Vizy

84
Citations
A mechanism for African monsoon breaks: Mediterranean cold air surges

Edward K Vizy;Edward K Vizy;Kerry Harrison Cook;Kerry Harrison Cook

79
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry H. Cook The University of Texas at Austin

David P. Rowell Met Office

Jinming Feng Chinese Academy of Sciences

Yongkang Xue University of California, Los Angeles

Paul A. Dirmeyer George Mason University

Kyu-Myong Kim Goddard Space Flight Center

John H. Marsham University of Leeds

Akio Kitoh University of Tsukuba

Natalie M. Mahowald Cornell University

Fred Kucharski International Centre for Theoretical Physics

External Links

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