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D-Index
48
Citations
9346
World Ranking
5507
National Ranking
2016

Eric J. Fetzer 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 Eric J. Fetzer sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 207 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Eric J. Fetzer 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 Eric J. Fetzer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Eric J. Fetzer is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, focusing notably on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change as key subfields. Additional interests include Aerospace Engineering, Oceanography, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of topics related to climate and atmospheric phenomena. These include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Eric J. Fetzer has frequently published in several specialized venues, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Environmental Research Communications
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with a core group of co-authors, among whom are Jonathan H. Jiang, Kuan-Man Xu, Jia-Yuh Yu, Wei-Liang Lee, and Graeme L. Stephens, reflecting ongoing partnerships in interdisciplinary research.

Recent publications by Eric J. Fetzer include:

  • "An Overview of CMIP5 and CMIP6 Simulated Cloud Ice, Radiation Fields, Surface Wind Stress, Sea Surface Temperatures, and Precipitation Over Tropical and Subtropical Oceans", 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Annual and seasonal mean tropical and subtropical precipitation bias in CMIP5 and CMIP6 models", 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Exploring Radiation Biases Over the Tropical and Subtropical Oceans Based on Treatments of Frozen-Hydrometeor Radiative Properties in CMIP6 Models", 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Assessing the Impacts of Two Averaging Methods on AIRS Level 3 Monthly Products and Multiyear Monthly Means", 2020, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • "Improved ice content, radiation, precipitation and low-level circulation over the tropical pacific from ECMWF ERA-interim to ERA5", 2021, Environmental Research Communications

Best Publications

  • AIRS: Improving Weather Forecasting and Providing New Data on Greenhouse Gases.

    Moustafa T. Chahine;Thomas S. Pagano;Hartmut H. Aumann;Robert Atlas

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder temperature and geopotential height measurements

    M. Schwartz;A. Lambert;G.L. Manney;G.L. Manney;W.G. Read

  • Indonesian fire activity and smoke pollution in 2015 show persistent nonlinear sensitivity to El Niño-induced drought

    Robert D. Field;Robert D. Field;Guido R. van der Werf;Thierry Fanin;Eric J. Fetzer

  • 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

  • Extreme snowfall events linked to atmospheric rivers and surface air temperature via satellite measurements

    Bin Guan;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Duane E. Waliser;Eric J. Fetzer

  • Atmospheric Radiation Measurement site atmospheric state best estimates for Atmospheric Infrared Sounder temperature and water vapor retrieval validation

    David C. Tobin;Henry E. Revercomb;Robert O. Knuteson;Barry M. Lesht

  • Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the aura Satellite

    L. Froidevaux;N.J. Livesey;W.G. Read;Y.B. Jiang

  • Aura Microwave Limb Sounder upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric H2O and relative humidity with respect to ice validation

    W. G. Read;A. Lambert;J. Bacmeister;R. E. Cofield

  • 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

  • Gravity Wave Variance in LIMS Temperatures. Part I: Variability and Comparison with Background Winds

    Eric J. Fetzer;John C. Gille

  • Vertical Moist Thermodynamic Structure and Spatial–Temporal Evolution of the MJO in AIRS Observations

    Baijun Tian;Duane E. Waliser;Eric J. Fetzer;Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen

  • Does the Madden–Julian Oscillation Influence Wintertime Atmospheric Rivers and Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada?

    Bin Guan;Duane E. Waliser;Noah P. Molotch;Eric J. Fetzer

  • The 2010/2011 snow season in California's Sierra Nevada: Role of atmospheric rivers and modes of large‐scale variability

    Bin Guan;Bin Guan;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Duane E. Waliser;Eric J. Fetzer

  • AIRS/AMSU/HSB validation

    E. Fetzer;L.M. McMillin;D. Tobin;H.H. Aumann

  • Hydrometeorological Characteristics of Rain‐on‐Snow Events Associated with Atmospheric Rivers

    Bin Guan;Bin Guan;Duane E. Waliser;Duane E. Waliser;F. Martin Ralph;Eric J. Fetzer

  • Status of High latitude precipitation estimates from observations and reanalyses.

    Ali Behrangi;Matthew Christensen;Matthew Christensen;Mark Richardson;Matthew Lebsock

  • Biases in total precipitable water vapor climatologies from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer

    Eric J. Fetzer;Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen;Annmarie Eldering;Hartmut H. Aumann

  • Evaluating CMIP5 models using AIRS tropospheric air temperature and specific humidity climatology

    Baijun Tian;Eric J. Fetzer;Brian H. Kahn;Joao Teixeira

  • The Global Distribution of Supersaturation in the Upper Troposphere from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

    Andrew Gettelman;Eric J. Fetzer;Annmarie Eldering;Fredrick W. Irion

  • Climatology of Upper-Tropospheric Relative Humidity from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and Implications for Climate

    Andrew Gettelman;William D. Collins;Eric J. Fetzer;Annmarie Eldering

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian H. Kahn
Brian H. Kahn California Institute of Technology
Duane E. Waliser
Duane E. Waliser Jet Propulsion Lab
Annmarie Eldering
Annmarie Eldering California Institute of Technology
João Paulo Teixeira
João Paulo Teixeira University of Porto
Jonathan H. Jiang
Jonathan H. Jiang California Institute of Technology
Fredrick W. Irion
Fredrick W. Irion Jet Propulsion Lab
William G. Read
William G. Read California Institute of Technology
Tristan L'Ecuyer
Tristan L'Ecuyer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Graeme L. Stephens
Graeme L. Stephens Jet Propulsion Lab
Andrew Gettelman
Andrew Gettelman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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