2026 Eric P. Chassignet: 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	67	1955	1864	810	748	299	18145

Overview

Eric P. Chassignet is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Pollution, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers key topics including:

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Climate variability and models
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation

Eric P. Chassignet has contributed to numerous publications in the following venues:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Frontiers in Marine Science
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Geoscientific Model Development
Ocean Modelling

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Eric P. Chassignet include:

"Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress" (2021), published in Advances in Space Research
"Evaluation of global ocean-sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)" (2020), published in Geoscientific Model Development
"Resolving and Parameterising the Ocean Mesoscale in Earth System Models" (2020), published in Current Climate Change Reports
"Impact of horizontal resolution on global ocean-sea ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)" (2020), published in Geoscientific Model Development
"Tracking Marine Litter With a Global Ocean Model: Where Does It Go? Where Does It Come From?" (2021), published in Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eric P. Chassignet include:

Xiaobiao Xu
Alexandra Bozec
Brian K. Arbic
Alan J. Wallcraft
Steven L. Morey

Best Publications

The HYCOM (HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model) data assimilative system

Eric P. Chassignet;Harley E. Hurlburt;Ole Martin Smedstad;George R. Halliwell

1210
Citations
Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (COREs)

Stephen M. Griffies;Arne Biastoch;Claus W. Böning;Frank Bryan

866
Citations
JRA-55 based surface dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models (JRA55-do)

Hiroyuki Tsujino;Shogo Urakawa;Hideyuki Nakano;R. Justin Small

812
Citations
Evolution of land surface air temperature trend

Fei Ji;Fei Ji;Zhaohua Wu;Jianping Huang;Eric P. Chassignet

645
Citations
Lagrangian ocean analysis: Fundamentals and practices

Erik van Sebille;Erik van Sebille;Stephen M. Griffies;Ryan Abernathey;Thomas P. Adams

599
Citations
US GODAE: Global Ocean Prediction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

Eric P Chassignet;Harley E Hurlburt;E J Metzger;Ole M Smedstad

552
Citations
Developments in ocean climate modelling

Stephen M. Griffies;Claus Böning;Frank O. Bryan;Eric P. Chassignet

542
Citations
The ocean's response to North Atlantic Oscillation variability

Martin Visbeck;Eric P. Chassignet;Ruth G. Curry;Thomas L. Delworth

542
Citations
North Atlantic Simulations with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM): Impact of the Vertical Coordinate Choice, Reference Pressure, and Thermobaricity

Eric P. Chassignet;Linda T. Smith;George R. Halliwell;Rainer Bleck

514
Citations
North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part I: Mean states

Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;David Bailey;Erik Behrens

459
Citations
OMIP contribution to CMIP6: experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Paul J. Durack;Alistair J. Adcroft

411
Citations
Climate Process Team on Internal Wave–Driven Ocean Mixing

Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Zhongxiang Zhao;Caitlin B. Whalen;Amy F. Waterhouse

356
Citations
Challenges and Prospects in Ocean Circulation Models

Baylor Fox-Kemper;Alistair Adcroft;Alistair Adcroft;Claus W. Böning;Eric P. Chassignet

317
Citations
Westward Motion of Mesoscale Eddies

Benoit Cushman-Roisin;Benyang Tang;Eric P. Chassignet

293
Citations
Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

281
Citations
Impact of Horizontal Resolution (1/12° to 1/50°) on Gulf Stream Separation, Penetration, and Variability

Eric P. Chassignet;Xiaobiao Xu

227
Citations
Improving Oceanic Overflow Representation in Climate Models: The Gravity Current Entrainment Climate Process Team

Sonya Legg;Bruce Briegleb;Yeon Chang;Eric P. Chassignet

225
Citations
Evaluation of global ocean–sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)

Hiroyuki Tsujino;L. Shogo Urakawa;Stephen M. Griffies;Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu

214
Citations
North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part II: Inter-annual to decadal variability

Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;Who M. Kim;Erik Behrens

205
Citations
The North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre in Four High-Resolution Models

Anne-Marie Tréguier;Sébastien Theetten;Eric P. Chassignet;Thierry Penduff

194
Citations
Applications of Satellite-Derived Ocean Measurements to Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasting

Gustavo Goni;Mark DeMaria;John Knaff;Charles Sampson

188
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen M. Griffies National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Simona Masina Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Gokhan Danabasoglu National Center for Atmospheric Research

Hiroyuki Tsujino Japan Meteorological Agency

Claus W. Böning GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Harley E. Hurlburt United States Naval Research Laboratory

Alan J. Wallcraft United States Naval Research Laboratory

Simon J. Marsland Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

William G. Large National Center for Atmospheric Research

Qiang Wang Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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