2026 Frank O. Bryan: 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	51	4653	4453	1715	1582	145	14082

Frank O. Bryan 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 Frank O. Bryan sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 690+

This scientist: 145 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frank O. Bryan 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 Frank O. Bryan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frank O. Bryan is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science as notable subfields.

Their work includes numerous publications related to oceanographic and atmospheric processes, climate variability and models, and marine and coastal ecosystems. Other topics covered in their research consist of meteorological phenomena and simulations, ocean waves and remote sensing, geology and paleoclimatology research, and tropical and extratropical cyclones research.

Frequent publication venues for Frank O. Bryan include:

Journal of Physical Oceanography
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Geophysical Research Letters
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Among recent papers by Frank O. Bryan are:

A Diagnosis of Anisotropic Eddy Diffusion From a High-Resolution Global Ocean Model (2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems)
The Global Sink of Available Potential Energy by Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction (2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems)
The Impact of Climate Change on Ocean Submesoscale Activity (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
A Global Diagnosis of Eddy Potential Energy Budget in an Eddy-Permitting Ocean Model (2022, Journal of Physical Oceanography)
A box model to represent estuarine dynamics in mesoscale resolution ocean models (2020, Ocean Modelling)

Frank O. Bryan's frequent co-authors include:

Scott Bachman
Gustavo Marques
Stuart P. Bishop
Justin Small
Gökhan Danabasoglu

Best Publications

Time variability of the Earth's gravity field: Hydrological and oceanic effects and their possible detection using GRACE

John Wahr;Mery Molenaar;Frank Bryan

2690
Citations
Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (COREs)

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

866
Citations
High-latitude salinity effects and interhemispheric thermohaline circulations

Frank Bryan;Frank Bryan

837
Citations
Parameter Sensitivity of Primitive Equation Ocean General Circulation Models

Frank Bryan

743
Citations
Numerical Simulation of the North Atlantic Ocean at 1/10°

Richard D. Smith;Mathew E. Maltrud;Frank O. Bryan;Matthew W. Hecht

555
Citations
Developments in ocean climate modelling

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

542
Citations
STOIC: a study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions

M. K. Davey;M. Huddleston;K. R. Sperber;P. Braconnot

442
Citations
A new synoptic scale resolving global climate simulation using the Community Earth System Model

R. Justin Small;Julio Bacmeister;David Bailey;Allison Baker

368
Citations
Climate Process Team on Internal Wave–Driven Ocean Mixing

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

356
Citations
Western boundary currents regulated by interaction between ocean eddies and the atmosphere

Xiaohui Ma;Xiaohui Ma;Zhao Jing;Zhao Jing;Ping Chang;Ping Chang;Xue Liu;Xue Liu

325
Citations
The Community Climate System Model

Maurice Blackmon;Byron Boville;Frank Bryan;Robert Dickinson

288
Citations
Impact of ocean model resolution on CCSM climate simulations

Ben P. Kirtman;Cecilia Bitz;Frank Bryan;William Collins

283
Citations
The NCAR Climate System Model Global Ocean Component

Peter R. Gent;Frank O. Bryan;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Scott C. Doney

268
Citations
Frontal scale air-sea interaction in high-resolution coupled climate models

Frank O. Bryan;Robert Tomas;John M. Dennis;Dudley B. Chelton

226
Citations
The Impact of Oceanic Near-Inertial Waves on Climate

Markus Jochum;Bruce P. Briegleb;Gokhan Danabasoglu;William G. Large

209
Citations
Resolution convergence and sensitivity studies with North Atlantic circulation models. Part I: The western boundary current system

Frank O. Bryan;Matthew W. Hecht;Richard D. Smith

184
Citations
Equatorial Circulation of a Global Ocean Climate Model with Anisotropic Horizontal Viscosity

William G. Large;Gokhan Danabasoglu;James C. McWilliams;Peter R. Gent

182
Citations
An Overlooked Problem in Model Simulations of the Thermohaline Circulation and Heat Transport in the Atlantic Ocean

Claus W. Böning;William R. Holland;Frank O. Bryan;Gokhan Danabasoglu

167
Citations
Storm track response to ocean fronts in a global high-resolution climate model

R. Justin Small;Robert A. Tomas;Frank O. Bryan

167
Citations
A prototype two-decade fully-coupled fine-resolution CCSM simulation

Julie L. McClean;Julie L. McClean;David C. Bader;David C. Bader;Frank O. Bryan;Mathew E. Maltrud

166
Citations
What sets the mean transport through Drake Passage

Peter R. Gent;William G. Large;Frank O. Bryan

159
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gokhan Danabasoglu National Center for Atmospheric Research

William R. Holland National Center for Atmospheric Research

Keith Lindsay National Center for Atmospheric Research

Peter R. Gent National Center for Atmospheric Research

Mathew E. Maltrud Los Alamos National Laboratory

Scott C. Doney University of Virginia

Steven R. Jayne Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Robert A. Tomas National Center for Atmospheric Research

William G. Large National Center for Atmospheric Research

Claus W. Böning GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

External Links

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