2026 Fred L. Ogden: 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	40	7950	7639	2833	2638	206	8517

Overview

Fred L. Ogden is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science with a strong focus on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change. Other notable subfields include Atmospheric Science and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics related to hydrology, watershed management, and environmental modeling. Major research subjects include:

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Fred L. Ogden has contributed to several recent papers published in well-regarded journals, including:

"Recent Advances and New Frontiers in Riverine and Coastal Flood Modeling" (2023) in Reviews of Geophysics
"NOAA's National Water Model: Advancing operational hydrology through continental-scale modeling" (2024) in JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
"Evaluation of Retrospective National Water Model Soil Moisture and Streamflow for Drought-Monitoring Applications" (2024) in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
"Ensemble data assimilation for operational streamflow predictions in the next generation (NextGen) framework" (2024) in Environmental Modelling & Software
"Layered Green and Ampt Infiltration With Redistribution" (2023) in Water Resources Research

Frequent coauthors with whom Fred L. Ogden has collaborated include:

Jason Regina
Jefferson S. Hall
Robert F. Stallard
Nels Frazier
T. Flowers

Their publications are often found in several key venues, reflecting the scope of their research:

HydroShare Resources
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
Environmental Modelling & Software
Hydrological Processes
Reviews of Geophysics

Best Publications

Soil Moisture Measurement for Ecological and Hydrological Watershed-Scale Observatories: A Review

D. A. Robinson;C. S. Campbell;J. W. Hopmans;B. K. Hornbuckle

1275
Citations
An overview of current applications, challenges, and future trends in distributed process-based models in hydrology

Simone Fatichi;Enrique R. Vivoni;Fred L. Ogden;Valeriy Y. Ivanov

680
Citations
RASTER‐BASED HYDROLOGIC MODELING OF SPATIALLY‐VARIED SURFACE RUNOFF

Pierre Y. Julien;Bahram Saghafian;Fred L. Ogden

446
Citations
The hydrology of the humid tropics

Ellen Wohl;Ana Barros;Nathaniel Brunsell;Nick A. Chappell

389
Citations
Numerical Solution of Richards' Equation: A Review of Advances and Challenges

Matthew W. Farthing;Fred L. Ogden

374
Citations
Relative importance of impervious area, drainage density, width function, and subsurface storm drainage on flood runoff from an urbanized catchment

Fred L. Ogden;Nawa Raj Pradhan;Charles W. Downer;Jon A. Zahner

323
Citations
Hydrologic analysis of the Fort Collins, Colorado, flash flood of 1997

F. L. Ogden;H. O. Sharif;S. U.S. Senarath;James A. Smith

318
Citations
GSSHA: Model To Simulate Diverse Stream Flow Producing Processes

Charles W. Downer;Fred L. Ogden

315
Citations
Effect of land cover and use on dry season river runoff, runoff efficiency, and peak storm runoff in the seasonal tropics of Central Panama

Fred L. Ogden;Trey D. Crouch;Robert F. Stallard;Jefferson S. Hall

264
Citations
Green and Ampt Infiltration with Redistribution

Fred L. Ogden;Bahram Saghafian

248
Citations
On the calibration and verification of two-dimensional, distributed, Hortonian, continuous watershed models

Sharika U. S. Senarath;Fred L. Ogden;Charles W. Downer;Charles W. Downer;Hatim O. Sharif

221
Citations
Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of the conceptual HBV rainfall-runoff model: implications for parameter estimation.

Nibret A. Abebe;Fred L. Ogden;Nawa R. Pradhan

207
Citations
Runoff sensitivity to temporal and spatial rainfall variability at runoff plane and small basin scales

Fred L. Ogden;Pierre Y. Julien

198
Citations
Runoff model sensitivity to radar rainfall resolution

Fred L. Ogden;Pierre Y. Julien

186
Citations
GIS and Distributed Watershed Models. II: Modules, Interfaces, and Models

Fred L. Ogden;Jurgen Garbrecht;Paul A. DeBarry;Lynn E. Johnson

149
Citations
Theory, development, and applicability of the surface water hydrologic model CASC2D

Charles W. Downer;Fred L. Ogden;William D. Martin;Russell S. Harmon

147
Citations
DEVEX-disdrometer evaluation experiment : Basic results and implications for hydrologic studies

Witold F. Krajewski;Anton Kruger;Clelia Caracciolo;Peter Golé

144
Citations
Appropriate vertical discretization of Richards' equation for two-dimensional watershed-scale modelling

Charles W. Downer;Fred L. Ogden

134
Citations
Recent Advances and New Frontiers in Riverine and Coastal Flood Modeling

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133
Citations
Peak Discharge Scaling in Small Hortonian Watershed

Fred L. Ogden;David R. Dawdy

121
Citations
GIS and Distributed Watershed Models. I: Data Coverages and Sources

Jurgen Garbrecht;Fred L. Ogden;Paul A. DeBarry;David R. Maidment

120
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan M. H. Hendrickx New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Robert F. Stallard Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Russell S. Harmon North Carolina State University

Witold F. Krajewski University of Iowa

Jefferson S. Hall Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

W. Berry Lyons The Ohio State University

Pierre Y. Julien Colorado State University

Dani Or University of Nevada Reno

James P. Smith Princeton University

Scott B. Jones Utah State University

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