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Gary A. Wick 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 Gary A. Wick sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 112 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gary A. Wick 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 Gary A. Wick sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

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

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Overview

Gary A. Wick is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Their published work spans key subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Gary A. Wick has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, with recent notable papers including:

  • NOAA's Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) Experiment Observations and Forecast Impacts, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Assessment of Extreme Diurnal Warming in Operational Geosynchronous Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Products, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Assessing the ability of satellite sea surface temperature analyses to resolve spatial variability - The northwest tropical Atlantic ATOMIC region, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Ubiquitous Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Increase Spatial Heterogeneity of Trade Wind Cloudiness on Daily Time Scale, 2023, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Examining the Consistency of Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Concentration in Arctic Satellite Products, 2023, Remote Sensing

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Earth and Space Science

Gary A. Wick collaborates often with other researchers, including:

  • Sandra L. Castro
  • Jason Dunion
  • Peter G. Black
  • John R. Walker
  • Ryan D. Torn

Best Publications

  • Cool-skin and warm-layer effects on sea surface temperature

    C. W. Fairall;E. F. Bradley;J. S. Godfrey;G. A. Wick

  • Meteorological Characteristics and Overland Precipitation Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers Affecting the West Coast of North America Based on Eight Years of SSM/I Satellite Observations

    Paul J. Neiman;F. Martin Ralph;Gary A. Wick;Jessica D. Lundquist

  • Flooding on California's Russian River : Role of atmospheric rivers

    F. Martin Ralph;Paul J. Neiman;Gary A. Wick;Seth I. Gutman

  • Satellite and CALJET Aircraft Observations of Atmospheric Rivers over the Eastern North Pacific Ocean during the Winter of 1997/98

    F. Martin Ralph;Paul J. Neiman;Gary A. Wick

  • The Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment High-resolution Sea Surface Temperature Pilot Project

    Craig Donlon;I. Robinson;K. S. Casey;J. Vazquez-Cuervo

  • Flooding in Western Washington: The Connection to Atmospheric Rivers*

    Paul J. Neiman;Lawrence J. Schick;F. Martin Ralph;Mimi Hughes

  • Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project(ARTMIP): Project Goals and Experimental Design

    Christine A. Shields;Jonathan J. Rutz;Lai-Yung Leung;F. Martin Ralph

  • The Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project (ARTMIP): Quantifying Uncertainties in Atmospheric River Climatology

    Jonathan J. Rutz;Christine A. Shields;Juan M. Lora;Ashley E. Payne

  • Diagnosis of an Intense Atmospheric River Impacting the Pacific Northwest: Storm Summary and Offshore Vertical Structure Observed with COSMIC Satellite Retrievals

    Paul J. Neiman;F. Martin Ralph;Gary A. Wick;Ying-Hwa Kuo

  • High-Latitude Ocean and Sea Ice Surface Fluxes: Challenges for Climate Research

    Mark A. Bourassa;Mark A. Bourassa;Sarah T. Gille;Cecilia Bitz;David Carlson

  • Dropsonde Observations of Total Integrated Water Vapor Transport within North Pacific Atmospheric Rivers

    F. M. Ralph;S. F. Iacobellis;P. J. Neiman;J. M. Cordeira

  • Understanding the Role of Atmospheric Rivers in Heavy Precipitation in the Southeast United States

    Kelly Mahoney;Darren L. Jackson;Paul Neiman;Mimi Hughes

  • Evaluation of Forecasts of the Water Vapor Signature of Atmospheric Rivers in Operational Numerical Weather Prediction Models

    Gary A. Wick;Paul J. Neiman;F. Martin Ralph;Thomas M. Hamill

  • The Behavior of the Bulk – Skin Sea Surface Temperature Difference under Varying Wind Speed and Heat Flux

    Gary A. Wick;William J. Emery;Lakshmi H. Kantha;Peter Schlüssel

  • Estimating Sea Surface Temperature from Infrared Satellite and In Situ Temperature Data.

    W. J. Emery;Sandra Castro;G. A. Wick;Peter Schluessel

  • Description and Validation of an Automated Objective Technique for Identification and Characterization of the Integrated Water Vapor Signature of Atmospheric Rivers

    G. A. Wick;P. J. Neiman;F. M. Ralph

  • Correcting infrared satellite estimates of sea surface temperature for atmospheric water vapor attenuation

    William J. Emery;Yunyue Yu;Gary A. Wick;Peter Schluessel

  • Effects of orbital drift on advanced very high resolution radiometer products: Normalized difference vegetation index and sea surface temperature

    J.L. Privette;C. Fowler;G.A. Wick;D. Baldwin

  • A comprehensive comparison between satellite-measured skin and multichannel sea surface temperature

    Gary A. Wick;William J. Emery;Peter Schluessel

  • A new high-resolution sea surface temperature blended analysis

    Eileen Maturi;Andy Harris;Jonathan Mittaz;John Sapper

  • High-latitude ocean and sea ice surface fluxes: requirements and challenges for climate research

    Mark Bourassa;Sarah Tragler Gille;Cecilia M. Bitz;David Carlson

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Neiman
Paul J. Neiman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William J. Emery
William J. Emery University of Colorado Boulder
F. Martin Ralph
F. Martin Ralph University of California, San Diego
Christopher W. Fairall
Christopher W. Fairall National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Allen B. White
Allen B. White National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Peter J. Minnett
Peter J. Minnett University of Miami
Bin Guan
Bin Guan California Institute of Technology
Mark A. Bourassa
Mark A. Bourassa Florida State University
Craig Donlon
Craig Donlon European Space Agency
Nick Rayner
Nick Rayner Met Office

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