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D-Index
134
Citations
127634
World Ranking
56
National Ranking
23

Gerald A. Meehl 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 Gerald A. Meehl sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 375 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gerald A. Meehl 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 Gerald A. Meehl sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 134 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Gerald A. Meehl is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Meehl's work focuses extensively on climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and oceanographic and atmospheric processes.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Meehl has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Aixue Hu, Nan Rosenbloom, Julie M. Arblaster, María J. Molina, and Jadwiga H. Richter.

Their publications are often found in scientific journals such as the Journal of Climate, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth System Dynamics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Nature Climate Change.

Selected recent papers by Gerald A. Meehl include:

  • Context for interpreting equilibrium climate sensitivity and transient climate response from the CMIP6 Earth system models, 2020, Science Advances
  • Climate model projections from the Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6, 2021, Earth System Dynamics
  • Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Quantifying Progress Across Different CMIP Phases With the ESMValTool, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Their subfields of study highlight a focus on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Oceanography, with additional work in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Economics and Econometrics.

Gerald A. Meehl was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2014.

Best Publications

  • An Overview of CMIP5 and the Experiment Design

    Karl E. Taylor;Ronald J. Stouffer;Gerald A. Meehl

  • Overview of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) experimental design and organization

    Veronika Eyring;Sandrine Bony;Gerald A. Meehl;Catherine A. Senior

  • The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment

    Richard H. Moss;Jae A. Edmonds;Kathy A. Hibbard;Martin R. Manning

  • Global climate projections. Chapter 10

    G A Meehl;T F Stocker;W D Collins;P Friedlingstein

  • Global climate projections

    G.A. Meehl;T. F. Stocker;W. D. Collins;P. Friedlingstein

  • Climate Extremes: Observations, Modeling, and Impacts

    David R. Easterling;Gerald A. Meehl;Camille Parmesan;Stanley A. Changnon

  • More Intense, More Frequent, and Longer Lasting Heat Waves in the 21st Century

    Gerald A. Meehl;Claudia Tebaldi

  • The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6

    Brian C. O'Neill;Claudia Tebaldi;Detlef P. Van Vuuren;Detlef P. Van Vuuren;Veronika Eyring

  • THE WCRP CMIP3 Multimodel Dataset: A New Era in Climate Change Research

    Gerald A. Meehl;Curt Covey;Thomas Delworth;Mojib Latif

  • SOLAR INFLUENCES ON CLIMATE

    L. J. Gray;L. J. Gray;J. Beer;M. Geller;J.D. Haigh

  • Going to the extremes : An intercomparison of model-simulated historical and future changes in extreme events

    Claudia Tebaldi;Katharinec Hayhoe;Katharinec Hayhoe;Julie M. Arblaster;Julie M. Arblaster;Gerald A. Meehl

  • Recent intensification of wind-driven circulation in the Pacific and the ongoing warming hiatus

    Matthew Heathcote England;Shayne McGregor;J Paul Spence;Gerald A Meehl

  • Projections of Future Climate Change

    U. Cubasch;G. A. Meehl;G. J. Boer;R. J. Stouffer

  • Near-term climate change: Projections and predictability

    Ben Kirtman;Scott B. Power;Akintayo John Adedoyin;George J. Boer

  • Challenges in Combining Projections from Multiple Climate Models

    Reto Knutti;Reinhard Furrer;Claudia Tebaldi;Jan Cermak

  • Going to the Extremes

    Claudia Tebaldi;Katharinec Hayhoe;Katharinec Hayhoe;Julie M. Arblaster;Julie M. Arblaster;Gerald A. Meehl

  • The Importance of Land-Cover Change in Simulating Future Climates

    Johannes J. Feddema;Johannes J. Feddema;Keith W. Oleson;Keith W. Oleson;Gordon B. Bonan;Gordon B. Bonan;Linda O. Mearns;Linda O. Mearns

  • How much more global warming and sea level rise

    Gerald A. Meehl;Warren M. Washington;William D. Collins;Julie M. Arblaster

  • Extreme weather and climate events with ecological relevance: a review.

    Caroline C. Ummenhofer;Gerald A. Meehl

  • Trends in Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Issues Related to Modeling Extremes in Projections of Future Climate Change

    Gerald A. Meehl;Francis Zwiers;Jenni Evans;Thomas Knutson

  • Amplifying the Pacific Climate System Response to a Small 11-Year Solar Cycle Forcing

    Gerald A Meehl;Julie Michelle Arblaster;Julie Michelle Arblaster;Katja Matthes;Katja Matthes;Fabrizio Sassi

  • Thenextgenerationofscenariosforclimate change research and assessment

    RichardH . Moss;Timothy R. Carter;Seita Emori;Mikiko Kainuma

  • Overview of the Coupled MOdel Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) Experimental Design and Organization

    Eyring;S Bony;G A Meehl;C A Senior

Frequent Co-Authors

Julie M. Arblaster
Julie M. Arblaster National Center for Atmospheric Research
Warren M. Washington
Warren M. Washington National Center for Atmospheric Research
Aixue Hu
Aixue Hu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Haiyan Teng
Haiyan Teng Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Weiqing Han
Weiqing Han University of Colorado Boulder
Karl E. Taylor
Karl E. Taylor Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Tom M. L. Wigley
Tom M. L. Wigley University of Adelaide
Ronald J. Stouffer
Ronald J. Stouffer University of Arizona
Claudia Tebaldi
Claudia Tebaldi Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mojib Latif
Mojib Latif GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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