2026 Gerald A. Meehl: 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	134	56	53	23	21	375	127634

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

15663
Citations
Overview of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) experimental design and organization

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

10916
Citations
The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment

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

7781
Citations
Global climate projections. Chapter 10

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

6887
Citations
Global climate projections

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

6784
Citations
Climate Extremes: Observations, Modeling, and Impacts

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

5972
Citations
More Intense, More Frequent, and Longer Lasting Heat Waves in the 21st Century

Gerald A. Meehl;Claudia Tebaldi

4948
Citations
The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6

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

4323
Citations
THE WCRP CMIP3 Multimodel Dataset: A New Era in Climate Change Research

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

2800
Citations
SOLAR INFLUENCES ON CLIMATE

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

1727
Citations
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

1587
Citations
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

1516
Citations
Projections of Future Climate Change

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

1459
Citations
Near-term climate change: Projections and predictability

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

1405
Citations
Challenges in Combining Projections from Multiple Climate Models

Reto Knutti;Reinhard Furrer;Claudia Tebaldi;Jan Cermak

1396
Citations
Going to the Extremes

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

1388
Citations
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

1382
Citations
How much more global warming and sea level rise

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

918
Citations
Extreme weather and climate events with ecological relevance: a review.

Caroline C. Ummenhofer;Gerald A. Meehl

860
Citations
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

851
Citations
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

517
Citations
Thenextgenerationofscenariosforclimate change research and assessment

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

1
Citations
Overview of the Coupled MOdel Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) Experimental Design and Organization

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

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Julie M. Arblaster National Center for Atmospheric Research

Warren M. Washington National Center for Atmospheric Research

Aixue Hu National Center for Atmospheric Research

Haiyan Teng Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Weiqing Han University of Colorado Boulder

Karl E. Taylor Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Tom M. L. Wigley University of Adelaide

Ronald J. Stouffer University of Arizona

Claudia Tebaldi Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Mojib Latif GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

External Links

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