2026 Gokhan Danabasoglu: 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	82	867	825	376	347	259	32706

Overview

Gokhan Danabasoglu is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Oceanography.

Their work addresses various scientific topics, notably Climate variability and models, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

They have published research in a range of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Climate
Geophysical Research Letters
Geoscientific Model Development
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Danabasoglu cover topics related to climate models, prediction, and Earth system dynamics. These papers include:

The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability, 2021, Earth System Dynamics
An Unprecedented Set of High-Resolution Earth System Simulations for Understanding Multiscale Interactions in Climate Variability and Change, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Current and Emerging Developments in Subseasonal to Decadal Prediction, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
North Atlantic climate far more predictable than models imply, 2020, Nature

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their research. Frequent co-authors include:

Stephen Yeager
Ping Chang
Frédéric Castruccio
Nan Rosenbloom
Lixin Wu

The scope of Danabasoglu's work spans modeling Earth systems, understanding interactions across scales in climate variability, and exploring predictability of climate phenomena. Their diverse publication portfolio and collaboration network reflect contributions to multiple intertwined areas of atmospheric and environmental science.

Best Publications

The Community Climate System Model Version 4

Peter R. Gent;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Leo J. Donner;Marika M. Holland

3266
Citations
The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

G. Danabasoglu;J. F. Lamarque;J. Bacmeister;D. A. Bailey

2891
Citations
The Community Earth System Model (CESM) large ensemble project: a community resource for studying climate change in the presence of internal climate variability

Jennifer E Kay;Clara Deser;Adam S Phillips;A Mai

2595
Citations
Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (COREs)

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

866
Citations
Decadal Prediction: Can It Be Skillful?

Gerald A. Meehl;Lisa M. Goddard;James Murphy;Ronald J. Stouffer

848
Citations
JRA-55 based surface dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models (JRA55-do)

Hiroyuki Tsujino;Shogo Urakawa;Hideyuki Nakano;R. Justin Small

812
Citations
The CCSM4 Ocean Component

Gokhan Danabasoglu;Susan C. Bates;Bruce P. Briegleb;Steven R. Jayne

730
Citations
Decadal Climate Prediction: An Update from the Trenches

Gerald A. Meehl;Lisa Goddard;George Boer;Robert Burgman

598
Citations
A Review of the Role of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in Atlantic Multidecadal Variability and Associated Climate Impacts

Rong Zhang;Rowan Sutton;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Young Oh Kwon

552
Citations
Sensitivity to Surface Forcing and Boundary Layer Mixing in a Global Ocean Model: Annual-Mean Climatology

William G. Large;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Scott C. Doney;James C. McWilliams

506
Citations
High Climate Sensitivity in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

Andrew Gettelman;Cecile E. Hannay;Julio T. Bacmeister;Richard B. Neale

462
Citations
North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part I: Mean states

Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;David Bailey;Erik Behrens

459
Citations
Parameterization of mixed layer eddies. III: Implementation and impact in global ocean climate simulations

B. Fox-Kemper;B. Fox-Kemper;G. Danabasoglu;R. Ferrari;S.M. Griffies

448
Citations
The Decadal Climate Prediction Project (DCPP) contribution to CMIP6

George J. Boer;Douglas M. Smith;Christophe Cassou;Francisco Doblas-Reyes

439
Citations
OMIP contribution to CMIP6: experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Paul J. Durack;Alistair J. Adcroft

411
Citations
The role of mesoscale tracer transports in the global ocean circulation.

Gokhan Danabasoglu;James C. McWilliams;Peter R. Gent

392
Citations
The Community Climate System Model, version 2

Jeffrey T. Kiehl;Peter R. Gent

358
Citations
Climate Process Team on Internal Wave–Driven Ocean Mixing

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

356
Citations
Attribution and Impacts of Upper-Ocean Biases in CCSM3

W. G. Large;G. Danabasoglu

349
Citations
Sensitivity of the global ocean circulation to parameterizations of mesoscale tracer transports

Gokhan Danabasoglu;James C. Mc Williams

341
Citations
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed Transport and Variability

Eleanor Frajka-Williams;Isabelle J. Ansorge;Johanna Baehr;Harry L. Bryden

272
Citations
The Parallel Ocean Program (POP) reference manual: Ocean component of the Community Climate System Model (CCSM)

R. Smith;P. Jones;P. Briegleb;O. Bryan

189
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen G. Yeager National Center for Atmospheric Research

Stephen M. Griffies National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

William G. Large National Center for Atmospheric Research

Hiroyuki Tsujino Japan Meteorological Agency

Simona Masina Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Eric P. Chassignet Florida State University

Simon J. Marsland Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Helge Drange University of Bergen

James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles

Alistair Adcroft Princeton University

External Links

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