2026 Hans C. Graber: 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	49	5201	4980	1913	1767	238	9916

Overview

Hans C. Graber is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these broader disciplines, their work covers subfields including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their scientific contributions focus on several key topics, notably Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Climate Change and Permafrost.

Hans C. Graber's publication record includes several recent papers published in well-regarded scientific venues. These include:

A warm jet in a cold ocean (2021) - Nature Communications
The Inner-Shelf Dynamics Experiment (2020) - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Marine X-Band Radar Currents and Bathymetry: An Argument for a Wave Number-Dependent Retrieval Method (2020) - Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Improving Situational Awareness in the Arctic Ocean (2020) - Frontiers in Marine Science
CLASI: Coordinating Innovative Observations and Modeling to Improve Coastal Environmental Prediction Systems (2021) - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

The scientist frequently publishes in several journals with multiple contributions to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Remote Sensing of Environment, Nature Communications, Frontiers in Marine Science, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans.

Hans C. Graber has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Björn Lund, Julie Paprocki, Nina Stark, Roland Romeiser, and Jamie MacMahan, with collaboration counts ranging from four to five joint publications.

Best Publications

On the limiting aerodynamic roughness of the ocean in very strong winds

M. A. Donelan;B. K. Haus;N. Reul;W. J. Plant

1071
Citations
The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea

Matthew H. Alford;Matthew H. Alford;Thomas Peacock;Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Jonathan D. Nash

721
Citations
Evaluation of Wind Vectors Observed by QuikSCAT/SeaWinds Using Ocean Buoy Data

Naoto Ebuchi;Hans C. Graber;Michael J. Caruso

504
Citations
On the wave age dependence of wind stress over pure wind seas

William M. Drennan;Hans C. Graber;Danièle Hauser;Céline Gwenaëlle Quentin

461
Citations
SPECTRAL WAVE ATTENUATION BY BOTTOM FRICTION: THEORY

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416
Citations
On the accuracy of HF radar surface current measurements: Intercomparisons with ship‐based sensors

R. D. Chapman;L. K. Shay;H. C. Graber;J. B. Edson

272
Citations
Effect of wave‐current interaction on wind‐driven circulation in narrow, shallow embayments

Richard P. Signell;Robert C. Beardsley;H. C. Graber;A. Capotondi

244
Citations
Introduction to High-Frequency Radar: Reality and Myth

Jeffrey D. Paduan;Hans C. Graber

217
Citations
Shallow Water '06: A Joint Acoustic Propagation/Nonlinear Internal Wave Physics Experiment

Dajun Tang;James N. Moum;James F. Lynch;Philip A. Abbot

196
Citations
Impact of typhoons on the ocean in the pacific

E.A. D'Asaro;P. G. Black;L. R. Centurioni;Y.-T. Chang

186
Citations
HF radar comparisons with moored estimates of current speed and direction: expected differences and implications

H.C. Graber;B.K. Haus;R.D. Chapman;L.K. Shay

186
Citations
ASIS—A New Air–Sea Interaction Spar Buoy: Design and Performance at Sea

Hans C. Graber;Eugene A. Terray;Mark A. Donelan;William M. Drennan

185
Citations
Swell and Slanting-Fetch Effects on Wind Wave Growth

Fabrice Ardhuin;T. H. C. Herbers;Gerbrant Ph. Van Vledder;Kristen P. Watts

178
Citations
Ocean surface features and currents measured with synthetic aperture radar interferometry and HF radar

Hans C. Graber;Donald R. Thompson;Richard E. Carande;Richard E. Carande

156
Citations
Overview of the Arctic Sea State and Boundary Layer Physics Program

Jim Thomson;Stephen Ackley;Fanny Girard-Ardhuin;Fabrice Ardhuin

149
Citations
Eddy-correlation measurements of air-sea fluxes from a discus buoy

François Anctil;Mark A. Donelan;William M. Drennan;Hans C. Graber

147
Citations
Ocean Wave Slope Observations Using Radar Backscatter and Laser Altimeters

Douglas Vandemark;B. Chapron;J. Sun;G. H. Crescenti

137
Citations
VALIDATION OF HF RADAR MEASUREMENTS

Rick D. Chapman;Hans C. Graber

131
Citations
Wind Retrieval From Shipborne Nautical X-Band Radar Data

B. Lund;H. C. Graber;R. Romeiser

130
Citations
Mesoscale Ocean Surface Current Structure Detected by High-Frequency Radar

Lynn K. Shay;Hans C. Graber;Duncan B. Ross;Rickey D. Chapman

125
Citations
Evidence for the Effects of Swell and Unsteady Winds on Marine Wind Stress

William M. Drennan;Hans C. Graber;Mark A. Donelan

113
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William M. Drennan University of Miami

Brian K. Haus University of Miami

Lynn K. Shay University of Miami

Mark A. Donelan University of Miami

Jim Thomson University of Washington

Peter Wadhams University of Cambridge

Luc Rainville University of Washington

Luca Centurioni University of California, San Diego

Harper L. Simmons University of Alaska Fairbanks

William Perrie Bedford Institute of Oceanography

External Links

Personal website of Hans C. Graber

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