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Howard B. Bluestein 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 Howard B. Bluestein sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 223 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Howard B. Bluestein 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 Howard B. Bluestein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Howard B. Bluestein is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science and related subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Computational Mechanics.

The core research topics addressed by Bluestein include:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Climate variability and models
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Aeolian processes and effects

The scientist has authored numerous papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Atmospheric Observations of Weather and Climate (2022) in ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN
  • Statistical and Empirical Relationships between Tornado Intensity and Both Topography and Land Cover Using Rapid-Scan Radar Observations and a GIS (2020) in Monthly Weather Review
  • The Need for Spectrum and the Impact on Weather Observations (2021) in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Analysis of Debris Signature Characteristics and Evolution in the 24 May 2016 Dodge City, Kansas, Tornadoes (2020) in Monthly Weather Review
  • Mobile Radar Observations of the Evolving Debris Field Compared with a Damage Survey of the Shawnee, Oklahoma, Tornado of 19 May 2013 (2020) in Monthly Weather Review

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Zachary B. Wienhoff
  • Dylan W. Reif
  • David M. Bodine
  • Jeffrey C. Snyder
  • Roger M. Wakimoto

The primary venues for their work include:

  • Monthly Weather Review
  • ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN
  • Weather and Forecasting
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Reports on Progress in Physics

Best Publications

  • Formation of Mesoscale Lines of Pirecipitation: Severe Squall Lines in Oklahoma during the Spring

    Howard B. Bluestein;Michael H. Jain

  • Tornadoes and Tornadic Storms

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  • The Second Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment: VORTEX2

    Joshua Wurman;David Dowell;Yvette Richardson;Paul Markowski

  • Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting: Report of the Eighth Prospectus Development Team, U.S. Weather Research Program

    J. M. Fritsch;Robert A. Houze;R. Adler;H. Bluestein

  • Observations of Tornadoes and Other Convective Phenomena with a Mobile, 3-mm Wavelength, Doppler Radar: The Spring 1999 Field Experiment

    Howard B. Bluestein;Andrew L. Pazmany

  • Close-Range Observations of Tornadoes in Supercells Made with a Dual-Polarization, X-Band, Mobile Doppler Radar

    Howard B. Bluestein;Michael M. French;Robin L. Tanamachi;Stephen Frasier

  • Attenuation Correction and Hydrometeor Classification of High-Resolution, X-band, Dual-Polarized Mobile Radar Measurements in Severe Convective Storms

    Jeffrey C. Snyder;Howard B. Bluestein;Guifu Zhang;Stephen J. Frasier

  • A Mobile Rapid-Scanning X-band Polarimetric (RaXPol) Doppler Radar System

    Andrew L. Pazmany;James B. Mead;Howard B. Bluestein;Jeffrey C. Snyder

  • A Mobile, Phased-Array Doppler Radar For The Study of Severe Convective Storms

    Howard B. Bluestein;Michael M. French;Ivan PopStefanija;Robert T. Bluth

  • ELDORA observations during VORTEX 95

    Roger M. Wakimoto;Wen-Chau Lee;Howard B. Bluestein;Ching-Hwang Liu

  • Severe Convective Storms and Tornadoes: Observations and Dynamics

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  • The 8 June 1995 McLean, Texas, Storm. Part I: Observations of Cyclic Tornadogenesis

    David C. Dowell;Howard B. Bluestein

  • The 8 June 1995 McLean, Texas, Storm. Part II: Cyclic Tornado Formation, Maintenance, and Dissipation

    David C. Dowell;Howard B. Bluestein

  • Mobile Doppler Radar Observations of a Tornado in a Supercell near Bassett, Nebraska, on 5 June 1999. Part II: Tornado-Vortex Structure

    Howard B. Bluestein;Wen-Chau Lee;Michael Bell;Christopher C. Weiss

  • A Synoptic and Photographic Climatology of Low-Precipitation Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains

    Howard B. Bluestein;Carlton R. Parks

  • Modes of isolated, severe convective storm formation along the dryline

    Howard B. Bluestein;Stephen S. Parker

  • Severe Thunderstorm Development in Relation to Along-Dryline Variability: A Case Study

    Carl E. Hane;Howard B. Bluestein;Todd M. Crawford;Michael E. Baldwin

  • The Arcadia, Oklahoma, Storm of 17 May 1981: Analysis of a Supercell during Tornadogenesis

    David C. Dowell;Howard B. Bluestein

  • Doppler Radar Observations of Dust Devils in Texas

    Howard B. Bluestein;Christopher C. Weiss;Andrew L. Pazmany

  • The Interaction of Numerically Simulated Supercells Initiated along Lines

    Howard B. Bluestein;Morris L. Weisman

  • Investigation of the Dryline and Convective Storms Initiated along the Dryline: Field Experiments during COPS–91

    Carl E. Hane;Conrad L. Ziegler;Howard B. Bluestein

  • Unusually Strong Vertical Motions in a Caribbean Hurricane

    Robert A. Black;Howard B. Bluestein;Michael L. Black

  • Mobile Doppler Radar Observations of a Tornado in a Supercell near Bassett, Nebraska, on 5 June 1999. Part I: Tornadogenesis

    Howard B. Bluestein;Christopher C. Weiss;Andrew L. Pazmany

Frequent Co-Authors

Wen-Chau Lee
Wen-Chau Lee National Center for Atmospheric Research
Paul Markowski
Paul Markowski Pennsylvania State University
Joshua Wurman
Joshua Wurman Center for Severe Weather Research
Ming Xue
Ming Xue University of Oklahoma
Guifu Zhang
Guifu Zhang University of Oklahoma
Bruce A. Albrecht
Bruce A. Albrecht University of Miami
Robert M. Rauber
Robert M. Rauber University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Donald R. MacGorman
Donald R. MacGorman University of Oklahoma
Richard Rotunno
Richard Rotunno National Center for Atmospheric Research
V. Chandrasekar
V. Chandrasekar Colorado State University

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