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D-Index
36
Citations
10013
World Ranking
9025
National Ranking
3232

Overview

James D. Scott is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as Marine and fisheries research, Climate variability and models, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by James D. Scott include the following:

  • "Thermal displacement by marine heatwaves," 2020, Nature
  • "Climate impacts on the Gulf of Maine ecosystem," 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Bottom marine heatwaves along the continental shelves of North America," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Widespread habitat loss and redistribution of marine top predators in a changing ocean," 2023, Science Advances
  • "Projecting ocean acidification impacts for the Gulf of Maine to 2050," 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James D. Scott are:

  • Michael A. Alexander
  • Michael G. Jacox
  • Dillon J. Amaya
  • Rachel McCrary
  • Katherine E. Mills

Their research is often published in venues such as:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Journal of Climate
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Best Publications

  • The Atmospheric Bridge: The Influence of ENSO Teleconnections on Air-Sea Interaction over the Global Oceans

    Michael A. Alexander;Ileana Bladé;Matthew Newman;John R. Lanzante

  • The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited

    Matthew Newman;Matthew Newman;Michael A. Alexander;Toby R. Ault;Kim M. Cobb

  • Slow adaptation in the face of rapid warming leads to collapse of the Gulf of Maine cod fishery.

    Andrew J. Pershing;Michael A. Alexander;Christina M. Hernandez;Lisa A. Kerr

  • A Vulnerability Assessment of Fish and Invertebrates to Climate Change on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf.

    Jonathan A. Hare;Wendy E. Morrison;Mark W. Nelson;Megan M. Stachura

  • The Atmospheric Response to Realistic Arctic Sea Ice Anomalies in an AGCM during Winter.

    Michael A. Alexander;Uma S. Bhatt;John E. Walsh;Michael S. Timlin

  • Enhanced upper ocean stratification with climate change in the CMIP3 models

    Antonietta Capotondi;Antonietta Capotondi;Michael A. Alexander;Nicholas A. Bond;Enrique N. Curchitser

  • ENSO and Pacific Decadal Variability in the Community Climate System Model Version 4

    Clara Deser;Adam S. Phillips;Robert A. Tomas;Yuko M. Okumura

  • Projected sea surface temperatures over the 21st century: Changes in the mean, variability and extremes for large marine ecosystem regions of Northern Oceans

    Michael A. Alexander;James D. Scott;Kevin D. Friedland;Katherine E. Mills

  • The Impact of Extratropical Atmospheric Variability on ENSO: Testing the Seasonal Footprinting Mechanism Using Coupled Model Experiments

    Michael A. Alexander;Daniel J. Vimont;Ping Chang;James D. Scott

  • Forecasting the dynamics of a coastal fishery species using a coupled climate–population model

    Jonathan A. Hare;Michael A. Alexander;Michael J. Fogarty;Erik H. Williams

  • The influence of ENSO on air‐sea interaction in the Atlantic

    Michael Alexander;James Scott

  • Climate vulnerability and resilience in the most valuable North American fishery.

    Arnault Le Bris;Katherine E. Mills;Richard A. Wahle;Yong Chen

  • Forecasting Pacific SSTs: Linear Inverse Model Predictions of the PDO

    Michael A. Alexander;Ludmila Matrosova;Cécile Penland;James D. Scott

  • Thermal displacement by marine heatwaves

    Michael G. Jacox;Michael G. Jacox;Michael G. Jacox;Michael A. Alexander;Steven J. Bograd;Steven J. Bograd;James D. Scott;James D. Scott

  • Processes that influence sea surface temperature and ocean mixed layer depth variability in a coupled model

    Michael A. Alexander;James D. Scott;Clara Deser

  • An empirical model of tropical ocean dynamics

    Matthew Newman;Matthew Newman;Michael A. Alexander;James D. Scott;James D. Scott

  • Changes in hail and flood risk in high-resolution simulations over Colorado's mountains

    Kelly Mahoney;Michael A. Alexander;Gregory Thompson;Joseph J. Barsugli

  • Climate impacts on the Gulf of Maine ecosystem: A review of observed and expected changes in 2050 from rising temperatures

    Andrew J. Pershing;Andrew J. Pershing;Michael A. Alexander;Damian C. Brady;David Brickman

  • Forcing of Multiyear Extreme Ocean Temperatures that Impacted California Current Living Marine Resources in 2016

    Michael G. Jacox;Michael A. Alexander;Nathan J. Mantua;James D. Scott

  • Surface Flux Variability over the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans

    Michael A. Alexander;James D. Scott

  • Forecasting the Dynamics of a Coastal Fishery Species Using a Coupled Climate

    Jonathan Hare;Michael Alexander;Michael Fogarty;Erik Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Alexander
Michael A. Alexander National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Andrew J. Pershing
Andrew J. Pershing Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Matthew Newman
Matthew Newman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jonathan A. Hare
Jonathan A. Hare National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Michael G. Jacox
Michael G. Jacox National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Andrew C. Thomas
Andrew C. Thomas University of Maine
Antonietta Capotondi
Antonietta Capotondi National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Clara Deser
Clara Deser National Center for Atmospheric Research
Enrique N. Curchitser
Enrique N. Curchitser Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Adam S. Phillips
Adam S. Phillips National Center for Atmospheric Research

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