2026 James E. Overland: 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	87	672	637	298	274	279	30208

Overview

James E. Overland is affiliated with the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with extensive work in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Climate variability and models
Climate change and permafrost
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Cryospheric studies and observations
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

James E. Overland has contributed to the following recent papers:

"How do intermittency and simultaneous processes obfuscate the Arctic influence on midlatitude winter extreme weather events?", 2021, Environmental Research Letters
"The 2020 Siberian heat wave", 2020, International Journal of Climatology
"Extreme weather and climate events in northern areas: A review", 2020, Earth-Science Reviews (authored by John E. Walsh but relevant in the field)
"Extreme Cold Events from East Asia to North America in Winter 2020/21: Comparisons, Causes, and Future Implications", 2021, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
"Accelerated decline of summer Arctic sea ice during 1850-2017 and the amplified Arctic warming during the recent decades", 2021, Environmental Research Letters

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Muyin Wang
Edward Hanna
Thomas J. Ballinger
John E. Walsh
Uma S. Bhatt

James E. Overland has published extensively in a variety of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
International Journal of Climatology
Environmental Research Letters
Atmosphere
Climate

Best Publications

Recent Arctic amplification and extreme mid-latitude weather

Judah Cohen;James A. Screen;Jason C. Furtado;Mathew Barlow

2602
Citations
A major ecosystem shift in the northern Bering Sea.

Jacqueline M. Grebmeier;James E. Overland;Sue E. Moore;Ed V. Farley

1172
Citations
A sea ice free summer Arctic within 30 years

Muyin Wang;James E. Overland

919
Citations
Detection and attribution of climate change: from global to regional

NL Bindoff;PA Stott;M AchutaRao;Allen

788
Citations
Key indicators of Arctic climate change : 1971–2017

Jason E. Box;William T. Colgan;Torben Røjle Christensen;Torben Røjle Christensen;Niels Martin Schmidt

781
Citations
Large-scale atmospheric circulation changes are associated with the recent loss of Arctic sea ice

James E. Overland;Muyin Wang

766
Citations
Divergent consensuses on Arctic amplification influence on midlatitude severe winter weather

J. Cohen;X. Zhang;J. Francis;T. Jung;T. Jung

766
Citations
When will the summer Arctic be nearly sea ice free

James E. Overland;Muyin Wang

679
Citations
Recent shifts in the state of the North Pacific

N. A. Bond;J. E. Overland;M. Spillane;P. Stabeno

631
Citations
A Significance Test for Principal Components Applied to a Cyclone Climatology

James E. Overland;R. W. Preisendorfer

568
Citations
Decadal Variability of the Aleutian Low and Its Relation to High-Latitude Circulation*

James E. Overland;Jennifer Miletta Adams;Nicholas A. Bond

506
Citations
A sea ice free summer Arctic within 30 years: An update from CMIP5 models

Muyin Wang;James E. Overland

495
Citations
Warm Arctic - cold continents: climate impacts of the newly open Arctic Sea

James E. Overland;Kevin R. Wood;Muyin Wang

489
Citations
Meteorology and oceanography of the northern Gulf of Alaska

P.J Stabeno;N.A Bond;A.J Hermann;N.B Kachel

485
Citations
Impacts of changing sea-ice conditions on Arctic marine mammals

Kit M. Kovacs;Christian Lydersen;James E. Overland;Sue E. Moore

481
Citations
Climate impacts on eastern Bering Sea foodwebs: a synthesis of new data and an assessment of the Oscillating Control Hypothesis

George L. Hunt;Kenneth O. Coyle;Lisa B. Eisner;Edward V. Farley

457
Citations
Application of a sequential regime shift detection method to the Bering Sea ecosystem

Sergei Rodionov;James E. Overland

440
Citations
The Melting Arctic and Midlatitude Weather Patterns: Are They Connected?*

James Overland;Jennifer A. Francis;Richard Hall;Edward Hanna

431
Citations
Evidence for a substantial increase in gelatinous zooplankton in the Bering Sea, with possible links to climate change

Richard D. Brodeur;Claudia E. Mills;James E. Overland;Gary E. Walters

405
Citations
Nonlinear response of mid-latitude weather to the changing Arctic

James E. Overland;Klaus Dethloff;Jennifer A. Francis;Richard J. Hall

401
Citations
The polar oceans and their role in shaping the global environment : the Nansen centennial volume

Fridtjof Nansen;Ola M. Johannessen;Robin D. Muench;James E. Overland

96
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Muyin Wang University of Washington

Nicholas A. Bond Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Edward Hanna University of Lincoln

Donald K. Perovich Dartmouth College

Phyllis J. Stabeno Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

Andrey Proshutinsky Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Alexander I. Shiklomanov University of New Hampshire

Uma S. Bhatt University of Alaska Fairbanks

Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks

Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

External Links

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