2026 Joseph B. Klemp: 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	56	3550	3393	1350	1248	97	50824

Overview

Joseph B. Klemp is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research spans environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on global and planetary change and atmospheric science. Their work intersects several specialized areas within these fields.

The main topics studied include:

Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Climate Variability and Models
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics
Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions

Klemp has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed scientific articles, with publications primarily appearing in four main journals:

Monthly Weather Review (4 publications)
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (2 publications)
Weather and Forecasting (1 publication)
UNC Libraries (1 publication)

Examples of recent papers include:

"An Evaluation of a Hybrid, Terrain-Following Vertical Coordinate in the WRF-Based RAP and HRRR Models," 2020, Weather and Forecasting
"A Fully Compressible Nonhydrostatic Deep-Atmosphere Equations Solver for MPAS," 2020, Monthly Weather Review
"Adapting the MPAS Dynamical Core for Applications Extending Into the Thermosphere," 2021, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
"A Constant Pressure Upper Boundary Formulation for Models Employing Height-Based Vertical Coordinates," 2022, Monthly Weather Review
"A New Hybrid Sigma-Pressure Vertical Coordinate with Smoothed Coordinate Surfaces," 2021, Monthly Weather Review

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Klemp include:

William C. Skamarock (5 joint publications)
Jeffrey Beck (1 joint publication)
John M. Brown (1 joint publication)
Jimy Dudhia (1 joint publication)
David Gill (1 joint publication)

Best Publications

A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 3

C. Skamarock;B. Klemp;Jimy Dudhia;O. Gill

12511
Citations
A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 2

William C. Skamarock;Joseph B. Klemp;Jimy Dudhia;David O. Gill

11656
Citations
A time-split nonhydrostatic atmospheric model for weather research and forecasting applications

William C. Skamarock;Joseph B. Klemp

2831
Citations
The Simulation of Three-Dimensional Convective Storm Dynamics

Joseph B. Klemp;Robert B. Wilhelmson

2074
Citations
A Theory for Strong, Long-Lived Squall Lines

Richard Rotunno;Joseph B. Klemp;Morris L. Weisman

1798
Citations
The Dependence of Numerically Simulated Convective Storms on Vertical Wind Shear and Buoyancy

M. L. Weisman;J. B. Klemp

1686
Citations
The Weather Research and Forecasting Model: Overview, System Efforts, and Future Directions

Jordan G. Powers;Joseph B. Klemp;William C. Skamarock;Christopher A. Davis

1294
Citations
The resolution dependence of explicitly modeled convective systems

Morris L. Weisman;William C. Skamarock;Joseph B. Klemp

945
Citations
An Upper Boundary Condition Permitting Internal Gravity Wave Radiation in Numerical Mesoscale Models

Joseph B. Klemp;Dale R. Durran

713
Citations
The structure and classification of numerically simulated convective storms in directionally varying wind shears

Morris L. Weisman;Joseph B. Klemp

706
Citations
THE WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST MODEL: SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE AND PERFORMANCE

J. Michalakes;J. Dudhia;D. Gill;T. Henderson

690
Citations
A Multiscale Nonhydrostatic Atmospheric Model Using Centroidal Voronoi Tesselations and C-Grid Staggering

William C. Skamarock;Joseph B. Klemp;Michael G. Duda;Laura D. Fowler

684
Citations
On the Rotation and Propagation of Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms

Richard Rotunno;Joseph Klemp

648
Citations
The Influence of the Shear-Induced Pressure Gradient on Thunderstorm Motion

Richard Rotunno;Joseph B. Klemp

647
Citations
Prediction of Landfalling Hurricanes with the Advanced Hurricane WRF Model

Christopher Davis;Wei Wang;Shuyi S. Chen;Yongsheng Chen

616
Citations
Development of a Next-Generation Regional Weather Research and Forecast Model

J. Michalakes;S. Chen;J. Dudhia;L. Hart

604
Citations
Experiences with 0–36-h Explicit Convective Forecasts with the WRF-ARW Model

Morris L. Weisman;Christopher Davis;Wei Wang;Kevin W. Manning

584
Citations
A Compressible Model for the Simulation of Moist Mountain Waves

Dale R. Durran;Joseph B. Klemp

557
Citations
Numerical Simulation of Hydrostatic Mountain Waves

J. B. Klemp;D. K. Lilly

516
Citations
On the Effects of Moisture on the Brunt-Väisälä Frequency

Dale R. Durran;Joseph B. Klemp

494
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Rotunno National Center for Atmospheric Research

Jimy Dudhia National Center for Atmospheric Research

Morris L. Weisman National Center for Atmospheric Research

Dale R. Durran University of Washington

Andreas Acrivos City University of New York

Christopher A. Davis National Center for Atmospheric Research

Marco A. Giorgetta Max Planck Society

Jerome D. Fast Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Roland B. Stull University of British Columbia

Stanley G. Benjamin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

External Links

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