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Lorenzo M. Polvani

Lorenzo M. Polvani

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
88
Citations
31143
World Ranking
645
National Ranking
285

Lorenzo M. Polvani 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 Lorenzo M. Polvani sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 304 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Lorenzo M. Polvani 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 Lorenzo M. Polvani sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Lorenzo M. Polvani is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these areas, their work focuses on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Sociology and Political Science, and Computational Mechanics.

The main topics in Lorenzo M. Polvani's body of research include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Lorenzo M. Polvani has published extensively in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Climate
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Research Letters

Frequent co-authors in their work include Mark England, Ivan Mitevski, Michael Previdi, Clara Orbe, and Rei Chemke.

The following recent papers reflect the scope and focus of their research contributions:

  • "The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)", 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Arctic amplification of climate change: a review of underlying mechanisms", 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • "A pause in Southern Hemisphere circulation trends due to the Montreal Protocol", 2020, Nature
  • "Tropical climate responses to projected Arctic and Antarctic sea-ice loss", 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Observed Temperature Changes in the Troposphere and Stratosphere from 1979 to 2018", 2020, Journal of Climate

In 2019, Lorenzo M. Polvani was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    G. Danabasoglu;J. F. Lamarque;J. Bacmeister;D. A. Bailey

  • The Community Earth System Model (CESM) large ensemble project: a community resource for studying climate change in the presence of internal climate variability

    Jennifer E Kay;Clara Deser;Adam S Phillips;A Mai

  • A New Look at Stratospheric Sudden Warmings. Part I: Climatology and Modeling Benchmarks

    Andrew J. Charlton;Lorenzo M. Polvani

  • Climate Change from 1850 to 2005 Simulated in CESM1(WACCM)

    Daniel R. Marsh;Michael J. Mills;Douglas E. Kinnison;Jean-Francois Lamarque

  • The North Atlantic Oscillation: past, present, and future.

    Martin H. Visbeck;James W. Hurrell;Lorenzo Polvani;Heidi M. Cullen

  • The Weak Temperature Gradient Approximation and Balanced Tropical Moisture Waves

    Adam H. Sobel;Johan Nilsson;Lorenzo M. Polvani

  • The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model Version 6 (WACCM6)

    A. Gettelman;M. J. Mills;D. E. Kinnison;R. R. Garcia

  • Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: The Main Driver of Twentieth-Century Atmospheric Circulation Changes in the Southern Hemisphere

    Lorenzo M. Polvani;Darryn W. Waugh;Gustavo J. P. Correa;Seok-Woo Son

  • Upward Wave Activity Flux as a Precursor to Extreme Stratospheric Events and Subsequent Anomalous Surface Weather Regimes

    Lorenzo M. Polvani;Darryn W. Waugh

  • Response of the Midlatitude Jets, and of Their Variability, to Increased Greenhouse Gases in the CMIP5 Models

    Elizabeth A. Barnes;Lorenzo M. Polvani

  • Arctic amplification of climate change: a review of underlying mechanisms

    Michael Previdi;Karen L Smith;Karen L Smith;Lorenzo M Polvani;Lorenzo M Polvani

  • Equatorial superrotation on tidally locked exoplanets

    Adam P. Showman;Adam P. Showman;Lorenzo M. Polvani;Lorenzo M. Polvani

  • Tropospheric response to stratospheric perturbations in a relatively simple general circulation model

    Lorenzo M. Polvani;Lorenzo M. Polvani;Paul J. Kushner

  • The impact of stratospheric ozone recovery on the Southern Hemisphere westerly jet.

    S.-W. Son;L. M. Polvani;D. W. Waugh;H. Akiyoshi

  • Impact of stratospheric ozone on Southern Hemisphere circulation change: A multimodel assessment

    S.-W. Son.;E. P. Gerber;J. Perlwitz;J. Perlwitz;L. M. Polvani

  • On the Lack of Stratospheric Dynamical Variability in Low‐Top Versions of the CMIP5 Models

    Andrew J. Charlton-Perez;Mark P. Baldwin;Thomas Birner;Robert X. Black

  • Blocking precursors to stratospheric sudden warming events

    Olivia Martius;L. M. Polvani;H. C. Davies

  • Impact of Polar Ozone Depletion on Subtropical Precipitation

    Sarah M. Kang;L. M. Polvani;J. C. Fyfe;M. Sigmond

  • Climatology of Intrusions into the Tropical Upper Troposphere

    Darryn W. Waugh;Lorenzo M. Polvani

  • The emergence of jets and vortices in freely evolving, shallow-water turbulence on a sphere

    James Y. K. Cho;Lorenzo M. Polvani

  • A New Look at Stratospheric Sudden Warmings. Part III: Polar Vortex Evolution and Vertical Structure

    N. J. Matthewman;J. G. Esler;A. J. Charlton-Perez;Lorenzo M. Polvani

  • Tropospheric response to stratospheric perturbations in a relatively simple general circulation model.

    P. J. Kushner;L. M. Polvani

Frequent Co-Authors

Darryn W. Waugh
Darryn W. Waugh Johns Hopkins University
Edwin P. Gerber
Edwin P. Gerber Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Seok-Woo Son
Seok-Woo Son Seoul National University
Daniel R. Marsh
Daniel R. Marsh National Center for Atmospheric Research
Amy H. Butler
Amy H. Butler National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Adam H. Sobel
Adam H. Sobel Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Clara Deser
Clara Deser National Center for Atmospheric Research
Paul J. Kushner
Paul J. Kushner University of Toronto
Elizabeth A. Barnes
Elizabeth A. Barnes Colorado State University
Adam P. Showman
Adam P. Showman University of Arizona

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