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D-Index
74
Citations
22213
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1333
National Ranking
567

Martin P. Hoerling 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 Martin P. Hoerling sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 177 publications — 55th percentile

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

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

Martin P. Hoerling 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 Martin P. Hoerling sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Martin P. Hoerling is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with substantial contributions in global and planetary change and atmospheric science. The scientist's work also extends into water science and technology, oceanography, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of study include climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, hydrology and drought analysis, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, soil and water nutrient dynamics, and tropical and extratropical cyclones research.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Andrew Hoell, Xiao-Wei Quan, Jon Eischeid, J. J. Barsugli, and Arun Kumar.

Their research has appeared most often in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and the Journal of Climate, with additional publications in Geophysical Research Letters, Nature Climate Change, and Weather and Forecasting.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by this scientist include:

  • Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction (2020, Nature Climate Change)
  • Explaining Extreme Events of 2018 from a Climate Perspective (2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)
  • Explaining Extreme Events of 2019 from a Climate Perspective (2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)
  • Facility for Weather and Climate Assessments (FACTS): A Community Resource for Assessing Weather and Climate Variability (2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)
  • Why Has the Summertime Central U.S. Warming Hole Not Disappeared? (2023, Journal of Climate)

Best Publications

  • El Niño, La Niña, and the Nonlinearity of Their Teleconnections

    Martin P. Hoerling;Arun Kumar;Min Zhong

  • Unraveling the Mystery of Indian Monsoon Failure During El Niño

    K. Krishna Kumar;Balaji Rajagopalan;Balaji Rajagopalan;Martin Hoerling;Gary Bates

  • The Perfect Ocean for Drought

    Martin Hoerling;Arun Kumar

  • Was there a basis for anticipating the 2010 Russian heat wave

    Randall Dole;Martin Hoerling;Judith Perlwitz;Jon Eischeid

  • Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective

    Stephanie C. Herring;Martin P. Hoerling;James P. Kossin;Thomas C. Peterson

  • Tropical Origins for Recent North Atlantic Climate Change

    Martin P. Hoerling;James W. Hurrell;Taiyi Xu

  • On the Increased Frequency of Mediterranean Drought

    Martin Hoerling;Jon Eischeid;Judith Perlwitz;Xiaowei Quan

  • Detection and Attribution of Twentieth-Century Northern and Southern African Rainfall Change

    Martin Hoerling;James Hurrell;Jon Eischeid;Adam Phillips

  • ENSO variability, teleconnections and climate change

    Henry F. Diaz;Martin P. Hoerling;Jon K. Eischeid

  • Causes and Predictability of the 2012 Great Plains Drought

    Martin P. Hoerling;J. Eischeid;Arun Kumar;R. Leung

  • Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction

    Angeline G. Pendergrass;Gerald A. Meehl;Roger Pulwarty;Mike Hobbins;Mike Hobbins

  • Water and climate: Recognize anthropogenic drought.

    Amir AghaKouchak;David Feldman;Martin Hoerling;Travis Huxman

  • Causes of the 2011–14 California Drought

    Richard Seager;Martin P. Hoerling;Siegfried D. Schubert;Hailan Wang

  • A U.S. CLIVAR Project to Assess and Compare the Responses of Global Climate Models to Drought-Related SST Forcing Patterns: Overview and Results

    Siegfried Schubert;David Gutzler;Hailan Wang;Hailan Wang;Aiguo Dai

  • Anatomy of an Extreme Event

    Martin Hoerling;Arun Kumar;Randall Dole;John W. Nielsen-Gammon

  • What caused the recent “Warm Arctic, Cold Continents” trend pattern in winter temperatures?

    Lantao Sun;Lantao Sun;Judith Perlwitz;Judith Perlwitz;Martin Hoerling

  • Twentieth century North Atlantic climate change. Part II: Understanding the effect of Indian Ocean warming

    M. P. Hoerling;J. W. Hurrell;T. Xu;G. T. Bates

  • Explaining Extreme Events of 2013 from a Climate Perspective

    Stephanie C. Herring;Martin P. Hoerling;Thomas C. Peterson;Peter A. Stott

  • Global objective tropopause analysis

    Martin P. Hoerling;Todd K. Schaack;Allen J. Lenzen

  • Advancing dynamical prediction of Indian monsoon rainfall

    K. Krishna Kumar;K. Krishna Kumar;Martin Hoerling;Balaji Rajagopalan;Balaji Rajagopalan

  • Tropical Pacific - mid-latitude teleconnections in medieval times

    Nicholas E. Graham;Nicholas E. Graham;Malcolm K. Hughes;Caspar M. Ammann;Kim M. Cobb

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon Eischeid
Jon Eischeid University of Colorado Boulder
Judith Perlwitz
Judith Perlwitz National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Peter A. Stott
Peter A. Stott Met Office
Siegfried D. Schubert
Siegfried D. Schubert Goddard Space Flight Center
Brant Liebmann
Brant Liebmann Earth System Research Laboratory
Balaji Rajagopalan
Balaji Rajagopalan University of Colorado Boulder
Richard Seager
Richard Seager Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Ben Livneh
Ben Livneh University of Colorado Boulder
James W. Hurrell
James W. Hurrell Colorado State University
Henry F. Diaz
Henry F. Diaz University of Hawaii at Manoa

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