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Nicholas Pedatella 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 Nicholas Pedatella sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 185 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Nicholas Pedatella 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 Nicholas Pedatella sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nicholas Pedatella is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Physics and Astronomy with 167 publications and Earth and Planetary Sciences with 110 publications. Their work is further specialized within subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist extensively investigates topics related to Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, which feature in 204 of their publications. Other principal topics include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, and GNSS positioning and interference.

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Nicholas Pedatella include the following:

  • "Sudden Stratospheric Warmings," 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • "The Two-Dimensional Evolution of Thermospheric ∑O/N2 Response to Weak Geomagnetic Activity During Solar-Minimum Observed by GOLD," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Variations in Thermosphere Composition and Ionosphere Total Electron Content Under "Geomagnetically Quiet" Conditions at Solar-Minimum," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Subseasonal Earth System Prediction with CESM2," 2022, Weather and Forecasting
  • "Accuracy assessment of the quiet-time ionospheric F2 peak parameters as derived from COSMIC-2 multi-GNSS radio occultation measurements," 2021, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Frequent collaborators include:

  • V. Lynn Harvey (23 coauthored papers)
  • R. Eastes (19 coauthored papers)
  • Min-Yang Chou (16 coauthored papers)
  • C. E. Randall (13 coauthored papers)
  • W. E. McClintock (12 coauthored papers)

Their publications are predominantly found in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics (36 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (26 publications)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (17 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (9 publications)
  • Space Weather (6 publications)

Best Publications

  • Sudden Stratospheric Warmings

    Mark P. Baldwin;Blanca Ayarzagüena;Thomas Birner;Thomas Birner;Neal Butchart

  • Development and Validation of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model With Thermosphere and Ionosphere Extension (WACCM‐X 2.0)

    Han‐Li Liu;Charles G. Bardeen;Benjamin T. Foster;Peter Lauritzen

  • Evidence for stratosphere sudden warming-ionosphere coupling due to vertically propagating tides

    N. M. Pedatella;J. M. Forbes

  • Gravity waves simulated by high‐resolution Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model

    H.-L. Liu;J. M. McInerney;S. Santos;P. H. Lauritzen

  • The influence of atmospheric tide and planetary wave variability during sudden stratosphere warmings on the low latitude ionosphere

    Nicholas Pedatella;Hanli Liu

  • The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Radio Occultation Mission after 12 years: Accomplishments, Remaining Challenges, and Potential Impacts of COSMIC-2

    Shu-peng Ho;Richard A. Anthes;Chi O. Ao;Sean Healy

  • The neutral dynamics during the 2009 sudden stratosphere warming simulated by different whole atmosphere models

    Nicholas Pedatella;T. Fuller-Rowell;H. Wang;H. Jin

  • How sudden stratospheric warming affects the whole atmosphere

    N. M. Pedatella;J. L. Chau;Hauke Schmidt;L. P. Goncharenko

  • Simulations of solar and lunar tidal variability in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere during sudden stratosphere warmings and their influence on the low-latitude ionosphere

    N. M. Pedatella;H.-L. Liu;A. D. Richmond;A. Maute

  • Space Weather Observations by GNSS Radio Occultation: From FORMOSAT‐3/COSMIC to FORMOSAT‐7/COSMIC‐2

    Xinan Yue;William S. Schreiner;Nicholas Pedatella;Richard A. Anthes

  • North–South Asymmetries in Earth’s Magnetic Field

    Karl Magnus Laundal;Ingrid Cnossen;Stephen Eric Milan;Stephen Eric Milan;Stein Haaland;Stein Haaland

  • Observations of the ionospheric response to the 15 December 2006 geomagnetic storm: Long-duration positive storm effect

    N. M. Pedatella;J. Lei;K. M. Larson;J. M. Forbes

  • Ionosphere variability during the 2009 SSW: Influence of the lunar semidiurnal tide and mechanisms producing electron density variability

    N. M. Pedatella;H.-L. Liu;F. Sassi;J. Lei

  • Upper mesospheric lunar tides over middle and high latitudes during sudden stratospheric warming events

    J. L. Chau;P. Hoffmann;N. M. Pedatella;V. Matthias

  • Characterizing GPS radio occultation loss of lock due to ionospheric weather

    Xinan Yue;Xinan Yue;William S. Schreiner;Nicholas M. Pedatella;Ying-Hwa Kuo

  • Intra-annual variability of the low-latitude ionosphere due to nonmigrating tides

    N. M. Pedatella;J. M. Forbes;J. Oberheide

  • Longitudinal variations in the F region ionosphere and the topside ionosphere‐plasmasphere: Observations and model simulations

    N. M. Pedatella;N. M. Pedatella;J. M. Forbes;A. Maute;A. D. Richmond

  • On the Dynamical Control of the Mesosphere–Lower Thermosphere by the Lower and Middle Atmosphere

    Anne K. Smith;Nicholas M. Pedatella;Daniel R. Marsh;Tomoko Matsuo

  • The Two‐Dimensional Evolution of Thermospheric ∑O/N 2 Response to Weak Geomagnetic Activity During Solar‐Minimum Observed by GOLD

    Xuguang Cai;Alan G. Burns;Wenbin Wang;Liying Qian

  • The comparative importance of DE3, SE2, and SPW4 on the generation of wavenumber‐4 longitude structures in the low‐latitude ionosphere during September equinox

    N. M. Pedatella;M. E. Hagan;A. Maute

  • Analysis and Hindcast Experiments of the 2009 Sudden Stratospheric Warming in WACCMX+DART

    Nicholas Pedatella;Nicholas Pedatella;Hanli Liu;Daniel Marsh;Kevin Raeder

  • North-South Asymmetries in Earth's Magnetic Field: Effects on High-Latitude Geospace

    K.M. Laundal;I. Cnossen;S.E. Milan;S.E. Haaland

Frequent Co-Authors

Han-Li Liu
Han-Li Liu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jeffrey M. Forbes
Jeffrey M. Forbes University of Colorado Boulder
William Schreiner
William Schreiner University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Astrid Maute
Astrid Maute National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jeffrey L. Anderson
Jeffrey L. Anderson National Center for Atmospheric Research
Qian Wu
Qian Wu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jorge L. Chau
Jorge L. Chau University of Rostock
Arthur D. Richmond
Arthur D. Richmond National Center for Atmospheric Research
Daniel R. Marsh
Daniel R. Marsh National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alan Burns
Alan Burns National Center for Atmospheric Research

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