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Paul J. Kushner

Paul J. Kushner

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
47
Citations
20691
World Ranking
5656
National Ranking
241

Paul J. Kushner 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 Paul J. Kushner sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul J. Kushner 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 Paul J. Kushner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul J. Kushner is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields, notably Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Oceanography, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's research portfolio prominently features studies related to climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, cryospheric studies and observations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, wind and air flow studies, and climate change impacts on permafrost.

Recent publications by Paul J. Kushner include:

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Sea ice and atmospheric circulation shape the high-latitude lapse rate feedback, 2020, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Anthropogenic Aerosols Dominate Forced Multidecadal Sahel Precipitation Change through Distinct Atmospheric and Oceanic Drivers, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • Constraining Reanalysis Snowfall Over the Arctic Ocean Using CloudSat Observations, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Assessment of the aerodynamic performance of unconventional building shapes using 3D steady RANS with SST k-ω turbulence model, 2022, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paul J. Kushner include:

  • Clara Deser
  • Alex Cabaj
  • Alek Petty
  • Oya Mercan
  • Alexandre Audette

Their work has appeared regularly in several scientific journals with multiple contributions to the Journal of Climate, The Cryosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, Environmental Research Climate, and the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.

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: A Framework for Collaborative Research

    James W. Hurrell;M. M. Holland;P. R. Gent;S. Ghan

  • 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

  • GFDL's CM2 global coupled climate models. Part I: Formulation and simulation characteristics

    Thomas L. Delworth;Anthony J. Broccoli;Anthony Rosati;Ronald J. Stouffer

  • Signatures of the Antarctic ozone hole in Southern Hemisphere surface climate change

    David W. J. Thompson;Susan Solomon;Paul J. Kushner;Matthew H. England

  • The new GFDL global atmosphere and land model AM2-LM2: Evaluation with prescribed SST simulations

    Jeffrey L. Anderson;V. B Alaji;Anthony J. Broccoli;Anthony J. Broccoli;William F. C Ooke

  • Southern Hemisphere Atmospheric Circulation Response to Global Warming

    Paul J. Kushner;Isaac M. Held;Thomas L. Delworth

  • Quantifying climate feedbacks in polar regions

    Hugues Goosse;Jennifer E. Kay;Kyle C. Armour;Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo

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

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

  • Consistency and discrepancy in the atmospheric response to Arctic sea-ice loss across climate models

    James A. Screen;Clara Deser;Doug M. Smith;Xiangdong Zhang

  • Stratosphere-troposphere coupling and links with eurasian land surface variability

    Judah Cohen;Mathew Barlow;Paul J. Kushner;Kazuyuki Saito

  • Snow-atmosphere coupling in the Northern Hemisphere

    Gina R. Henderson;Yannick Peings;Jason C. Furtado;Paul J. Kushner

  • Characterization of Northern Hemisphere Snow Water Equivalent Datasets, 1981–2010

    L. R. Mudryk;C. Derksen;P. J. Kushner;R. Brown

  • Stratosphere–Troposphere Coupling in a Relatively Simple AGCM: The Role of Eddies

    Paul J. Kushner;Lorenzo M. Polvani

  • Multimodel climate and variability of the stratosphere

    N. Butchart;Andrew J. Charlton-Perez;I. Cionni;S. C. Hardiman

  • A Mechanism and Simple Dynamical Model of the North Atlantic Oscillation and Annular Modes

    Geoffrey K. Vallis;Edwin P. Gerber;Paul J. Kushner;Benjamin A. Cash

  • Review of simulations of climate variability and change with the GFDL R30 coupled climate model

    T. L. Delworth;R. J. Stouffer;K. W. Dixon;M. J. Spelman

  • The Role of Linear Interference in the Annular Mode Response to Tropical SST Forcing

    Christopher G. Fletcher;Paul J. Kushner

  • A robust empirical seasonal prediction of winter NAO and surface climate

    L. Wang;Mingfang Ting;P. J. Kushner

  • The dynamical response to snow cover perturbations in a large ensemble of atmospheric GCM integrations.

    Christopher G. Fletcher;Steven C. Hardiman;Paul J. Kushner;Judah Cohen

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

    P. J. Kushner;L. M. Polvani

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Sigmond
Michael Sigmond Environment and Climate Change Canada
Lorenzo M. Polvani
Lorenzo M. Polvani Columbia University
Stephen E. L. Howell
Stephen E. L. Howell Environment and Climate Change Canada
Chris Derksen
Chris Derksen Environment and Climate Change Canada
John F. Scinocca
John F. Scinocca University of Victoria
Clara Deser
Clara Deser National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ross Brown
Ross Brown Environment and Climate Change Canada
Theodore G. Shepherd
Theodore G. Shepherd University of Reading
Geoffrey K. Vallis
Geoffrey K. Vallis University of Exeter

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