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2023

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D-Index
59
Citations
26134
World Ranking
3009
National Ranking
12

Pedro Viterbo 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 Pedro Viterbo sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 127 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pedro Viterbo 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 Pedro Viterbo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Pedro Viterbo is affiliated with the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera in Portugal. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific attention to subfields such as Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers key topics including climate variability and models, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and climate change and permafrost. These topics reflect a focus on understanding complex environmental systems and their responses to natural and anthropogenic influences.

Pedro Viterbo has contributed to published academic work, including the paper titled An offline study of the impact of lakes on the performance of the ECMWF surface scheme, published in 2024 through the Helda (University of Helsinki) platform. This paper has gained 110 citations, indicating its engagement within the relevant scientific community.

Frequent collaborators of Pedro Viterbo include Emanuel Dutra, Victor Stepanenko, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Pedro Miranda, and Dmitrii Mironov. These co-authors represent a network of expertise intersecting across atmospheric and environmental sciences, suggesting a collaborative approach in research activities.

Their publications have been primarily disseminated through the Helda (University of Helsinki) venue, highlighting a specific channel for research communication. No book publications have been recorded.

  • Climate variability and models
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

  • An offline study of the impact of lakes on the performance of the ECMWF surface scheme, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)

  • Emanuel Dutra
  • Victor Stepanenko
  • Gianpaolo Balsamo
  • Pedro Miranda
  • Dmitrii Mironov

Best Publications

  • The ERA‐40 re‐analysis

    S. M. Uppala;P. W. Kållberg;Adrian J. Simmons;U. Andrae

  • The WFDEI meteorological forcing data set: WATCH Forcing Data methodology applied to ERA-Interim reanalysis data

    Graham P. Weedon;Gianpaolo Balsamo;Nicolas Bellouin;Sandra Gomes

  • A Revised Hydrology for the ECMWF Model: Verification from Field Site to Terrestrial Water Storage and Impact in the Integrated Forecast System

    Gianpaolo Balsamo;Anton Beljaars;Klaus Scipal;Pedro Viterbo

  • Statistical bias correction of global simulated daily precipitation and temperature for the application of hydrological models

    C. Piani;G. P. Weedon;M. Best;S. M. Gomes

  • Creation of the WATCH Forcing Data and Its Use to Assess Global and Regional Reference Crop Evaporation over Land during the Twentieth Century

    Graham Weedon;S. Gomes;P. Viterbo;William Shuttleworth

  • The land surface-atmosphere interaction: A review based on observational and global modeling perspectives

    Alan K. Betts;John H. Ball;Anton C. M. Beljaars;Martin J. Miller

  • An Improved Land Surface Parameterization Scheme in the ECMWF Model and Its Validation.

    Pedro Viterbo;Anton C. M. Beljaars

  • Multimodel Estimate of the Global Terrestrial Water Balance: Setup and First Results

    Ingjerd Haddeland;Douglas B. Clark;Wietse Franssen;Fulco Ludwig

  • The Anomalous Rainfall over the United States during July 1993: Sensitivity to Land Surface Parameterization and Soil Moisture Anomalies

    Anton C. M. Beljaars;Pedro Viterbo;Martin J. Miller;Alan K. Betts

  • EC-Earth A Seamless Earth-System Prediction Approach in Action

    Wilco Hazeleger;Camiel Severijns;Tido Semmler;Simona Ştefănescu

  • Basin Scale Estimates of Evapotranspiration Using GRACE and other Observations

    Matthew Rodell;J. S. Famiglietti;Jianli Chen;S. I. Seneviratne

  • Evaluation of forest snow processes models (SnowMIP2)

    Nick Rutter;Richard Essery;John Pomeroy;Nuria Altimir

  • Comparison of trends and low-frequency variability in CRU, ERA-40, and NCEP//NCAR analyses of surface air temperature

    A. J. Simmons;P. D. Jones;V. da Costa Bechtold;A. C. M. Beljaars

  • The representation of soil moisture freezing and its impact on the stable boundary layer

    Pedro Viterbo;Anton Beljaars;Jean‐François Mahfouf;João Teixeira

  • An Improved Snow Scheme for the ECMWF Land Surface Model: Description and Offline Validation

    Emanuel Dutra;Emanuel Dutra;Gianpaolo Balsamo;Pedro Viterbo;Pedro M. A. Miranda

  • Modeling Interannual Variations of Summer Monsoons

    T. N. Palmer;Č Branković;P. Viterbo;M. J. Miller

  • The Rhône-Aggregation Land Surface Scheme Intercomparison Project: An Overview

    Aaron A. Boone;F. Habets;J. Noilhan;D. Clark

  • The Satellite Application Facility for Land Surface Analysis

    Isabel F. Trigo;Carlos C. Dacamara;Pedro Viterbo;Jean-Louis Roujean

  • The European Summer of 2003: Sensitivity to Soil Water Initial Conditions

    Laura Ferranti;Pedro Viterbo

  • Simulation of high-latitude hydrological processes in the Torne-Kalix basin: PILPS phase 2(e) - 1: Experiment description and summary intercomparisons

    Laura C. Bowling;Dennis P. Lettenmaier;Bart Nijssen;Bart Nijssen;L. Phil Graham

Frequent Co-Authors

Emanuel Dutra
Emanuel Dutra Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Anton Beljaars
Anton Beljaars European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Alan K. Betts
Alan K. Betts Colorado State University
Gianpaolo Balsamo
Gianpaolo Balsamo European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
B. J. J. M. van den Hurk
B. J. J. M. van den Hurk Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Jean-Christophe Calvet
Jean-Christophe Calvet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Isabel F. Trigo
Isabel F. Trigo Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Adrian Simmons
Adrian Simmons European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Jean-François Mahfouf
Jean-François Mahfouf Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Matthias Drusch
Matthias Drusch European Space Agency

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