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Peter Brandt publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Brandt sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 356 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Peter Brandt D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Brandt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter Brandt is affiliated with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. The research work focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Environmental Science. The main subfields of study include Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research covers a range of interconnected topics in marine and atmospheric sciences. The primary topics include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Peter Brandt has published extensively, with key publication venues including Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Frontiers in Marine Science, Ocean Science, and Geophysical Research Letters.

Recent papers associated with this researcher include:

  • Atlantic Equatorial Undercurrent intensification counteracts warming-induced deoxygenation, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Zooplankton-Mediated Fluxes in the Eastern Tropical North Atlantic, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The 2019 Benguela Niño, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • A global marine particle size distribution dataset obtained with the Underwater Vision Profiler 5, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulations of Internal Tides in the Angolan Upwelling Region, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Peter Brandt's work, with frequent coauthors including Marcus Dengler, Franz Philip Tuchen, Martin Claus, Richard J. Greatbatch, and Rainer Kiko.

Best Publications

  • Expansion of oxygen minimum zones may reduce available habitat for tropical pelagic fishes

    Lothar Stramma;Eric D. Prince;Sunke Schmidtko;Sunke Schmidtko;Jiangang Luo

  • Drivers and mechanisms of ocean deoxygenation

    Andreas Oschlies;Andreas Oschlies;Peter Brandt;Peter Brandt;Lothar Stramma;Sunke Schmidtko

  • Western boundary currents regulated by interaction between ocean eddies and the atmosphere

    Xiaohui Ma;Xiaohui Ma;Zhao Jing;Zhao Jing;Ping Chang;Ping Chang;Xue Liu;Xue Liu

  • Solar Wind-Induced Atmospheric Erosion at Mars: First Results from ASPERA-3 on Mars Express

    R. Lundin;S. Barabash;H. Andersson;M. Holmström

  • Study of the generation and propagation of internal waves in the Strait of Gibraltar using a numerical model and synthetic aperture radar images of the European ERS 1 satellite

    Peter Brandt;Werner Alpers;Jan O. Backhaus

  • Challenges and Prospects for Reducing Coupled Climate Model SST Biases in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: The U.S. CLIVAR Eastern Tropical Oceans Synthesis Working Group

    Paquita Zuidema;Ping Chang;Brian Medeiros;Benjamin Kirtman

  • On the role of circulation and mixing in the ventilation of oxygen minimum zones with a focus on the eastern tropical North Atlantic

    Peter Brandt;Hermann W. Bange;Donata Banyte;Marcus Dengler

  • Break-up of the Atlantic deep western boundary current into eddies at 8° S

    Marcus Dengler;Friedrich Schott;Carsten Eden;Peter Brandt

  • The shallow and deep western boundary circulation of the South Atlantic at 5-11°S

    Friedrich A. Schott;Marcus Dengler;Rainer Zantopp;Lothar Stramma

  • Measuring currents, ice drift, and waves from space: the Sea surface KInematics Multiscale monitoring (SKIM) concept

    Fabrice Ardhuin;Yevgueny Aksenov;Alvise Benetazzo;Laurent Bertino

  • Tidal-induced mixing and diapycnal nutrient fluxes in the Mauritanian upwelling region

    Jens Schafstall;Marcus Dengler;Peter Brandt;Hermann W. Bange

  • Oxygen minimum zone in the North Atlantic south and east of the Cape Verde Islands

    Lothar Stramma;Peter Brandt;Jens Schafstall;Friedrich Schott

  • The zonal currents and transports at 35°W in the tropical Atlantic

    Friedrich A. Schott;Marcus Dengler;Peter Brandt;Karina Affler

  • Changes in the Ventilation of the Oxygen Minimum Zone of the Tropical North Atlantic

    Peter Brandt;Verena Hormann;Arne Körtzinger;Martin Visbeck

  • Equatorial upper-ocean dynamics and their interaction with the West African monsoon

    Peter Brandt;Guy Caniaux;Bernard Bourlès;Alban Lazar

  • Plasma Acceleration Above Martian Magnetic Anomalies

    R. Lundin;D. Winningham;S. Barabash;R. Frahm

  • Interannual atmospheric variability forced by the deep equatorial Atlantic Ocean

    Peter Brandt;Andreas Funk;Verena Hormann;Verena Hormann;Marcus Dengler

  • Circulation in the central equatorial Atlantic - mean and intraseasonal to seasonal variability

    Peter Brandt;Friedrich A. Schott;Christine Provost;Annie Kartavtseff

  • Open ocean dead zones in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean

    Johannes Karstensen;Björn Fiedler;Florian Schütte;Peter Brandt

  • Integrated Observations of Global Surface Winds, Currents, and Waves: Requirements and Challenges for the Next Decade

    Ana B. Villas Bôas;Fabrice Ardhuin;Alex Ayet;Alex Ayet;Mark A. Bourassa

  • Tropical Atlantic Observing System

    Gregory R. Foltz;P. Brandt;Ingo Richter;Belén Rodríguez-Fonseca

  • On the role of circulation and mixing in the ventilation of oxygen minimum zones with a focus on the eastern tropical North Atlantic

    Peter Brandt;Hermann Werner Bange;Donata Banyte;Marcus Dengler

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus Dengler
Marcus Dengler GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Richard J. Greatbatch
Richard J. Greatbatch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Arne Körtzinger
Arne Körtzinger GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Martin Visbeck
Martin Visbeck GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Johannes Karstensen
Johannes Karstensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Lothar Stramma
Lothar Stramma GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Hermann W. Bange
Hermann W. Bange GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Angelo Rubino
Angelo Rubino Ca Foscari University of Venice
Friedrich Schott
Friedrich Schott Kiel University
Carsten Eden
Carsten Eden Universität Hamburg

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