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R. Alan Plumb

R. Alan Plumb

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
56
Citations
12259
World Ranking
3628
National Ranking
1383

R. Alan Plumb 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 R. Alan Plumb sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 135 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

R. Alan Plumb 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 R. Alan Plumb sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% 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

  • 2000 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

R. Alan Plumb is affiliated with MIT in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research focuses particularly on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Computational Mechanics.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

They have published research in several well-known scientific journals, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by R. Alan Plumb include:

  • "Stratospheric Adiabatic Mixing Rates Derived From the Vertical Gradient of Age of Air" (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Numerical impacts on tracer transport: Diagnosing the influence of dynamical core formulation and resolution on stratospheric transport" (2021), Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • "Frequency-Dependent Behavior of Zonal Jet Variability" (2020), Geophysical Research Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include Aman Gupta, Edwin P. Gerber, Marianna Linz, P. H. Lauritzen, and E. A. Lindgren. Among these, Aman Gupta and Edwin P. Gerber have co-authored multiple publications.

R. Alan Plumb has been recognized by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as a Fellow since 2000.

Best Publications

  • On the Three-Dimensional Propagation of Stationary Waves

    R. Alan Plumb

  • Age as a diagnostic of stratospheric transport

    Timothy M. Hall;R. Alan Plumb

  • Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text

    John Marshall;R. Alan Plumb

  • Interrelationships between mixing ratios of long‐lived stratospheric constituents

    R. Alan Plumb;Malcolm K. W. Ko

  • A model of the quasi-biennial oscillation on an equatorial beta-plane

    R. Alan Plumb;Robert C. Bell

  • Stratospheric Transport

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  • A “tropical pipe” model of stratospheric transport

    R. Alan Plumb

  • The Zonally Averaged Transport Characteristics of the GFDL General Circulation/Transport Model

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  • The Interaction of Two Internal Waves with the Mean Flow: Implications for the Theory of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

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  • Contour Advection with Surgery: A Technique for Investigating Finescale Structure in Tracer Transport

    Darryn W. Waugh;R. Alan Plumb

  • Transport out of the lower stratospheric Arctic vortex by Rossby wave breaking

    D. W. Waugh;R. A. Plumb;R. J. Atkinson;M. R. Schoeberl

  • The Asian Monsoon: Causes, History and Effects

    Peter D. Clift;R. Alan Plumb

  • Antarctic Ocean and Sea Ice Response to Ozone Depletion: A Two-Time-Scale Problem

    David Ferreira;John C. Marshall;Cecilia Bitz;Susan Solomon

  • Baroclinic Instability of the Summer Mesosphere: A Mechanism for the Quasi-Two-Day Wave?

    R. Alan Plumb

  • Evaluation of transport in stratospheric models

    Timothy M. Hall;Darryn W. Waugh;Kristie A. Boering;R. Alan Plumb

  • Three-Dimensional Propagation of Transient Quasi-Geostrophic Eddies and Its Relationship with the Eddy Forcing of the Time—Mean Flow

    R. Alan Plumb

  • The Response of a Zonally Symmetric Atmosphere to Subtropical Thermal Forcing: Threshold Behavior

    R. A. Plumb;Arthur Y. Hou

  • Monsoon Dynamics with Interactive Forcing. Part I: Axisymmetric Studies

    Nikki C. Privé;R. Alan Plumb

  • The Instability of a Forced Standing Wave in a Viscous Stratified Fluid: A Laboratory Analogue of .the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

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  • Mixing of polar vortex air into middle latitudes as revealed by tracer-tracer scatterplots

    Darryn Waugh;R A Plumb;J W Elkins;D W Fahey

  • The Brewer-Dobson Circulation: Dynamics of the Tropical Upwelling

    R. Alan Plumb;Janusz Eluszkiewicz

  • Intrusions into the lower stratospheric Arctic vortex during the winter of 1991–1992

    R. A. Plumb;D. W. Waugh;R. J. Atkinson;P. A. Newman

  • Age of air in a “leaky pipe” model of stratospheric transport

    Jessica L. Neu;R. Alan Plumb

  • On the Subtropical Edge of the Stratospheric Surf Zone

    Lorenzo M. Polvani;D. W. Waugh;R. Alan Plumb

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. Clift
Peter D. Clift University College London
Lorenzo M. Polvani
Lorenzo M. Polvani Columbia University
Paul Newman
Paul Newman Goddard Space Flight Center
Malcolm K. W. Ko
Malcolm K. W. Ko Langley Research Center
Edwin P. Gerber
Edwin P. Gerber Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Darryn W. Waugh
Darryn W. Waugh Johns Hopkins University
Mark R. Schoeberl
Mark R. Schoeberl Science and Technology Corporation (United States)
Tim Woollings
Tim Woollings University of Oxford
Natalie M. Mahowald
Natalie M. Mahowald Cornell University

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