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D-Index
41
Citations
12396
World Ranking
7559
National Ranking
2684

Rainer Bleck 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 Rainer Bleck sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 115 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rainer Bleck 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 Rainer Bleck sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rainer Bleck is a researcher affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their work primarily addresses topics within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on climate variability, atmospheric dynamics, and oceanographic processes.

Their research interests are reflected across several main fields and subfields of study, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography

They explore various scientific topics such as:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Bleck has published multiple papers in notable scientific venues, with frequent contributions to the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems and Ocean and Coastal Research. Their recent publications include:

  • "GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology," published in 2020 by the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "CMIP6 Historical Simulations (1850-2014) With GISS-E2.1," published in 2020 by the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Future Climate Change Under SSP Emission Scenarios With GISS-E2.1," published in 2022 by the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Isopycnic Modeling of Ocean Circulation," published in 2025 by Ocean and Coastal Research

Their work in climate and atmospheric modeling often intersects with collaborations alongside several frequent co-authors, including Maxwell Kelley, Gavin A. Schmidt, Larissa Nazarenko, Susanne E. Bauer, and Reto Rüedy.

This combination of co-authorship and publication venues underscores a sustained engagement with the scientific community focused on advancing understanding of climate systems and related environmental variables.

Best Publications

  • An oceanic general circulation model framed in hybrid isopycnic-Cartesian coordinates

    Rainer Bleck

  • The HYCOM (HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model) data assimilative system

    Eric P. Chassignet;Harley E. Hurlburt;Ole Martin Smedstad;George R. Halliwell

  • Salinity-driven Thermocline Transients in a Wind- and Thermohaline-forced Isopycnic Coordinate Model of the North Atlantic

    Rainer Bleck;Claes Rooth;Dingming Hu;Linda T. Smith

  • Configuration and Assessment of the GISS ModelE2 Contributions to the CMIP5 Archive

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Max Kelley;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy

  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology.

    Maxwell Kelley;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Susanne E. Bauer

  • US GODAE: Global Ocean Prediction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

    Eric P Chassignet;Harley E Hurlburt;E J Metzger;Ole M Smedstad

  • North Atlantic Simulations with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM): Impact of the Vertical Coordinate Choice, Reference Pressure, and Thermobaricity

    Eric P. Chassignet;Linda T. Smith;George R. Halliwell;Rainer Bleck

  • Meteorological analysis of long range transport of mineral aerosols over the North Pacific

    John T. Merrill;Mitsuo Uematsu;Rainer Bleck

  • A wind-driven isopycnic coordinate model of the north and equatorial Atlantic Ocean: 1. Model development and supporting experiments

    Rainer Bleck;Linda T. Smith

  • Mesoscale Weather Prediction with the RUC Hybrid Isentropic–Terrain-Following Coordinate Model

    Stanley G. Benjamin;Georg A. Grell;John M. Brown;Tatiana G. Smirnova

  • Initial Testing of a Numerical Ocean Circulation Model Using a Hybrid (Quasi-Isopycnic) Vertical Coordinate

    Rainer Bleck;Douglas B. Boudra

  • The Subseasonal Experiment (SubX): A Multimodel Subseasonal Prediction Experiment

    Kathy Pegion;Ben P. Kirtman;Emily Becker;Dan C. Collins

  • Wind-driven spin-up in eddy-resolving ocean models formulated in isopycnic and isobaric coordinates

    Rainer Bleck;Douglas Boudra

  • Modeling atmospheric transport to the Marshall Islands

    John T. Merrill;Rainer Bleck;Lixion Avila

  • North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part II: Inter-annual to decadal variability

    Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;Who M. Kim;Erik Behrens

  • Regional Weather Prediction with a Model Combining Terrain-following and Isentropic Coordinates. Part I: Model Description

    Rainer Bleck;Stanley G. Benjamin

  • CMIP5 historical simulations (1850–2012) with GISS ModelE2

    Ron L. Miller;Ron L. Miller;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Nick Tausnev

  • Future climate change under RCP emission scenarios with GISS ModelE2

    L. Nazarenko;G. A. Schmidt;R. L. Miller;N. Tausnev

  • CMIP6 Historical Simulations (1850–2014) With GISS‐E2.1

    Ron L. Miller;Ron L. Miller;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Susanne E. Bauer

  • A fast, approximative method for integrating the stochastic coalescence equation

    Rainer Bleck

  • Mixed Layer-Thermocline Interaction in a Three-Dimensional Isopycnic Coordinate Model

    Rainer Bleck;Dingming Hu;Howard P. Hanson;Eric B. Kraust

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric P. Chassignet
Eric P. Chassignet Florida State University
Anastasia Romanou
Anastasia Romanou Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Larissa Nazarenko
Larissa Nazarenko Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Gavin A. Schmidt
Gavin A. Schmidt Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Stanley G. Benjamin
Stanley G. Benjamin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Georg A. Grell
Georg A. Grell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gary L. Russell
Gary L. Russell Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Ron L. Miller
Ron L. Miller Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Kostas Tsigaridis
Kostas Tsigaridis Columbia University
Reto Ruedy
Reto Ruedy Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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