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D-Index
53
Citations
10758
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4238
National Ranking
1594

Robert Atlas 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 Robert Atlas sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 302 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Atlas 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 Robert Atlas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert Atlas is affiliated with the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in engineering and physics and astronomy.

Their work covers a variety of subfields including atmospheric science, global and planetary change, statistical and nonlinear physics, aerospace engineering, and oceanography. These areas reflect a broad interdisciplinary approach to understanding complex environmental and physical systems.

Key topics addressed in their research include meteorological phenomena and simulations, tropical and extratropical cyclones, climate variability and models, chaos control and synchronization, complex systems and time series analysis, stochastic dynamics and bifurcation, as well as nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation.

Robert Atlas has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, including notable papers such as:

  • Use of Observing System Simulation Experiments in the United States (2020) published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Is Weather Chaotic?: Coexistence of Chaos and Order within a Generalized Lorenz Model (2020) published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • The Dual Nature of Chaos and Order in the Atmosphere (2022) published in Atmosphere
  • Three Kinds of Butterfly Effects within Lorenz Models (2022) published in Encyclopedia
  • Impact of TROPICS Radiances on Tropical Cyclone Prediction in an OSSE (2021) published in Monthly Weather Review

Their research appears frequently in the following scientific venues:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Atmosphere
  • Encyclopedia
  • Earth and Space Science

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, indicating an active engagement in research networks. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Xubin Zeng
  • Bo-Wen Shen
  • Sara Faghih-Naini
  • Jialin Cui
  • Lídia Cucurull

Best Publications

  • A Cross-calibrated, Multiplatform Ocean Surface Wind Velocity Product for Meteorological and Oceanographic Applications

    Robert Atlas;Ross N. Hoffman;Joseph Ardizzone;S. Mark Leidner

  • The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission

    D Crisp;RM Atlas;FM Breon;LR Brown

  • AIRS: Improving Weather Forecasting and Providing New Data on Greenhouse Gases.

    Moustafa T. Chahine;Thomas S. Pagano;Hartmut H. Aumann;Robert Atlas

  • New Ocean Winds Satellite Mission to Probe Hurricanes and Tropical Convection

    Christopher S. Ruf;Robert Atlas;Paul S. Chang;Maria Paola Clarizia

  • A Multiyear Global Surface Wind Velocity Dataset Using SSM/I Wind Observations

    R. Atlas;R. N. Hoffman;S. C. Bloom;J. C. Jusem

  • Lidar-measured winds from space: A key component for weather and climate prediction

    Wayman E. Baker;George D. Emmitt;Franklin Robertson;Robert M. Atlas

  • The Effect of SST and Soil Moisture Anomalies on GLA Model Simulations of the 1988 U.S. Summer Drought.

    R. Atlas;N. Wolfson;J. Terry

  • Atmospheric Observations and Experiments to Assess Their Usefulness in Data Assimilation

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  • LIDAR-MEASURED WIND PROFILES The Missing Link in the Global Observing System

    Wayman E. Baker;Robert Atlas;Carla Cardinali;Amy Clement

  • Surface Turbulent Heat and Momentum Fluxes over Global Oceans Based on the Goddard Satellite Retrievals, Version 2 (GSSTF2)

    Shu-Hsien Chou;Eric Nelkin;J. O. E. Ardizzone;Robert M. Atlas

  • The Experimental HWRF System: A Study on the Influence of Horizontal Resolution on the Structure and Intensity Changes in Tropical Cyclones Using an Idealized Framework

    Sundararaman G. Gopalakrishnan;Frank Marks;Xuejin Zhang;Jian-Wen Bao

  • The Effects of Marine Winds from Scatterometer Data on Weather Analysis and Forecasting

    R. Atlas;R. N. Hoffman;S. M. Leidner;J. Sienkiewicz

  • Future Observing System Simulation Experiments

    Ross N. Hoffman;Robert Atlas

  • Toward Improving High-Resolution Numerical Hurricane Forecasting: Influence of Model Horizontal Grid Resolution, Initialization, and Physics

    Sundararaman G. Gopalakrishnan;Stanley Goldenberg;Thiago Quirino;Xuejin Zhang

  • AIRS/AMSU/HSB validation

    E. Fetzer;L.M. McMillin;D. Tobin;H.H. Aumann

  • A Multiscale Modeling System: Developments, Applications, and Critical Issues

    Wei-Kuo Tao;Jiun-Dar Chern;Robert Atlas;David Randall

  • An Overview of the TROPICS NASA Earth Venture Mission

    W. J. Blackwell;S. Braun;R. Bennartz;R. Bennartz;C. Velden

  • Tropical Cyclone–Like Vortices in the Extratropics: Observational Evidence and Synoptic Analysis

    Oreste Reale;Robert Atlas

  • On the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Wilma (2005). Part I: Model Prediction and Structural Changes

    Hua Chen;Da-Lin Zhang;James Carton;Robert Atlas

  • Rigorous Evaluation of a Fraternal Twin Ocean OSSE System for the Open Gulf of Mexico

    G. R. Halliwell;A. Srinivasan;V. Kourafalou;H. Yang

  • An Assessment of the FGGE Satellite Observing System during SOP-1

    M. Halem;E. Kalnay;W. E. Baker;R. Atlas

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross N. Hoffman
Ross N. Hoffman University of Maryland, College Park
Christopher S. Ruf
Christopher S. Ruf University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eugenia Kalnay
Eugenia Kalnay University of Maryland, College Park
George R. Halliwell
George R. Halliwell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Frank D. Marks
Frank D. Marks National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Robert F. Rogers
Robert F. Rogers Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Sang-Ki Lee
Sang-Ki Lee Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Ralf Bennartz
Ralf Bennartz Vanderbilt University
Arthur Y. Hou
Arthur Y. Hou Goddard Space Flight Center
Shian-Jiann Lin
Shian-Jiann Lin Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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