2026 Robert L. Walko: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	36	9019	8651	3226	2997	108	11587

Robert L. Walko 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 L. Walko sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 690+

This scientist: 108 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Robert L. Walko 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 L. Walko sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert L. Walko is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with notable emphasis on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

Their scholarly work covers a range of topics including:

Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Aeolian processes and effects

Frequent coauthors in Walko's publications include:

William R. Cotton
Simone Fatichi
Dani Or
Harry Vereecken
Michael H. Young

Walko's research articles are commonly published in venues such as:

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Nature Communications
Physical Geography

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Walko include:

Soil structure is an important omission in Earth System Models, 2020, Nature Communications
Examination of Aerosol-Induced Convective Invigoration Using Idealized Simulations, 2020, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Seasonal estimates of the impacts of aerosol and dust pollution on orographic precipitation in the Colorado River Basin, 2020, Physical Geography
A Modeling Investigation of the Potential Impacts of Pollution Aerosols on Hurricane Harvey, 2021, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Best Publications

A comprehensive meteorological modeling system?RAMS

R. A. Pielke;W. R. Cotton;R. L. Walko;C. J. Tremback

2734
Citations
RAMS 2001: Current status and future directions

William R. Cotton;R. A. Pielke;R. L. Walko;G. E. Liston

1263
Citations
New RAMS cloud microphysics parameterization part I: the single-moment scheme

R.L. Walko;W.R. Cotton;M.P. Meyers;J.Y. Harrington

845
Citations
Coupled Atmosphere–Biophysics–Hydrology Models for Environmental Modeling

Robert L. Walko;Larry E. Band;Jill Baron;Timothy G. F. Kittel

794
Citations
New RAMS cloud microphysics parameterization. Part II: The two-moment scheme

Michael P. Meyers;Robert L. Walko;Jerry Y. Harrington;William R. Cotton

680
Citations
Incorporating water table dynamics in climate modeling: 1. Water table observations and equilibrium water table simulations

Ying Fan;Gonzalo Miguez-Macho;Christopher P. Weaver;Robert Walko

374
Citations
Can large wind farms affect local meteorology

S. Baidya Roy;Stephen Wilson Pacala;R. L. Walko

313
Citations
The Influence of Anthropogenic Landscape Changes on Weather in South Florida

R A Pielke Sr;R L Walko;L T Steyaert;Pier Luigi Vidale

277
Citations
Incorporating water table dynamics in climate modeling: 2. Formulation, validation, and soil moisture simulation

Gonzalo Miguez-Macho;Ying Fan;Christopher P. Weaver;Robert Walko

265
Citations
Regional dry-season climate changes due to three decades of Amazonian deforestation

Jaya Khanna;Jaya Khanna;David Medvigy;David Medvigy;Stephan Andreas Fueglistaler;Robert Walko

251
Citations
Soil structure is an important omission in Earth System Models

Simone Fatichi;Dani Or;Robert Walko;Harry Vereecken

244
Citations
Elements of the microphysical structure of numerically simulated nonprecipitating stratocumulus

Bjorn Stevens;Graham Feingold;William R. Cotton;Robert L. Walko

237
Citations
Simulations of marine stratocumulus using a new microphysical parameterization scheme

Graham Feingold;R.L. Walko;Bjorn Stevens;W.R. Cotton

198
Citations
Parameterization of ice crystal conversion processes due to vapor deposition for mesoscale models using double-moment basis functions. Part I: basic formulation and parcel model results

Jerry Y. Harrington;Michael P. Meyers;Robert L. Walko;William R. Cotton

177
Citations
Cloud venting — A review and some new global annual estimates

W.R. Cotton;G.D. Alexander;R. Hertenstein;R.L. Walko

174
Citations
Polynomial Fits to Saturation Vapor Pressure.

Piotr J. Flatau;Robert L. Walko;William R. Cotton

169
Citations
Effects of canopy heterogeneity, seed abscission and inertia on wind‐driven dispersal kernels of tree seeds

Gil Bohrer;Gabriel G. Katul;Ran Nathan;Robert L. Walko

163
Citations
Infiltration from the Pedon to Global Grid Scales: An Overview and Outlook for Land Surface Modeling

Harry Vereecken;Lutz Weihermüller;Shmuel Assouline;Jirka Šimůnek

145
Citations
Exploring the Effects of Microscale Structural Heterogeneity of Forest Canopies Using Large-Eddy Simulations

Gil Bohrer;Gil Bohrer;Gabriel G. Katul;Robert L. Walko;Roni Avissar

141
Citations
A Modeling Study of the Dryline

Conrad L. Ziegler;William J. Martin;Roger A. Pielke;Robert L. Walko

133
Citations
An explicit cloud microphysics/LES model designed to simulate the Twomey effect

G. Feingold;B. Stevens;W. R. Cotton;R. L. Walko

120
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Roni Avissar University of Miami

David Medvigy University of Notre Dame

William R. Cotton Colorado State University

Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder

Graham Feingold National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Bjorn Stevens Max Planck Society

Pier Luigi Vidale University of Reading

Walter A. Lyons American Meteorological Society

Gil Bohrer The Ohio State University

Gonzalo Miguez-Macho University of Santiago de Compostela

External Links

Personal website of Robert L. Walko

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