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Robert S. Webb 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 S. Webb sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 62 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert S. Webb 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 S. Webb sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert S. Webb is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Environmental Science, with specific attention to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Webb has contributed to various publications, with notable papers listed below along with their publication year and venue:

  • Facility for Weather and Climate Assessments (FACTS): A Community Resource for Assessing Weather and Climate Variability, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Supporting Advancement in Weather and Water Prediction in the Upper Colorado River Basin: The SPLASH Campaign, 2023, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Evaluation of Retrospective National Water Model Soil Moisture and Streamflow for Drought-Monitoring Applications, 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Six Priorities for Investment in Snow Research and Product Development, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • A Vision Paper for the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC), 2021, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library

The primary venues where Webb frequently publishes include:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library

Collaboration with other researchers forms an important part of Webb's work, with recurring coauthors listed as follows:

  • Darren L. Jackson
  • Donald Murray
  • Andrew Hoell
  • Martin P. Hoerling
  • Judith Perlwitz

Best Publications

  • Paleoclimate simulations for North America over the past 21,000 years: features of the simulated climate and comparisons with paleoenvironmental data

    P.J Bartlein;K.H Anderson;P.M Anderson;M.E Edwards

  • Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP)

    S. Joussaume;K. E. Taylor;P. Braconnot;J. F.B. Mitchell

  • Mapping eastern North American vegetation change of the past 18 ka: No-analogs and the future

    Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Robert S. Webb;Robert S. Webb;Thompson Webb

  • Vegetation and environment in Eastern North America during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Stephen T. Jackson;Robert S. Webb;Katharine H. Anderson;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck

  • Temporal and spatial patterns of Holocene dune activity on the Great Plains of North America: megadroughts and climate links

    Steven L. Forman;Robert Oglesby;Robert S. Webb

  • Climate Change and Water Resources Management: A Federal Perspective

    Levi D. Brekke;Julie E. Kiang;J. Rolf Olsen;Roger S. Pulwarty

  • Understanding Uncertainties in Future Colorado River Streamflow

    Julie A. Vano;Bradley Udall;Daniel R. Cayan;Jonathan T. Overpeck

  • Influence of ocean heat transport on the climate of the Last Glacial Maximum

    Robert S. Webb;David H. Rind;Scott J. Lehman;Richard J. Healy;Richard J. Healy

  • Specifying land surface characteristics in general circulation models: Soil profile data set and derived water‐holding capacities

    Robert S. Webb;Cynthia E. Rosenzweig;Elissa R. Levine

  • Making Sense of Millennial‐Scale Climate Change

    R. B. Alley;P. U. Clark;L. D. Keigwin;R. S. Webb

  • Simulation of stable water isotope variations by the GENESIS GCM for modern conditions

    Renaud Mathieu;David Pollard;Julia E. Cole;James W.C. White

  • Climatic controls on interannual variability of precipitation δ18O: Simulated influence of temperature, precipitation amount, and vapor source region

    Julia E. Cole;David Rind;Robert S. Webb;Robert S. Webb;Jean Jouzel

  • Paleoclimate proxy perspective on Caribbean climate since the year 1751: Evidence of cooler temperatures and multidecadal variability

    K. H. Kilbourne;Terrence M Quinn;R. Webb;T. Guilderson;T. Guilderson

  • Pollen Response-Surface Estimates of Late-Quaternary Changes in the Moisture Balance of the Northeastern United States

    Robert S. Webb;Katherine H. Anderson;Thompson Webb

  • Late quaternary climate change in eastern North America: a comparison of pollen-derived estimates with climate model results

    Thompson Webb;Katherine H Anderson;Patrick J Bartlein;Robert S Webb;Robert S Webb

  • Rates of sediment accumulation in pollen cores from small lakes and mires of eastern North America.

    Robert Stabler Webb;Thompson Webb

  • Pollen-based summer temperature reconstructions for the eastern Canadian boreal forest, subarctic, and Arctic

    Michael W. Kerwin;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Robert S. Webb;Katherine H. Anderson

  • Forcing of Multiyear Extreme Ocean Temperatures that Impacted California Current Living Marine Resources in 2016

    Michael G. Jacox;Michael A. Alexander;Nathan J. Mantua;James D. Scott

  • Is a Transition to Semipermanent Drought Conditions Imminent in the U.S. Great Plains

    Martin P. Hoerling;Jon K. Eischeid;Xiao-Wei Quan;Henry F. Diaz

  • The role of oceanic forcing in mid-Holocene northern hemisphere climatic change

    Michael W. Kerwin;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Robert S. Webb;Robert S. Webb;Anne DeVernal

  • Aeolian sand depositional records from western Nebraska: landscape response to droughts in the past 1500 years

    S. L. Forman;L. Marin;J. Pierson;J. Gomez

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan T. Overpeck
Jonathan T. Overpeck University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thompson Webb
Thompson Webb Brown University
Terrence M. Quinn
Terrence M. Quinn The University of Texas at Austin
David Rind
David Rind Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Martin P. Hoerling
Martin P. Hoerling National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Patrick J. Bartlein
Patrick J. Bartlein University of Oregon
Thomas P. Guilderson
Thomas P. Guilderson University of California, Santa Cruz
Jon Eischeid
Jon Eischeid University of Colorado Boulder
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading

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