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D-Index
63
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16804
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2442
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981

Roni Avissar 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 Roni Avissar sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roni Avissar 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 Roni Avissar sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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

  • 2002 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Roni Avissar is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on environmental science and engineering, with specific emphasis on subfields such as water science and technology, civil and structural engineering, and global and planetary change.

They have contributed to the study of hydrology and watershed management, soil and unsaturated flow, as well as plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Recent publications include the paper titled "Soil structure is an important omission in Earth System Models", published in 2020 in Nature Communications. This work has garnered 243 citations.

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include:

  • Simone Fatichi
  • Dani Or
  • R. L. Walko
  • Harry Vereecken
  • Michael H. Young

They have published in venues such as:

  • Nature Communications

Among recognitions received, they were named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Trading water for carbon with biological carbon sequestration

    Robert B. Jackson;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Roni Avissar;Somnath Baidya Roy

  • A Parameterization of Heterogeneous Land Surfaces for Atmospheric Numerical Models and Its Impact on Regional Meteorology

    R. Avissar;R. A. Pielke

  • Mechanisms of long-distance dispersal of seeds by wind

    Ran Nathan;Gabriel G. Katul;Henry S. Horn;Suvi M. Thomas

  • Interactions between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems: influence on weather and climate

    Roger A. Pielke;Roni Avissar;Michael Raupach;A. Johannes Dolman

  • Tropical Forests and Climate Policy

    Raymond E. Gullison;Peter C. Frumhoff;Josep G. Canadell;Christopher B. Field

  • The local and global effects of Amazon deforestation

    David Werth;Roni Avissar

  • Influence of landscape structure on local and regional climate

    R. A. Pielke;R. Avissar

  • Protecting climate with forests

    Robert B. Jackson;James T. Randerson;Josep G. Canadell;Ray G. Anderson

  • Evaluation of vegetation effects on the generation and modification of mesoscale circulations

    M. Segal;R. Avissar;M. C. McCumber;R. A. Pielke

  • An Evaluation of the Scale at which Ground-Surface Heat Flux Patchiness Affects the Convective Boundary Layer Using Large-Eddy Simulations

    Roni Avissar;Tatyana Schmidt

  • Impact of Land-Surface Moisture Variability on Local Shallow Convective Cumulus and Precipitation in Large-Scale Models

    Fei Chen;Roni Avissar

  • Global Hydroclimatological Teleconnections Resulting from Tropical Deforestation

    Roni Avissar;David Werth

  • Impact of land use/land cover change on regional hydrometeorology in Amazonia

    Somnath Baidya Roy;Roni Avissar

  • Representation of heterogeneity effects in Earth system modeling: Experience from land surface modeling

    Filippo Giorgi;Roni Avissar

  • The climatic impacts of land surface change and carbon management, and the implications for climate-change mitigation policy

    Gregg Marland;Roger A. Pielke;Mike Apps;Roni Avissar

  • Three-dimensional numerical study of shallow convective clouds and precipitation induced by land surface forcing

    Roni Avissar;Yongqiang Liu

  • Conceptual aspects of a statistical-dynamical approach to represent landscape subgrid-scale heterogeneities in atmospheric models

    Roni Avissar

  • Potential effects of vegetation on the urban thermal environment

    Roni Avissar

  • Soil structure is an important omission in Earth System Models

    Simone Fatichi;Dani Or;Robert Walko;Harry Vereecken

  • The Impact of Land-Surface Wetness Heterogeneity on Mesoscale Heat Fluxes

    Fei Chen;Roni Avissar

  • Atmospheric Disturbances Caused by Human Modification of the Landscape

    Christopher P. Weaver;Roni Avissar

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Walko
Robert L. Walko University of Miami
Roger A. Pielke
Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder
David Medvigy
David Medvigy University of Notre Dame
Ran Nathan
Ran Nathan Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Gil Bohrer
Gil Bohrer The Ohio State University
Gabriel G. Katul
Gabriel G. Katul Duke University
Carlos A. Nobre
Carlos A. Nobre Universidade de São Paulo
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Fei Chen
Fei Chen National Center for Atmospheric Research
Esteban G. Jobbágy
Esteban G. Jobbágy National University of San Luis

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