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D-Index
91
Citations
31649
World Ranking
557
National Ranking
250

Stephen M. Griffies 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 Stephen M. Griffies sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 281 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen M. Griffies 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 Stephen M. Griffies sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Stephen M. Griffies is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular focus on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science among other subfields.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Griffies has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Griffies include:

  • "The GFDL Earth System Model Version 4.1 (GFDL-ESM 4.1): Overall Coupled Model Description and Simulation Characteristics," 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Evaluation of global ocean-sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)," 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • "ACCESS-OM2 v1.0: a global ocean-sea ice model at three resolutions," 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • "The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in High-Resolution Models," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "A Primer on the Vertical Lagrangian-Remap Method in Ocean Models Based on Finite Volume Generalized Vertical Coordinates," 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

This scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Alistair Adcroft
  • Robert Hallberg
  • John P. Krasting
  • Raphaël Dussin
  • Hemant Khatri

Stephen M. Griffies was recognized for their contributions with the award of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • GFDL's CM2 global coupled climate models. Part I: Formulation and simulation characteristics

    Thomas L. Delworth;Anthony J. Broccoli;Anthony Rosati;Ronald J. Stouffer

  • GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Earth System Models. Part I: Physical Formulation and Baseline Simulation Characteristics

    John P. Dunne;Jasmin G. John;Alistair J. Adcroft;Stephen M. Griffies

  • The dynamical core, physical parameterizations, and basic simulation characteristics of the atmospheric component AM3 of the GFDL global coupled model CM3

    Leo J. Donner;Bruce L. Wyman;Richard S. Hemler;Larry W. Horowitz

  • The GFDL Earth System Model Version 4.1 (GFDL-ESM 4.1): Overall Coupled Model Description and Simulation Characteristics

    J. P. Dunne;L. W. Horowitz;A. J. Adcroft;P. Ginoux

  • Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (COREs)

    Stephen M. Griffies;Arne Biastoch;Claus W. Böning;Frank Bryan

  • JRA-55 based surface dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models (JRA55-do)

    Hiroyuki Tsujino;Shogo Urakawa;Hideyuki Nakano;R. Justin Small

  • Simulated Climate and Climate Change in the GFDL CM2.5 High-Resolution Coupled Climate Model

    Thomas L. Delworth;Anthony Rosati;Whit Anderson;Alistair J. Adcroft

  • Lagrangian ocean analysis: Fundamentals and practices

    Erik van Sebille;Erik van Sebille;Stephen M. Griffies;Ryan Abernathey;Thomas P. Adams

  • Structure and Performance of GFDL's CM4.0 Climate Model

    I. M. Held;H. Guo;A. Adcroft;J. P. Dunne

  • The ACCESS coupled model: description, control climate and evaluation

    D Bi;M Dix;S Marsland;S O'Farrell

  • Biharmonic Friction with a Smagorinsky-Like Viscosity for Use in Large-Scale Eddy-Permitting Ocean Models

    Stephen M. Griffies;Robert W. Hallberg

  • The Gent–McWilliams Skew Flux

    Stephen M. Griffies

  • A Technical Guide to MOM4

    Stephen M. Griffies;Matthew J. Harrison;Ronald C. Pacanowski;Anthony Rosati

  • Developments in ocean climate modelling

    Stephen M. Griffies;Claus Böning;Frank O. Bryan;Eric P. Chassignet

  • Enhanced warming of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean under climate change

    Vincent S. Saba;Stephen M. Griffies;Whit G. Anderson;Michael Winton

  • Concepts and terminology for sea level: mean, variability and change, both local and global

    Jonathan M. Gregory;Jonathan M. Gregory;Stephen M. Griffies;Chris W. Hughes;Jason A. Lowe;Jason A. Lowe

  • North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part I: Mean states

    Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;David Bailey;Erik Behrens

  • Parameterization of mixed layer eddies. III: Implementation and impact in global ocean climate simulations

    B. Fox-Kemper;B. Fox-Kemper;G. Danabasoglu;R. Ferrari;S.M. Griffies

  • The GFDL Global Ocean and Sea Ice Model OM4.0: Model Description and Simulation Features

    Alistair Adcroft;Whit Anderson;V. Balaji;Chris Blanton

  • Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Models

    Stephen M. Griffies

  • Formulation of an ocean model for global climate simulations

    S. M. Griffies;A. Gnanadesikan;K. W. Dixon;J. P. Dunne

  • OMIP contribution to CMIP6: experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

    Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Paul J. Durack;Alistair J. Adcroft

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Winton
Michael Winton Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Gokhan Danabasoglu
Gokhan Danabasoglu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alistair Adcroft
Alistair Adcroft Princeton University
Robert Hallberg
Robert Hallberg Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Simon J. Marsland
Simon J. Marsland Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
John P. Dunne
John P. Dunne Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Eric P. Chassignet
Eric P. Chassignet Florida State University
Simona Masina
Simona Masina Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
Hiroyuki Tsujino
Hiroyuki Tsujino Japan Meteorological Agency
Andrew T. Wittenberg
Andrew T. Wittenberg Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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