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Syukuro Manabe 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 Syukuro Manabe sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 152 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Syukuro Manabe 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 Syukuro Manabe sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Syukuro Manabe is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans key subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics Syukuro Manabe focuses on include climate variability and models, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, cryospheric studies and observations, meteorological phenomena and simulations, climate change and geoengineering, and climate change policy and economics.

Recent publications by Syukuro Manabe and collaborators cover a range of subjects connected to climate science and environmental studies. Notable recent papers include:

  • Antarctic sea ice multidecadal variability triggered by Southern Annular Mode and deep convection (2024), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • Role of anthropogenic forcing in Antarctic sea ice variability simulated in climate models (2024), published in Nature Communications
  • Beyond Global Warming (2020), published in Princeton University Press eBooks
  • Nobel Lecture: Physical modeling of Earth's climate (2023), published in Reviews of Modern Physics
  • Sélection thématique de livres (2020), published in Natures Sciences Sociétés

Syukuro Manabe frequently collaborates with researchers including Yushi Morioka, Liping Zhang, William Cooke, Masami Nonaka, and Swadhin K. Behera. These coauthors have contributed multiple times to the body of research around climate and atmospheric sciences.

Their work has appeared in several prominent scientific venues, including:

  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Nature Communications
  • Reviews of Modern Physics
  • Princeton University Press eBooks
  • Natures Sciences Sociétés

Best Publications

  • Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere with a Given Distribution of Relative Humidity

    Syukuro Manabe;Richard T. Wetherald

  • CLIMATE AND THE OCEAN CIRCULATION1

    Syukuro Manabe

  • The Effects of Doubling the CO2 Concentration on the climate of a General Circulation Model

    Syukuro Manabe;Richard T. Wetherald

  • Sensitivity of a global climate model to an increase of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere

    Syukuro Manabe;Ronald J. Stouffer

  • Transient Responses of a Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Model to Gradual Changes of Atmospheric CO2. Part I. Annual Mean Response

    S. Manabe;R. J. Stouffer;M. J. Spelman;K. Bryan

  • Two Stable Equilibria of a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model

    S. Manabe;R. J. Stouffer

  • Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere with a Convective Adjustment

    Syukuro Manabe;Robert F. Strickler

  • Simulated response of the ocean carbon cycle to anthropogenic climate warming

    Jorge L. Sarmiento;Tertia M. C. Hughes;Ronald J. Stouffer;Syukuro Manabe

  • SIMULATED CLIMATOLOGY OF A GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL WITH A HYDROLOGIC CYCLE

    Syukuro Manabe;Joseph Smagorinsky;Robert F. Strickler

  • Interdecadal Variations of the Thermohaline Circulation in a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model

    T. Delworth;S. Manabe;R. J. Stouffer

  • Cloud Feedback Processes in a General Circulation Model

    R. T. Wetherald;S. Manabe

  • Equilibrium climate change - and its implications for the future

    J. F.B. Mitchell;Syukuro Manabe;V. Meleshko;T. Tokioka

  • The Role of Mountains in the South Asian Monsoon Circulation

    Douglas G. Hahn;Syukuro Manabe

  • On the Distribution of Climate Change Resulting from an Increase in CO2 Content of the Atmosphere

    Syukuro Manabe;Richard T. Wetherald

  • The Effects of Mountains on the General Circulation of the Atmosphere as Identified by Numerical Experiments

    Syukuro Manabe;Theodore B. Terpstra

  • Numerical Results from a Nine-Level General Circulation Model of the ATMOSPHERE1

    Joseph Smagorinsky;Syukuro Manabe;J. Leith Holloway

  • Multiple-Century Response of a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model to an Increase of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

    Syukuro Manabe;Ronald J. Stouffer

  • Century-scale effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on the ocean-atmosphere system

    Syukuro Manabe;Ronald J. Stouffer

  • The Influence of Continental Ice Sheets on the Climate of an Ice Age

    S. Manabe;Anthony Broccoli

  • Large-Scale Changes of Soil Wetness Induced by an Increase in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

    S. Manabe;R. T. Wetherald

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald J. Stouffer
Ronald J. Stouffer University of Arizona
Anthony J. Broccoli
Anthony J. Broccoli Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kirk Bryan
Kirk Bryan Princeton University
Thomas L. Delworth
Thomas L. Delworth Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Thomas R. Knutson
Thomas R. Knutson Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Alex Hall
Alex Hall University of California, Los Angeles
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Warren M. Washington
Warren M. Washington National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alan Robock
Alan Robock Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Stephen E. Zebiak
Stephen E. Zebiak Columbia University

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