2026 Teresa K. Chereskin: 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	37	8925	8564	3202	2977	90	5094

Overview

Teresa K. Chereskin is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their body of work includes a focus on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate variability and models, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

Teresa K. Chereskin has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Physical Oceanography, Advances in Space Research, Communications Earth & Environment, Nature Communications, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans.

Notable recent papers include:

"Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress," 2021, Advances in Space Research
"Energetic overturning flows, dynamic interocean exchanges, and ocean warming observed in the South Atlantic," 2023, Communications Earth & Environment
"Compensating transport trends in the Drake Passage frontal regions yield no acceleration in net transport," 2023, Nature Communications
"Upper-Ocean Eddy Heat Flux across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage from Observations: Time-Mean and Seasonal Variability," 2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography
"Transition from Balanced to Unbalanced Motion in the Eastern Tropical Pacific," 2022, Journal of Physical Oceanography

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their scientific work. Frequent co-authors include Janet Sprintall, Manuel O. Gutierrez-Villanueva, Shenfu Dong, Saleh Abdalla, and Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi.

Best Publications

Global Abyssal Mixing Inferred from Lowered ADCP Shear and CTD Strain Profiles

Eric Kunze;Eric Firing;Julia M. Hummon;Teresa K. Chereskin

539
Citations
Mesoscale to submesoscale wavenumber spectra in Drake Passage

Cesar B. Rocha;Teresa K. Chereskin;Sarah T. Gille;Dimitris Menemenlis

356
Citations
Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

281
Citations
Mean Antarctic Circumpolar Current Transport Measured in Drake Passage

K. A. Donohue;K. L. Tracey;D. R. Watts;María Paz Chidichimo;María Paz Chidichimo

270
Citations
Seasonality of submesoscale dynamics in the Kuroshio Extension

Cesar B. Rocha;Sarah T. Gille;Teresa K. Chereskin;Dimitris Menemenlis

220
Citations
Direct evidence for an Ekman balance in the California Current

T. K. Chereskin

176
Citations
SUSTAINED MONITORING OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN AT DRAKE PASSAGE: PAST ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PRIORITIES

Michael P. Meredith;Philip L. Woodworth;Teresa K. Chereskin;David P. Marshall

172
Citations
Formation rates of Subantarctic mode water and Antarctic intermediate water within the South Pacific

Corinne A. Hartin;Rana A. Fine;Bernadette M. Sloyan;Bernadette M. Sloyan;Lynne D. Talley

139
Citations
Variability of the near-surface eddy kinetic energy in the California Current based on altimetric, drifter, and moored current data

Kathryn A. Kelly;Robert C. Beardsley;Richard Limeburner;Kenneth H. Brink

132
Citations
A Comparison of Measured and Wind-derived Ekman Transport at 11°N in the Atlantic Ocean

T. K. Chereskin;D. Roemmich

132
Citations
Observations of Ekman Currents in the Southern Ocean

Yueng-Djern Lenn;Teresa K. Chereskin

127
Citations
Antarctic Intermediate Water and Subantarctic Mode Water Formation in the Southeast Pacific: The Role of Turbulent Mixing

Bernadette M. Sloyan;Lynne D. Talley;Teresa K. Chereskin;Rana Fine

122
Citations
Vertical structure and transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage from direct velocity observations

Yvonne L. Firing;Teresa K. Chereskin;Matthew R. Mazloff

120
Citations
Generation of internal waves in Massachusetts Bay

Teresa K. Chereskin

105
Citations
Seasonal renewal of the California Current: The spring transition off California

Ronald J. Lynn;Steven J. Bograd;Teresa K. Chereskin;Adriana Huyer

103
Citations
Transport of mass, heat, salt, and nutrients in the southern California Current System: Annual cycle and interannual variability

Steven J. Bograd;Teresa K. Chereskin;Dean Roemmich

103
Citations
The sources and mixing characteristics of the Agulhas Current

Lisa M. Beal;Teresa K. Chereskin;Yueng D. Lenn;Shane Elipot

99
Citations
Zonal Momentum Balance at the Equator

T. M. Dillon;J. N. Moum;T. K. Chereskin;D. R. Caldwell

89
Citations
The role of air-sea fluxes in Subantarctic Mode Water formation

James W. Holte;Lynne D. Talley;Teresa K. Chereskin;Bernadette M. Sloyan;Bernadette M. Sloyan

87
Citations
Altimeter‐derived variability of surface velocities in the California Current System: 1. Evaluation of TOPEX altimeter velocity resolution

P. Ted Strub;Teresa K. Chereskin;Pearn P. Niiler;Corinne James

81
Citations
Spatial and temporal characteristics of the mesoscale circulation of the California Current from eddy‐resolving moored and shipboard measurements

T. K. Chereskin;M. Y. Morris;P. P. Niiler;P. M. Kosro

81
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah T. Gille University of California, San Diego

Janet Sprintall University of California, San Diego

Bernadette M. Sloyan CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

Lynne D. Talley University of California, San Diego

James N. Moum Oregon State University

Dimitris Menemenlis California Institute of Technology

Lisa M. Beal University of Miami

D. Randolph Watts University of Rhode Island

Eric Firing University of Hawaii at Manoa

Kathryn A. Kelly University of Washington

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