2026 Thomas Pohlmann: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	41	5643	5218	404	385	146	5142

Overview

Thomas Pohlmann is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and specializes in research within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work predominantly focuses on Oceanography and related subfields, with significant contributions to Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Geology.

The main topics covered in Thomas Pohlmann's research include:

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Marine and fisheries research
Climate variability and models
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Geological and Geophysical Studies

They have published numerous papers with notable recent contributions including:

"Climate change effects on marine protected areas: Projected decline of benthic species in the North Sea," 2020, Marine Environmental Research
"Occurrence and distribution of estrogenic substances in the northern South China Sea," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
"Air-Sea Exchange and Atmospheric Deposition of Phthalate Esters in the South China Sea," 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
"Benthic ecosystem functioning under climate change: modelling the bioturbation potential for benthic key species in the southern North Sea," 2022, PeerJ
"Organophosphate Esters in Air and Seawater of the South China Sea: Spatial Distribution, Transport, and Air-Sea Exchange," 2023, Environment & Health

Thomas Pohlmann frequently publishes in venues such as:

Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Climate Dynamics
Environmental Science & Technology
Marine Environmental Research
The Science of The Total Environment

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors:

Bernhard Mayer
Mutiara Rachmat Putri
Moritz Mathis
Zheen Zhang
Abdul Basit

Best Publications

Predicting the thermocline in a circulation model of the North sea — part I: model description, calibration and verification

Thomas Pohlmann

241
Citations
Spatial patterns of infauna, epifauna, and demersal fish communities in the North Sea

Henning Reiss;Steven Degraer;Gerard C. A. Duineveld;Ingrid Kröncke

165
Citations
Climate variability drives anchovies and sardines into the North and Baltic Seas

Juergen Alheit;Thomas Pohlmann;Michele Casini;Wulf Greve

159
Citations
A brief analysis of North Sea physics

Jürgen Sündermann;Thomas Pohlmann

159
Citations
Anchovy population expansion in the North Sea

Pierre Petitgas;Juergen Alheit;Myron A. Peck;Kristina Raab

150
Citations
Wind and topography influence on an upwelling system at the eastern Hainan coast

Jian Su;Thomas Pohlmann

148
Citations
The Multiple Sources and Patterns of Methane inNorth Sea Waters

Gregor Rehder;Robin S. Keir;Erwin Suess;Thomas Pohlmann

136
Citations
Tidal-induced Lagrangian and Eulerian mean circulation in the Bohai Sea

Hao Wei;Dagmar Hainbucher;Thomas Pohlmann;Shizuo Feng

132
Citations
A meso-scale model of the central and southern North Sea: Consequences of an improved resolution

Thomas Pohlmann

127
Citations
A modelling study of SPM transport in the Bohai Sea

Wensheng Jiang;Thomas Pohlmann;Jürgen Sündermann;Shizuo Feng

126
Citations
Currents and Transport in Water

T. Pohlmann;W. Puls

114
Citations
SMOS sea ice product: operational application and validation in the Barents Sea marginal ice zone

Lars Kaleschke;Xiangshan Tian-Kunze;Nina Maaß;Alexander Beitsch

114
Citations
Changes in North Sea macrofauna communities and species distribution between 1986 and 2000

Ingrid Kröncke;Henning Reiss;Jacqueline D. Eggleton;John Aldridge

113
Citations
Simulating the temporal and spatial dynamics of the North Sea using the new model GETM (general estuarine transport model)

Adolf Stips;Karsten Bolding;Thomas Pohlmann;Hans Burchard

112
Citations
Variability of the Bohai Sea circulation based on model calculations

Dagmar Hainbucher;Wei Hao;Thomas Pohlmann;Jürgen Sündermann

109
Citations
Simulation and detection of tsunami signatures in ocean surface currents measured by HF radar

Klaus-Werner Gurgel;Anna Dzvonkovskaya;Thomas Pohlmann;Thomas Schlick

108
Citations
Transport of conservative passive tracers in the North Sea: first results of a circulation and transport model

Dagmar Hainbucher;Thomas Pohlmann;Jan Backhaus

101
Citations
SPM transport in the Bohai Sea: field experiments and numerical modelling

Wensheng Jiang;Thomas Pohlmann;Jun Sun;Andreas Starke

97
Citations
Simulations of the north sea circulation, its variability, and its implementation as hydrodynamical forcing in ERSEM

Hermann J. Lenhart;Günther Radach;Jan O. Backhaus;Thomas Pohlmann

95
Citations
A fate and transport ocean model for persistent organic pollutants and its application to the North Sea

Tatjana Ilyina;Thomas Pohlmann;Gerhard Lammel;Jürgen Sündermann

95
Citations
Calculating the annual cycle of the vertical eddy viscosity in the North Sea with a three-dimensional baroclinic shelf sea circulation model

Thomas Pohlmann

93
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Mayer University of Calgary

Daji Huang Ministry of Natural Resources

Uwe Mikolajewicz Max Planck Society

Ingrid Kröncke Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Myron A. Peck Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

Tatiana Ilyina Max Planck Society

Gerard C.A. Duineveld Utrecht University

Steven Degraer Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Michaela Schratzberger Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

H. E. Markus Meier Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research

External Links

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