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D-Index
98
Citations
57624
World Ranking
403
National Ranking
180

Thomas R. Karl 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 Thomas R. Karl sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 228 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas R. Karl 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 Thomas R. Karl sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas R. Karl is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Thomas R. Karl has published in multiple scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Environmental Pollution
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Karl include:

  • Kenneth E. Kunkel
  • Stanislav Juráň
  • Kojo Kwakye Ofori-Amanfo
  • Ladislav Šigut
  • Ina Zavadilová

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas R. Karl include:

  • Incorporating non-stationarity from climate change into rainfall frequency and intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves, 2022, Journal of Hydrology
  • Observed Climatological Relationships of Extreme Daily Precipitation Events With Precipitable Water and Vertical Velocity in the Contiguous United States, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Drought shifts ozone deposition pathways in spruce forest from stomatal to non-stomatal flux, 2025, Environmental Pollution
  • Organosulfates as Tracers for Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) Formation from 2-Methyl-3-Buten-2-ol (MBO) in the Atmosphere, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Exploring the Effects of Local Air Pollution on Popliteal Artery Aneurysms, 2024, Journal of Clinical Medicine

Best Publications

  • Climate Extremes: Observations, Modeling, and Impacts

    David R. Easterling;Gerald A. Meehl;Camille Parmesan;Stanley A. Changnon

  • Modern Global Climate Change

    Thomas R. Karl;Kevin E. Trenberth

  • Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

    T. R. Karl;J. M. Melillo;T. C. Peterson

  • Maximum and Minimum Temperature Trends for the Globe

    David R. Easterling;Briony Horton;Philip D. Jones;Thomas C. Peterson

  • Observed Variability and Trends in Extreme Climate Events: A Brief Review

    David R. Easterling;J. L. Evans;P. Ya Groisman;T. R. Karl

  • Secular Trends of Precipitation Amount, Frequency, and Intensity in the United States

    Thomas R. Karl;Richard W. Knight

  • Trends in Intense Precipitation in the Climate Record

    Pavel Ya Groisman;Richard W. Knight;David R. Easterling;Thomas R. Karl

  • Observed climate variability and change

    Chris K. Folland;Thomas R. Karl;M. Jim Salinger

  • A new perspective on recent global warming: asymmetric trends of daily maximum and minimum temperature

    Thomas R. Karl;Philip D. Jones;Richard W. Knight;George Kukla

  • Homogeneity adjustments of in situ atmospheric climate data: a review

    Thomas C. Peterson;David R. Easterling;Thomas R. Karl;Pavel Groisman

  • Changes in the Probability of Heavy Precipitation: Important Indicators of Climatic Change

    Pavel Ya. Groisman;Thomas R. Karl;David R. Easterling;Richard W. Knight

  • Effects of Clouds, Soil Moisture, Precipitation, and Water Vapor on Diurnal Temperature Range

    Aiguo Dai;Kevin E. Trenberth;Thomas R. Karl

  • Urbanization: Its Detection and Effect in the United States Climate Record

    Thomas R. Karl;Henry F. Diaz;George Kukla

  • Trends in high-frequency climate variability in the twentieth century

    Thomas R. Karl;Richard W. Knight;Neil Plummer

  • Contemporary Changes of the Hydrological Cycle over the Contiguous United States: Trends Derived from In Situ Observations

    Pavel Ya Groisman;Richard W. Knight;Thomas R. Karl;David R. Easterling

  • Indices of Climate Change for the United States

    Thomas R. Karl;Richard W. Knight;David R. Easterling;Robert G. Quayle

  • A closer look at United States and global surface temperature change

    J. Hansen;R. Ruedy;M. Sato;M. Imhoff

  • Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus

    Thomas R. Karl;Anthony Arguez;Boyin Huang;Jay H. Lawrimore

  • An Introduction to Trends in Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Observations, Socioeconomic Impacts, Terrestrial Ecological Impacts, and Model Projections*

    Gerald A. Meehl;Thomas Karl;David R. Easterling;Stanley Changnon

  • CLIVAR/GCOS/WMO Workshop on Indices and Indicators for Climate Extremes Workshop Summary

    Thomas R. Karl;Neville Nicholls;Anver Ghazi

  • A new look at maximum and minimum temperature trends for the globe

    D.R Easterling;B. Horton;Philip Jones;T.C. Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Easterling
David R. Easterling National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kenneth E. Kunkel
Kenneth E. Kunkel North Carolina State University
Thomas C. Peterson
Thomas C. Peterson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kevin E. Trenberth
Kevin E. Trenberth University of Auckland
Russell S. Vose
Russell S. Vose National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
George Kukla
George Kukla Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Pavel Ya. Groisman
Pavel Ya. Groisman North Carolina State University
Stanley A. Changnon
Stanley A. Changnon University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kevin P. Gallo
Kevin P. Gallo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Philip Jones
Philip Jones University of East Anglia

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