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D-Index
48
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10871
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5452
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1997

Thomas Wahl 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 Wahl sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Wahl 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 Wahl sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas Wahl is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant body of work in the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research addresses various topics, including Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Climate variability and models, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

Thomas Wahl has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in journals and platforms such as the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Natural hazards and earth system sciences, Weather and Climate Extremes, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Earth's Future.

Co-author collaboration is a significant feature in Wahl's work. Frequent coauthors include Sönke Dangendorf, Alejandra R. Enríquez, Robert Jane, Ivan D. Haigh, and Md Mamunur Rashid.

Some recent papers by Thomas Wahl include:

  • Understanding and managing connected extreme events, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Measuring compound flood potential from river discharge and storm surge extremes at the global scale, 2020, Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • Non-linear interaction modulates global extreme sea levels, coastal flood exposure, and impacts, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future, 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Trends in Europe storm surge extremes match the rate of sea-level rise, 2022, Nature

In addition to journal articles, Wahl has published books with Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles eBooks and Duncker & Humblot. Titles include "Criminal procedures and cross-border cooperation in the EU area of criminal justice: together but apart?" (2020) and "Rechtshilfe in der Telekommunikationsüberwachung" (2021).

Best Publications

  • Future climate risk from compound events

    Jakob Zscheischler;Seth Westra;Bart J. J. M. van den Hurk;Bart J. J. M. van den Hurk;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • Increasing risk of compound flooding from storm surge and rainfall for major US cities

    Thomas Wahl;Thomas Wahl;Shaleen Jain;Jens Bender;Steven D. Meyers

  • Understanding and managing connected extreme events

    Colin Raymond;Colin Raymond;Radley M. Horton;Jakob Zscheischler;Olivia Martius

  • Understanding extreme sea levels for broad-scale coastal impact and adaptation analysis

    T. Wahl;I.D. Haigh;R.J. Nicholls;A. Arns

  • Measuring compound flood potential from river discharge and storm surge extremes at the global scale

    Anaïs Couasnon;Dirk Eilander;Sanne Muis;Ted I. E. Veldkamp

  • Dependence between high sea-level and high river discharge increases flood hazard in global deltas and estuaries

    Philip J Ward;Anaïs Couasnon;Dirk Eilander;Ivan D Haigh

  • Estimating extreme water level probabilities: A comparison of the direct methods and recommendations for best practise

    A. Arns;T. Wahl;Ivan Haigh;Ivan Haigh;J. Jensen

  • Observed mean sea level changes around the North Sea coastline from 1800 to present

    Thomas Wahl;Ivan Haigh;Ivan Haigh;Philip L. Woodworth;F. Albrecht

  • Assessing the characteristics and drivers of compound flooding events around the UK coast

    Alistair Hendry;Ivan D. Haigh;Robert J. Nicholls;Hugo Winter

  • Spatial and temporal analysis of extreme sea level and storm surge events around the coastline of the UK.

    Ivan D. Haigh;Matthew P. Wadey;Matthew P. Wadey;Thomas Wahl;Ozgun Ozsoy

  • The impact of sea level rise on storm surge water levels in the northern part of the German Bight

    A. Arns;T. Wahl;T. Wahl;S. Dangendorf;J. Jensen

  • Trends in Europe storm surge extremes match the rate of sea-level rise

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  • Timescales for detecting a significant acceleration in sea level rise

    Ivan D. Haigh;Ivan D. Haigh;Thomas Wahl;Thomas Wahl;Eelco J. Rohling;Eelco J. Rohling;René M. Price

  • Non-linear interaction modulates global extreme sea levels, coastal flood exposure, and impacts.

    Arne Arns;Thomas Wahl;Claudia Wolff;Athanasios T. Vafeidis

  • Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future

    Benjamin D. Hamlington;Alex S. Gardner;Erik Ivins;Jan T.M. Lenaerts

  • Stabilization of global temperature at 1.5°C and 2.0°C: implications for coastal areas

    Robert J. Nicholls;Sally Brown;Philip Goodwin;Thomas Wahl

  • Uncertainty and Bias in Global to Regional Scale Assessments of Current and Future Coastal Flood Risk.

    J. Hinkel;L. Feyen;M. Hemer;G. Le Cozannet

  • Mean sea level variability in the North Sea: Processes and implications

    Sönke Dangendorf;Francisco M. Calafat;Arne Arns;Thomas Wahl

  • Evidence for Multidecadal Variability in US Extreme Sea Level Records

    Thomas Wahl;Thomas Wahl;Don P. Chambers

  • Assessing the hydrodynamic boundary conditions for risk analyses in coastal areas: a multivariate statistical approach based on Copula functions

    T. Wahl;C. Mudersbach;J. Jensen

  • Improved estimates of mean sea level changes in the German Bight over the last 166 years

    Thomas Wahl;Jürgen Jensen;Torsten Frank;Ivan David Haigh

  • Multivariate design in the presence of non-stationarity

    Jens Bender;Thomas Wahl;Thomas Wahl;Jürgen Jensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan D. Haigh
Ivan D. Haigh University of Southampton
Sönke Dangendorf
Sönke Dangendorf Tulane University
Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Philip J. Ward
Philip J. Ward Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hessel Winsemius
Hessel Winsemius Delft University of Technology
Nathaniel G. Plant
Nathaniel G. Plant United States Geological Survey
Don P. Chambers
Don P. Chambers University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Philip L. Woodworth
Philip L. Woodworth National Oceanography Centre
Jason Lowe
Jason Lowe Met Office
Amir AghaKouchak
Amir AghaKouchak University of California, Irvine

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