2026 Tom Rossby: 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	41	7772	7470	2768	2576	127	6016

Tom Rossby 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 Tom Rossby sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 690+

This scientist: 127 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Tom Rossby 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 Tom Rossby sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tom Rossby is affiliated with the University of Rhode Island in the United States and conducts research within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Oceanography and Atmospheric Science.

Their research covers several main topics including Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, and Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics.

Among the recent papers published by Tom Rossby are:

A Double-Thermostad Warm-Core Ring of the Gulf Stream, 2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography
Rethinking Oceanic Overturning in the Nordic Seas, 2021, Eos

Frequent co-authors include:

Igor M. Belkin
Annie Foppert
Sandra Fontana
C. R. Kincaid
Léon Chafik

Rossby's publications have appeared predominantly in the following venues:

Journal of Physical Oceanography
Eos

Their work involves the study of various oceanographic phenomena such as warm-core rings and oceanic overturning circulation, topics which relate both to regional ocean processes and broader climatological and environmental conditions.

Best Publications

The RAFOS System

T. Rossby;D. Dorson;J. Fontaine

316
Citations
Evidence of Cross-Frontal Exchange Processes in the Gulf Stream Based on Isopycnal RAFOS Float Data

A. S. Bower;T. Rossby

315
Citations
The Structure and Transport of the Gulf Stream at 73°W

Daniel Halkin;T. Rossby

305
Citations
Ocean circulation causes the largest freshening event for 120 years in eastern subpolar North Atlantic

N. Penny Holliday;Manfred Bersch;Barbara Berx;Leon Chafik

292
Citations
Directly measured mid-depth circulation in the northeastern North Atlantic Ocean

A. S. Bower;B. Le Cann;T. Rossby;W. Zenk

282
Citations
The Cape Cauldron: A regime of turbulent inter-ocean exchange

Olaf Boebel;Olaf Boebel;Olaf Boebel;Johann Lutjeharms;Claudia Schmid;Walter Zenk

271
Citations
The North Atlantic Current and surrounding waters: At the crossroads

T. Rossby

267
Citations
The history and decay of a Mediterranean salt lens

Laurence Armi;Dave Hebert;Neil Oakey;James Price

153
Citations
Slow variations in mean path of the Gulf Stream east of Cape Hatteras

T. Rossby;R. L. Benway

142
Citations
The Average Distribution of Volume Transport and Potential Vorticity with Temperature at Three Sections across the Gulf Stream

K. D. Leaman;E. Johns;T. Rossby

136
Citations
Atlantic circulation change still uncertain

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136
Citations
Path and variability of the Agulhas Return Current

Olaf Boebel;Olaf Boebel;Olaf Boebel;Tom Rossby;Johann Lutjeharms;Walter Zenk

129
Citations
Volume, Heat, and Freshwater Divergences in the Subpolar North Atlantic Suggest the Nordic Seas as Key to the State of the Meridional Overturning Circulation

Léon Chafik;T. Rossby

120
Citations
On the long‐term stability of Gulf Stream transport based on 20 years of direct measurements

T. Rossby;C. N. Flagg;K. Donohue;A. Sanchez-Franks

115
Citations
Pathways of inflow and dispersion of warm waters in the Nordic seas

T. Rossby;M. D. Prater;H. Søiland

113
Citations
Kinematics and Dynamics of a Mediterranean Salt Lens

K. Schultz Tokos;T. Rossby

107
Citations
An isopycnal view of the Nordic Seas hydrography with focus on properties of the Lofoten Basin

T. Rossby;Vladimir Ozhigin;Victor Ivshin;Sheldon Bacon

99
Citations
Numerical experiments with a fluid heated non-uniformly from below

T. Rossby

98
Citations
Entrainment and mixing of shelf/slope waters in the near‐surface Gulf Stream

J. L. Lillibridge;G. Hitchcock;T. Rossby;E. Lessard

90
Citations
On gyre interactions

T. Rossby

89
Citations
Isopycnal Lagrangian statistics from the North Atlantic Current RAFOS float observations

Huai-Min Zhang;Mark D. Prater;Tom Rossby

87
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles N. Flagg Stony Brook University

Walter Zenk Kiel University

Johann R. E. Lutjeharms University of Cape Town

Philip L. Richardson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Amy S. Bower Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Gilles Reverdin Sorbonne University

D. Randolph Watts University of Rhode Island

Svein Østerhus Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

Russ E. Davis University of California, San Diego

Joaquin Trinanes National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

External Links

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