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Val R. Swail 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 Val R. Swail sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 66 publications — 2nd percentile

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Val R. Swail 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 Val R. Swail sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Val R. Swail is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geophysics.

The scientist has extensively studied topics including Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Climate Variability and Models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, and Seismic Waves and Analysis.

Val R. Swail's publication record includes papers distributed across several notable scientific journals, with frequent contributions to Ocean Dynamics. Other publication venues include Weather and Climate Extremes and the Journal of Climate. Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Swail are:

  • Storm surges and extreme sea levels: Review, establishment of model intercomparison and coordination of surge climate projection efforts (SurgeMIP), 2024, Weather and Climate Extremes
  • Quantifying wave measurement differences in historical and present wave buoy systems, 2021, Ocean Dynamics
  • Spectral shapes and parameters from three different wave sensors, 2021, Ocean Dynamics
  • Historical Changes in the Davis Strait Baffin Bay Surface Winds and Waves, 1979-2016, 2021, Journal of Climate
  • The 2nd international workshop on waves, storm surges and coastal hazards incorporating the 16th international workshop on wave hindcasting and forecasting, 2021, Ocean Dynamics

Swail has collaborated frequently with a core group of researchers. These frequent coauthors include Robert E. Jensen, Mercè Casas-Prat, Natacha B. Bernier, Mark Hemer, and Nobuhito Mori.

Best Publications

  • Changes of Extreme Wave Heights in Northern Hemisphere Oceans and Related Atmospheric Circulation Regimes

    Xiaolan L. Wang;V. A. L. R. Swail

  • A second generation of homogenized Canadian monthly surface air temperature for climate trend analysis

    Lucie A. Vincent;Xiaolan L. Wang;Ewa J. Milewska;Hui Wan

  • Climatology and Changes of Extratropical Cyclone Activity: Comparison of ERA-40 with NCEP–NCAR Reanalysis for 1958–2001

    Xiaolan L. Wang;Val R. Swail;Francis W. Zwiers

  • Homogenization and Trend Analysis of Canadian Near-Surface Wind Speeds

    Hui Wan;Xiaolan L. Wang;Val R. Swail

  • North Atlantic Ocean Wave Climate Change Scenarios for the Twenty-First Century

    Xiaolan L. Wang;Francis W. Zwiers;Val R. Swail

  • Changes in global ocean wave heights as projected using multimodel CMIP5 simulations

    Xiaolan L. Wang;Yang Feng;Val R. Swail

  • Climate change signal and uncertainty in projections of ocean wave heights

    Xiaolan L. Wang;Val R. Swail

  • A global wave hindcast over the period 1958–1997: Validation and climate assessment

    Andrew T. Cox;Val R. Swail

  • Daily Mean Sea Level Pressure Reconstructions for the European–North Atlantic Region for the Period 1850–2003

    T. J. Ansell;P. D. Jones;R. J. Allan;D. Lister

  • Intercomparison of Different Wind–Wave Reanalyses

    S. Caires;A. Sterl;J.-R. Bidlot;N. Graham

  • Trends and low frequency variability of extra-tropical cyclone activity in the ensemble of twentieth century reanalysis

    Xiaolan L. Wang;Y. Feng;G. P. Compo;G. P. Compo;V. R. Swail

  • Trends of Atlantic Wave Extremes as Simulated in a 40-Yr Wave Hindcast Using Kinematically Reanalyzed Wind Fields

    Xiaolan L. Wang;Val R. Swail

  • Projection and Analysis of Extreme Wave Climate

    Sofia Caires;Val R. Swail;Xiaolan L. Wang

  • Evaluation of Contemporary Ocean Wave Models in Rare Extreme Events: The “Halloween Storm” of October 1991 and the “Storm of the Century” of March 1993

    V. J. Cardone;R. E. Jensen;D. T. Resio;V. R. Swail

  • On the Use of NCEP–NCAR Reanalysis Surface Marine Wind Fields for a Long-Term North Atlantic Wave Hindcast

    Val R. Swail;Andrew T. Cox

  • Observing Sea States

    Fabrice Ardhuin;Justin E. Stopa;Bertrand Chapron;Fabrice Collard

  • Trends and variability of storminess in the Northeast Atlantic region, 1874–2007

    Xiaolan L. Wang;Francis W. Zwiers;Val R. Swail;Yang Feng

  • Advancing Wind-Waves Climate Science

    Mark A. Hemer;Xiaolan L. Wang;Ralf Weisse;Val R. Swail

  • Past and Future Changes in Extreme Sea Levels and Waves

    Jason A. Lowe;Philip L. Woodworth;Tom Knutson;Ruth E. McDonald

  • Methods to homogenize wind speeds from ships and buoys

    Bridget R. Thomas;Elizabeth C. Kent;Val R. Swail

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaolan L. Wang
Xiaolan L. Wang Environment and Climate Change Canada
Elizabeth C. Kent
Elizabeth C. Kent National Oceanography Centre
Gilbert P. Compo
Gilbert P. Compo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Francis W. Zwiers
Francis W. Zwiers University of Victoria
Rob Allan
Rob Allan Met Office
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sergey K. Gulev
Sergey K. Gulev Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of Sciences
Hans von Storch
Hans von Storch Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Judith Wolf
Judith Wolf National Oceanography Centre
Alexander V. Babanin
Alexander V. Babanin University of Melbourne

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