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D-Index
46
Citations
8077
World Ranking
6085
National Ranking
2207

W. David Rust 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 W. David Rust sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 93 publications — 10th percentile

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

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

W. David Rust 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 W. David Rust sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

W. David Rust is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research centers on environmental science, with a focus on global and planetary change, water science and technology, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's work explores several main topics including climate variability and models, hydrology and watershed management studies, hydrology and drought analysis, meteorological phenomena and simulations, ecosystem dynamics and resilience, sustainability and ecological systems analysis, and earth systems and cosmic evolution.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with W. David Rust include John P. Bloomfield, Ian Holman, Ron Corstanje, Mark Cuthbert, and Nicholas Howden.

W. David Rust has published in a variety of venues, most notably:

  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Ecological Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent publications showcase the scientist's focus on hydrological and climatic interactions over multiannual periods and their implications for water resource management and drought forecasting:

  • "Exploring the role of hydrological pathways in modulating multi-annual climate teleconnection periodicities from UK rainfall to streamflow," 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Non-stationary control of the NAO on European rainfall and its implications for water resource management," 2021, Hydrological Processes
  • "The importance of non-stationary multiannual periodicities in the North Atlantic Oscillation index for forecasting water resource drought," 2022, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Long-range hydrological drought forecasting using multi-year cycles in the North Atlantic Oscillation," 2024, Journal of Hydrology
  • "Emerging resilience metrics in an intensely managed ecological system," 2024, Ecological Engineering

W. David Rust was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2014.

Best Publications

  • The electrical nature of storms

    Donald R. MacGorman;W. David Rust;Earle R. Williams

  • Electric field magnitudes and lightning initiation in thunderstorms

    Thomas C. Marshall;Michael P. McCarthy;W. David Rust

  • Lightning Rates Relative to Tornadic Storm Evolution on 22 May 1981

    Donald R. MacGorman;Donald W. Burgess;Vladislav Mazur;W. David Rust

  • The Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study

    Timothy J. Lang;L. Jay Miller;Morris Weisman;Steven A. Rutledge

  • Lightning and precipitation history of a microburst‐producing storm

    Steven J. Goodman;Dennis E. Buechler;Patrick D. Wright;W. David Rust

  • Electrical structure in thunderstorm convective regions 3. Synthesis

    Maribeth Stolzenburg;W. David Rust;Thomas C. Marshall

  • TELEX The Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning Experiment

    Donald R. MacGorman;W. David Rust;Terry J. Schuur;Michael I. Biggerstaff

  • Inverted-polarity electrical structures in thunderstorms in the Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study (STEPS)

    W. David Rust;Donald R. MacGorman;Eric C. Bruning;Stephanie A. Weiss

  • Electrical structure in thunderstorm convective regions: 1. Mesoscale convective systems

    Maribeth Stolzenburg;W. David Rust;Bradley F. Smull;Thomas C. Marshall

  • Electric field soundings through thunderstorms

    Thomas C. Marshall;W. David Rust

  • Initial results from simultaneous observation of X‐rays and electric fields in a thunderstorm

    Kenneth B. Eack;William H. Beasley;W. David Rust;Thomas C. Marshall

  • Horizontal Distribution of Electrical and Meteorological Conditions across the Stratiform Region of a Mesoscale Convective System

    Maribeth Stolzenburg;Thomas C. Marshall;W. David Rust;Bradley F. Smull

  • The Electrical Structure of Two Supercell Storms during STEPS

    Donald R. MacGorman;W. David Rust;Paul Krehbiel;William Rison

  • Two Types of Vertical Electrical Structures in Stratiform Precipitation Regions of Mesoscale Convective Systems

    Thomas C. Marshall;W. David Rust

  • Positive cloud‐to‐ground lightning flashes in severe storms

    W. David Rust;Donald R. MacGorman;Roy T. Arnold

  • Electrical structure in thunderstorm convective regions 2. Isolated storms

    Maribeth Stolzenburg;W. David Rust;Thomas C. Marshall

  • Electrical and Polarimetric Radar Observations of a Multicell Storm in TELEX

    Eric C. Bruning;W. David Rust;Terry J. Schuur;Donald R. MacGorman

  • Possibly inverted-polarity electrical structures in thunderstorms during STEPS

    W. David Rust;Donald R. MacGorman

  • Electric field values observed near lightning flash initiations

    Maribeth Stolzenburg;Thomas C. Marshall;W. David Rust;Eric Bruning

  • Relationships between Lightning Location and Polarimetric Radar Signatures in a Small Mesoscale Convective System

    Nicole R. Lund;Donald R. MacGorman;Terry J. Schuur;Michael I. Biggerstaff

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas C. Marshall
Thomas C. Marshall University of Mississippi
Donald R. MacGorman
Donald R. MacGorman University of Oklahoma
Maribeth Stolzenburg
Maribeth Stolzenburg University of Mississippi
Paul R. Krehbiel
Paul R. Krehbiel New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Bradley F. Smull
Bradley F. Smull University of Washington
William Rison
William Rison New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Dusan S. Zrnic
Dusan S. Zrnic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Aaron Bansemer
Aaron Bansemer National Center for Atmospheric Research
W. James Steenburgh
W. James Steenburgh University of Utah
James E. Dye
James E. Dye National Center for Atmospheric Research

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