2026 W. David Rust: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	46	6085	2207	93	8077

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

1115
Citations
Electric field magnitudes and lightning initiation in thunderstorms

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

347
Citations
Lightning Rates Relative to Tornadic Storm Evolution on 22 May 1981

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

306
Citations
The Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study

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

297
Citations
Lightning and precipitation history of a microburst‐producing storm

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

288
Citations
Electrical structure in thunderstorm convective regions 3. Synthesis

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

285
Citations
TELEX The Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning Experiment

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

258
Citations
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

255
Citations
Electrical structure in thunderstorm convective regions: 1. Mesoscale convective systems

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

251
Citations
Electric field soundings through thunderstorms

Thomas C. Marshall;W. David Rust

228
Citations
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

215
Citations
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

208
Citations
The Electrical Structure of Two Supercell Storms during STEPS

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

199
Citations
Two Types of Vertical Electrical Structures in Stratiform Precipitation Regions of Mesoscale Convective Systems

Thomas C. Marshall;W. David Rust

167
Citations
Positive cloud‐to‐ground lightning flashes in severe storms

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

166
Citations
Electrical structure in thunderstorm convective regions 2. Isolated storms

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

163
Citations
Electrical and Polarimetric Radar Observations of a Multicell Storm in TELEX

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

160
Citations
Possibly inverted-polarity electrical structures in thunderstorms during STEPS

W. David Rust;Donald R. MacGorman

137
Citations
Electric field values observed near lightning flash initiations

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

135
Citations
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

135
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas C. Marshall University of Mississippi

Donald R. MacGorman University of Oklahoma

Maribeth Stolzenburg University of Mississippi

Paul R. Krehbiel New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Bradley F. Smull University of Washington

William Rison New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Dusan S. Zrnic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Aaron Bansemer National Center for Atmospheric Research

W. James Steenburgh University of Utah

James E. Dye National Center for Atmospheric Research

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