2026 Alain Pietroniro: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	45	4489	4129	208	189	142	7108

Alain Pietroniro publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Pietroniro sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 603+

This scientist: 142 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Alain Pietroniro D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Pietroniro sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alain Pietroniro is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant contribution to subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work covers key topics including Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Cryospheric studies and observations, Climate change and permafrost, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Climate variability and models, and Hydrological Forecasting Using AI.

Alain Pietroniro has published in several notable journals, with frequent venues including Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Hydrological Processes, Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Journal of Hydrology.

Recent publications include:

Advances in modelling large river basins in cold regions with Modélisation Environmentale Communautaire-Surface and Hydrology (MESH), the Canadian hydrological land surface scheme, 2022, Hydrological Processes
Great Lakes Runoff Intercomparison Project Phase 3: Lake Erie (GRIP-E), 2021, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
High-resolution meteorological forcing data for hydrological modelling and climate change impact analysis in the Mackenzie River Basin, 2020, Earth System Science Data
Summary and synthesis of Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) research in the interior of western Canada - Part 2: Future change in cryosphere, vegetation, and hydrology, 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
18O and 2H in streamflow across Canada, 2020, Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies

Frequent coauthors include Tricia Stadnyk, John W. Pomeroy, Martyn Clark, Mohamed Elshamy, and Daniel Princz.

Best Publications

Grouped Response Units for Distributed Hydrologic Modeling

N. Kouwen;E. D. Soulis;A. Pietroniro;J. Donald

437
Citations
An evaluation of snow accumulation and ablation processes for land surface modelling

J. W. Pomeroy;D. M. Gray;K. R. Shook;B. Toth

431
Citations
Hydrological trends and variability in the Liard River basin / Tendances hydrologiques et variabilité dans le basin de la rivière Liard

Donald H. Burn;Donald H. Burn;Juraj M. Cunderlik;Juraj M. Cunderlik;Alain Pietroniro;Alain Pietroniro

331
Citations
Towards operational monitoring of a northern wetland using geomatics-based techniques

Jessika Töyrä;Alain Pietroniro

255
Citations
The Fill–Spill Hydrology of Prairie Wetland Complexes during Drought and Deluge

Dean A. Shaw;Garth Vanderkamp;F. Malcolm Conly;Al Pietroniro

232
Citations
Development of the MESH modelling system for hydrological ensemble forecasting of the Laurentian Great Lakes at the regional scale

A. Pietroniro;V. Fortin;N. Kouwen;C. Neal

222
Citations
Hydrological trends and variability in the Liard River basin

Donald H. Burn;Juraj M. Cunderlik;Alain Pietroniro

201
Citations
Remote sensing applications in hydrological modelling

G. W. Kite;A. Pietroniro

199
Citations
Connectivity and storage functions of channel fens and flat bogs in northern basins

W. L. Quinton;M. Hayashi;A. Pietroniro

196
Citations
Hydrologic functions of wetlands in a discontinuous permafrost basin indicated by isotopic and chemical signatures

Masaki Hayashi;William L. Quinton;Alain Pietroniro;John J. Gibson

185
Citations
Multisensor Hydrologic Assessment of a Freshwater Wetland

Jessika Töyrä;Alain Pietroniro;Lawrence W. Martz

184
Citations
On the importance of sublimation to an alpine snow mass balance in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

M. K. MacDonald;J. W. Pomeroy;A. Pietroniro

165
Citations
Climate change, flow regulation and land-use effects on the hydrology of the Peace-Athabasca-Slave System; findings from the Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative.

T. D. Prowse;S. Beltaos;J. T. Gardner;J. J. Gibson

149
Citations
A Land Cover-Based Snow Cover Representation for Distributed Hydrologic Models

J. R. Donald;E. D. Soulis;N. Kouwen;A. Pietroniro

141
Citations
A multi‐sensor approach to wetland flood monitoring

Jessika Töyrä;Alain Pietroniro;Lawrence W. Martz;Terry D. Prowse

138
Citations
Flood hydrology of the Peace‐Athabasca Delta, northern Canada

Daniel L. Peters;Terry D. Prowse;Alain Pietroniro;Robert Leconte

130
Citations
Glacier contribution to the North and South Saskatchewan Rivers

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121
Citations
Isotope studies in large river basins: A new global research focus

John J. Gibson;Pradeep Aggarwal;James Hogan;Carol Kendall

111
Citations
Topographic analysis for the prairie pothole region of Western Canada

Dean A. Shaw;Al Pietroniro;L.W. Martz

110
Citations
Climatic effects on ice-jam flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta

S. Beltaos;T. Prowse;B. Bonsal;R. MacKay

109
Citations
Isotopic time-series partitioning of streamflow components in wetland-dominated catchments, lower Liard River basin, Northwest Territories, Canada

Natalie A. St Amour;John J. Gibson;Thomas W. D. Edwards;Terry D. Prowse

102
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry D. Prowse University of Victoria

Robert Leconte Université de Sherbrooke

John W. Pomeroy University of Saskatchewan

Howard Wheater Imperial College London

Donald H. Burn University of Waterloo

Philip Marsh Wilfrid Laurier University

John J. Gibson University of Victoria

Christopher Spence Environment and Climate Change Canada

Barrie Bonsal University of Victoria

Sean K. Carey McMaster University

External Links

Personal website of Alain Pietroniro

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