2026 Atsumu Ohmura: 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	61	2734	2611	76	72	129	15974

Research.com Recognitions

1999 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Atsumu Ohmura is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed to research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work centers on subfields including Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics encompass cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Recent publications by Atsumu Ohmura include:

Vegetation type is an important predictor of the arctic summer land surface energy budget (2022) in Nature Communications
On the Shift of Glacier Equilibrium Line Altitude (ELA) under the Changing Climate (2022) in Water
Rising solar and thermal greenhouse radiation drive rapid warming over continents (2023) in Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Radiation and Climate Change during the Instrumental Observation Period (2025) in Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)
Decadal variation of longwave downwelling and net radiation as observed at the surface with implication for climate sensitivity: Based on pyrgeometer and pyranometer measurements (2024) in Journal of the European Meteorological Society.

Frequently publishing venues include:

Nature Communications
Water
Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)
Journal of the European Meteorological Society.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Atsumu Ohmura are Jacqueline Oehri, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Jin-Soo Kim, Raleigh Grysko, and Heather Kropp.

Atsumu Ohmura became a member of Academia Europaea in 1999.

Best Publications

From Dimming to Brightening: Decadal Changes in Solar Radiation at Earth's Surface

Martin Wild;Hans Gilgen;Andreas Roesch;Atsumu Ohmura

1641
Citations
Baseline surface radiation network (BSRN/WCRP) New precision radiometry for climate research

Atsumu Ohmura;Ellsworth G. Dutton;Bruce Forgan;Claus Fröhlich

1141
Citations
Physical Basis for the Temperature-Based Melt-Index Method

Atsumu Ohmura

834
Citations
Mass balance of glaciers and ice caps: Consensus estimates for 1961–2004

G. Kaser;J. G. Cogley;M. B. Dyurgerov;M. F. Meier

575
Citations
New precipitation and accumulation maps for Greenland

Atsumu Ohmura;Niels Reeh

532
Citations
Climate at the equilibrium line of glaciers

Atsumu Ohmura;Peter Kasser;Martin Funk

510
Citations
The second law of thermodynamics and the global climate system: A review of the maximum entropy production principle

Hisashi Ozawa;Atsumu Ohmura;Ralph D. Lorenz;Toni Pujol

507
Citations
Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN): structure and data description (1992-2017)

Amelie Driemel;John Augustine;Klaus Behrens;Klaus Behrens;Sergio Colle

451
Citations
Impact of global dimming and brightening on global warming

Martin Wild;Atsumu Ohmura;Knut Makowski

419
Citations
Means and Trends of Shortwave Irradiance at the Surface Estimated from Global Energy Balance Archive Data.

H. Gilgen;M. Wild;A. Ohmura

412
Citations
A regional perspective on trends in continental evaporation

A. J. Teuling;M. Hirschi;A. Ohmura;M. Wild

372
Citations
Is the Hydrological Cycle Accelerating

Atsumu Ohmura;Atsumu Ohmura;Martin Wild;Martin Wild

331
Citations
Recommendations for the compilation of glacier inventory data from digital sources

F Paul;R G Barry;J G Cogley;H Frey

303
Citations
Data Quality Assessment and the Long-Term Trend of Ground Solar Radiation in China

Guang Yu Shi;Tadahiro Hayasaka;Atsumo Ohmura;Zhi Hua Chen

293
Citations
Global dimming and brightening: An update beyond 2000

Martin F. Wild;Barbara Trussel;Atsumu Ohmura;Charles N. Long

238
Citations
Volcanic influence on centennial to millennial Holocene Greenland temperature change

Takuro Kobashi;Takuro Kobashi;Takuro Kobashi;Laurie Menviel;Aurich Jeltsch-Thömmes;Aurich Jeltsch-Thömmes;Bo M. Vinther

238
Citations
Aerosol and cloud effects on solar brightening and the recent rapid warming

Christian Ruckstuhl;Rolf Philipona;Klaus Behrens;Martine Collaud Coen

234
Citations
Enhanced temperature variability in high-altitude climate change

Unknown

234
Citations
Observed decadal variations in surface solar radiation and their causes

Atsumu Ohmura

233
Citations
First global WCRP shortwave surface radiation budget dataset

C. H. Whitlock;T. P. Charlock;W. F. Staylor;R. T. Pinker

227
Citations
Validation of general circulation model radiative fluxes using surface observations

Martin Wild;Atsumu Ohmura;Hans Gilgen;Erich Roeckner

221
Citations
On the consistency of trends in radiation and temperature records and implications for the global hydrological cycle

Martin Wild;Atsumu Ohmura;Hans Gilgen;Daniel Rosenfeld

213
Citations
Observed relationship between surface specific humidity, integrated water vapor, and longwave downward radiation at different altitudes

Christian Ruckstuhl;Rolf Philipona;June Morland;Atsumu Ohmura

209
Citations
A possible change in mass balance of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets in the coming century

Atsumu Ohmura;Martin Wild;Lennart Bengtsson

209
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Wild ETH Zurich

Gert König-Langlo Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Matthias Huss University of Fribourg

Ellsworth G. Dutton Earth System Research Laboratory

Martin Funk ETH Zurich

Eugene Rozanov Saint Petersburg State University

Christoph Schär ETH Zurich

Manuel A. Hutterli British Antarctic Survey

Rachel T. Pinker University of Maryland, College Park

Erich Roeckner Max Planck Society

External Links

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