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Atsumu Ohmura

Atsumu Ohmura

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
61
Citations
15974
World Ranking
2734
National Ranking
76

Atsumu Ohmura 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 Atsumu Ohmura sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 129 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Atsumu Ohmura 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 Atsumu Ohmura sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Physical Basis for the Temperature-Based Melt-Index Method

    Atsumu Ohmura

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

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

  • New precipitation and accumulation maps for Greenland

    Atsumu Ohmura;Niels Reeh

  • Climate at the equilibrium line of glaciers

    Atsumu Ohmura;Peter Kasser;Martin Funk

  • 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

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

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

  • Impact of global dimming and brightening on global warming

    Martin Wild;Atsumu Ohmura;Knut Makowski

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

    H. Gilgen;M. Wild;A. Ohmura

  • A regional perspective on trends in continental evaporation

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

  • Is the Hydrological Cycle Accelerating

    Atsumu Ohmura;Atsumu Ohmura;Martin Wild;Martin Wild

  • Recommendations for the compilation of glacier inventory data from digital sources

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

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

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

  • Global dimming and brightening: An update beyond 2000

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

  • 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

  • Aerosol and cloud effects on solar brightening and the recent rapid warming

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

  • Enhanced temperature variability in high-altitude climate change

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  • Observed decadal variations in surface solar radiation and their causes

    Atsumu Ohmura

  • First global WCRP shortwave surface radiation budget dataset

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

  • Validation of general circulation model radiative fluxes using surface observations

    Martin Wild;Atsumu Ohmura;Hans Gilgen;Erich Roeckner

  • 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

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

    Christian Ruckstuhl;Rolf Philipona;June Morland;Atsumu Ohmura

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

    Atsumu Ohmura;Martin Wild;Lennart Bengtsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Wild
Martin Wild ETH Zurich
Gert König-Langlo
Gert König-Langlo Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Matthias Huss
Matthias Huss University of Fribourg
Ellsworth G. Dutton
Ellsworth G. Dutton Earth System Research Laboratory
Martin Funk
Martin Funk ETH Zurich
Eugene Rozanov
Eugene Rozanov Saint Petersburg State University
Manuel A. Hutterli
Manuel A. Hutterli British Antarctic Survey
Rachel T. Pinker
Rachel T. Pinker University of Maryland, College Park
Erich Roeckner
Erich Roeckner Max Planck Society

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