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D-Index
41
Citations
6957
World Ranking
7676
National Ranking
345

Barrie Bonsal 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 Barrie Bonsal sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 121 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Barrie Bonsal 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 Barrie Bonsal sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Barrie Bonsal is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada and is an active researcher in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Plant Science.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Bonsal has published extensively in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Water
  • Environmental Reviews
  • Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Arctic Science
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research

Recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Bonsal include:

  • "Recent Trends in Freshwater Influx to the Arctic Ocean from Four Major Arctic-Draining Rivers," 2020, Water
  • "Heterogeneous snowpack response and snow drought occurrence across river basins of northwestern North America under 1.0°C to 4.0°C global warming," 2021, Climatic Change
  • "Near-0 °C surface temperature and precipitation type patterns across Canada," 2020, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Western Canadian freshwater availability: current and future vulnerabilities," 2020, Environmental Reviews
  • "A Machine Learning Framework for Predicting and Understanding the Canadian Drought Monitor," 2023, Water Resources Research

Their collaborations reveal a network of frequent coauthors, reflecting interdisciplinary work across hydrology, climate, and environmental science. Regular coauthors include Yonas Dibike, Rajesh R. Shrestha, Daniel L. Peters, Christopher Spence, and Spyros Beltaos.

Best Publications

  • Characteristics of Daily and Extreme Temperatures over Canada

    B. R. Bonsal;X. Zhang;L. A. Vincent;W. D. Hogg

  • Homogenization of Daily Temperatures over Canada

    Lucie A. Vincent;X. Zhang;B. R. Bonsal;W. D. Hogg

  • Recent trends in Canadian lake ice cover

    Claude R. Duguay;Terry D. Prowse;Barrie R. Bonsal;Ross D. Brown

  • Canadian Precipitation Patterns Associated with the Southern Oscillation

    Amir Shabbar;Barrie Bonsal;Madhav Khandekar

  • The Association Between Circulation Anomaliesin the Mid-Troposphere and Area Burnedby Wildland Fire in Canada

    W. R. Skinner;B. J. Stocks;D. L. Martell;B. Bonsal

  • Effects of Changes in Arctic Lake and River Ice

    Terry Prowse;Knut Alfredsen;Spyros Beltaos;Barrie R. Bonsal

  • Impacts of large-scale teleconnections on freshwater-ice break/freeze-up dates over Canada

    Barrie R. Bonsal;Terry D. Prowse;Claude R. Duguay;Martin P. Lacroix

  • Impacts of low frequency variability modes on Canadian winter temperature

    Barrie R. Bonsal;Amir Shabbar;Kaz Higuchi

  • Climate Change, Drought and Human Health in Canada

    Anna Yusa;Peter Berry;June J Cheng;Nicholas Ogden

  • Past and Future Changes in Arctic Lake and River Ice

    Terry Prowse;Knut Alfredsen;Spyros Beltaos;Barrie Bonsal

  • Drought Research in Canada: A Review

    Barrie R. Bonsal;Elaine E. Wheaton;Aston C. Chipanshi;Charles Lin

  • Trends and Variability in Spring and Autumn 0° C Isotherm Dates over Canada

    Barrie R. Bonsal;Terry D. Prowse

  • An Assessment of Changes in Winter Cold and Warm Spells over Canada

    Amir Shabbar;Barrie Bonsal

  • An assessment of Canadian prairie drought: past, present, and future

    Barrie R. Bonsal;Rabah Aider;Rabah Aider;Philippe Gachon;Philippe Gachon;Suzan Lapp

  • River-ice break-up/freeze-up: a review of climatic drivers, historical trends and future predictions

    T.D. Prowse;B.R. Bonsal;C.R. Duguay;M.P. Lacroix

  • Historical comparison of the 2001/2002 drought in the Canadian Prairies

    B. Bonsal;M. Regier

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

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

  • Canadian Prairie growing season precipitation variability and associated atmospheric circulation

    B. R. Bonsal;X. Zhang;W. D. Hogg

  • Inter-comparison of daily precipitation products for large-scale hydro-climatic applications over Canada

    Jefferson S. Wong;Saman Razavi;Barrie R. Bonsal;Howard S. Wheater

  • Inter‐comparison of high‐resolution gridded climate data sets and their implication on hydrological model simulation over the Athabasca Watershed, Canada

    Hyung-Il Eum;Yonas Dibike;Terry Prowse;Barrie Bonsal

  • Historical drought patterns over Canada and their teleconnections with large-scale climate signals

    Zilefac Elvis Asong;Howard Simon Wheater;Barrie Bonsal;Saman Razavi

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry D. Prowse
Terry D. Prowse University of Victoria
Spyros Beltaos
Spyros Beltaos Environment and Climate Change Canada
Claude R. Duguay
Claude R. Duguay University of Waterloo
Howard Wheater
Howard Wheater Imperial College London
Christopher Spence
Christopher Spence Environment and Climate Change Canada
Alain Pietroniro
Alain Pietroniro University of Saskatchewan
James P. McNamara
James P. McNamara Boise State University
Xuebin Zhang
Xuebin Zhang University of Victoria
Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer
Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer Uppsala University
Alex J. Cannon
Alex J. Cannon University of Victoria

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