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Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
6583
World Ranking
7471
National Ranking
2551

Best Publications

  • Seasonal evolution of the albedo of multiyear Arctic sea ice

    D. K. Perovich;T. C. Grenfell;B. Light;P. V. Hobbs

  • Sunlight, water, and ice: Extreme Arctic sea ice melt during the summer of 2007

    Donald K. Perovich;Jacqueline A. Richter-Menge;Kathleen F. Jones;Bonnie Light

  • Increasing solar heating of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas, 1979-2005: Attribution and role in the ice-albedo feedback

    Donald K. Perovich;Bonnie Light;Hajo Eicken;Kathleen F. Jones

  • Improved sea ice shortwave radiation physics in CCSM4: The impact of melt ponds and aerosols on Arctic Sea ice

    Marika M. Holland;David A. Bailey;Bruce P. Briegleb;Bonnie Light

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition

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  • Thin and thinner: Sea ice mass balance measurements during SHEBA

    Donald K. Perovich;Thomas C. Grenfell;Jacqueline A. Richter-Menge;Bonnie Light

  • Synthesis of primary production in the Arctic Ocean: III. Nitrate and phosphate based estimates of net community production

    L.A. Codispoti;V. Kelly;A. Thessen;P. Matrai

  • Transmission and absorption of solar radiation by Arctic sea ice during the melt season

    Bonnie Light;Thomas C. Grenfell;Donald K. Perovich

  • Effects of temperature on the microstructure of first‐year Arctic sea ice

    B. Light;G. A. Maykut;T. C. Grenfell

  • A Delta-Eddington Mutiple Scattering Parameterization for Solar Radiation in the Sea Ice Component of the Community Climate System Model

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  • The spatial distribution of solar radiation under a melting Arctic sea ice cover

    Karen E. Frey;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Bonnie Light

  • Solar partitioning in a changing Arctic sea-ice cover

    D. K. Perovich;K. F. Jones;B. Light;H. Eicken

  • Arctic sea ice albedo: Spectral composition, spatial heterogeneity, and temporal evolution observed during the MOSAiC drift

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  • Seasonal evolution of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice

    Melinda A. Webster;Ignatius G. Rigor;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Jacqueline A. Richter-Menge

  • Transpolar observations of the morphological properties of Arctic sea ice

    Donald K. Perovich;Thomas C. Grenfell;Bonnie Light;Bruce C. Elder

  • Synthesis of primary production in the Arctic Ocean: I. Surface waters, 1954–2007

    P.A. Matrai;E. Olson;E. Olson;S. Suttles;V. Hill

  • Spatial distribution and radiative effects of soot in the snow and sea ice during the SHEBA experiment

    Thomas C. Grenfell;Bonnie Light;Matthew Sturm

  • Spatiotemporal evolution of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice

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  • The effect of included participates on the spectral albedo of sea ice

    B. Light;H. Eicken;G. A. Maykut;T. C. Grenfell

  • Optical properties of melting first‐year Arctic sea ice

    Bonnie Light;Donald K. Perovich;Melinda A. Webster;Christopher Polashenski

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