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Brian H. Luckman 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 Brian H. Luckman sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Brian H. Luckman 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 Brian H. Luckman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Brian H. Luckman is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Pollution.

The research topics that Luckman has contributed to include:

  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

The scientist has published studies in various established venues, such as:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Climate of the past
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Representative recent publications include:

  • "Six hundred years of South American tree rings reveal an increase in severe hydroclimatic events since mid-20th century" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Holocene History of Río Tranquilo Glacier, Monte San Lorenzo (47°S), Central Patagonia" (2021, Frontiers in Earth Science)
  • "Prospects for dendroanatomy in paleoclimatology - a case study on Picea engelmannii from the Canadian Rockies" (2022, Climate of the past)
  • "Tree-ring cellulose δ18O records similar large-scale climate influences as precipitation δ18O in the Northwest Territories of Canada" (2021, Climate Dynamics)
  • "The Holocene history of the Columbia Icefield, Canada" (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)

Frequent collaborators in their work include Rosanne D'Arrigo, Robert D. Field, Laia Andreu-Hayles, Rose Oelkers, and David Morimoto, indicating ongoing partnerships in related research areas.

Best Publications

  • The Unusual Nature of Recent Snowpack Declines in the North American Cordillera

    Gregory T. Pederson;Gregory T. Pederson;Stephen T. Gray;Stephen T. Gray;Connie A. Woodhouse;Julio L. Betancourt

  • Tree-ring data document 16th century megadrought over North America

    David W. Stahle;Edward R. Cook;Malcolm K. Cleaveland;Matthew D. Therrell

  • Estimates of volcanic-induced cooling in the Northern Hemisphere over the past 1,500 years

    Markus Stoffel;Myriam Khodri;Christophe Corona;Sébastien Guillet

  • Snowpack Variations in the Central Andes of Argentina and Chile, 1951–2005: Large-Scale Atmospheric Influences and Implications for Water Resources in the Region

    Mariano H. Masiokas;Ricardo Villalba;Brian H. Luckman;Carlos Le Quesne

  • Unusual Southern Hemisphere tree growth patterns induced by changes in the Southern Annular Mode

    Ricardo Villalba;Antonio Lara;Mariano H. Masiokas;Rocío Urrutia

  • The Little Ice Age in the Canadian Rockies

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  • Summer temperatures in the Canadian Rockies during the last millennium: a revised record

    B. H. Luckman;R. J. S. Wilson

  • Tree rings and natural hazards - A state-of-the-art

    Markus Stoffel;Michelle Bollschweiler;David R. Butler;Brian H. Luckman

  • Latest Pleistocene and Holocene glacier fluctuations in western Canada

    Brian Menounos;Gerald Osborn;John J. Clague;Brian H. Luckman

  • Tree-ring based reconstruction of summer temperatures at the Columbia Icefield, Alberta, Canada, AD 1073-1983:

    B.H. Luckman;K.R. Briffa;P.D. Jones;F.H. Schweingruber

  • Spatio‐temporal rainfall patterns in Southern South America

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  • Analysis and dynamic modeling of a moraine failure and glacier lake outburst flood at Ventisquero Negro, Patagonian Andes (Argentina)

    Raphaël Philipp Worni;Raphaël Philipp Worni;Markus Stoffel;Markus Stoffel;Christian Huggel;Christian Huggel;Christian Volz

  • Climate response to the Samalas volcanic eruption in 1257 revealed by proxy records

    Sébastien Guillet;Christophe Corona;Markus Stoffel;Myriam Khodri

  • A matter of divergence: Tracking recent warming at hemispheric scales using tree ring data

    R. Wilson;R. Wilson;Rosanne Dorothy D'Arrigo;Brendan M. Buckley;U. Buntgen

  • 20th-century glacier recession and regional hydroclimatic changes in northwestern Patagonia

    Mariano H. Masiokas;Mariano H. Masiokas;Ricardo Villalba;Brian H. Luckman;Marcelo E. Lascano

  • Six hundred years of South American tree rings reveal an increase in severe hydroclimatic events since mid-20th century.

    Mariano S Morales;Edward R Cook;Jonathan Barichivich;Jonathan Barichivich;Duncan A Christie

  • Dendroclimatological reconstructions in South America: A review

    J.A. Boninsegna;J. Argollo;J.C. Aravena;J. Barichivich

  • Dendroclimatic reconstruction of maximum summer temperatures from upper treeline sites in Interior British Columbia, Canada

    R. J. S. Wilson;B. H. Luckman

  • Tree rings and volcanic cooling

    Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Petra Breitenmoser;Keith R. Briffa;Agata Buchwal

  • Neoglacial Glacier Fluctuations in the Canadian Rockies

    Brian H. Luckman;Gerald Holdsworth;Gerald D. Osborn

  • Impact of climate fluctuations on mountain environments in the Canadian rockies.

    Brian Luckman;Trudy Kavanagh

  • Holocene glacier fluctuations in the middle Canadian Rocky Mountains

    B. H. Luckman;G. D. Osborn

  • A 500 year dendroclimatic reconstruction of spring–summer precipitation from the lower Bavarian Forest region, Germany

    Robert J. S. Wilson;Brian H. Luckman;Jan Esper

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Villalba
Ricardo Villalba National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Rob Wilson
Rob Wilson University of St Andrews
Mariano Masiokas
Mariano Masiokas National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Edward R. Cook
Edward R. Cook Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Rosanne D'Arrigo
Rosanne D'Arrigo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Alexander V. Kirdyanov
Alexander V. Kirdyanov University of Cambridge
Jan Esper
Jan Esper Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Antonio Lara
Antonio Lara Austral University of Chile
Paul J. Krusic
Paul J. Krusic University of Cambridge
Nicole Davi
Nicole Davi Columbia University

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