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Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
5324
World Ranking
7865
National Ranking
2659

Best Publications

  • Pan-Arctic ice-wedge degradation in warming permafrost and its influence on tundra hydrology

    Anna K. Liljedahl;Julia Boike;Ronald P. Daanen;Alexander N. Fedorov

  • Analysis of Erosion Thresholds, Channel Networks, and Landscape Morphology Using a Digital Terrain Model

    William E. Dietrich;Cathy J. Wilson;David R. Montgomery;James McKean

  • Erosion thresholds and land surface morphology

    William E. Dietrich;Cathy J. Wilson;David R. Montgomery;James McKean

  • Arctic Landscapes in Transition: Responses to Thawing Permafrost

    J. C. Rowland;C. E. Jones;G. Altmann;R. Bryan

  • Quantifying and relating land-surface and subsurface variability in permafrost environments using LiDAR and surface geophysical datasets

    S. S. Hubbard;C. Gangodagamage;B. Dafflon;H. Wainwright

  • Integrated surface/subsurface permafrost thermal hydrology: Model formulation and proof‐of‐concept simulations

    Scott L. Painter;Ethan T. Coon;Adam L. Atchley;Markus Berndt

  • The role of advective heat transport in talik development beneath lakes and ponds in discontinuous permafrost

    J. C. Rowland;B. J. Travis;C. J. Wilson

  • Soil moisture and hydrology projections of the permafrost region – a model intercomparison

    Christian G. Andresen;Christian G. Andresen;David M. Lawrence;Cathy J. Wilson;A. David McGuire

  • Modeling the role of preferential snow accumulation in through talik development and hillslope groundwater flow in a transitional permafrost landscape

    Elchin E Jafarov;Ethan T Coon;Dylan R Harp;Cathy J Wilson

  • A global scale mechanistic model of photosynthetic capacity (LUNA V1.0)

    A. A. Ali;C. Xu;A. Rogers;R. A. Fisher

  • Tie channel sedimentation rates, oxbow formation age and channel migration rate from optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) analysis of floodplain deposits

    Joel C. Rowland;Kenneth Lepper;Kenneth Lepper;William E. Dietrich;Cathy J. Wilson

  • Active layer hydrology in an arctic tundra ecosystem: quantifying water sources and cycling using water stable isotopes

    Heather M. Throckmorton;Brent D. Newman;Jeffrey M. Heikoop;George B. Perkins

  • A morphology independent methodology for quantifying planview river change and characteristics from remotely sensed imagery

    Joel C. Rowland;Eitan Shelef;Paul A. Pope;Jordan Muss

  • Using field observations to inform thermal hydrology models of permafrost dynamics with ATS (v0.83)

    Adam L. Atchley;Scott L. Painter;Dylan R. Harp;Ethan T. Coon

  • Active layer thickness as a function of soil water content

    Leah K Clayton;Kevin Schaefer;Michael J Battaglia;Laura Bourgeau-Chavez

  • Effects of logging and fire on runoff and erosion on highly erodible granitic soils in Tasmania

    Cathy J. Wilson

  • Overview: zero-order basins and problems of drainage density, sediment transport and hillslope morphology

    W. E. Dietrich;S. L. Reneau;C. J. Wilson

  • Modeling challenges for predicting hydrologic response to degrading permafrost

    S. L. Painter;J. D. Moulton;C. J. Wilson

  • Influences and interactions of inundation, peat, and snow on active layer thickness

    Adam L. Atchley;Ethan T. Coon;Scott L. Painter;Dylan R. Harp

  • Microtopographic and depth controls on active layer chemistry in Arctic polygonal ground

    Brent D. Newman;Heather M. Throckmorton;David E. Graham;Baohua Gu

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