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D-Index
34
Citations
5715
World Ranking
7853
National Ranking
2653

Charles Fierz publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles Fierz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 142 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Charles Fierz D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles Fierz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • A physical SNOWPACK model for the Swiss avalanche warning: Part II. Snow microstructure

    Michael Lehning;Perry Bartelt;Bob Brown;Charles Fierz

  • A physical SNOWPACK model for the Swiss avalanche warning Part III: meteorological forcing, thin layer formation and evaluation

    Michael Lehning;Perry Bartelt;Bob Brown;Charles Fierz

  • Validation of the energy budget of an alpine snowpack simulated by several snow models (SnowMIP project)

    Pierre Etchevers;Eric Martin;Ross Brown;Charles Fierz

  • ESM-SnowMIP: assessing snow models and quantifying snow-related climate feedbacks

    Gerhard Krinner;Chris Derksen;Richard Essery;Mark Flanner

  • Solving Richards Equation for snow improves snowpack meltwater runoff estimations in detailed multi-layer snowpack model

    N. Wever;C. Fierz;C. Mitterer;H. Hirashima

  • The 2008 international classification of seasonal snow on the ground

    C. Fierz;R.L. Armstrong;Y. Durand;P. Etchevers

  • Scientific and Human Errors in a Snow Model Intercomparison

    Cecile B. Menard;Richard Essery;Gerhard Krinner;Gabriele Arduini

  • Intercomparison of snow density measurements: bias, precision, and vertical resolution

    Martin Proksch;Nick Rutter;Charles Fierz;Martin Schneebeli

  • Assessment of snow transport in avalanche terrain

    Michael Lehning;Charles Fierz

  • Evaluation of modelled snow depth and snow water equivalent at three contrasting sites in Switzerland using SNOWPACK simulations driven by different meteorological data input

    Edgar Schmucki;Edgar Schmucki;Christoph Marty;Charles Fierz;Michael Lehning

  • Verification of the multi-layer SNOWPACK model with different water transport schemes

    Nander Wever;Lino Schmid;Achim Heilig;Olaf Eisen;Olaf Eisen;Olaf Eisen

  • Event-driven deposition of snow on the Antarctic Plateau: analyzing field measurements with SNOWPACK

    C. D. Groot Zwaaftink;A. Cagnati;A. Crepaz;C. Fierz

  • Evaluating and improving the stability predictions of the snow cover model SNOWPACK

    Jürg Schweizer;Sascha Bellaire;Charles Fierz;Michael Lehning

  • Forcing the snow-cover model SNOWPACK with forecasted weather data

    S. Bellaire;J. B. Jamieson;C. Fierz

  • Simulating ice layer formation under the presence of preferential flow in layered snowpacks

    Nander Wever;Sebastian Würzer;Charles Fierz;Michael Lehning

  • An objective snow profile comparison method and its application to SNOWPACK

    Michael Lehning;Charles Fierz;Chris Lundy

  • Micrometeorological and morphological observations of surface hoar dynamics on a mountain snow cover

    F. Stössel;M. Guala;C. Fierz;C. Manes

  • Modeling snow instability with the snow-cover model SNOWPACK

    Michael Lehning;Charles Fierz;Bob Brown;Bruce Jamieson

  • Meteorological and evaluation datasets for snow modelling at 10 reference sites: description of in situ and bias-corrected reanalysis data

    Cécile B. Ménard;Richard Essery;Alan Barr;Paul Bartlett

  • Intercomparison of measurements of bulk snow density and water equivalent of snow cover with snow core samplers: instrumental bias and variability induced by observers

    J. Ignacio López‐Moreno;Leena Leppänen;Bartłomiej Luks;Ladislav Holko

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