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5247
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Charles H. Fletcher 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 H. Fletcher sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 150 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Charles H. Fletcher 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 H. Fletcher sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Charles H. Fletcher is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers key topics related to coastal and marine dynamics, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, flood risk assessment and management, ocean waves and remote sensing, aeolian processes and effects, geology and paleoclimatology research, and synthetic aperture radar applications and techniques.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Charles H. Fletcher are:

  • Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future, 2024, PNAS Nexus
  • Sea-level rise exponentially increases coastal flood frequency, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Sea-Level Rise Induced Multi-Mechanism Flooding and Contribution to Urban Infrastructure Failure, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Hidden Threat: The Influence of Sea-Level Rise on Coastal Groundwater and the Convergence of Impacts on Municipal Infrastructure, 2023, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Risk of shoreline hardening and associated beach loss peaks before mid-century: Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, 2020, Scientific Reports

Charles H. Fletcher has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Tiffany R. Anderson
  • Shellie Habel
  • Matthew M. Barbee
  • Wendy Meguro
  • Josephine I. Briones

The scientist has contributed the most publications to the following venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Remote Sensing
  • PNAS Nexus
  • Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Anthropocene

Best Publications

  • Doubling of coastal flooding frequency within decades due to sea-level rise

    Sean Vitousek;Patrick L. Barnard;Charles H. Fletcher;Neil Frazer

  • The Predictive Accuracy of Shoreline Change Rate Methods and Alongshore Beach Variation on Maui, Hawaii

    Ayesha S. Genz;Charles H. Fletcher;Robert A. Dunn;L. Neil Frazer

  • Mapping Shoreline Change Using Digital Orthophotogrammetry on Maui, Hawaii

    Charles Fletcher;John Rooney;Mathew Barbee;Siang-Chyn Lim

  • Assessment of groundwater inundation as a consequence of sea-level rise

    Kolja Rotzoll;Charles H. Fletcher

  • Sea-level rise exponentially increases coastal flood frequency.

    Mohsen Taherkhani;Sean Vitousek;Sean Vitousek;Patrick L. Barnard;Neil Frazer

  • Beach Loss Along Armored Shorelines on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands

    Charles H. Fletcher;Robert A. Mullane;Bruce M. Richmond

  • Quaternary coasts of the United States : marine and lacustrine systems

    Charles H. Fletcher;John F. Wehmiller

  • The Holocene sea-level highstand in the equatorial Pacific: analysis of the insular paleosea-level database

    E. E. Grossman;C. H. Fletcher;B. M. Richmond

  • A Budget of Carbonate Framework and Sediment Production, Kailua Bay, Oahu, Hawaii

    J.N. Harney;C.H. Fletcher

  • National assessment of shoreline change: Historical shoreline change in the Hawaiian Islands

    Charles H. Fletcher;Bradley M. Romine;Ayesha S. Genz;Matthew M. Barbee

  • The Transgressive Barrier-Lagoon Coast of Delaware: Morphostratigraphy, Sedimentary Sequences and Responses to Relative Rise in Sea Level

    John C. Kraft;Michael J. Chrzastowski;Daniel F. Belknap;Marguerite A. Toscano

  • Modeling multiple sea level rise stresses reveals up to twice the land at risk compared to strictly passive flooding methods.

    Tiffany R. Anderson;Charles H. Fletcher;Matthew M. Barbee;Matthew M. Barbee;Bradley M. Romine

  • Doubling of coastal erosion under rising sea level by mid-century in Hawaii

    Tiffany R. Anderson;Charles H. Fletcher;Matthew M. Barbee;L. Neil Frazer

  • Historical Shoreline Change, Southeast Oahu, Hawaii; Applying Polynomial Models to Calculate Shoreline Change Rates

    Bradley M. Romine;Charles H. Fletcher;L. Neil Frazer;Ayesha S. Genz

  • Development of a model to simulate groundwater inundation induced by sea-level rise and high tides in Honolulu, Hawaii

    Shellie Habel;Charles H. Fletcher;Kolja Rotzoll;Aly I. El-Kadi

  • Annual and interannual changes on a reef-fringed pocket beach: Kailua Bay, Hawaii

    Zoe M Norcross;Charles H Fletcher;Mark Merrifield

  • Sea-Level Rise Induced Multi-Mechanism Flooding and Contribution to Urban Infrastructure Failure.

    Shellie Habel;Charles H. Fletcher;Tiffany R. Anderson;Philip R. Thompson

  • Holocene evolution of an estuarine coast and tidal wetlands

    Charles H. Fletcher;Harley J. Knebel;John C. Kraft

  • Tidal wetland record of holocene sea-level movements and climate history

    Charles H. Fletcher;Jennifer E. Van Pelt;Grace S. Brush;John Sherman

  • AGE AND COMPOSITION OF CARBONATE SHOREFACE SEDIMENTS, KAILUA BAY, OAHU, HAWAII

    Jodi N. Harney;Eric E. Grossman;Bruce M. Richmond;Charles H. Fletcher

  • Marine and Meteoric Diagenesis of Pleistocene Carbonates from a Nearshore Submarine Terrace, Oahu, Hawaii

    C. E. Sherman;C. H. Fletcher;K. H. Rubin

Frequent Co-Authors

L. Neil Frazer
L. Neil Frazer University of Hawaii at Manoa
Bruce M. Richmond
Bruce M. Richmond United States Geological Survey
Curt D. Storlazzi
Curt D. Storlazzi United States Geological Survey
Michael E. Field
Michael E. Field United States Geological Survey
Colin V. Murray-Wallace
Colin V. Murray-Wallace University of Wollongong
Mark A. Merrifield
Mark A. Merrifield University of California, San Diego
Asbury H. Sallenger
Asbury H. Sallenger United States Geological Survey
Qi Chen
Qi Chen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Patrick L. Barnard
Patrick L. Barnard United States Geological Survey
E. Robert Thieler
E. Robert Thieler United States Geological Survey

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