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Christopher Watson

Christopher Watson

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
3724
World Ranking
8714
National Ranking
407

Christopher Watson 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 Christopher Watson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 133 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher Watson 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 Christopher Watson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christopher Watson is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scholar's main research topics cover Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, GNSS positioning and interference, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Cryospheric studies and observations, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies, and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Matt A. King, B. Legrésy, Jack Beardsley, Boye Zhou, and Andrea Hay. Their research outputs have appeared often in several publication venues, especially Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Remote Sensing, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, and Fire.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Watson are:

  • Characterizing Spatial and Temporal Variability of Lightning Activity Associated with Wildfire over Tasmania, Australia (2021, Fire)
  • GPS Rates of Vertical Bedrock Motion Suggest Late Holocene Ice-Sheet Readvance in a Critical Sector of East Antarctica (2022, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Antarctic Surface Mass Balance: Natural Variability, Noise, and Detecting New Trends (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Present-Day Vertical Land Motion of Australia From GPS Observations and Geophysical Models (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • Satellite altimeter calibration and validation using GPS buoy technology (2023, eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania))

Best Publications

  • Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

    Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

  • The increasing rate of global mean sea-level rise during 1993–2014

    Xianyao Chen;Xuebin Zhang;John A. Church;Christopher S. Watson

  • Unabated global mean sea-level rise over the satellite altimeter era

    Christopher S. Watson;Neil J. White;John A. Church;Matt A. King;Matt A. King

  • Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

    Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

  • Detecting hydrologic deformation using GRACE and GPS

    Paul Tregoning;Christopher Stephen Watson;Guillaume Ramillien;Herbert McQueen

  • Atmospheric effects and spurious signals in GPS analyses

    Paul Tregoning;Christopher Stephen Watson

  • Australian sea levels—Trends, regional variability and influencing factors

    Neil J. White;Ivan D. Haigh;Ivan D. Haigh;John A. Church;Terry B. Koen

  • Long GPS coordinate time series: Multipath and geometry effects

    Matt A. King;Christopher S. Watson

  • Absolute Calibration in Bass Strait, Australia: TOPEX, Jason-1 and OSTM/Jason-2

    Christopher Stephen Watson;Neil J. White;John A. Church;Reed Burgette

  • Absolute Calibration of TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 Using GPS Buoys in Bass Strait, Australia

    Christopher Watson;Richard Coleman;Neil White;John Church

  • ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF UAV-BASED LIDAR FOR HIGH RESOLUTION FOREST CHANGE DETECTION

    L. O. Wallace;A. Lucieer;C. S. Watson

  • Development of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for hyper-resolution vineyard mapping based on visible, multispectral and thermal imagery

    DJ Turner;A Lucieer;CS Watson

  • Subdaily signals in GPS observations and their effect at semiannual and annual periods

    Matt A. King;Christopher S. Watson;Nigel T. Penna;Peter J. Clarke

  • Remote leveling of tide gauges using GNSS reflectometry: case study at Spring Bay, Australia

    Alvaro Santamaría-Gómez;Christopher Watson

  • The Benefits of the Ka-Band as Evidenced from the SARAL/AltiKa Altimetric Mission: Quality Assessment and Unique Characteristics of AltiKa Data

    Pascal Bonnefond;Jacques Verron;Jérémie Aublanc;K. N. Babu

  • A decade of horizontal deformation from great earthquakes

    Paul Tregoning;Reed Burgette;Reed Burgette;Simon McClusky;S Lejeune

  • Levelling co-located GNSS and tide gauge stations using GNSS reflectometry

    Alvaro Santamaria-Gomez;Alvaro Santamaria-Gomez;Christopher Watson;Médéric Gravelle;Matt A. King

  • The AuScope Geodetic VLBI Array

    J. E. J. Lovell;J. N. McCallum;P. B. Reid;P. M. McCulloch

  • Impact of solid Earth tide models on GPS coordinate and tropospheric time series

    CS Watson;P Tregoning;R Coleman;R Coleman;R Coleman

  • In situ Absolute Calibration and Validation: A Link from Coastal to Open-Ocean Altimetry

    Pascal Bonnefond;B. Haines;C. Watson

  • TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1: Absolute Calibration in Bass Strait, Australia

    Christopher Watson;Neil White;Richard Coleman;John Church

  • Sea-Level Trend Uncertainty With Pacific Climatic Variability and Temporally-Correlated Noise

    Sam Royston;Christopher S. Watson;Benoît Legrésy;Matt A. King

  • Coastal Tide Gauge Calibration: A Case Study at Macquarie Island Using GPS Buoy Techniques

    Christopher Watson;Richard Coleman;Richard Coleman;Richard Coleman;Roger Handsworth

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Tregoning
Paul Tregoning Australian National University
Richard Coleman
Richard Coleman University of Tasmania
Matt A. King
Matt A. King University of Tasmania
John A. Church
John A. Church University of New South Wales
Neil J. White
Neil J. White CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Christopher J. White
Christopher J. White University of Queensland
Arko Lucieer
Arko Lucieer University of Tasmania
Jason L. Roberts
Jason L. Roberts Australian Antarctic Division
Simon McClusky
Simon McClusky Australian National University
Steven Tingay
Steven Tingay Curtin University

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