2026 Dalia Kirschbaum: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	41	5431	5022	2012	1790	218	8536

Overview

Dalia Kirschbaum is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial work in several related subfields, such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Aerospace Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The main topics addressed in Kirschbaum's research include:

Landslides and related hazards
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Cryospheric studies and observations
Fire effects on ecosystems
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
Tree Root and Stability Studies

The study of landslides and flood risk are particularly prominent in their work. Kirschbaum has contributed to multiple recent papers covering these areas, including:

"Review article: Natural hazard risk assessments at the global scale," 2020, published in Natural hazards and earth system sciences
"Changes in Extreme Precipitation and Landslides Over High Mountain Asia," 2020, published in Geophysical Research Letters
"InSAR-based detection method for mapping and monitoring slow-moving landslides in remote regions with steep and mountainous terrain: An application to Nepal," 2020, published in Remote Sensing of Environment
"Landslide mapping using object-based image analysis and open source tools," 2021, published in Engineering Geology
"Landslides across the USA: occurrence, susceptibility, and data limitations," 2020, published in Landslides

Kirschbaum's work is published frequently in several specialized venues, notably:

Natural hazards and earth system sciences
Frontiers in Earth Science
Journal of Hydrometeorology
Natural Hazards
Geoscience Data Journal

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Kirschbaum include Thomas Stanley, Pukar Amatya, Robert Emberson, Hakan Tanyaş, and Sana Khan.

In addition to journal articles, Kirschbaum has contributed to book publications, with at least one book titled "Satellite Precipitation Measurement" published by Springer Nature (Netherlands) in 2020.

Best Publications

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission for Science and Society

Gail Skofronick-Jackson;Walter A Petersen;Wesley Berg;Chris Kidd

797
Citations
So, How Much of the Earth's Surface Is Covered by Rain Gauges?

Chris Kidd;Andreas Becker;George J. Huffman;Catherine L. Muller

705
Citations
Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

J. S. Kargel;G. J. Leonard;D. H. Shugar;U. K. Haritashya

572
Citations
Spatial and temporal analysis of a global landslide catalog

Dalia Kirschbaum;Thomas Stanley;Thomas Stanley;Yaping Zhou;Yaping Zhou

529
Citations
A global landslide catalog for hazard applications: method, results, and limitations

Dalia Bach Kirschbaum;Robert Adler;Robert Adler;Yang Hong;Stephanie Hill

518
Citations
A heuristic approach to global landslide susceptibility mapping.

Thomas Stanley;Thomas Stanley;Dalia B. Kirschbaum

312
Citations
Satellite-Based Assessment of Rainfall-Triggered Landslide Hazard for Situational Awareness

Dalia Kirschbaum;Thomas Stanley;Thomas Stanley

283
Citations
Review article: Natural hazard risk assessments at the global scale

Philip J. Ward;Veit Blauhut;Nadia Bloemendaal;James E. Daniell

281
Citations
Changes in Extreme Precipitation and Landslides Over High Mountain Asia

D. Kirschbaum;S. Â. B. Kapnick;T. Stanley;T. Stanley;S. Pascale

221
Citations
A digitized global flood inventory (1998–2008): compilation and preliminary results

Pradeep Adhikari;Yang Hong;Kimberly R. Douglas;Dalia Bach Kirschbaum

220
Citations
InSAR-based detection method for mapping and monitoring slow-moving landslides in remote regions with steep and mountainous terrain: An application to Nepal

David P.S. Bekaert;Alexander L. Handwerger;Alexander L. Handwerger;Piyush Agram;Dalia B. Kirschbaum

215
Citations
Precipitation from Space: Advancing Earth System Science

Paul A. Kucera;Elizabeth E. Ebert;F. Joseph Turk;Vincenzo Levizzani

204
Citations
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's scientific achievements and societal contributions: reviewing four years of advanced rain and snow observations.

Gail Skofronick-Jackson;Dalia Kirschbaum;Walter Petersen;George Huffman

202
Citations
Landslide mapping using object-based image analysis and open source tools

Pukar Amatya;Pukar Amatya;Dalia Kirschbaum;Thomas Stanley;Thomas Stanley;Hakan Tanyas;Hakan Tanyas;Hakan Tanyas

138
Citations
Landslides across the USA: occurrence, susceptibility, and data limitations

Benjamin B. Mirus;Eric S. Jones;Rex L. Baum;Jonathan W. Godt

136
Citations
NASA’s Remotely Sensed Precipitation: A Reservoir for Applications Users

Dalia B. Kirschbaum;George J. Huffman;Robert F. Adler;Scott Braun

131
Citations
Evaluation of a preliminary satellite-based landslide hazard algorithm using global landslide inventories

D. B. Kirschbaum;D. B. Kirschbaum;R. Adler;R. Adler;Y. Hong;A. Lerner-Lam

127
Citations
Statistical approaches for the definition of landslide rainfall thresholds and their uncertainty using rain gauge and satellite data

M. Rossi;S. Luciani;D. Valigi;D. Kirschbaum

121
Citations
Advances in Landslide Nowcasting: Evaluation of a Global and Regional Modeling Approach

Dalia Bach Kirschbaum;Robert Adler;Yang Hong;Sujay Kumar

119
Citations
The State of Remote Sensing Capabilities of Cascading Hazards over High Mountain Asia.

Dalia Kirschbaum;C Scott Watson;David R Rounce;Dan Shugar

114
Citations
New global characterisation of landslide exposure

Robert Emberson;Robert Emberson;Dalia Kirschbaum;Thomas Stanley;Thomas Stanley

114
Citations
Evaluation of TRIGRS (transient rainfall infiltration and grid-based regional slope-stability analysis)’s predictive skill for hurricane-triggered landslides: a case study in Macon County, North Carolina

Zonghu Liao;Yang Hong;Dalia Kirschbaum;Robert F. Adler

103
Citations
Global Distribution of Extreme Precipitation and High-Impact Landslides in 2010 Relative to Previous Years

Dalia Kirschbaum;Robert Adler;David Adler;Christa Peters-Lidard

101
Citations
Data-Driven Landslide Nowcasting at the Global Scale

Thomas A. Stanley;Dalia B. Kirschbaum;Garrett Benz;Robert A. Emberson

84
Citations
So, how much of the Earth's surface is covered by rain gauges?

Chris Kidd;George Huffman;Dalia Kirschbaum;Gail Skofronick-Jackson

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert F. Adler University of Maryland, College Park

George J. Huffman Goddard Space Flight Center

Christa D. Peters-Lidard Goddard Space Flight Center

Fausto Guzzetti Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR

Yang Hong University of Oklahoma

Olivier Dewitte Royal Museum for Central Africa

Sujay V. Kumar Goddard Space Flight Center

Luigi Lombardo University of Twente

François Kervyn Royal Museum for Central Africa

Matthieu Kervyn Vrije Universiteit Brussel

External Links

Personal website of Dalia Kirschbaum

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