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Dalia Kirschbaum 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 Dalia Kirschbaum sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 218 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dalia Kirschbaum 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 Dalia Kirschbaum sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Spatial and temporal analysis of a global landslide catalog

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

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

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

  • A heuristic approach to global landslide susceptibility mapping.

    Thomas Stanley;Thomas Stanley;Dalia B. Kirschbaum

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

    Dalia Kirschbaum;Thomas Stanley;Thomas Stanley

  • Review article: Natural hazard risk assessments at the global scale

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

  • Changes in Extreme Precipitation and Landslides Over High Mountain Asia

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Precipitation from Space: Advancing Earth System Science

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Landslides across the USA: occurrence, susceptibility, and data limitations

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • New global characterisation of landslide exposure

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Data-Driven Landslide Nowcasting at the Global Scale

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert F. Adler
Robert F. Adler University of Maryland, College Park
George J. Huffman
George J. Huffman Goddard Space Flight Center
Christa D. Peters-Lidard
Christa D. Peters-Lidard Goddard Space Flight Center
Fausto Guzzetti
Fausto Guzzetti Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Yang Hong
Yang Hong University of Oklahoma
Olivier Dewitte
Olivier Dewitte Royal Museum for Central Africa
Sujay V. Kumar
Sujay V. Kumar Goddard Space Flight Center
Luigi Lombardo
Luigi Lombardo University of Twente
François Kervyn
François Kervyn Royal Museum for Central Africa
Matthieu Kervyn
Matthieu Kervyn Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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