2026 Daniel L. Feltham: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	40	8171	7855	619	600	190	5053

Overview

Daniel L. Feltham is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science, with additional work in Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics covered in their research include:

Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Climate change and permafrost
Cryospheric studies and observations
Climate variability and models
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Feltham has contributed to various scientific journals and publication venues, frequently publishing in:

The Cryosphere
Nature Climate Change
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
Journal of Climate
Climate of the Past

Significant recent papers include:

Sea-ice-free Arctic during the Last Interglacial supports fast future loss, 2020, Nature Climate Change
An inter-comparison of the mass budget of the Arctic sea ice in CMIP6 models, 2021, The Cryosphere
Impact of sea ice floe size distribution on seasonal fragmentation and melt of Arctic sea ice, 2020, The Cryosphere
Changes of the Arctic marginal ice zone during the satellite era, 2020, The Cryosphere
A multi-model CMIP6-PMIP4 study of Arctic sea ice at 127 ka: sea ice data compilation and model differences, 2021, Climate of the Past

Research collaborations form a notable part of Feltham's work. Frequent co-authors include:

David Schröeder
Yevgeny Aksenov
Jeff Ridley
Cecilia M. Bitz
Louise C. Sime

Best Publications

Impact of Variable Atmospheric and Oceanic Form Drag on Simulations of Arctic Sea Ice

Michel Tsamados;Daniel L. Feltham;David Schroeder;Daniela Flocco

272
Citations
September Arctic sea-ice minimum predicted by spring melt-pond fraction

David Schröder;Daniel L. Feltham;Daniela Flocco;Michel Tsamados

263
Citations
Sea ice is a mushy layer

D. L. Feltham;D. L. Feltham;N. Untersteiner;J. S. Wettlaufer;M. G. Worster

220
Citations
The frequency and extent of sub-ice phytoplankton blooms in the Arctic Ocean

Christopher Horvat;David Rees Jones;Sarah Iams;David Schroeder

193
Citations
Sea Ice Rheology

Daniel L. Feltham

188
Citations
Incorporation of a physically based melt pond scheme into the sea ice component of a climate model

Daniela Flocco;Daniel L. Feltham;Daniel L. Feltham;Adrian K. Turner

169
Citations
Impact of a new anisotropic rheology on simulations of Arctic sea ice

Michel Tsamados;Michel Tsamados;Daniel L. Feltham;Daniel L. Feltham;Alexander Wilchinsky;Alexander Wilchinsky

146
Citations
Impact of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice simulations from 1990 to 2007

Daniela Flocco;David Schroeder;Daniel L. Feltham;Elizabeth C. Hunke

145
Citations
A model of melt pond evolution on sea ice

P. D. Taylor;D. L. Feltham

143
Citations
Sea-ice-free Arctic during the Last Interglacial supports fast future loss

Maria-Vittoria Guarino;Louise C. Sime;David Schröeder;Irene Malmierca-Vallet

128
Citations
Modeling the summertime evolution of sea-ice melt ponds

Mikael Lüthje;D.L. Feltham;D.L. Feltham;P.D. Taylor;M.G. Worster

102
Citations
Sea ice and the ocean mixed layer over the Antarctic shelf seas

Alek A. Petty;Alek A. Petty;Paul R. Holland;Danny L. Feltham

100
Citations
The effects of rotation and ice shelf topography on frazil-laden ice shelf water plumes

Paul R. Holland;Daniel L. Feltham

91
Citations
An inter-comparison of the mass budget of the Arctic sea ice in CMIP6 models

Ann Keen;Ed Blockley;David A. Bailey;Jens Boldingh Debernard

91
Citations
Processes controlling surface, bottom and lateral melt of Arctic sea ice in a state of the art sea ice model.

Michel Tsamados;Daniel Feltham;Alek Petty;David Schroeder

89
Citations
Granular flow in the marginal ice zone

Daniel L Feltham

87
Citations
A continuum model of melt pond evolution on Arctic sea ice

Daniela Flocco;Daniel L. Feltham;Daniel L. Feltham

86
Citations
The impact of variable sea ice roughness on changes in Arctic Ocean surface stress: A model study

Torge Martin;Michel Tsamados;David Schroeder;Daniel L. Feltham

83
Citations
The long-term stability of a possible aqueous ammonium sulfate ocean inside Titan

Peter M. Grindrod;Andrew Dominic Fortes;F. Nimmo;D. Feltham

81
Citations
Changes of the Arctic marginal ice zone during the satellite era

Rebecca J. Rolph;Rebecca J. Rolph;Daniel L. Feltham;David Schröder

76
Citations
Impact of sea ice floe size distribution on seasonal fragmentation and melt of Arctic sea ice

Adam W. Bateson;Daniel L. Feltham;David Schröder;Lucia Hosekova

72
Citations
Discussion meeting issue 'Arctic sea ice reduction: the evidence, models and impacts (Part 2)'. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, (373) 2052

Daniel Feltham;Sheldon Bacon;Mark Brandon;Julian Hunt

0
Citations
Impact of variable atmospheric and oceanic form drag on simulations of Arctic sea ice

Michel Tsamados;Daniel Feltham;David Schroeder;Daniela Flocco

0
Citations
Incorporation of a physically-based melt pond scheme into the sea ice component of a climate model

Daniel Feltham;Daniela Flocco

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Tsamados University College London

Paul R. Holland British Antarctic Survey

Yevgeny Aksenov National Oceanography Centre

Peter Sammonds University College London

Julienne Stroeve University of Manitoba

Ed Hawkins University of Reading

Sheldon Bacon National Oceanography Centre

Gurvan Madec Sorbonne University

Thierry Fichefet Université Catholique de Louvain

Cecilia M. Bitz University of Washington

External Links

Personal website of Daniel L. Feltham

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