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G. W. K. Moore

G. W. K. Moore

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
14913
World Ranking
4160
National Ranking
173

G. W. K. Moore publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where G. W. K. Moore sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 187 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

G. W. K. Moore D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where G. W. K. Moore sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

G. W. K. Moore is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has a significant body of research focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their published work also intersects with several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research contributions address key topics such as Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate change and permafrost, climate variability and models, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, cryospheric studies and observations, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Moore has published extensively in a number of respected scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Frequent collaborators in their research include Robert S. Pickart, Stephen Howell, Mike Brady, Thomas J. Ballinger, and Richard Thoman, reflecting ongoing partnerships in Arctic and oceanographic studies.

Notable recent publications by Moore include:

  • "Anomalous collapses of Nares Strait ice arches leads to enhanced export of Arctic sea ice," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Sea-ice retreat suggests re-organization of water mass transformation in the Nordic and Barents Seas," 2022, Nature Communications

In addition, other contemporary relevant papers listed with Moore as an author or in related research include:

  • "Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves," 2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • "An evaluation of surface meteorology and fluxes over the Iceland and Greenland Seas in ERA5 reanalysis: The impact of sea ice distribution," 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • "Mean Conditions and Seasonality of the West Greenland Boundary Current System near Cape Farewell," 2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography

Best Publications

  • Anomalous collapses of Nares Strait ice arches leads to enhanced export of Arctic sea ice

    G. W. K. Moore;S. E. L. Howell;M. Brady;X. Xu

  • Towards a more reliable historical reanalysis: improvements for version 3 of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis system

    Laura C. Slivinski;Laura C. Slivinski;Gilbert P. Compo;Gilbert P. Compo;Jeffrey S. Whitaker;Prashant D. Sardeshmukh;Prashant D. Sardeshmukh

  • Massive Phytoplankton Blooms Under Arctic Sea Ice

    Kevin R. Arrigo;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Robert S. Pickart;Zachary W. Brown

  • Is Labrador Sea Water formed in the Irminger basin

    Robert S Pickart;Fiammetta Straneo;G.W.K Moore

  • Phytoplankton blooms beneath the sea ice in the Chukchi sea

    Kevin R. Arrigo;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Robert S. Pickart;Zachary W. Brown

  • Tip Jets and Barrier Winds: A QuikSCAT Climatology of High Wind Speed Events around Greenland.

    G. W. K. Moore;I. A. Renfrew

  • The Mackenzie GEWEX study : The Water and Energy cycles of a major North American River basin

    R. E. Stewart;H. G. Leighton;P. Marsh;G. W. K. Moore

  • Multidecadal Mobility of the North Atlantic Oscillation

    G. W. K. Moore;Ian A. Renfrew;Robert S. Pickart

  • A comparison of the regional Arctic System Reanalysis and the global ERA-Interim Reanalysis for the Arctic

    David H. Bromwich;Aaron B. Wilson;Le Sheng Bai;George W. K. Moore

  • Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves

    S.L. Danielson;O. Ahkinga;C. Ashjian;E. Basyuk

  • Revised circulation scheme North of the Denmark Strait

    Kjetil Våge;Robert S. Pickart;Michael A. Spall;G.W.K. Moore

  • Evolution and dynamics of the flow through Herald Canyon in the western Chukchi Sea

    Robert S. Pickart;Lawrence J. Pratt;Daniel J. Torres;Terry E. Whitledge

  • Cold European winters: interplay between the NAO and the East Atlantic mode

    G. W. K. Moore;I. A. Renfrew

  • Seasonal to interannual variability of the Pacific water boundary current in the Beaufort Sea

    Eric T. Brugler;Robert S. Pickart;G.W.K. Moore;Steven Roberts

  • Storm-induced upwelling of high pCO2 waters onto the continental shelf of the western Arctic Ocean and implications for carbonate mineral saturation states

    Jeremy T. Mathis;Robert S. Pickart;Robert H. Byrne;Craig L. McNeil

  • Upwelling in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Atmospheric forcing and local versus non-local response

    Robert S. Pickart;Michael A. Spall;G.W.K. Moore;Thomas J. Weingartner

  • Long-term trends of upwelling and impacts on primary productivity in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

    Robert S. Pickart;Lena M. Schulze;G.W.K. Moore;Matthew A. Charette

  • On the relationship between Tibetan snow cover, the Tibetan plateau monsoon and the Indian summer monsoon

    Hongxu Zhao;G. W. K. Moore

  • Antarctic offshore polynyas linked to Southern Hemisphere climate anomalies

    Ethan C. Campbell;Earle A. Wilson;G. W. Kent Moore;Stephen C. Riser

  • Irminger Sea deep convection injects oxygen and anthropogenic carbon to the ocean interior.

    Friederike Fröb;A. Olsen;A. Olsen;K. Våge;K. Våge;G. W. K. Moore

  • An Assessment of the Surface Turbulent Heat Fluxes from the NCEP–NCAR Reanalysis over the Western Boundary Currents

    G. W. K. Moore;I. A. Renfrew

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Pickart
Robert S. Pickart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Ian A. Renfrew
Ian A. Renfrew University of East Anglia
Michael A. Spall
Michael A. Spall Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jochen Halfar
Jochen Halfar University of Toronto
Thomas J. Weingartner
Thomas J. Weingartner University of Alaska Fairbanks
Michael Steele
Michael Steele University of Washington
Jinlun Zhang
Jinlun Zhang University of Washington
Axel Schweiger
Axel Schweiger University of Washington
Kevin R. Arrigo
Kevin R. Arrigo Stanford University
Seth L. Danielson
Seth L. Danielson University of Alaska Fairbanks

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