2026 Grant R. Bigg: 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	49	3624	3318	408	378	197	8504

Overview

Grant R. Bigg is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Cryospheric studies and observations
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Geological formations and processes
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Marine and coastal ecosystems

Grant R. Bigg has contributed to several recent papers, focusing on ice sheet dynamics, climate events, and ocean circulation. Notable publications include:

Growth and retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet, 31,000 to 15,000 years ago: the BRITICE-CHRONO reconstruction (2022, Boreas)
Antarctic icebergs reorganize ocean circulation during Pleistocene glacials (2021, Nature)
The magnitude and source of meltwater forcing of the 8.2 ka climate event constrained by relative sea-level data from eastern Scotland (2023, Quaternary Science Advances)
Northwest Pacific ice-rafted debris at 38°N reveals episodic ice-sheet change in late Quaternary Northeast Siberia (2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
Exploring the extent to which fluctuations in ice-rafted debris reflect mass changes in the source ice sheet: a model-observation comparison using the last British-Irish Ice Sheet (2021, Journal of Quaternary Science)

Their frequent co-authors include Felipe Tornquist, Chris D. Clark, Jeremy C. Ely, James Scourse, and Mark D. Bateman. Grant R. Bigg has published multiple times in journals such as the Journal of Marine Systems, Climate of the Past, Boreas, Nature, and Quaternary Science Advances.

Best Publications

Objective Climatology of Cyclones in the Mediterranean Region

Isabel F. Trigo;Trevor D. Davies;Grant R. Bigg

613
Citations
EOS Trans. AGU

Ros M Death;Martin J Siegert;GR Bigg;M Wadley

515
Citations
Climatology of Cyclogenesis Mechanisms in the Mediterranean

Isabel F. Trigo;Grant R. Bigg;Trevor D. Davies

463
Citations
Spatial and temporal seasonal trends in coastal upwelling off Northwest Africa, 1981-2012

Thomas E. Cropper;Edward Hanna;Grant R. Bigg

287
Citations
Modelling the dynamics and thermodynamics of icebergs

Grant R. Bigg;Martin R. Wadley;David P. Stevens;John A. Johnson

268
Citations
An oxygen isotope data set for marine waters

Grant R. Bigg;Eelco J. Rohling

251
Citations
Paleosalinity and δ18O: A critical assessment

Eelco J. Rohling;Grant R. Bigg

245
Citations
Iceberg trajectory modeling and meltwater injection in the Southern Ocean

Rupert M. Gladstone;Grant R. Bigg;Keith W. Nicholls

238
Citations
Decline in Mediterranean rainfall caused by weakening of Mediterranean cyclones

Isabel F. Trigo;Trevor D. Davies;Grant R. Bigg

201
Citations
The role of the oceans in climate

G. R. Bigg;T. D. Jickells;P. S. Liss;T. J. Osborn

189
Citations
Contribution of giant icebergs to the Southern Ocean freshwater flux

T. A. M. Silva;G. R. Bigg;K. W. Nicholls

184
Citations
Extreme sediment and ice discharge from marine-based ice streams: New evidence from the North Sea

A. Nygård;H.P. Sejrup;H. Haflidason;W.A.H. Lekens

177
Citations
Paleoceanography of the Atlantic-Mediterranean exchange: Overview and first quantitative assessment of climatic forcing

M. Rogerson;E. J. Rohling;G. R. Bigg;J. Ramirez

173
Citations
SUSTAINED MONITORING OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN AT DRAKE PASSAGE: PAST ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PRIORITIES

Michael P. Meredith;Philip L. Woodworth;Teresa K. Chereskin;David P. Marshall

172
Citations
Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance 1870 to 2010 based on Twentieth Century Reanalysis, and links with global climate forcing

Edward Hanna;Philippe Huybrechts;John Cappelen;Konrad Steffen

164
Citations
Enhanced Southern Ocean marine productivity due to fertilization by giant icebergs

Luis P. A. M. Duprat;Grant R. Bigg;David J. Wilton

159
Citations
Growth and retreat of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet, 31 000 to 15 000 years ago: the BRITICE‐CHRONO reconstruction

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152
Citations
Ice-age survival of Atlantic cod: agreement between palaeoecology models and genetics

Grant R Bigg;Clifford W Cunningham;Geir Ottersen;Grant H Pogson

144
Citations
Dust emission response to climate in southern Africa

Robert G. Bryant;Grant R. Bigg;Natalie M. Mahowald;Frank D. Eckardt

131
Citations
Impact of flow through the Canadian Archipelago and Bering Strait on the North Atlantic and Arctic circulation: An ocean modelling study

Martin R. Wadley;Grant R. Bigg

122
Citations
Polar Mesoscale Cyclones in the Northeast Atlantic: Comparing Climatologies from ERA-40 and Satellite Imagery

Alan Condron;Grant R. Bigg;Ian A. Renfrew

110
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward Hanna University of Lincoln

Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield

Eelco J. Rohling Utrecht University

Robert G. Bryant University of Sheffield

Hua-Liang Wei University of Sheffield

Haflidi Haflidason Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

Hans Petter Sejrup University of Bergen

Robert Marsh University of Southampton

Isabel F. Trigo Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera

Trevor D. Davies University of East Anglia

External Links

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