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Gwenn E. Flowers

Gwenn E. Flowers

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
4124
World Ranking
7700
National Ranking
397

Gwenn E. Flowers 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 Gwenn E. Flowers sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 170 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gwenn E. Flowers 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 Gwenn E. Flowers sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gwenn E. Flowers is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a range of subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Global and Planetary Change, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics of Gwenn E. Flowers' work focus on Cryospheric studies and observations, Climate change and permafrost, Landslides and related hazards, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Climate variability and models.

Recent published papers include the following:

  • Five decades of radioglaciology (2020), Annals of Glaciology
  • Evidence for Elevation-Dependent Warming in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada (2020), Journal of Climate
  • The Role of Englacial Hydrology in the Filling and Drainage of an Ice-Dammed Lake, Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon, Canada (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • A stationary impulse-radar system for autonomous deployment in cold and temperate environments (2020), Annals of Glaciology
  • An imbalancing act: the delayed dynamic response of the Kaskawulsh Glacier to sustained mass loss (2020), Journal of Glaciology

Frequent coauthors in Gwenn E. Flowers' publications are:

  • Hester Jiskoot
  • Erik Young
  • Nicolas Eckert
  • Frank Pattyn
  • Ralf Greve

Gwenn E. Flowers frequently publishes in these venues:

  • Annals of Glaciology
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Climate

Best Publications

  • Modeling channelized and distributed subglacial drainage in two dimensions

    Mauro A. Werder;Mauro A. Werder;Ian J. Hewitt;Ian J. Hewitt;Christian G. Schoof;Gwenn E. Flowers

  • Modelling water flow under glaciers and ice sheets.

    Gwenn E. Flowers

  • Surges of glaciers in Iceland

    Helgi Björnsson;Finnur Pálsson;Oddur Sigurđsson;Gwenn E. Flowers

  • A multicomponent coupled model of glacier hydrology 1. Theory and synthetic examples

    Gwenn E. Flowers;Garry K. C. Clarke

  • A numerical study of hydrologically driven glacier dynamics and subglacial flooding

    Sam Pimentel;Gwenn E. Flowers

  • A coupled sheet-conduit mechanism for jökulhlaup propagation

    Gwenn E. Flowers;Gwenn E. Flowers;Helgi Björnsson;Finnur Pálsson;Garry K. C. Clarke

  • Five decades of radioglaciology

    Dustin M. Schroeder;Robert G. Bingham;Donald D. Blankenship;Knut Christianson

  • Influence of ice-sheet geometry and supraglacial lakes on seasonal ice-flow variability

    I. Joughin;S. B. Das;G. E. Flowers;M. D. Behn

  • Sensitivity of Vatnajökull ice cap hydrology and dynamics to climate warming over the next 2 centuries

    Gwenn E. Flowers;Gwenn E. Flowers;Shawn J. Marshall;Helgi Björnsson;Garry K. C. Clarke

  • Estimating Temperature Fields from MODIS Land Surface Temperature and Air Temperature Observations in a Sub-Arctic Alpine Environment

    Scott N. Williamson;David S. Hik;John A. Gamon;Jeffrey L. Kavanaugh

  • A multicomponent coupled model of glacier hydrology 2. Application to Trapridge Glacier, Yukon, Canada

    Gwenn E. Flowers;Garry K. C. Clarke

  • Spatial and Temporal Transferability of a Distributed Energy-Balance Glacier Melt Model

    Andrew H. MacDougall;Gwenn E. Flowers

  • Hydrology and the future of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

    Gwenn E. Flowers

  • Present dynamics and future prognosis of a slowly surging glacier

    G. E. Flowers;N. Roux;N. Roux;S. Pimentel;S. Pimentel;C. G. Schoof

  • Holocene climate conditions and glacier variation in central Iceland from physical modelling and empirical evidence

    Gwenn E. Flowers;Helgi Björnsson;Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Gifford H. Miller

  • A hydrologically coupled higher‐order flow‐band model of ice dynamics with a Coulomb friction sliding law

    S. Pimentel;S. Pimentel;G. E. Flowers;C. G. Schoof

  • Subglacial erosion and englacial sediment transport modelled for North American ice sheets

    Dave H.D. Hildes;Garry K.C. Clarke;Gwenn E. Flowers;Shawn J. Marshall

  • A multicomponent coupled model of glacier hydrology

    Gwenn Elizabeth Flowers

  • Simulation of Vatnajökull ice cap dynamics

    S. J. Marshall;H. Björnsson;G. E. Flowers;G. E. Flowers;G. K. C. Clarke

  • New insights into the subglacial and periglacial hydrology of Vatnajökull, Iceland, from a distributed physical model

    Gwenn E. Flowers;Helgi Björnsson;Finnur Pálsson

  • Surface and bed topography of Trapridge Glacier, Yukon Territory, Canada : digital elevation models and derived hydraulic geometry

    Gwenn E. Flowers;Garry K. C. Clarke

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Schoof
Christian Schoof University of British Columbia
Garry K. C. Clarke
Garry K. C. Clarke University of British Columbia
Gifford H. Miller
Gifford H. Miller University of Colorado Boulder
Helgi Björnsson
Helgi Björnsson University of Iceland
Áslaug Geirsdóttir
Áslaug Geirsdóttir University of Iceland
Jeremy G. Venditti
Jeremy G. Venditti Simon Fraser University
Shawn J. Marshall
Shawn J. Marshall University of Calgary
Luke Copland
Luke Copland University of Ottawa
Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington
Etienne Berthier
Etienne Berthier Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales

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