2026 Heinz Blatter: 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	31	8867	8239	186	180	75	4715

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

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Earth Science

8867

8239

186

180

4715

Overview

Heinz Blatter is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. The professional record does not show recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, or specific fields of study associated with their work.

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Best Publications

Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers

Ralf Greve;Heinz Blatter

644
Citations
Insolation-driven 100,000-year glacial cycles and hysteresis of ice-sheet volume

Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Fuyuki Saito;Kenji Kawamura;Kenji Kawamura;Maureen E. Raymo

554
Citations
Velocity and stress fields in grounded glaciers: a simple algorithm for including deviatoric stress gradients

Heinz Blatter

467
Citations
An enthalpy formulation for glaciers and ice sheets

Andy Aschwanden;Ed Bueler;Constantine Khroulev;Heinz Blatter

368
Citations
Polythermal conditions in Arctic glaciers

Heinz Blatter;Kolumban Hutter

187
Citations
Flow dynamics of tidewater glaciers: a numerical modelling approach

Andreas Vieli;Martin Funk;Heinz Blatter

184
Citations
Modelling the retreat of Grosser Aletschgletscher, Switzerland, in a changing climate

Guillaume Jouvet;Matthias Huss;Martin Funk;Heinz Blatter

143
Citations
Comparison of a three-dimensional model for glacier flow with field data from Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

Alun Hubbard;Heinz Blatter;Peter Nienow;Douglas Watson Fraser Mair

135
Citations
High-resolution hydrothermal structure of Hansbreen, Spitsbergen, mapped by ground-penetrating radar

J.C. Moore;A. Pälli;F. Ludwig;H. Blatter

112
Citations
Numerical simulation of Rhonegletscher from 1874 to 2100

Guillaume Jouvet;Matthias Huss;Heinz Blatter;Marco Picasso

107
Citations
Short-term velocity variations on Hansbreen, a tidewater glacier in Spitsbergen

Andreas Vieli;Jacek Jania;Heinz Blatter;Martin Funk

103
Citations
On the thermal regime of an Arctic valley glacier: a study of White Glacier, Axel Heiberg Island, N.W.T., Canada

Heinz Blatter

98
Citations
Modelling changes in the mass balance of glaciers of the northern hemisphere for a transient 2×CO2 scenario

Christian Schneeberger;Heinz Blatter;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Martin Wild

88
Citations
Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of polythermal glaciers

A. Aschwanden;H. Blatter

87
Citations
Spatial variability in water content at the cold‐temperate transition surface of the polythermal Storglaciären, Sweden

Rickard Pettersson;Peter Jansson;Heinz Blatter

87
Citations
Evidence for temporally varying sticky spots at the base of Trapridge Glacier, Yukon Territory, Canada

Urs H. Fischer;Garry K. C. Clarke;Heinz Blatter

81
Citations
Tidewater glaciers: frontal flow acceleration and basal sliding

Andreas Vieli;Martin Funk;Heinz Blatter

78
Citations
Glacier mass-balance determination by remote sensing and high resolution modelling

Alun Hubbard;Ian Willis;Martin Sharp;Douglas Watson Fraser Mair

77
Citations
Evidence for subglacial ponding across Taylor Glacier, Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Alun Hubbard;Wendy Lawson;Brian Anderson;Bryn Hubbard

73
Citations
A new algorithm to simulate the dynamics of a glacier: theory and applications

Guillaume Jouvet;Marco Picasso;Jacques Rappaz;Heinz Blatter

72
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Greve Hokkaido University

Martin Funk ETH Zurich

Ayako Abe-Ouchi University of Tokyo

Matthias Huss University of Fribourg

Jacques Rappaz École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Kenji Kawamura National Institute of Polar Research

Daniel Farinotti ETH Zurich

Andy Aschwanden University of Alaska Fairbanks

Andreas Bauder ETH Zurich

Maureen E. Raymo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

External Links

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