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87
Citations
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World Ranking
328
National Ranking
173

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

John Wahr was affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their academic contributions spanned multiple disciplines including Earth and Planetary Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Physics and Astronomy.

Their research covered various subfields, including Oceanography, Molecular Biology, and Astronomy and Astrophysics. These diverse subfields reflect an interdisciplinary approach toward understanding natural phenomena across both the Earth sciences and biological sciences.

Main topics of John Wahr's work included:

  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science

Throughout their career, John Wahr was recognized by professional scientific organizations. Notably, they were awarded the status of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1985. Later, in 2012, they became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Time variability of the Earth's gravity field: Hydrological and oceanic effects and their possible detection using GRACE

    John Wahr;Mery Molenaar;Frank Bryan

  • Post‐processing removal of correlated errors in GRACE data

    Sean Swenson;John Wahr

  • A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik R. Ivins;A. Geruo;Valentina R. Barletta

  • A Reconciled Estimate of Glacier Contributions to Sea Level Rise: 2003 to 2009

    Alex S. Gardner;Alex S. Gardner;Geir Moholdt;J. Graham Cogley;Bert Wouters;Bert Wouters

  • Recent contributions of glaciers and ice caps to sea level rise

    Thomas Jacob;John Wahr;W. Tad Pfeffer;W. Tad Pfeffer;Sean Swenson

  • Estimating Geocenter Variations from a Combination of GRACE and Ocean Model Output

    Sean Swenson;Don Chambers;John Wahr

  • Time-variable gravity from GRACE: First results

    John Wahr;Sean Swenson;Victor Zlotnicki;Isabella Velicogna

  • Dwindling groundwater resources in northern India, from satellite gravity observations.

    V. M. Tiwari;V. M. Tiwari;J. Wahr;S. Swenson

  • Measurements of Time-Variable Gravity Show Mass Loss in Antarctica

    Isabella Velicogna;Isabella Velicogna;John Wahr;John Wahr

  • Methods for inferring regional surface‐mass anomalies from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) measurements of time‐variable gravity

    Sean Swenson;John Wahr

  • Body tides on an elliptical, rotating, elastic and oceanless earth

    John M. Wahr

  • Accuracy of GRACE mass estimates

    John Wahr;Sean Swenson;Isabella Velicogna

  • Computations of the viscoelastic response of a 3-D compressible Earth to surface loading: an application to Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in Antarctica and Canada

    Geruo A;John Wahr;Shijie Zhong

  • Crustal displacements due to continental water loading

    T. van Dam;J. Wahr;P. C. D. Milly;P. C. D. Milly;A. B. Shmakin

  • Acceleration of Greenland ice mass loss in spring 2004

    Isabella Velicogna;Isabella Velicogna;John Wahr

  • Inference of mantle viscosity from GRACE and relative sea level data

    Archie Paulson;Shijie Zhong;John Wahr

  • Tides for a convective Earth

    Véronique Dehant;P. Defraigne;J. M. Wahr

  • The forced nutations of an elliptical, rotating, elastic and oceanless earth

    John M. Wahr

  • Deformation induced by polar motion

    John M. Wahr

  • Monitoring the water balance of Lake Victoria, East Africa, from space

    Sean Swenson;John Wahr

  • Supplementary Materials for A Reconciled Estimate of Ice-Sheet Mass Balance

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik R. Ivins;Geruo A;Valentina R. Barletta

Frequent Co-Authors

Shfaqat Abbas Khan
Shfaqat Abbas Khan Technical University of Denmark
Isabella Velicogna
Isabella Velicogna University of California, Irvine
Sean Swenson
Sean Swenson National Center for Atmospheric Research
Tonie van Dam
Tonie van Dam University of Utah
Michael Bevis
Michael Bevis The Ohio State University
Kurt H. Kjær
Kurt H. Kjær University of Copenhagen
Bert Wouters
Bert Wouters Utrecht University
Jonathan L. Bamber
Jonathan L. Bamber University of Bristol
Lin Liu
Lin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xavier Fettweis
Xavier Fettweis University of Liège

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