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Jonathan L. Bamber 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 Jonathan L. Bamber sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 432 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Jonathan L. Bamber 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 Jonathan L. Bamber sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Jonathan L. Bamber is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric science, oceanography, and global change processes.

The main topics addressed in their work include cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, geophysics and gravity measurements, climate change and permafrost, landslides and related hazards, as well as hydrology and watershed management studies.

Their recent papers include:

  • How well are we able to close the water budget at the global scale? (2022, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences)
  • Can We Resolve the Basin-Scale Sea Level Trend Budget From GRACE Ocean Mass? (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • Centennial response of Greenland's three largest outlet glaciers (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Greenland Mass Trends From Airborne and Satellite Altimetry During 2011-2020 (2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface)
  • Challenges in Understanding the Variability of the Cryosphere in the Himalaya and Its Impact on Regional Water Resources (2022, Frontiers in Water)

Their work has been published frequently in venues such as The Cryosphere, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), arXiv (Cornell University), Earth System Science Data, and Geophysical Journal International.

Jonathan L. Bamber often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Xiao Xiang Zhu, Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma, Sam Royston, Tian Li, and Konrad Heidler.

In 2019, they were recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

    Peter Fretwell;Hamish D. Pritchard;David G. Vaughan;J. L. Bamber

  • Recent Antarctic ice mass loss from radar interferometry and regional climate modelling

    Eric Rignot;Eric Rignot;Eric Rignot;Jonathan L. Bamber;Michiel R. van den Broeke;Curt Davis

  • Partitioning Recent Greenland Mass Loss

    Michiel van den Broeke;Jonathan Bamber;Janneke Ettema;Eric Rignot;Eric Rignot

  • BedMachine v3: Complete Bed Topography and Ocean Bathymetry Mapping of Greenland From Multibeam Echo Sounding Combined With Mass Conservation.

    M. Morlighem;C. N. Williams;C. N. Williams;E. Rignot;E. Rignot;L. An

  • JRA-55 based surface dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models (JRA55-do)

    Hiroyuki Tsujino;Shogo Urakawa;Hideyuki Nakano;R. Justin Small

  • Calving fluxes and basal melt rates of Antarctic ice shelves

    Mathieu A Depoorter;Jonathan L Bamber;Jennifer A Griggs;Jtm Lenaerts

  • Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment.

    Jonathan L. Bamber;Michael Oppenheimer;Robert E. Kopp;Willy P. Aspinall

  • Reassessment of the Potential Sea-Level Rise from a Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Jonathan L. Bamber;Riccardo E. M. Riva;Bert L. A. Vermeersen;Anne M. LeBrocq

  • Higher surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet revealed by high-resolution climate modeling.

    Janneke Ettema;Michiel R. van den Broeke;Erik van Meijgaard;Willem Jan van de Berg

  • Reassessment of net surface mass balance in Antarctica

    David G. Vaughan;Jonathan L. Bamber;Mario Giovinetto;Jonathan Russell

  • A new ice thickness and bed data set for the Greenland ice sheet: 1. Measurement, data reduction, and errors

    J. L. Bamber;R. L. Layberry;S. P. Gogineni

  • Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

    Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

  • A new bed elevation dataset for Greenland

    J. L. Bamber;J. A. Griggs;R. T. W. L. Hurkmans;J. A. Dowdeswell

  • Widespread complex flow in the interior of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Jonathan L. Bamber;David G. Vaughan;Ian Joughin

  • An expert judgement assessment of future sea level rise from the ice sheets

    Jonathan L Bamber;Willy P Aspinall

  • Recent large increases in freshwater fluxes from Greenland into the North Atlantic

    Jonathan L Bamber;Michiel van den Broeke;Janneke Ettema;Janneke Ettema;Jan Lenaerts

  • A new 1 km digital elevation model of the Antarctic derived from combined satellite radar and laser data – Part 1: Data and methods

    Jonathan L Bamber;JL Gomez-Dans;JL Gomez-Dans;JA Griggs

  • Improved representation of East Antarctic surface mass balance in a regional atmospheric climate model

    J. M. Van Wessem;C. H. Reijmer;M. Morlighem;J. Mouginot

  • Emerging impact of Greenland meltwater on deepwater formation in the North Atlantic Ocean

    Claus W. Böning;Erik Behrens;Erik Behrens;Arne Biastoch;Klaus Getzlaff

  • Sustained mass loss of the northeast Greenland ice sheet triggered by regional warming

    Shfaqat A. Khan;Kurt H. Kjær;Michael Bevis;Jonathan L. Bamber

  • Subglacial roughness of the Greenland Ice Sheet: relationship with contemporary ice velocity and geology

    Michael A. Cooper;Michael A. Cooper;Thomas M. Jordan;Thomas M. Jordan;Dustin M. Schroeder;Martin J. Siegert

  • Recent Large Increases in Freshwater Fluxes from Greenland Into the North Atlantic

    J. L. Bamber;M. R. van den Broeke;J. Ettema;E. J. Rignot

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert Wouters
Bert Wouters Utrecht University
Martin J. Siegert
Martin J. Siegert University of Exeter
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine
Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington
Shfaqat Abbas Khan
Shfaqat Abbas Khan Technical University of Denmark
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Michiel R. van den Broeke Utrecht University
Kurt H. Kjær
Kurt H. Kjær University of Copenhagen
Julian A. Dowdeswell
Julian A. Dowdeswell University of Cambridge
John Wahr
John Wahr University of Colorado Boulder
Riccardo Riva
Riccardo Riva Technical University of Denmark

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