What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Glacier
- Climate change
- Oceanography
Kurt M. Cuffey spends much of his time researching Ice core, Ice-sheet model, Ice sheet, Climatology and Oceanography.
His Ice core study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Glacial period, Deglaciation, Paleothermometer, Greenland Ice Sheet Project and Chronology.
Within one scientific family, Kurt M. Cuffey focuses on topics pertaining to Greenland ice sheet under Ice-sheet model, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Ice stream.
His Ice sheet research includes elements of Sediment gravity flow, Glacier morphology and Surge.
His study in the field of Atmospheric circulation also crosses realms of Spatial variability, Isotope and δ18O.
His Oceanography course of study focuses on Abrupt climate change and Southern Hemisphere, Climate change, Water mass, Radiative forcing and Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere.
His most cited work include:
- Validity of the temperature reconstruction from water isotopes in ice cores (486 citations)
- Large Arctic Temperature Change at the Wisconsin-Holocene Glacial Transition (406 citations)
- Temperature, accumulation, and ice sheet elevation in central Greenland through the last deglacial transition (396 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Ice core, Ice sheet, Climatology, Geomorphology and Glacier.
His Ice core research is within the category of Oceanography.
His Ice sheet research includes themes of Sea ice and Ice stream, Antarctic sea ice, Ice-sheet model.
His work in Ice-sheet model addresses subjects such as Deglaciation, which are connected to disciplines such as Greenland Ice Sheet Project.
His studies deal with areas such as Climate change and Groenlandia as well as Climatology.
His Geomorphology study incorporates themes from Glacier morphology, Mineralogy and Borehole.
He most often published in these fields:
- Ice core (41.46%)
- Ice sheet (34.15%)
- Climatology (24.39%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?
- Ice core (41.46%)
- Climatology (24.39%)
- Oceanography (18.29%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Kurt M. Cuffey mainly focuses on Ice core, Climatology, Oceanography, Glacial period and Ice sheet.
His Ice core research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Cryosphere, Antarctic ice sheet, Paleontology, Global change and Last Glacial Maximum.
His study on Ice-sheet model is often connected to Sublimation and δ18O as part of broader study in Climatology.
Kurt M. Cuffey studies Oceanography, namely Climate change.
His work carried out in the field of Glacial period brings together such families of science as Glacier, Bedrock, Holocene and Plucking.
Kurt M. Cuffey works mostly in the field of Ice sheet, limiting it down to topics relating to Northern Hemisphere and, in certain cases, Southern Hemisphere and Paleoceanography.
Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Centennial-scale changes in the global carbon cycle during the last deglaciation (230 citations)
- Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age (179 citations)
- The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology – Part 1: Methane synchronization (68–31 ka BP) and the gas age–ice age difference (108 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Glacier
- Climate change
- Oceanography
Kurt M. Cuffey focuses on Ice core, Climatology, Glacial period, Ice sheet and Antarctic ice sheet.
His Ice core research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Ice age, Cryosphere, Holocene, Firn and Ice-sheet model.
The concepts of his Ice-sheet model study are interwoven with issues in Latitude and Southern Hemisphere.
The Climatology study combines topics in areas such as Snow, Oceanography, Abrupt climate change and Water vapor.
He is involved in the study of Glacial period that focuses on Deglaciation in particular.
Kurt M. Cuffey has researched Deglaciation in several fields, including Water mass and Climate change, Radiative forcing, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere.
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