Leonard F. Konikow

United States Geological Survey
United States

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Earth Science D-index 35 Citations 9,042 115 World Ranking 4587 National Ranking 1826

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For modeling of coupled ground- and surface water flow and of solute transport in groundwater.

2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

Groundwater
Statistics
Aquifer

Leonard F. Konikow mainly focuses on Groundwater, Hydrology, Aquifer, Surface water and Water table. His studies deal with areas such as Sea level rise and Atmospheric sciences as well as Groundwater. His primary area of study in Hydrology is in the field of Groundwater recharge.

His Aquifer study combines topics in areas such as Water quality, Irrigation and Calcite. As a part of the same scientific family, Leonard F. Konikow mostly works in the field of Irrigation, focusing on Aquatic ecosystem and, on occasion, Hydrogeology. His work in Water table tackles topics such as Salinity which are related to areas like Dispersion.

His most cited work include:

Ground water and climate change (928 citations)
Revisiting the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008 (470 citations)
Ground-water models cannot be validated (464 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Groundwater, Hydrology, Aquifer, Hydrogeology and Groundwater flow. He combines subjects such as Mineralogy and Water resource management with his study of Groundwater. His work in Hydrology addresses subjects such as Salinity, which are connected to disciplines such as Calibration.

His work focuses on many connections between Aquifer and other disciplines, such as Irrigation, that overlap with his field of interest in Water quality. His Groundwater flow research focuses on subjects like Soil science, which are linked to Steady state. The Groundwater recharge study combines topics in areas such as Drainage basin and Extraction.

He most often published in these fields:

Groundwater (42.50%)
Hydrology (35.00%)
Aquifer (25.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

Hydrology (35.00%)
Groundwater (42.50%)
Streamflow (6.67%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Hydrology, Groundwater, Streamflow, Water resource management and Aquifer are his primary areas of study. Leonard F. Konikow integrates Hydrology with Spring in his research. His Groundwater study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Hydrogeology.

His Hydrogeology research includes elements of Drawdown, Hydraulic head, Extraction and Environmental planning. His Aquifer research incorporates themes from Soil science and Petrology. His studies in Groundwater recharge integrate themes in fields like Discharge, Water table, STREAMS and Submarine groundwater discharge.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

Hydrogeologic controls on groundwater discharge and nitrogen loads in a coastal watershed (8 citations)
Conjoint use of hydraulic head and groundwater age data to detect hydrogeologic barriers (1 citations)
Passing the Torch. (1 citations)

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Best Publications

Ground water and climate change

Richard G. Taylor;Bridget R. Scanlon;Petra Döll;Matt Rodell.
Nature Climate Change (2013)

1556 Citations

Computer model of two-dimensional solute transport and dispersion in ground water

Leonard F. Konikow;J.D. Bredehoeft.
Techniques of water-resources investigations (1978)

858 Citations

Ground-water models cannot be validated

Leonard F. Konikow;John D. Bredehoeft.
Advances in Water Resources (1992)

813 Citations

Groundwater depletion: A global problem

Leonard F. Konikow;Eloise Kendy.
Hydrogeology Journal (2005)

799 Citations

Revisiting the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008

John A. Church;Neil J. White;Leonard F. Konikow;Catia M. Domingues.
Geophysical Research Letters (2011)

582 Citations

Contribution of global groundwater depletion since 1900 to sea‐level rise

Leonard F. Konikow.
Geophysical Research Letters (2011)

400 Citations

A three-dimensional method-of-characteristics solute-transport model (MOC3D)

Leonard F. Konikow;D.J. Goode;G.Z. Hornberger.
Water-Resources Investigations Report (1996)

232 Citations

Twentieth-century global-mean sea-level rise: is the whole greater than the sum of the parts?

Jonathan M Gregory;N. J. White;J. A. Church;M. F. P. Bierkens.
Journal of Climate (2013)

228 Citations

Groundwater Depletion in the United States (1900?2008)

Leonard F. Konikow.
(2014)

209 Citations

Modeling flow and chemical quality changes in an irrigated stream‐aquifer system

Leonard F. Konikow;John D. Bredehoeft.
Water Resources Research (1974)

205 Citations

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