2026 Mark C. Serreze: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	90	577	543	262	239	237	39977

Overview

Mark C. Serreze is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a significant emphasis on Environmental Science. Within these fields, their work covers several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, General Health Professions, Environmental Chemistry, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's research topics include:

Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Climate change and permafrost
Cryospheric studies and observations
Climate variability and models
Indigenous Studies and Ecology
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Serreze has contributed to several recent papers, including:

New climate models reveal faster and larger increases in Arctic precipitation than previously projected, 2021, Nature Communications
Arctic Ocean Precipitation From Atmospheric Reanalyses and Comparisons With North Pole Drifting Station Records, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Impacts of synoptic-scale cyclones on Arctic sea-ice concentration: a systematic analysis, 2020, Annals of Glaciology
Record winter winds in 2020/21 drove exceptional Arctic sea ice transport, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
Sensitivity of Northern Hemisphere Cyclone Detection and Tracking Results to Fine Spatial and Temporal Resolution using ERA5, 2021, Monthly Weather Review

The venues in which Serreze frequently publishes include:

Annals of Glaciology
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Nature Communications
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Communications Earth & Environment

Frequent co-authors associated with Serreze are:

Julienne Strœve
A. P. Barrett
Alex Crawford
Walter N. Meier
Michelle McCrystall

Best Publications

Processes and impacts of Arctic amplification: A research synthesis

Mark C. Serreze;Roger G. Barry

2884
Citations
OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE OF RECENT CHANGE IN THE NORTHERN HIGH-LATITUDE ENVIRONMENT

M. C. Serreze;J. E. Walsh;F. S. Chapin;T. Osterkamp

2588
Citations
Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast

Julienne Stroeve;Marika M. Holland;Walt Meier;Ted Scambos

2532
Citations
The Arctic’s rapidly shrinking sea ice cover: a research synthesis

Julienne C. Stroeve;Mark C. Serreze;Marika M. Holland;Jennifer E. Kay;Jennifer E. Kay

1848
Citations
Role of Land-Surface Changes in Arctic Summer Warming

F. S. Chapin;M. Sturm;Mark C. Serreze;J.P. McFadden

1662
Citations
Perspectives on the Arctic's Shrinking Sea-Ice Cover

Mark C. Serreze;Marika M. Holland;Julienne Stroeve

1590
Citations
The Arctic Amplification Debate

Mark C. Serreze;Jennifer A. Francis

1494
Citations
The emergence of surface-based Arctic amplification

M. C. Serreze;A. P. Barrett;J. C. Stroeve;D. N. Kindig

1374
Citations
Trends in Arctic sea ice extent from CMIP5, CMIP3 and observations

Julienne C. Stroeve;Vladimir Kattsov;Andrew Barrett;Mark Serreze

1273
Citations
Characteristics of the western United States snowpack from snowpack telemetry (SNOTEL) data

Mark C. Serreze;Martyn P. Clark;Richard L. Armstrong;David A. McGinnis

838
Citations
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Plummets in 2007

Julienne Stroeve;Mark Serreze;Sheldon Drobot;Shari Gearheard

739
Citations
The large-scale freshwater cycle of the Arctic

Mark C. Serreze;Andrew P. Barrett;Andrew G. Slater;Rebecca A. Woodgate

726
Citations
Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean

Taneil Uttal;Judith A. Curry;Miles G. McPhee;Donald K. Perovich

721
Citations
Icelandic low cyclone activity : Climatological features, linkages with the NAO, and relationships with recent changes in the Northern Hemisphere circulation

Mark C. Serreze;Fiona Carse;Roger G. Barry;Jeffrey C. Rogers

697
Citations
Trends in Northern Hemisphere Surface Cyclone Frequency and Intensity

Gregory J. McCabe;Martyn P. Clark;Mark C. Serreze

568
Citations
History of sea ice in the Arctic

Leonid Polyak;Richard B. Alley;John T. Andrews;Julie Brigham-Grette

557
Citations
Tracking the Arctic's shrinking ice cover: Another extreme September minimum in 2004

J. C. Stroeve;M. C. Serreze;F. Fetterer;T. Arbetter

513
Citations
The Arctic climate system

Mark C. Serreze;Roger Graham Barry

490
Citations
Arctic sea ice trends, variability and implications for seasonal ice forecasting.

Mark C. Serreze;Julienne Stroeve

452
Citations
Predicting 21st‐century polar bear habitat distribution from global climate models

George M. Durner;David C. Douglas;Ryan M. Nielson;Steven C. Amstrup

447
Citations
A record minimum arctic sea ice extent and area in 2002

M. C. Serreze;J. A. Maslanik;T. A. Scambos;F. Fetterer

437
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger G. Barry University of Liverpool

Julienne Stroeve University of Manitoba

Marika M. Holland National Center for Atmospheric Research

Martyn P. Clark University of Saskatchewan

James A. Maslanik University of Colorado Boulder

John J. Cassano University of Colorado Boulder

David A. Robinson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Tingjun Zhang University of Colorado Boulder

Walter N. Meier University of Colorado Boulder

Andrew G. Slater Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

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