2026 Mark R. Drinkwater: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	47	3956	3628	285	266	179	9665

Overview

Mark R. Drinkwater is affiliated with the European Space Agency in France. Their work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with research contributions across Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their main research topics include:

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Cryospheric studies and observations
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Climate change and permafrost
Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing

Mark R. Drinkwater's recent publications cover a variety of topics related to atmospheric sciences, remote sensing, and climate monitoring. Key papers include:

"Toward an Operational Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Monitoring and Verification Support Capacity" (2020), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
"The Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (CRISTAL) high-priority candidate mission" (2020), published in The Cryosphere
"Microwave Radiometry at Frequencies From 500 to 1400 MHz: An Emerging Technology for Earth Observations" (2021), published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
"From Bottom-Up to Top-Down: Europe's CO2 Emissions Monitoring Capacity" (2021), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Their frequent co-authors include Erik Andersson, Greet Janssens-Maenhout, B. Pinty, Mark Dowell, and H. Zunker.

Mark R. Drinkwater has published multiple works in notable scientific venues including:

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
The Cryosphere
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Best Publications

The SMOS Mission: New Tool for Monitoring Key Elements ofthe Global Water Cycle

Yann H Kerr;Philippe Waldteufel;Jean-Pierre Wigneron;Steven Delwart

2180
Citations
The advanced scatterometer (ASCAT) on the meteorological operational (MetOp) platform: A follow on for European wind scatterometers

J. Figa-Saldaña;J J.W. Wilson;E. Attema;R. Gelsthorpe

546
Citations
VII: CLOSING SESSION: GOCE: ESA's First Earth Explorer Core Mission

M. R. Drinkwater;R. Floberghagen;R. Haagmans;D. Muzi

458
Citations
Snow on Antarctic sea ice

Robert A. Massom;Hajo Eicken;Christian Hass;Martin O. Jeffries

417
Citations
GOCE: ESA’s First Earth Explorer Core Mission

M. R. Drinkwater;R. Floberghagen;R. Haagmans;D. Muzi

385
Citations
Aircraft active and passive microwave validation of sea ice concentration from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program special sensor microwave imager

D. J. Cavalieri;J. P. Crawford;M. R. Drinkwater;D. T. Eppler

289
Citations
Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

281
Citations
Toward an operational anthropogenic CO2 emissions monitoring and verification support capacity

G. Janssens-Maenhout;B. Pinty;M. Dowell;H. Zunker

178
Citations
Physical Properties of Sea Ice Relevant to Remote Sensing

W. B. Tucker;Donald K. Perovich;Anthony J. Gow;Wilford F. Weeks

169
Citations
Modelling Changes in Scattering Properties of the Dielectric and Young Snow-Covered Sea Ice at GHz Requencies

Mark R. Drinkwater;G.B. Crocker

165
Citations
Modelling changes in the dielectric and scattering properties of young snow-covered sea ice at GHz frequencies

Mark R. Drinkwater;G. B. Crocker

162
Citations
Azimuth variation in microwave scatterometer and radiometer data over Antarctica

D.G. Long;M.R. Drinkwater

142
Citations
LIMEX '87 ice surface characteristics: implications for C-band SAR backscatter signatures

M.R. Drinkwater

132
Citations
Winter snow cover on sea ice in the Weddell Sea

Robert A. Massom;Mark R. Drinkwater;Christian Haas

130
Citations
Greenland snow accumulation estimates from satellite radar scatterometer data

Mark R. Drinkwater;David G. Long;Andrew W. Bingham

127
Citations
Cryosphere applications of NSCAT data

D.G. Long;M.R. Drinkwater

120
Citations
Multifrequency Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar Observations of Sea Ice

Mark R. Drinkwater;R. Kwok;D. P. Winebrenner;E. Rignot

117
Citations
The European Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer Satellite Mission: Its Impact on Geophysics

J. A. Johannessen;J. A. Johannessen;G. Balmino;C. Le Provost;R. Rummel

115
Citations
Polarimetric signatures of sea ice: 2. Experimental observations

S. V. Nghiem;R. Kwok;S. H. Yueh;M. R. Drinkwater

111
Citations
Greenland ice-sheet surface properties observed by the Seasat-A scatterometer at enhanced resolution

David G. Long;Mark R. Drinkwater

109
Citations
Global ice and land climate studies using scatterometer image data

David G. Long;Mark R. Drinkwater;Benjamin Holt;Sasan Saatchi

107
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Long Brigham Young University

Giovanni Macelloni National Research Council (CNR)

Kenneth C. Jezek The Ohio State University

Johnny A. Johannessen Naval Postgraduate School

Ron Kwok University of Washington

Jérôme Benveniste University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès

Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine

Andrew Shepherd University of Leeds

Joel T. Johnson The Ohio State University

Leung Tsang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

External Links

Personal website of Mark R. Drinkwater

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