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Monika Rhein 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 Monika Rhein sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 236 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Monika Rhein 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 Monika Rhein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Monika Rhein is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant focus on specialized subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Geology.

The scientist's work concentrates on a range of topics, including:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Monika Rhein has contributed to multiple publications, notably in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research), Environmental Research Letters, Geophysical Research Letters, and The Cryosphere. The most frequent venue is the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, with seven publications.

Recent papers include:

  • Submarine Meltwater From Nioghalvfjerdsbræ (79 North Glacier), Northeast Greenland, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Observations of the Low-Mode Internal Tide and Its Interaction With Mesoscale Flow South of the Azores, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • The North Atlantic Current and its Volume and Freshwater Transports in the Subpolar North Atlantic, Time Period 1993-2016, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Atlantic multidecadal variability and the implications for North European precipitation, 2022, Environmental Research Letters
  • Meridional Connectivity of a 25-Year Observational AMOC Record at 47°N, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters

Throughout their career, Monika Rhein has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Dagmar Kieke, Christian Mertens, Reiner Steinfeldt, Oliver Huhn, and Maren Walter.

Best Publications

  • Reduction of Deepwater Formation in the Greenland Sea During the 1980s: Evidence from Tracer Data

    Peter Schlosser;Gerhard Bönisch;Monika Rhein;Reinhold Bayer

  • Surprisingly rapid spreading of newly formed intermediate waters across the North Atlantic Ocean

    Alexander Sy;Monika Rhein;John R. N. Lazier;Klaus Peter Koltermann

  • Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed Transport and Variability

    Eleanor Frajka-Williams;Isabelle J. Ansorge;Johanna Baehr;Harry L. Bryden

  • Labrador Sea Water: Pathways, CFC Inventory, and Formation Rates

    Monika Rhein;Jürgen Fischer;W. M. Smethie;D. Smythe-Wright

  • Deep water formation, the subpolar gyre, and the meridional overturning circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic

    Monika Rhein;Dagmar Kieke;Sabine Hüttl-Kabus;Achim Roessler

  • Deep water formation in the western Mediterranean

    Monika Rhein

  • The Bremen mass spectrometric facility for the measurement of helium isotopes, neon, and tritium in water†

    Jürgen Sültenfuss;Wolfgang Roether;Monika Rhein

  • Recent advances in observing the physical oceanography of the western Mediterranean Sea

    Uwe Send;Jordi Font;Gerd Krahmann;Claude Millot

  • Deep water changes at the western boundary of the subpolar North Atlantic during 1996 to 2001

    Lothar Stramma;Dagmar Kieke;Monika Rhein;Friedrich A Schott

  • The Atlantic Deep Western Boundary Current: Water masses and transports near the equator

    Monika Rhein;Lothar Stramma;Uwe Send

  • Methane in the northern Atlantic controlled by microbial oxidation and atmospheric history

    Gregor Rehder;Robin S. Keir;Erwin Suess;Monika Rhein

  • Seasonal variation of diel vertical migration of zooplankton from ADCP backscatter time series data in the Lazarev Sea, Antarctica

    Boris Cisewski;Boris Cisewski;Volker H. Strass;Monika Rhein;Sören Krägefsky

  • Changes in the CFC inventories and formation rates of upper Labrador Sea Water, 1997-2001

    Dagmar Kieke;Monika Rhein;Lothar Stramma;William M. Smethie

  • Inventory changes in anthropogenic carbon from 1997–2003 in the Atlantic Ocean between 20°S and 65°N

    Reiner Steinfeldt;Monika Rhein;John L. Bullister;Toste Tanhua

  • The zonal currents and transports at 35°W in the tropical Atlantic

    Friedrich A. Schott;Marcus Dengler;Peter Brandt;Karina Affler

  • Ventilation rates of the Greenland and Norwegian Seas derived from distributions of the chlorofluoromethanes F11 and F12

    Monika Rhein

  • Changes in the pool of Labrador Sea Water in the subpolar North Atlantic

    Dagmar Kieke;Monika Rhein;Lothar Stramma;William M. Smethie

  • Evidence of deep- and bottom-water formation in the western Weddell Sea

    Oliver Huhn;Hartmut H. Hellmer;Monika Rhein;Christian Rodehacke

  • Advection of North Atlantic Deep Water from the Labrador Sea to the southern hemisphere

    Monika Rhein;Dagmar Kieke;Reiner Steinfeldt

  • The Deep Western Boundary Current: tracers and velocities

    Monika Rhein

  • Ventilation variability of Labrador Sea Water and its impact on oxygen and anthropogenic carbon: a review

    Monika Rhein;Reiner Steinfeldt;Dagmar Kieke;Ilaria Stendardo

Frequent Co-Authors

John L. Bullister
John L. Bullister National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Lothar Stramma
Lothar Stramma GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Claus W. Böning
Claus W. Böning GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Marcus Dengler
Marcus Dengler GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Uwe Send
Uwe Send University of California, San Diego
Wolfgang Roether
Wolfgang Roether University of Bremen
Igor Yashayaev
Igor Yashayaev Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Nicolas Gruber
Nicolas Gruber ETH Zurich
Peter Schlosser
Peter Schlosser Arizona State University
Volker Strass
Volker Strass Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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