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Robert H. Fraser

Robert H. Fraser

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
6048
World Ranking
7196
National Ranking
319

Robert H. Fraser publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert H. Fraser sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 109 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Robert H. Fraser D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert H. Fraser sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert H. Fraser is affiliated with Natural Resources Canada in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, each encompassing 25 publications. Within these main disciplines, Fraser's work delves into several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Ecological Modeling, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics focus largely on climate change and permafrost, with 22 related works. They also investigate cryospheric studies and observations, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, rangeland and wildlife management, species distribution and climate change, fire effects on ecosystems, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Fraser has published papers in several journals, contributing notably to Arctic Science, Remote Sensing of Environment, and Remote Sensing, as well as to Drone Systems and Applications and Environmental Research Letters.

  • Generating annual estimates of forest fire disturbance in Canada: the National Burned Area Composite, 2020, International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Accuracy, Efficiency, and Transferability of a Deep Learning Model for Mapping Retrogressive Thaw Slumps across the Canadian Arctic, 2022, Remote Sensing
  • The Northwest Territories Thermokarst Mapping Collective: A northern-driven mapping collaborative toward understanding the effects of permafrost thaw, 2023, Arctic Science
  • High Arctic Vegetation Change Mediated by Hydrological Conditions, 2020, Ecosystems
  • Mapping surface water dynamics (1985-2021) in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada using sub-pixel Landsat analysis, 2023, Remote Sensing of Environment

Frequent collaborators in Fraser's work include Jurjen van der Sluijs, Trevor C. Lantz, Ian Olthof, Wenjun Chen, and Sylvain G. Leblanc. These coauthors have each contributed to multiple publications together, reflecting ongoing collaborative research relationships.

Best Publications

  • Hotspot and NDVI Differencing Synergy (HANDS): A New Technique for Burned Area Mapping over Boreal Forest

    R.H Fraser;Z Li;J Cihlar

  • Vegetation burning in the year 2000: Global burned area estimates from SPOT VEGETATION data

    Kevin Tansey;Jean‐Marie Grégoire;Daniela Stroppiana;Adélia Sousa

  • Increased precipitation drives mega slump development and destabilization of ice-rich permafrost terrain, northwestern Canada

    S.V. Kokelj;J. Tunnicliffe;D. Lacelle;T.C. Lantz

  • THE SPECIES RICHNESS-ENERGY HYPOTHESIS IN A SYSTEM WHERE HISTORICAL FACTORS ARE THOUGHT TO PREVAIL: CORAL REEFS

    Robert H. Fraser;David J. Currie

  • Warming-Induced Shrub Expansion and Lichen Decline in the Western Canadian Arctic

    Robert H. Fraser;Trevor C. Lantz;Ian Olthof;Steven V. Kokelj

  • Estimating fire-related parameters in boreal forest using SPOT VEGETATION

    R.H Fraser;Z Li

  • Distribution and growth of thaw slumps in the Richardson Mountains-Peel Plateau region, northwestern Canada

    Denis Lacelle;Alex Brooker;Robert H. Fraser;Steve V. Kokelj

  • A Review of AVHRR-based Active Fire Detection Algorithms: Principles, Limitations, and Recommendations

    Z. Li;Y. J. Kaufman;C. Ichoku;R. Fraser

  • Detecting long-term changes to vegetation in northern Canada using the Landsat satellite image archive

    R H Fraser;I Olthof;M Carrière;A Deschamps

  • UAV photogrammetry for mapping vegetation in the low-Arctic

    Robert H. Fraser;Ian Olthof;Trevor C. Lantz;Carla Schmitt

  • A method for detecting large-scale forest cover change using coarse spatial resolution imagery

    R.H. Fraser;A. Abuelgasim;R. Latifovic

  • Monitoring land cover change and ecological integrity in Canada's national parks

    R.H. Fraser;I. Olthof;D. Pouliot

  • Automatic detection of fire smoke using artificial neural networks and threshold approaches applied to AVHRR imagery

    Zhanqing Li;A. Khananian;R.H. Fraser;J. Cihlar

  • Estimating direct carbon emissions from Canadian wildland fires 1

    William J. de Groot;Robert Landry;Werner A. Kurz;Kerry R. Anderson

  • Predicting Stream Pathogen Loading from Livestock using a Geographical Information System-Based Delivery Model

    Robert H. Fraser;Paul K. Barten;David A. K. Pinney

  • Permafrost Terrain Dynamics and Infrastructure Impacts Revealed by UAV Photogrammetry and Thermal Imaging

    Jurjen Van der Sluijs;Steven V. Kokelj;Robert H. Fraser;Jon Tunnicliffe

  • Climate Sensitivity of High Arctic Permafrost Terrain Demonstrated by Widespread Ice-Wedge Thermokarst on Banks Island

    Robert H. Fraser;Steven V. Kokelj;Trevor C. Lantz;Morgan McFarlane-Winchester

  • Calibrating Satellite-Based Indices of Burn Severity from UAV-Derived Metrics of a Burned Boreal Forest in NWT, Canada

    Robert H. Fraser;Jurjen Van der Sluijs;Ronald J. Hall

  • SPOT VEGETATION for characterizing boreal forest fires

    R. H. Fraser;Z. Li;R. Landry

  • Mapping insect‐induced tree defoliation and mortality using coarse spatial resolution satellite imagery

    R. H. Fraser;R. Latifovic

  • A GLOBAL INVENTORY OF BURNED AREAS AT 1 KM RESOLUTION FOR THE YEAR 2000 DERIVED FROM SPOT VEGETATION DATA

    Kevin Tansey;Jean-Marie GrÉgoire;Elisabetta Binaghi;Luigi Boschetti

  • Comparative analysis of daytime fire detection algorithms using AVHRR data for the 1995 fire season in Canada: Perspective for MODIS

    C. Ichoku;Y. J. Kaufman;L. Giglio;Z. Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhanqing Li
Zhanqing Li University of Maryland, College Park
Rasim Latifovic
Rasim Latifovic Natural Resources Canada
Josef Cihlar
Josef Cihlar Natural Resources Canada
Denis Lacelle
Denis Lacelle University of Ottawa
Ivan Csiszar
Ivan Csiszar National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Stephen A. Wolfe
Stephen A. Wolfe Geological Survey of Canada
Jing M. Chen
Jing M. Chen University of Toronto
Ronald J. Hall
Ronald J. Hall Natural Resources Canada
Luigi Boschetti
Luigi Boschetti University of Idaho
Kevin Tansey
Kevin Tansey University of Leicester

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