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Robert Ricker

Robert Ricker

Robert Ricker 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 Robert Ricker sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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

Robert Ricker 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 Robert Ricker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

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

Best Publications

  • Sensitivity of CryoSat-2 Arctic sea-ice freeboard and thickness on radar-waveform interpretation

    Robert Ricker;Stefan Hendricks;Veit Helm;Henriette Skourup

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition

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  • A weekly Arctic sea-ice thickness data record from merged CryoSat-2 and SMOS satellite data

    Robert Ricker;Robert Ricker;Stefan Hendricks;Lars Kaleschke;Xiangshan Tian-Kunze

  • Arctic warming interrupts the Transpolar Drift and affects long-range transport of sea ice and ice-rafted matter

    Thomas Krumpen;H. Jakob Belter;Antje Boetius;Ellen Damm

  • The winter pack-ice zone provides a sheltered but food-poor habitat for larval Antarctic krill.

    Bettina Meyer;Bettina Meyer;Ulrich Freier;Volker Grimm;Jürgen Groeneveld

  • Effect of Snow Salinity on CryoSat-2 Arctic First-Year Sea Ice Freeboard Measurements

    Vishnu Nandan;Torsten Geldsetzer;John Yackel;Mallik Mahmud

  • Impact of snow accumulation on CryoSat‐2 range retrievals over Arctic sea ice: An observational approach with buoy data

    Robert Ricker;Stefan Hendricks;Donald K. Perovich;Veit Helm

  • Thermodynamic and dynamic contributions to seasonal Arctic sea ice thickness distributions from airborne observations

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  • The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf

    Thomas Krumpen;Florent Birrien;Frank Kauker;Thomas Rackow

  • MOSAiC drift expedition from October 2019 to July 2020: sea ice conditions from space and comparison with previous years

    Thomas Krumpen;Luisa von Albedyll;Helge F. Goessling;Stefan Hendricks

  • Empirical parametrization of Envisat freeboard retrieval of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice based on CryoSat-2: progress in the ESA Climate Change Initiative

    Stephan Paul;Stephan Paul;Stefan Hendricks;Robert Ricker;Stefan Kern

  • Snowfall and snow accumulation during the MOSAiC winter and spring seasons

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  • Arctic-Wide Sea Ice Thickness Estimates From Combining Satellite Remote Sensing Data and a Dynamic Ice-Ocean Model with Data Assimilation During the CryoSat-2 Period

    Longjiang Mu;Longjiang Mu;Martin Losch;Qinghua Yang;Robert Ricker

  • Evidence for an Increasing Role of Ocean Heat in Arctic Winter Sea Ice Growth

    Robert Ricker;Frank Kauker;Axel Schweiger;Stefan Hendricks

  • Arctic Report Card 2020: Sea Ice

    Donald Perovich;W. Meier;M. Tschudi;S. Hendricks

  • Satellite-derived sea ice export and its impact on Arctic ice mass balance

    Robert Ricker;Robert Ricker;Fanny Girard-Ardhuin;Thomas Krumpen;Camille Lique

  • Sea ice and snow characteristics from year-long transects at the MOSAiC Central Observatory

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  • Improving sea ice thickness estimates by assimilating CryoSat-2 and SMOS sea ice thickness data simultaneously

    Longjiang Mu;Qinghua Yang;Martin Losch;Svetlana N. Losa;Svetlana N. Losa

  • Retrieving Sea Level and Freeboard in the Arctic: A Review of Current Radar Altimetry Methodologies and Future Perspectives

    Graham D. Quartly;Eero Rinne;Marcello Passaro;Ole B. Andersen

  • Online sea-ice knowledge and data platform

    Klaus Grosfeld;Renate Treffeisen;Jölund Asseng;Annekathrin Bartsch

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