2026 Stefan Hendricks: 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	46	4201	3859	291	276	451	8209

Overview

Stefan Hendricks is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science. Other subfields include Environmental Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Cryospheric studies and observations
Climate change and permafrost
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Climate variability and models
Icing and De-icing Technologies
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Stefan Hendricks has contributed to numerous research papers. Some recent publications include:

"Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Snow and sea ice," 2022, published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
"Heat stored in the Earth system 1960-2020: where does the energy go?", 2023, Earth system science data
"The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf," 2020, The Cryosphere
"Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 5," 2021, Journal of Operational Oceanography
"MOSAiC drift expedition from October 2019 to July 2020: sea ice conditions from space and comparison with previous years," 2021, The Cryosphere

Frequent collaborators in their research include Robert Ricker, Christian Haas, Lars Kaleschke, Gunnar Spreen, and Luisa von Albedyll.

The scientist publishes regularly in several venues, most notably The Cryosphere, followed by Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) at the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and Elementa Science of the Anthropocene.

Best Publications

CryoSat-2 estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume

Seymour W. Laxon;Katharine A. Giles;Andy L. Ridout;Duncan J. Wingham

904
Citations
Export of Algal Biomass from the Melting Arctic Sea Ice

Antje Boetius;Sebastian Albrecht;Karel Bakker;Christina Bienhold

493
Citations
Sensitivity of CryoSat-2 Arctic sea-ice freeboard and thickness on radar-waveform interpretation

Robert Ricker;Stefan Hendricks;Veit Helm;Henriette Skourup

392
Citations
Overview of the MOSAiC expedition

Unknown

382
Citations
Changes in Arctic sea ice result in increasing light transmittance and absorption

Marcel Nicolaus;Christian Katlein;J. Maslanik;Stefan Hendricks

356
Citations
STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

344
Citations
State of the Climate in 2014

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

332
Citations
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

329
Citations
Helicopter-borne measurements of sea ice thickness, using a small and lightweight, digital EM system

Christian Haas;John Lobach;Stefan Hendricks;Lasse Rabenstein

310
Citations
Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

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

281
Citations
Reduced ice thickness in Arctic Transpolar Drift favors rapid ice retreat

Christian Haas;Christian Haas;Andreas Pfaffling;Andreas Pfaffling;Stefan Hendricks;Lasse Rabenstein

262
Citations
State of the Climate in 2018

M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

233
Citations
Synoptic airborne thickness surveys reveal state of Arctic sea ice cover

Christian Haas;Stefan Hendricks;Hajo Eicken;Andreas Herber

206
Citations
State of the Climate in 2016

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

161
Citations
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

143
Citations
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

121
Citations
SMOS sea ice product: operational application and validation in the Barents Sea marginal ice zone

Lars Kaleschke;Xiangshan Tian-Kunze;Nina Maaß;Alexander Beitsch

114
Citations
Thermodynamic and dynamic contributions to seasonal Arctic sea ice thickness distributions from airborne observations

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111
Citations
Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 3

Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

110
Citations
State of the Climate in 2013

Jessica Blunden;Derek S. Arndt;Kate M. Willett;A. Johannes Dolman

107
Citations
A sea-ice thickness retrieval model for 1.4 GHz radiometry and application to airborne measurements over low salinity sea-ice

L. Kaleschke;N. Maaß;Christian Haas;Stefan Hendricks

107
Citations
Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 5

Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

104
Citations
The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf

Thomas Krumpen;Florent Birrien;Frank Kauker;Thomas Rackow

99
Citations
Variability of Arctic sea-ice topography and its impact on the atmospheric surface drag

Giulia Castellani;Christof Lüpkes;Stefan Hendricks;Rüdiger Gerdes

94
Citations
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

90
Citations
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

86
Citations
[Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Haas Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Robert Ricker NORCE Research

Marcel Nicolaus Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Thomas Krumpen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Veit Helm Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Rüdiger Gerdes Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Lars Kaleschke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Gunnar Spreen University of Bremen

Ignatius Rigor University of Washington

Andreas Herber Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

External Links

Personal website of Stefan Hendricks

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