2026 Stephen J. Déry: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	44	6776	6508	303	286	146	7108

Overview

Stephen J. Déry is affiliated with the University of Northern British Columbia in Canada and is active in research related to Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on topics including cryospheric studies and observations, hydrology and watershed management studies, climate change and permafrost, climate variability and models, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and marine and environmental studies.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Hydrological Processes, Journal of Hydrology, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

Among their recent publications are these selected papers:

Partitioning the contributions of glacier melt and precipitation to the 1971-2010 runoff increases in a headwater basin of the Tarim River, 2020, Journal of Hydrology
Contribution of Atmospheric Rivers to Annual, Seasonal, and Extreme Precipitation Across British Columbia and Southeastern Alaska, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Sensitivity analysis and uncertainty assessment in water budgets simulated by the variable infiltration capacity model for Canadian subarctic watersheds, 2020, Hydrological Processes
Changing freshwater contributions to the Arctic, 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
Hydrological modeling of freshwater discharge into Hudson Bay using HYPE, 2020, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Stephen J. Déry has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Tricia Stadnyk, Julie M. Thériault, Kristina Koenig, Jeremy Morris, and Hadleigh D. Thompson. Collaborative efforts have contributed to advancing knowledge in hydrological modeling and climate-related studies in northern and subarctic environments.

The body of work produced by Stephen J. Déry covers subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, and Oceanography. These areas mirror their interdisciplinary approach to investigating environmental and climate-related processes.

Best Publications

Recent Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent trends and implications for the snow‐albedo feedback

Stephen J. Déry;Ross D. Brown

470
Citations
A pan‐arctic evaluation of changes in river discharge during the latter half of the 20th century

James W. McClelland;Stephen J. Déry;Bruce J. Peterson;Robert M. Holmes

434
Citations
The role of snow cover in the warming of arctic permafrost

Marc Stieglitz;S. J. Déry;V. E. Romanovsky;T. E. Osterkamp

359
Citations
Decreasing river discharge in northern Canada

Stephen J. Déry;E. F. Wood

316
Citations
Characteristics and Trends of River Discharge into Hudson, James, and Ungava Bays, 1964–2000

Stephen J. Déry;Marc Stieglitz;Edward C. McKenna;Eric F. Wood

270
Citations
Detection of runoff timing changes in pluvial, nival, and glacial rivers of western Canada

Stephen J. Déry;K. Stahl;K. Stahl;R. D. Moore;P. H. Whitfield

235
Citations
Observational evidence of an intensifying hydrological cycle in northern Canada

Stephen J. Déry;Marco A. Hernández-Henríquez;Jason E. Burford;Jason E. Burford;Eric F. Wood

221
Citations
Large‐scale mass balance effects of blowing snow and surface sublimation

Stephen J. Déry;Stephen J. Déry;M. K. Yau

179
Citations
Recent trends and variability in river discharge across northern Canada

Stephen J. Déry;Tricia A. Stadnyk;Matthew K. MacDonald;Matthew K. MacDonald;Bunu Gauli-Sharma

151
Citations
A BULK BLOWING SNOW MODEL

Stephen J. Déry;M. K. Yau

151
Citations
Modeling drifting snow in Antarctica with a regional climate model: 1. Methods and model evaluation

J. T. M. Lenaerts;M. R. van den Broeke;S. J. Déry;E. van Meijgaard

145
Citations
Simulation Of Blowing Snow In The Canadian Arctic Using A Double-Moment Model

Stephen J. Déry;M. K. Yau

143
Citations
Interannual variability and interdecadal trends in Hudson Bay streamflow

Stephen J. Déry;Theodore J. Mlynowski;Marco A. Hernández-Henríquez;Fiammetta Straneo

143
Citations
An approach to using snow areal depletion curves inferred from MODIS and its application to land surface modelling in Alaska

Stephen J. Déry;Vincent V. Salomonson;Marc Stieglitz;Dorothy K. Hall

124
Citations
Teleconnection between the Arctic Oscillation and Hudson Bay river discharge

Stephen J. Déry;Eric F. Wood

115
Citations
An Intercomparison Among Four Models Of Blowing Snow

Jingbing Xiao;Richard Bintanja;Stephen J. Déry;Graham W. Mann

105
Citations
Incorporating climate change adaptation into local plans

Ian M. Picketts;Stephen J. Déry;John A. Curry

97
Citations
Modeling the Effects of Wind Redistribution on the Snow Mass Budget of Polar Sea Ice

Stephen J. Dery;L.-B. Tremblay

96
Citations
Modelling snowdrift sublimation on an Antarctic ice shelf

J.T.M. Lenaerts;M.R. van den Broeke;S. J. Déry;G. König-Langlo

92
Citations
Polar amplification and elevation-dependence in trends of Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent, 1971–2014

Marco A Hernández-Henríquez;Stephen J Déry;Chris Derksen

86
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric F. Wood Princeton University

Marc Stieglitz Georgia Institute of Technology

Philip N. Owens University of Northern British Columbia

Brian Menounos University of Northern British Columbia

Chris Derksen Environment and Climate Change Canada

Huilin Gao Texas A&M University

Francis W. Zwiers University of Victoria

Dennis P. Lettenmaier University of California, Los Angeles

Ross Brown Environment and Climate Change Canada

Pavel Ya. Groisman North Carolina State University

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