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D-Index
45
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5766
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6556
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2340

Steven A. Margulis 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 Steven A. Margulis sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 181 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Steven A. Margulis 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 Steven A. Margulis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Steven A. Margulis is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a total of 40 publications in atmospheric science and 15 in water science and technology. Additional subfields of study include global and planetary change, environmental engineering, and plant science.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as cryospheric studies and observations, hydrology and watershed management studies, and climate change and permafrost. Other prominent themes in their research include meteorological phenomena and simulations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, precipitation measurement and analysis, and climate variability and models.

Frequent collaborators have included Yiwen Fang, Dongyue Li, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Karl Rittger, and N. P. Molotch. These partnerships appear across multiple projects and publications within their research network.

Steven A. Margulis has contributed to several notable scientific publications, appearing multiple times in prominent venues such as The Cryosphere, Frontiers in Earth Science, Water Resources Research, Scientific Data, and Geophysical Research Letters. The number of publications in each venue reflects sustained engagement, with four papers in The Cryosphere and three in Frontiers in Earth Science, among others.

Recent papers illustrate the breadth of the scientist's research interests and include:

  • Toward Snow Cover Estimation in Mountainous Areas Using Modern Data Assimilation Methods: A Review, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • A Framework for Estimating Global River Discharge From the Surface Water and Ocean Topography Satellite Mission, 2023, Water Resources Research
  • Spatiotemporal distribution of seasonal snow water equivalent in High Mountain Asia from an 18-year Landsat-MODIS era snow reanalysis dataset, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Stay-at-Home Orders during the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Urban Water Use, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • A western United States snow reanalysis dataset over the Landsat era from water years 1985 to 2021, 2022, Scientific Data

Best Publications

  • Land data assimilation and estimation of soil moisture using measurements from the Southern Great Plains 1997 Field Experiment

    Steven A. Margulis;Steven A. Margulis;Dennis McLaughlin;Dara Entekhabi;Susan Dunne

  • A Landsat-Era Sierra Nevada Snow Reanalysis (1985-2015)

    Steven A. Margulis;Gonzalo Cortés;Manuela Girotto;Michael Durand

  • Estimating the distribution of snow water equivalent using remotely sensed snow cover data and a spatially distributed snowmelt model: A multi-resolution, multi-sensor comparison

    Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Steven A. Margulis

  • The Role of Rain-on-Snow in Flooding Over the Conterminous United States

    Dongyue Li;Dennis P. Lettenmaier;Steven A. Margulis;Konstantinos Andreadis

  • Estimating sublimation of intercepted and sub-canopy snow using eddy covariance systems

    Noah P. Molotch;Peter D. Blanken;Mark W. Williams;Andrew A. Turnipseed

  • A Particle Batch Smoother Approach to Snow Water Equivalent Estimation

    Steven A. Margulis;Manuela Girotto;Gonzalo Cortés;Michael Durand

  • Quantifying Uncertainty in Modeling Snow Microwave Radiance for a Mountain Snowpack at the Point-Scale, Including Stratigraphic Effects

    M. Durand;E.J. Kim;S.A. Margulis

  • Toward Snow Cover Estimation in Mountainous Areas Using Modern Data Assimilation Methods: A Review

    Chloé Largeron;Chloé Largeron;Marie Dumont;Samuel Morin;Aaron Boone

  • Feasibility Test of Multifrequency Radiometric Data Assimilation to Estimate Snow Water Equivalent

    Michael Durand;Steven A. Margulis

  • Correcting first‐order errors in snow water equivalent estimates using a multifrequency, multiscale radiometric data assimilation scheme

    Michael Durand;Steven A. Margulis

  • A Framework for Estimating Global River Discharge From the Surface Water and Ocean Topography Satellite Mission

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  • Merging complementary remote sensing datasets in the context of snow water equivalent reconstruction

    Michael Durand;Noah P. Molotch;Steven A. Margulis

  • Influence of canopy structure and direct beam solar irradiance on snowmelt rates in a mixed conifer forest

    Keith N. Musselman;Keith N. Musselman;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Steven A. Margulis;Peter B. Kirchner

  • Estimation of solar direct beam transmittance of conifer canopies from airborne LiDAR

    Keith N. Musselman;Keith N. Musselman;Steven A. Margulis;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch

  • Radiance assimilation shows promise for snowpack characterization

    Michael Durand;Edward J. Kim;Steven A. Margulis

  • Characterizing parameter sensitivity and uncertainty for a snow model across hydroclimatic regimes

    Minxue He;Minxue He;Terri S. Hogue;Kristie J. Franz;Steven A. Margulis

  • The effect of spatial variability on the sensitivity of passive microwave measurements to snow water equivalent

    Benjamin J. Vander Jagt;Michael T. Durand;Steven A. Margulis;Edward J. Kim

  • Probabilistic SWE reanalysis as a generalization of deterministic SWE reconstruction techniques

    Manuela Girotto;Steven A. Margulis;Michael Durand

  • A Bayesian approach to snow water equivalent reconstruction

    Michael Durand;Noah P. Molotch;Steven A. Margulis

  • Variational Assimilation of Radiometric Surface Temperature and Reference-Level Micrometeorology into a Model of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Land Surface

    Steven A. Margulis;Dara Entekhabi

  • Comparison of Methods to Estimate Snow Water Equivalent at the Mountain Range Scale: A Case Study of the California Sierra Nevada

    Melissa L. Wrzesien;Michael T. Durand;Tamlin M. Pavelsky;Ian M. Howat

  • Land Data Assimilation and Estimation of Soil Moisture Using Measurements from the Southern Great Plains 1997 Field Experiment

    D. B. McLaughlin;S. A. Margulis;D. Entekhabi;S. Dunne

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Durand
Michael Durand The Ohio State University
Noah P. Molotch
Noah P. Molotch University of Colorado Boulder
Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Dennis P. Lettenmaier University of California, Los Angeles
Terri S. Hogue
Terri S. Hogue Colorado School of Mines
Jasper A. Vrugt
Jasper A. Vrugt University of California, Irvine
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Marie Dumont
Marie Dumont Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Bin Guan
Bin Guan California Institute of Technology
Enrique R. Vivoni
Enrique R. Vivoni Arizona State University

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