2026 Thomas Dunne: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1989 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
1989 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1988 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Thomas Dunne is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with specific focus on several interconnected subfields including Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work addresses significant topics such as Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Landslides and related hazards, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Fire effects on ecosystems, Geological formations and processes, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Among their recent publications are:

Vulnerability of the biota in riverine and seasonally flooded habitats to damming of Amazonian rivers, 2020, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Post-Wildfire Generation of Debris-Flow Slurry by Rill Erosion on Colluvial Hillslopes, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
Rheology of debris flow materials is controlled by the distance from jamming, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Sediment Recruitment and Redistribution in Mountain Channel Networks by Post-Wildfire Debris Flows, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
Surf zone microbiological water quality following emergency beach nourishment using sediments from a catastrophic debris flow, 2020, Water Research

Frequent co-authors include:

Paul Alessio
Kristin Morell
Robert Kostynick
Hadis Matinpour
Paulo E. Arratia

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in the following venues:

Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Geophysical Research Letters
Water Research

Thomas Dunne's career has been recognized through multiple fellowships and memberships, reflecting a sustained contribution to scientific fields. These honors include:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1997
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1989
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1989
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1988

Best Publications

Water in environmental planning

Thomas Dunne;Luna Bergere Leopold

4867
Citations
Partial Area Contributions to Storm Runoff in a Small New England Watershed

Thomas Dunne;Richard D. Black

1614
Citations
The Network Dynamics Hypothesis: How Channel Networks Structure Riverine Habitats

Lee Benda;N. Leroy Poff;Daniel Miller;Thomas Dunne

1099
Citations
An Experimental Investigation of Runoff Production in Permeable Soils

Thomas Dunne;Richard D. Black

1023
Citations
Sediment Production From Forest Road Surfaces

Leslie M. Reid;Thomas Dunne

847
Citations
Effects of Rainfall, Vegetation, and Microtopography on Infiltration and Runoff

Thomas Dunne;Weihua Zhang;Brian F. Aubry

788
Citations
Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin

Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse;Eugenio Y. Arima;Thomas Dunne;Edward Park

778
Citations
Storage and remobilization of suspended sediment in the lower amazon river of Brazil

Robert H. Meade;Thomas Dunne;Jeffrey E. Richey;Umberto De M. Santos

662
Citations
Stochastic forcing of sediment supply to channel networks from landsliding and debris flow

Lee Benda;Thomas Dunne

653
Citations
Exchanges of sediment between the flood plain and channel of the Amazon River in Brazil

Thomas Dunne;Leal A. K. Mertes;Robert H. Meade;Jeffrey E. Richey

589
Citations
Stochastic forcing of sediment routing and storage in channel networks

Lee Benda;Thomas Dunne

469
Citations
Interferometric radar measurements of water level changes on the Amazon flood plain

Douglas E. Alsdorf;John M. Melack;Thomas Dunne;Leal A. K. Mertes;Leal A. K. Mertes

443
Citations
Formation and controls of channel networks

Thomas Dunne

403
Citations
Surface water dynamics in the Amazon Basin: Application of satellite radar altimetry

C. M. Birkett;L. A. K. Mertes;T. Dunne;M. H. Costa

400
Citations
Channel-floodplain geomorphology along the Solimões-Amazon River, Brazil

Leal A. K. Mertes;Thomas Dunne;Luiz A. Martinelli

400
Citations
Rapid Evaluation of Sediment Budgets

Leslie M. Reid;Thomas. Dunne

384
Citations
Episodic sediment accumulation on Amazonian flood plains influenced by El Niño/Southern Oscillation

Rolf Aalto;Laurence Maurice-Bourgoin;Thomas Dunne;David R. Montgomery

380
Citations
Sediment supply as a driver of river meandering and floodplain evolution in the Amazon Basin

Jose Antonio Constantine;Thomas Dunne;Joshua Ahmed;Carl Legleiter

371
Citations
An Agenda for Land-Surface Hydrology Research and a Call for the Second International Hydrological Decade

Dara Entekhabi;Ghassem R. Asrar;Alan K. Betts;Keith J. Beven

353
Citations
Relation of field studies and modeling in the prediction of storm runoff

Thomas Dunne

304
Citations
Surface water dynamics in the Amazon basin: Application of satellite radar altimetry : Large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia (LBA)

C. M. Birkett;L. A. K. Mertes;T. Dunne;M. H. Costa

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Bliss Singer Cardiff University

John M. Melack University of California, Santa Barbara

Carl J. Legleiter United States Geological Survey

William E. Dietrich University of California, Berkeley

Luiz Antonio Martinelli Universidade de São Paulo

Emmanuel J. Gabet San Jose State University

Trent W. Biggs San Diego State University

Jeffrey E. Richey University of Washington

Marcos Heil Costa Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Reynaldo Luiz Victoria Universidade de São Paulo

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