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Thomas J. Duck

Thomas J. Duck

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3147
World Ranking
8150
National Ranking
506

Thomas J. Duck publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 83 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Thomas J. Duck D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas J. Duck sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thomas J. Duck is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and conducts research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focuses on subfields such as Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist has contributed to the study of Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate variability and models, and cryospheric studies and observations. This thematic focus is reflected in their recent publications and collaborations.

Their recent paper titled Arctic Surface Properties and Their Impact on Microwave Satellite Water Vapor Column Retrievals, published in 2020 in the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, represents their engagement with satellite remote sensing methodologies and atmospheric properties in polar regions.

  • Arctic Surface Properties and Their Impact on Microwave Satellite Water Vapor Column Retrievals (2020), IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Frequent collaborators of Thomas J. Duck include:

  • C. W. Perro
  • Glen Lesins
  • Kimberly Strong
  • J. R. Drummond

The main venues where Thomas's work has appeared align with their research interests, with documented publication in:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

This researcher has not documented book publications but maintains a focus on peer-reviewed articles in their respective scientific domains.

Best Publications

  • H2O at the Phoenix landing site.

    P. H. Smith;L. K. Tamppari;R. E. Arvidson;D. Bass

  • Mars Water-Ice Clouds and Precipitation

    J. A. Whiteway;L. Komguem;C. Dickinson;C. Cook

  • Introduction to special section on the Phoenix Mission: Landing Site Characterization Experiments, Mission Overviews, and Expected Science

    P. H. Smith;L. Tamppari;R. E. Arvidson;D. Bass

  • Remote sensing and inverse transport modeling of the Kasatochi eruption sulfur dioxide cloud

    N. I. Kristiansen;A. Stohl;A. J. Prata;A. Richter

  • Water vapor intrusions into the High Arctic during winter

    J. G. Doyle;G. Lesins;C. P. Thackray;C. Perro

  • Measurements of gravity wave activity within and around the Arctic stratospheric vortex

    J. A. Whiteway;T. J. Duck;D. P. Donovan;J. C. Bird

  • Lidar observations of gravity wave activity and Arctic stratospheric vortex core warming

    Thomas J. Duck;James A. Whiteway;Allan I. Carswell

  • Lidar on the Phoenix mission to Mars

    James Whiteway;Michael Daly;Allan Carswell;Thomas Duck

  • Surface Energy Balance Framework for Arctic Amplification of Climate Change

    Glen Lesins;Thomas J. Duck;James R. Drummond

  • The Gravity Wave Arctic Stratospheric Vortex Interaction.

    Thomas J. Duck;James A. Whiteway;Allan I. Carswell

  • Trans-Pacific dust events observed at Whistler, British Columbia during INTEX-B

    I. G. McKendry;A. M. Macdonald;W. R. Leaitch;A. van Donkelaar

  • Transport of forest fire emissions from Alaska and the Yukon Territory to Nova Scotia during summer 2004

    Thomas J. Duck;Bernard J. Firanski;Dylan B. Millet;Allen H. Goldstein

  • Evidence for Asian dust effects from aerosol plume measurements during INTEX-B 2006 near Whistler, BC

    W. R. Leaitch;A. M. Macdonald;K. G. Anlauf;P. S. K. Liu

  • SIMULATION AND OBSERVATIONS OF STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS FROM THE 2009 SARYCHEV VOLCANIC ERUPTION

    Ben Kravitz;Ben Kravitz;Alan Robock;Adam Bourassa;Terry Deshler

  • Quantifying the impact of BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants over the Atlantic using Aircraft and Satellites (BORTAS) experiment: design, execution and science overview

    P. I. Palmer;M. Parrington;J. D. Lee;A. C. Lewis

  • Ozone, column ClO, and PSC measurements made at the NDSC Eureka Observatory (80°N, 86°W) during the spring of 1997

    D. P. Donovan;H. Fast;Y. Makino;J. C. Bird

  • Aged boreal biomass-burning aerosol size distributions from BORTAS 2011

    K M Sakamoto;K M Sakamoto;James Allan;Hugh Coe;Jonathan Taylor

  • Climate Trends at Eureka in the Canadian High Arctic

    G. Lesins;T. J. Duck;J. R. Drummond

  • Modeling ozone laminae in ground-based Arctic wintertime observations using trajectory calculations and satellite data

    G. L. Manney;J. C. Bird;D. P. Donovan;T. J. Duck

  • Properties of Sarychev sulphate aerosols over the Arctic

    N. T. O'Neill;C. Perro;A. Saha;G. Lesins

  • Unusually low ozone, HCl, and HNO 3 column measurements at Eureka, Canada during winter/spring 2011

    R. Lindenmaier;R. Lindenmaier;K. Strong;R. L. Batchelor;M. P. Chipperfield

  • Physical properties of High Arctic tropospheric particles during winter

    L. Bourdages;T. J. Duck;G. Lesins;J. R. Drummond

  • Synchronous polar winter starphotometry and lidar measurements at a High Arctic station

    K. Baibakov;K. Baibakov;N. T. O'Neill;L. Ivanescu;T. J. Duck

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Drummond
James R. Drummond Dalhousie University
Glen Lesins
Glen Lesins Dalhousie University
James A. Whiteway
James A. Whiteway York University
Kaley A. Walker
Kaley A. Walker University of Toronto
Kimberly Strong
Kimberly Strong University of Toronto
Edwin W. Eloranta
Edwin W. Eloranta University of Wisconsin–Madison
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Jeffrey R. Pierce
Jeffrey R. Pierce Colorado State University
Peter F. Bernath
Peter F. Bernath Old Dominion University
Adam Bourassa
Adam Bourassa University of Saskatchewan

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