2026 Thorsten Markus: 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	55	3818	3647	1457	1342	154	12294

Overview

Thorsten Markus is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research is primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science. The scope of their work also covers subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist has contributed to several main research topics including:

Cryospheric studies and observations
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
Climate change and permafrost
Climate variability and models

Their recent papers span key areas related to ice dynamics and climate processes. Notable publications include:

"Pervasive ice sheet mass loss reflects competing ocean and atmosphere processes," 2020, published in Science
"Winter Arctic Sea Ice Thickness From ICESat-2 Freeboards," 2020, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
"Intercomparison of Precipitation Estimates over the Southern Ocean from Atmospheric Reanalyses," 2020, published in Journal of Climate
"2020 ICESat-2 Hackweek Tutorials," 2020, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Thorsten Markus are T. Neumann, Alek Petty, Johan Nilsson, Fernando Paolo, and Ben Smith.

Their work has appeared in several respected publication venues, including:

Science
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Journal of Climate
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2): Science requirements, concept, and implementation

Thorsten Markus;Tom Neumann;Anthony Martino;Waleed Abdalati

1283
Citations
Changes in Arctic Melt Season and Implications for Sea Ice Loss

J. C. Stroeve;J. C. Stroeve;T. Markus;L. Boisvert;J. Miller

827
Citations
Recent changes in Arctic sea ice melt onset, freezeup, and melt season length

Thorsten Markus;Julienne C. Stroeve;Jeffrey Miller

780
Citations
Pervasive ice sheet mass loss reflects competing ocean and atmosphere processes.

Ben Smith;Helen A. Fricker;Alex S. Gardner;Brooke Medley

715
Citations
The Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite – 2 mission: A global geolocated photon product derived from the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System

Thomas A Neumann;Anthony J Martino;Thorsten Markus;Sungkoo Bae

633
Citations
The ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry Mission

Waleed Abdalati;H Jay Zwally;Robert Bindschadler;Bea Csatho

554
Citations
An enhancement of the NASA Team sea ice algorithm

T. Markus;D.J. Cavalieri

489
Citations
Sea ice concentration, ice temperature, and snow depth using AMSR-E data

J.C. Comiso;D.J. Cavalieri;T. Markus

413
Citations
Satellite Observations of Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness and Volume

Nathan Kurtz;Nathan Kurtz;Thorsten Markus

250
Citations
Snow Depth Distribution Over Sea Ice in the Southern Ocean from Satellite Passive Microwave Data

Thorsten Markus;Donald J. Cavalieri

236
Citations
Ecological impact of a large Antarctic iceberg

Kevin R. Arrigo;Gert L. van Dijken;David G. Ainley;Mark A. Fahnestock

217
Citations
Seasonal evolution and interannual variability of the local solar energy absorbed by the Arctic sea ice–ocean system

Donald K. Perovich;Son V. Nghiem;Thorsten Markus;Axel Schweiger

209
Citations
A method to estimate subpixel-scale coastal polynyas with satellite passive microwave data

Thorsten Markus;Barbara A. Burns

175
Citations
Sea ice conditions and melt season duration variability within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: 1979–2008

Stephen E. L. Howell;Claude R. Duguay;Thorsten Markus

169
Citations
Solar partitioning in a changing Arctic sea-ice cover

D. K. Perovich;K. F. Jones;B. Light;H. Eicken

161
Citations
Algorithm for Detection of Ground and Canopy Cover in Micropulse Photon-Counting Lidar Altimeter Data in Preparation for the ICESat-2 Mission

Ute Christina Herzfeld;Brian W. McDonald;Bruce F. Wallin;Thomas A. Neumann

161
Citations
Influence of Arctic sea ice extent on polar cloud fraction and vertical structure and implications for regional climate

Stephen P. Palm;Sara T. Strey;James Spinhirne;Thorsten Markus

151
Citations
Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness and Snow-to-Ice Conversion from Atmospheric Reanalysis and Passive Microwave Snow Depth

Ted Maksym;Thorsten Markus

146
Citations
Estimation of Thin Ice Thickness and Detection of Fast Ice from SSM/I Data in the Antarctic Ocean

Takeshi Tamura;Kay I. Ohshima;Thorsten Markus;Donald J. Cavalieri

141
Citations
Winter Arctic Sea Ice Thickness From ICESat‐2 Freeboards

Alek A. Petty;Alek A. Petty;Nathan T. Kurtz;Ron Kwok;Thorsten Markus

136
Citations
Coastal polynyas in the southern Weddell Sea: Variability of the surface energy budget

Ian A. Renfrew;John C. King;Thorsten Markus

135
Citations
Intercomparison of Precipitation Estimates over the Arctic Ocean and Its Peripheral Seas from Reanalyses

Linette N. Boisvert;Melinda A. Webster;Alek A. Petty;Thorsten Markus

124
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald J. Cavalieri Goddard Space Flight Center

Thomas A. Neumann Goddard Space Flight Center

Julienne Stroeve University of Manitoba

Ron Kwok University of Washington

Donald K. Perovich Dartmouth College

James A. Maslanik University of Colorado Boulder

Matthew Sturm University of Alaska Fairbanks

Robert A. Massom Australian Antarctic Division

William B. Krabill Goddard Space Flight Center

Anthony P. Worby Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

External Links

Personal website of Thorsten Markus

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