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Willi Dansgaard 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 Willi Dansgaard sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 68 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Willi Dansgaard 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 Willi Dansgaard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

Willi Dansgaard was affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark during their career. Their work contributed to the scientific community primarily through research connected with geochemistry, as evidenced by their recognition as a Geochemistry Fellow by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 1996.

Their academic output did not include documented recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, or book publications based on the available data. Likewise, no detailed main or subfields of study were specifically recorded, nor were particular main topics of work identified in the provided data.

Despite the lack of detailed publication records here, the award they received reflects acknowledgment from peers in the field of geochemistry. This distinction suggests involvement in research pertinent to chemical processes and materials within Earth sciences.

No data on frequent collaborators or venues for publication has been supplied, so the scope of their professional relationships and dissemination channels cannot be elaborated.

Best Publications

  • Stable isotopes in precipitation

    W. Dansgaard

  • Evidence for general instability of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core record

    W. Dansgaard;S. J. Johnsen;S. J. Johnsen;H. B. Clausen;D. Dahl-Jensen

  • Irregular glacial interstadials recorded in a new Greenland ice core

    S. J. Johnsen;S. J. Johnsen;H. B. Clausen;W. Dansgaard;K. Fuhrer

  • The abrupt termination of the Younger Dryas climate event

    W. Dansgaard;J. W. C. White;S. J. Johnsen

  • Greenland ice sheet evidence of post-glacial volcanism and its climatic impact

    C. U. Hammer;H. B. Clausen;W. Dansgaard

  • Validity of the temperature reconstruction from water isotopes in ice cores

    J. Jouzel;R. B. Alley;K. M. Cuffey;W. Dansgaard

  • Oxygen Isotope Profiles through the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets

    S. J. Johnsen;W. Dansgaard;H. B. Clausen;C. C. Langway

  • A new greenland deep ice core.

    W. Dansgaard;H. B. Clausen;N. Gundestrup;C. U. Hammer

  • The origin of Arctic precipitation under present and glacial conditions

    S. J. Johnsen;W. Dansgaard;J. W. C. White;J. W. C. White

  • Greenland palaeotemperatures derived from GRIP bore hole temperature and ice core isotope profiles

    Sigfus J. Johnsen;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Willi Dansgaard;Niels Gundestrup

  • One Thousand Centuries of Climatic Record from Camp Century on the Greenland Ice Sheet

    W. Dansgaard;S. J. Johnsen;J. Møller;C. C. Langway

  • The Little Ice Age as Recorded in the Stratigraphy of the Tropical Quelccaya Ice Cap

    L. G. Thompson;E. Mosley-Thompson;W. Dansgaard;P. M. Grootes

  • The δ18O record along the Greenland Ice Core Project deep ice core and the problem of possible Eemian climatic instability

    Sigfus I. Johnsen;Henrik B. Clausen;Willi Dansgaard;Niels S. Gundestrup

  • North Atlantic climatic oscillations revealed by deep Greenland ice cores

    W. Dansgaard;S.J. Johnsen;H.B. Clausen;D. Dahl-Jensen

  • A flow model and a time scale for the ice core from Camp Century, Greenland

    W. Dansgaard;S. J. Johnsen

  • Dating of Greenland ice cores by flow models, isotopes, volcanic debris, and continental dust

    C. U. Hammer;H. B. Clausen;W. Dansgaard;N. Gundestrup

  • Glacier Oxygen-18 Content and Pleistocene Ocean Temperatures

    W. Dansgaard;Henrik Tauber

  • Late Glacial Climate History from Ice Cores

    H. Oeschger;J. Beer;U. Siegenthaler;B. Stauffer

  • Climatic changes, Norsemen and modern man

    W. Dansgaard;S. J. Johnsen;Niels Reeh;N. Gundestrup

  • Stable isotope survey of the fresh water occurrences in Israel and the Northern Jordan Rift Valley

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  • The Abundance of O 18 in Atmospheric Water and Water Vapour

    W. Dansgaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Sigfus J Johnsen
Sigfus J Johnsen University of Copenhagen
Henrik Clausen
Henrik Clausen University of Copenhagen
Niels S. Gundestrup
Niels S. Gundestrup University of Copenhagen
Claus U. Hammer
Claus U. Hammer University of Copenhagen
Chester C. Langway
Chester C. Langway University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Niels Reeh
Niels Reeh University of Southern Denmark
Hans Oeschger
Hans Oeschger University of Bern
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen University of Copenhagen
James W. C. White
James W. C. White University of Colorado Boulder
Jean Jouzel
Jean Jouzel Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement

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