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William B. Krabill 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 William B. Krabill sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 155 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

William B. Krabill 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 William B. Krabill sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

William B. Krabill is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Atmospheric Science. Their work also touches on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine as well as Ecology.

Krabill has contributed to several topics within the scientific community. These include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Polar Research and Ecology

The scientist's publication record includes work in notable venues such as:

  • Earth system science data
  • Scientific Data

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Krabill include:

  • Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data, published in 2023 in Earth System Science Data
  • Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica, published in 2025 in Scientific Data

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts are:

  • Alice Frémand
  • Peter T. Fretwell
  • Julien A. Bodart
  • Hamish D. Pritchard
  • Alan Aitken

Best Publications

  • Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

    Peter Fretwell;Hamish D. Pritchard;David G. Vaughan;J. L. Bamber

  • Accelerated ice discharge from the Antarctic Peninsula following the collapse of Larsen B ice shelf

    E. Rignot;E. Rignot;G. Casassa;P. Gogineni;W. Krabill

  • Estimating forest biomass and volume using airborne laser data

    Ross Nelson;William Krabill;John Tonelli

  • Greenland Ice Sheet: High-Elevation Balance and Peripheral Thinning

    W. Krabill;W. Abdalati;E. Frederick;S. Manizade

  • Greenland ice sheet: increased coastal thinning

    W. Krabill;E. Hanna;Philippe Huybrechts;Philippe Huybrechts;W. Abdalati

  • Accelerated Sea-Level Rise from West Antarctica

    R. Thomas;E. Rignot;G. Casassa;P. Kanagaratnam

  • Penetration depth of interferometric synthetic-aperture radar signals in snow and ice

    Eric Rignot;Keith Echelmeyer;William Krabill

  • Continued evolution of Jakobshavn Isbrae following its rapid speedup

    Ian Joughin;Ian M. Howat;Mark Fahnestock;Ben Smith

  • Evaluation of Airborne Topographic Lidar* for Quantifying Beach Changes

    A. H. Sallenger;W. B. Krabill;R. N. Swift;J. Brock

  • Determining forest canopy characteristics using airborne laser data

    Ross Nelson;William Krabill;Gordon MacLean

  • Accuracy of airborne laser altimetry over the Greenland ice sheet

    W. B. Krabill;R. H. Thomas;C. F. Martin;R. N. Swift

  • A new, high-resolution digital elevation model of Greenland fully validated with airborne laser altimeter data

    Jonathan L. Bamber;Simon Ekholm;William B. Krabill

  • Hurricane Directional Wave Spectrum Spatial Variation in the Open Ocean

    C. W. Wright;E. J. Walsh;D. Vandemark;W. B. Krabill

  • Rapid thinning of parts of the southern greenland ice sheet

    W. Krabill;E. Frederick;S. Manizade;C. Martin

  • Progressive increase in ice loss from Greenland

    R. Thomas;E. Frederick;W. Krabill;S. Manizade

  • Aircraft laser altimetry measurement of elevation changes of the greenland ice sheet: technique and accuracy assessment

    W.B. Krabill;W. Abdalati;E.B. Frederick;S.S. Manizade

  • Gross-merchantable timber volume estimation using an airborne lidar system

    Gordon A. Maclean;W.B. Krabill

  • Investigation of surface melting and dynamic thinning on Jakobshavn Isbrae, Greenland

    Robert H. Thomas;Waleed Abdalati;Earl Frederick;William B. Krabill

  • Combined airborne laser and radar altimeter measurements over the Fram Strait in May 2002

    K.A. Giles;S.W. Laxon;D.J. Wingham;D.W. Wallis

  • Sea-cliff erosion as a function of beach changes and extreme wave runup during the 1997–1998 El Niño

    Asbury H. Sallenger;William Krabill;John Brock;Robert Swift

  • Basis and methods of NASA airborne topographic mapper lidar surveys for coastal studies

    John C. Brock;C. Wayne Wright;Asbury H. Sallenger;William B. Krabill

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Thomas
Robert H. Thomas Wallops Flight Facility
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine
Paul A. Hwang
Paul A. Hwang United States Naval Research Laboratory
Waleed Abdalati
Waleed Abdalati University of Colorado Boulder
Asbury H. Sallenger
Asbury H. Sallenger United States Geological Survey
Jonathan L. Bamber
Jonathan L. Bamber University of Bristol
Sivaprasad Gogineni
Sivaprasad Gogineni University of Alabama
Frank D. Marks
Frank D. Marks National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Thorsten Markus
Thorsten Markus Goddard Space Flight Center
Gino Casassa
Gino Casassa University of Magallanes

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