Alexei Kouraev

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Alexei Kouraev is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexei Kouraev has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Atmospheric Science, 17 papers in Oceanography and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alexei Kouraev's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (34 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (30 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (30 papers). Alexei Kouraev is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (34 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (30 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (30 papers). Alexei Kouraev collaborates with scholars based in France, Russia and United States. Alexei Kouraev's co-authors include Elena Zakharova, Anny Cazenave, N. M. Mognard, Frédérique Rémy, J.-F. Crétaux, Muriel Bergé‐Nguyen, Philippe Maisongrande, Stéphane Calmant, M. C. Gennero and Fernando Niño and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Remote Sensing of Environment and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Alexei Kouraev

54 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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SOLS: A lake database to monitor in the Near Real Time water level and storage variations from remote sensing data

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Rodrigo Abarca-del-Río Chile

N. M. Mognard France

Philippe Maisongrande France

Sylvain Biancamaria France

Muriel Bergé‐Nguyen France

Chunqiao Song China

Christian Schwatke Germany

J.-F. Crétaux France

Zhongying Han China

A. Arsen France

Rodrigo Abarca-del-Río Chile

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Chaigneau, Alexis, et al.. (2025). Spatio-temporal variability of flooded areas in the Ouémé floodplain (Benin, West Africa) from 2015 to 2023. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 62. 102965–102965.

Ginzburg, Anna I., et al.. (2023). Horizontal water circulation and morphometric parameters of Lake Sevan in the modern period (satellite information). Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa. 20(3). 230–243. 2 indexed citations

Guillaso, Stéphane, Elena Zakharova, Alexei Kouraev, et al.. (2023). Imaging permafrost active layer thickness under forest for climate model improvement. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 125. 103582–103582. 1 indexed citations

Zakharova, Elena, С. А. Агафонова, Claude Duguay, Н. Л. Фролова, & Alexei Kouraev. (2021). River ice phenology and thickness from satellite altimetry: potential for ice bridge road operation and climate studies. The cryosphere. 15(12). 5387–5407. 20 indexed citations

Zakharova, Elena, et al.. (2021). Spatiotemporal structure of Baltic free sea level oscillations in barotropic and baroclinic conditions from hydrodynamic modelling. Ocean science. 17(2). 543–559. 4 indexed citations

Kouraev, Alexei, Elena Zakharova, Andrey G. Kostianoy, et al.. (2021). Giant ice rings in southern Baikal: multi-satellite data help to study ice cover dynamics and eddies under ice. The cryosphere. 15(9). 4501–4516. 5 indexed citations

Bartsch, Annett, et al.. (2021). Mapping potential signs of gas emissions in ice of Lake Neyto, Yamal, Russia, using synthetic aperture radar and multispectral remote sensing data. The cryosphere. 15(4). 1907–1929. 8 indexed citations

Zakharova, Elena, С. А. Агафонова, Claude Duguay, Н. Л. Фролова, & Alexei Kouraev. (2020). River ice phenology and thickness from satellite altimetry. Potential for icebridge road operation. 4 indexed citations

Zakharova, Elena, Karina Nielsen, Inna Krylenko, & Alexei Kouraev. (2018). Potential of the Radar Altimetry for Estimation of the River Input to the Arctic Ocean. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 1 indexed citations

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Fleury, Sara, et al.. (2017). Comparison of CryoSat-2 and ENVISAT freeboard height overArctic sea ice: Toward an improved Envisat freeboard heightretrieval. 7 indexed citations

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Zakharova, Elena, Alexei Kouraev, Stéphane Guillaso, et al.. (2017). Recent dynamics of hydro-ecosystems in thermokarst depressions in Central Siberia from satellite and in situ observations: Importance for agriculture and human life. The Science of The Total Environment. 615. 1290–1304. 27 indexed citations

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Fleury, Sara, et al.. (2017). Comparison of CryoSat-2 and ENVISAT radar freeboard over Arctic sea ice: toward an improved Envisat freeboard retrieval. The cryosphere. 11(5). 2059–2073. 48 indexed citations

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Rabatel, Antoine, Étienne Berthier, Yves Arnaud, et al.. (2017). Télédétection satellitaire des surfaces enneigées et englacées. La Météorologie. 78–78. 1 indexed citations

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Kouraev, Alexei, et al.. (2015). SARAL/AltiKa observations for the studies of ice cover on lakes and oceans. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 8634. 1 indexed citations

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Kouraev, Alexei, et al.. (2010). An interesting natural phenomenon - giant rings on Lake Baikal ice. EGUGA. 8453. 1 indexed citations

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Kouraev, Alexei, Elena Zakharova, N. M. Mognard, et al.. (2010). From Wet to Arid Zones: Continental Hydrology from Satellite Multi-Sensor Data and In-Situ Observations. 686. 474.

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Kirpotin, Sergey N., Natalia P. Kosykh, Bernard Dupré, et al.. (2009). Western Siberia wetlands as indicator and regulator of climate change on the global scale. International Journal of Environmental Studies. 66(4). 409–421. 58 indexed citations

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Zakharova, Elena, et al.. (2009). Monitoring Western Siberian Wetlands from satellite observations and in situ observations. EGUGA. 4949.

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Kouraev, Alexei, et al.. (2006). Ice and Snow Cover on Lakes from Radar Altimetry and Radiometry: Case of the Lake Baikal. ESA Special Publication. 614. 72. 1 indexed citations

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Kouraev, Alexei, Elena Zakharova, N. M. Mognard, et al.. (2005). SYNERGY OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SATELLITE MICROWAVE DATA FOR CRYOSPHERIC STUDIES. ESASP. 572(5). 851–4. 1 indexed citations

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