Alton C. Byers

2.1k total citations
44 papers, 903 citations indexed

About

Alton C. Byers is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alton C. Byers has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 903 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 22 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alton C. Byers's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (21 papers), Landslides and related hazards (15 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (8 papers). Alton C. Byers is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (21 papers), Landslides and related hazards (15 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (8 papers). Alton C. Byers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Nepal. Alton C. Byers's co-authors include Daene C. McKinney, David R. Rounce, Jonathan Lala, Marcelo Somos‐Valenzuela, Elizabeth Byers, Damodar Lamsal, Teiji Watanabe, C. Scott Watson, Dan H. Shugar and Martin F. Price and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, Hydrological Processes and Hydrology and earth system sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alton C. Byers

43 papers receiving 814 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alton C. Byers United States 17 550 362 238 127 127 44 903
Michaela Teich Switzerland 17 310 0.6× 244 0.7× 389 1.6× 45 0.4× 82 0.6× 31 726
James S. Gardner Canada 21 596 1.1× 635 1.8× 302 1.3× 62 0.5× 188 1.5× 66 1.2k
Martin Laternser Switzerland 9 998 1.8× 313 0.9× 545 2.3× 104 0.8× 75 0.6× 12 1.2k
Yves Durand France 13 648 1.2× 273 0.8× 276 1.2× 91 0.7× 48 0.4× 51 805
Irmgard Juen Austria 9 778 1.4× 77 0.2× 390 1.6× 61 0.5× 155 1.2× 12 1.1k
Sarah Boon Canada 23 716 1.3× 208 0.6× 653 2.7× 80 0.6× 301 2.4× 34 1.4k
Gregory B. Greenwood Switzerland 8 617 1.1× 121 0.3× 336 1.4× 31 0.2× 183 1.4× 23 1.1k
Raju Aryal Nepal 5 249 0.5× 67 0.2× 175 0.7× 43 0.3× 29 0.2× 5 422
Blaž Komac Slovenia 17 136 0.2× 154 0.4× 297 1.2× 8 0.1× 89 0.7× 82 807
K. Hewitt Canada 9 560 1.0× 268 0.7× 208 0.9× 83 0.7× 30 0.2× 12 860

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All Works

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Rounce, David R., Alton C. Byers, Elizabeth Byers, & Daene C. McKinney. (2017). Brief communication: Observations of a glacier outburst flood from Lhotse Glacier, Everest area, Nepal. ˜The œcryosphere. 11(1). 443–449. 40 indexed citations
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Byers, Alton C., Elizabeth Byers, Daene C. McKinney, & David R. Rounce. (2017). A Field-based Study of Impacts of the 2015 Earthquake on Potentially Dangerous Glacial Lakes in Nepal. HIMALAYA. 37(2). 7. 12 indexed citations
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Rounce, David R., Daene C. McKinney, Jonathan Lala, Alton C. Byers, & C. Scott Watson. (2016). A new remote hazard and risk assessment framework for glacial lakes in theNepal Himalaya. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 20(9). 3455–3475. 100 indexed citations
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Somos‐Valenzuela, Marcelo, Daene C. McKinney, Alton C. Byers, et al.. (2015). Assessing downstream flood impacts due to a potential GLOF from Imja Tsho in Nepal. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 19(3). 1401–1412. 50 indexed citations
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Byers, Alton C.. (2014). Contemporary Human Impacts on Subalpine and Alpine Ecosystems of the Hinku Valley, Makalu-Barun National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal. HIMALAYA. 33(1). 8. 5 indexed citations
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Somos‐Valenzuela, Marcelo, Daene C. McKinney, David R. Rounce, & Alton C. Byers. (2014). Changes in Imja Tsho in the Mount Everest region of Nepal. ˜The œcryosphere. 8(5). 1661–1671. 42 indexed citations
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Lamsal, Damodar, Takanobu Sawagaki, Teiji Watanabe, & Alton C. Byers. (2014). Assessment of glacial lake development and prospects of outburst susceptibility: Chamlang South Glacier, eastern Nepal Himalaya. Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk. 7(1). 403–423. 35 indexed citations
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Byers, Alton C., Daene C. McKinney, Marcelo Somos‐Valenzuela, Teiji Watanabe, & Damodar Lamsal. (2013). Glacial lakes of the Hinku and Hongu valleys, Makalu Barun National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal. Natural Hazards. 69(1). 115–139. 32 indexed citations
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McKinney, Daene C., Marcelo Somos‐Valenzuela, & Alton C. Byers. (2012). Importance of Field Work in Natural Disaster Risk Assessments in High Mountains. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Somos‐Valenzuela, Marcelo, et al.. (2012). Ground penetrating radar survey for risk reduction at Imja Lake, Nepal. Texas ScholarWorks (Texas Digital Library). 12(3). 1–37. 3 indexed citations
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Köhler, Thomas, et al.. (2012). Depicting community perspectives: repeat photography and participatory research as tools for assessing environmental services in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal. eco mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research). 4(2). 21–31. 19 indexed citations
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Byers, Alton C.. (1997). Landscape Change in Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Khumbu, Nepal. HIMALAYA. 17(2). 16. 11 indexed citations
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Byers, Alton C.. (1996). Historical and Contemporary Human Disturbance in the Upper Barun Valley, Makalu-Barun National Park and Conservation Area, East Nepal. Mountain Research and Development. 16(3). 235–235. 18 indexed citations
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Byers, Alton C., et al.. (1992). Mountains, nations, parks, and conservation. GeoJournal. 27(1). 105–112. 2 indexed citations
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Byers, Alton C.. (1992). Soil loss and sediment transport during the storms and landslides of May 1988 in Ruhengeri prefecture, Rwanda. Natural Hazards. 5(3). 279–292. 12 indexed citations
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Byers, Alton C., et al.. (1990). Preliminary results of the RRAM Project soil loss and erosion control trials, Rwanda, 1987-1988.. IAHS-AISH publication. 94–102. 2 indexed citations
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Byers, Alton C.. (1985). Resource management in the arid Himalaya: problems and prospective solutions.. 12(3). 107–136. 2 indexed citations
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