Brian W. McArdell

7.8k total citations
134 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Brian W. McArdell is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian W. McArdell has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 51 papers in Ecology and 44 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Brian W. McArdell's work include Landslides and related hazards (113 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (50 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (37 papers). Brian W. McArdell is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (113 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (50 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (37 papers). Brian W. McArdell collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Austria. Brian W. McArdell's co-authors include Peter Richard Wilcock, Perry Bartelt, Dieter Rickenmann, Fritz Schlunegger, Péter Molnár, Catherine Berger, Julia Kowalski, Christian Huggel, Alexander L. Densmore and Johannes Hübl and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Brian W. McArdell

131 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian W. McArdell Switzerland 44 3.8k 2.3k 1.5k 1.3k 1.2k 134 5.2k
Dieter Rickenmann Switzerland 41 3.3k 0.9× 4.0k 1.8× 1.9k 1.2× 906 0.7× 2.3k 2.0× 141 6.3k
Joshua J. Roering United States 45 3.7k 1.0× 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 3.0k 2.3× 1.7k 1.4× 130 6.7k
Jon J. Major United States 32 1.9k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 727 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 559 0.5× 85 3.8k
Lorenzo Marchi Italy 42 2.9k 0.8× 2.6k 1.1× 2.9k 1.9× 1.3k 1.0× 2.0k 1.7× 114 6.0k
Jens M. Turowski Germany 40 1.8k 0.5× 3.3k 1.5× 717 0.5× 916 0.7× 2.1k 1.8× 143 4.7k
John E. Costa United States 32 2.0k 0.5× 2.0k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 831 0.7× 60 4.7k
Jason W. Kean United States 38 3.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 2.6k 1.7× 784 0.6× 746 0.6× 103 3.9k
Giovanni B. Crosta Italy 60 9.0k 2.4× 999 0.4× 2.0k 1.3× 3.5k 2.8× 472 0.4× 259 11.0k
Th.W.J. van Asch Netherlands 32 3.7k 1.0× 678 0.3× 1.7k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 391 0.3× 59 4.2k
Paolo Frattini Italy 34 4.5k 1.2× 492 0.2× 1.8k 1.2× 1.7k 1.3× 378 0.3× 114 5.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian W. McArdell

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All Works

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Zhuang, Yu, Brian W. McArdell, & Perry Bartelt. (2025). Comparative analysis of μ ( I ) and Voellmy-type grain flow rheologies in geophysical mass flows: insights from theoretical and real case studies. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 25(6). 1901–1912. 1 indexed citations
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Bowman, Elisabeth T., et al.. (2022). Influence of Pore Fluid on Grain‐Scale Interactions and Mobility of Granular Flows of Differing Volume. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 127(12). 19 indexed citations
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Barnhart, Katherine R., David L. George, Brian W. McArdell, et al.. (2021). Multi‐Model Comparison of Computed Debris Flow Runout for the 9 January 2018 Montecito, California Post‐Wildfire Event. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 126(12). 44 indexed citations
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McArdell, Brian W., et al.. (2021). A dilatant, two-layer debris flow model validated by flow density measurements at the Swiss illgraben test site. Landslides. 19(2). 265–276. 15 indexed citations
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Hirschberg, Jacob, Alexandre Badoux, Brian W. McArdell, Elena Leonarduzzi, & Péter Molnár. (2021). Evaluating methods for debris-flow prediction based on rainfall in an Alpine catchment. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 21(9). 2773–2789. 40 indexed citations
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Leonarduzzi, Elena, Brian W. McArdell, & Péter Molnár. (2021). Rainfall-induced shallow landslides and soil wetness: comparison of physically based and probabilistic predictions. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 25(11). 5937–5950. 15 indexed citations
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Hirschberg, Jacob, Alexandre Badoux, Brian W. McArdell, Elena Leonarduzzi, & Péter Molnár. (2021). Limitations of rainfall thresholds for debris-flow prediction in an Alpine catchment. 5 indexed citations
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Marchetti, Emanuele, Fabian Walter, Riccardo Genco, et al.. (2019). Infrasound Array Analysis of Debris Flow Activity and Implication for Early Warning. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 124(2). 567–587. 60 indexed citations
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McArdell, Brian W., et al.. (2018). Does cohesion improve the accuracy of runout of hillslope debris flows? A systematic comparison using well-documented events in Switzerland.. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 15001. 1 indexed citations
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Walter, Fabian, et al.. (2017). Testing seismic amplitude source location for fast debris-flow detection at Illgraben, Switzerland. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 17(6). 939–955. 61 indexed citations
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McArdell, Brian W., et al.. (2017). Debris-flow modeling at Meretschibach and Bondasca catchments, Switzerland: sensitivity testing of field-data-based entrainment model. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 17(5). 801–815. 56 indexed citations
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Turowski, Jens M., et al.. (2016). DebrisInterMixing-2.3: a finite volume solver for three-dimensionaldebris-flow simulations with two calibration parameters – Part 1: Model description. Geoscientific model development. 9(9). 2909–2923. 49 indexed citations
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Walter, Fabian & Brian W. McArdell. (2015). What is the velocity profile of debris flow. The EGU General Assembly. 17. 12815. 2 indexed citations
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McArdell, Brian W., et al.. (2015). The importance of entrainment and bulking on debris flow runout modeling: examples from the Swiss Alps. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 15(11). 2569–2583. 113 indexed citations
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McArdell, Brian W., et al.. (2014). A three dimensional two-phase debris flow model: Reduction to one free model parameter by linking rheology to grain size distribution and water content. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 13593. 1 indexed citations
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Burtin, Arnaud, Niels Hovius, Brian W. McArdell, Jens M. Turowski, & Jérôme Vergne. (2014). Seismic constraints on dynamic links between geomorphic processes and routing of sediment in a steep mountain catchment. Earth Surface Dynamics. 2(1). 21–33. 47 indexed citations
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McArdell, Brian W., et al.. (2012). Dynamic modelling of debris flow erosion and deposition with application to the USGS debris flow flume experiments. EGUGA. 7906. 2 indexed citations
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Densmore, Alexander L., et al.. (2010). Controls on sediment transfer and storage on debris flow fans. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 488. 1 indexed citations

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