Charles H. Fletcher

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
106 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Charles H. Fletcher is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles H. Fletcher has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Atmospheric Science, 62 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 31 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Charles H. Fletcher's work include Coastal and Marine Dynamics (59 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (37 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers). Charles H. Fletcher is often cited by papers focused on Coastal and Marine Dynamics (59 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (37 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers). Charles H. Fletcher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and New Zealand. Charles H. Fletcher's co-authors include L. Neil Frazer, Sean Vitousek, Matthew M. Barbee, Bruce M. Richmond, Tiffany R. Anderson, Patrick L. Barnard, Kolja Rotzoll, Curt D. Storlazzi, John Rooney and Eric E. Grossman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Reviews of Modern Physics and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Charles H. Fletcher

101 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Doubling of coastal flooding frequency within decades due to sea-level rise

2017 593 citations Sean Vitousek, Patrick L. Barnard et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Sea-level rise exponentially increases coastal flood frequency

2020 195 citations Mohsen Taherkhani, Sean Vitousek et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles H. Fletcher United States	34	2.2k	1.8k	1.6k	917	913	106	4.0k
E. Robert Thieler United States	36	3.6k 1.6×	2.1k 1.1×	2.3k 1.4×	907 1.0×	776 0.8×	116	5.0k
Scott Nichol Australia	34	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	819 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	135	4.2k
Robert A. Morton United States	36	2.9k 1.3×	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	374 0.4×	597 0.7×	110	4.4k
S. L. Goodbred United States	38	2.3k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	628 0.7×	264 0.3×	81	4.9k
Curt D. Storlazzi United States	39	2.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	3.6k 2.2×	1.6k 1.8×	2.1k 2.3×	193	5.9k
Jeffrey P. Donnelly United States	44	2.6k 1.2×	4.7k 2.5×	2.5k 1.6×	1.8k 1.9×	1.2k 1.3×	129	6.4k
Irina Overeem United States	34	2.0k 0.9×	2.7k 1.5×	2.2k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	554 0.6×	86	5.5k
Alessio Rovere Germany	37	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	727 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	123	4.4k
Stephen P. Leatherman United States	34	3.1k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.3×	776 0.8×	692 0.8×	105	4.7k
Óscar Ferreira Portugal	39	3.2k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	809 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	179	4.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (2025). Impacts of sea-level rise and wave inundation in the Tongariki Complex, Rapa Nui. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 75. 84–92.

Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (2025). Establishing a Sea Level Rise-Adjusted Design Flood Elevation for Buildings: A Comparative Study of Methods. Water. 17(16). 2376–2376. 1 indexed citations

Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (2024). A Science and Community-Driven Approach to Illustrating Urban Adaptation to Coastal Flooding to Inform Management Plans. Sustainability. 16(7). 2849–2849. 1 indexed citations

Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (2024). A Visionary Approach to Advancing Sea Level Rise Adaptation in an Urban Coastal Community, Waikīkī, Hawai‘i. Oceanography. 37. 122–123.

Fletcher, Charles H., William J. Ripple, Thomas M. Newsome, et al.. (2024). Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future. PNAS Nexus. 3(4). pgae106–pgae106. 54 indexed citations

Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (2023). Probabilistic sea level rise flood projections using a localized ocean reference surface. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2257–2257. 2 indexed citations

Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (2022). Weekly Small Uncrewed Aerial System Surveys, Structure from Motion, and Empirical Orthogonal Function Analyses Reveal Unique Modes of Sediment Exchange Generated by Seasonal and Episodic Phenomena: Waikīkī, Hawaiʻi. Remote Sensing. 14(20). 5108–5108. 5 indexed citations

Taherkhani, Mohsen, Sean Vitousek, Patrick L. Barnard, et al.. (2020). Sea-level rise exponentially increases coastal flood frequency. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 6466–6466. 195 indexed citations breakdown →

Gesch, Dean B., et al.. (2020). Inundation Exposure Assessment for Majuro Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands Using A High-Accuracy Digital Elevation Model. Remote Sensing. 12(1). 154–154. 12 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (2019). Comparison of a simple hydrostatic and a data-intensive 3D numerical modeling method of simulating sea-level rise induced groundwater inundation for Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA. Environmental Research Communications. 1(4). 41005–41005. 17 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (2017). Development of a model to simulate groundwater inundation induced by sea-level rise and high tides in Honolulu, Hawaii. Water Research. 114. 122–134. 84 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (2017). COMPARISON OF BATHTUB MODELING WITH SIMULATION OF SEA LEVEL RISE INDUCED GROUNDWATER INUNDATION. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 2 indexed citations

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Rotzoll, Kolja & Charles H. Fletcher. (2012). Assessment of groundwater inundation as consequence of sea-level rise. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2012. 2 indexed citations

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Romine, Bradley M., Charles H. Fletcher, Ayesha S. Genz, et al.. (2012). National assessment of shoreline change: A GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the sandy shorelines of Kauai, Oahu, and Maui, Hawaii. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 5 indexed citations

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Vitousek, Sean, Charles H. Fletcher, M. A. Merrifield, Geno Pawlak, & Curt D. Storlazzi. (2007). Model Scenarios of Shoreline Change at Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii: Seasonal and Extreme Events. 1227–1240. 11 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (2003). Mapping Shoreline Change Using Digital Orthophotogrammetry on Maui, Hawaii. Journal of Coastal Research. 106–124. 182 indexed citations

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Harney, Jodi N., Pamela Hallock, Charles H. Fletcher, & Bruce M. Richmond. (1999). Standing crop and sediment production of reef-dwelling foraminifera on O'ahu, Hawai'i. Pacific Science. 53(1). 61–73. 17 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (1999). Measured and predicted sediment yield from a subtropical, heavy rainfall, steep-sided river basin: Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. Geomorphology. 30(3). 213–226. 26 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (1993). Sea-level rise acceleration and the drowning of the Delaware Bay coast at 1.8 ka. Geology. 21(2). 121–121. 23 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Charles H., et al.. (1993). Tidal wetland record of holocene sea-level movements and climate history. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 102(3-4). 177–213. 61 indexed citations

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