Christopher Nuth

7.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
52 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher Nuth is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Nuth has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Atmospheric Science, 20 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Christopher Nuth's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (50 papers), Climate change and permafrost (26 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (20 papers). Christopher Nuth is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (50 papers), Climate change and permafrost (26 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (20 papers). Christopher Nuth collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and France. Christopher Nuth's co-authors include Andreas Kääb, Étienne Berthier, Jack Kohler, Yves Arnaud, J. Gardelle, Jon Ove Hagen, Geir Moholdt, Désirée Treichler, Solveig H. Winsvold and Luc Girod and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Nuth

52 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Contrasting patterns of early twenty-first-century glacie... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2012 2011 2013 2015 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Contrasting patterns of early twenty-first-century glacier mass change in the Himalayas
    2012 927 citations Andreas Kääb, Étienne Berthier et al. Nature profile →
  2. Co-registration and bias corrections of satellite elevation data sets for quantifying glacier thickness change
    2011 740 citations Christopher Nuth, Andreas Kääb ˜The œcryosphere profile →
  3. On the accuracy of glacier outlines derived from remote-sensing data
    2013 422 citations Étienne Berthier, Christopher Nuth et al. profile →
  4. Brief Communication: Contending estimates of 2003–2008 glacier mass balance over the Pamir–Karakoram–Himalaya
    2015 351 citations Andreas Kääb, Christopher Nuth et al. ˜The œcryosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Nuth Norway 26 4.7k 1.2k 1.0k 404 250 52 5.0k
Hamish D. Pritchard United Kingdom 26 3.6k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 807 0.8× 555 1.4× 293 1.2× 52 4.1k
Geir Moholdt Norway 23 4.9k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 737 0.7× 603 1.5× 582 2.3× 65 5.4k
G. S. Hamilton United States 33 3.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 746 0.7× 442 1.1× 290 1.2× 92 4.2k
David Shean United States 29 2.6k 0.6× 806 0.7× 667 0.7× 279 0.7× 88 0.4× 100 3.4k
R. R. Forster United States 33 2.4k 0.5× 533 0.4× 765 0.8× 369 0.9× 384 1.5× 103 3.1k
B. E. Smith United States 30 4.7k 1.0× 2.3k 1.9× 1.2k 1.2× 487 1.2× 290 1.2× 68 5.2k
Bruce Raup United States 22 3.6k 0.8× 546 0.4× 527 0.5× 466 1.2× 174 0.7× 44 4.0k
L. A. Stearns United States 31 3.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 522 0.5× 246 0.6× 246 1.0× 86 3.6k
F. Paul Switzerland 28 4.8k 1.0× 734 0.6× 891 0.9× 956 2.4× 225 0.9× 42 5.4k
Frédérique Rémy France 33 2.8k 0.6× 772 0.6× 490 0.5× 437 1.1× 811 3.2× 130 3.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Hugonnet, Romain, Robert McNabb, Étienne Berthier, et al.. (2021). Accelerated global glacier mass loss in the early twenty-first century. Nature. 592(7856). 726–731. 17 indexed citations
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Hugonnet, Romain, Robert McNabb, Étienne Berthier, et al.. (2020). A globally complete, spatially and temporally resolved estimate of glacier mass change: 2000 to 2019. 2 indexed citations
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McNabb, Robert, Luc Girod, Christopher Nuth, & Andreas Kääb. (2020). An open-source toolset for automated processing of historic spy photos: sPyMicMac. 4 indexed citations
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McNabb, Robert, et al.. (2020). From high friction zone to frontal collapse: dynamics of an ongoing tidewater glacier surge, Negribreen, Svalbard. Journal of Glaciology. 66(259). 742–754. 23 indexed citations
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Deschamps‐Berger, César, Christopher Nuth, Ward van Pelt, et al.. (2019). Closing the mass budget of a tidewater glacier: the example of Kronebreen, Svalbard. Journal of Glaciology. 65(249). 136–148. 12 indexed citations
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Köhler, Andreas, et al.. (2019). Contribution of calving to frontal ablation quantified from seismic and hydroacoustic observations calibrated with lidar volume measurements. ˜The œcryosphere. 13(11). 3117–3137. 21 indexed citations
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Girod, Luc, et al.. (2018). Precise DEM extraction from Svalbard using 1936 high oblique imagery. Geoscientific instrumentation, methods and data systems. 7(4). 277–288. 22 indexed citations
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Winsvold, Solveig H., Andreas Kääb, Christopher Nuth, et al.. (2018). Using SAR satellite data time series for regional glacier mapping. ˜The œcryosphere. 12(3). 867–890. 50 indexed citations
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Lindbäck, Katrin, Jack Kohler, Rickard Pettersson, et al.. (2018). Subglacial topography, ice thickness, and bathymetry of Kongsfjorden, northwestern Svalbard. Earth system science data. 10(4). 1769–1781. 24 indexed citations
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McNabb, Robert, Christopher Nuth, Andreas Kääb, & Luc Girod. (2018). Sensitivity of geodetic glacier mass balance estimation to DEM voidinterpolation. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 4 indexed citations
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Fürst, Johannes J., Fabien Gillet‐Chaulet, Toby Benham, et al.. (2017). Application of a two-step approach for mapping ice thickness to various glacier types on Svalbard. ˜The œcryosphere. 11(5). 2003–2032. 39 indexed citations
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Girod, Luc, Christopher Nuth, Andreas Kääb, Bernd Etzelmüller, & Jack Kohler. (2017). Terrain changes from images acquired on opportunistic flights by SfM photogrammetry. ˜The œcryosphere. 11(2). 827–840. 24 indexed citations
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Robson, Benjamin Aubrey, Daniel Hölbling, Christopher Nuth, Tazio Strozzi, & Svein Olaf Dahl. (2016). Decadal Scale Changes in Glacier Area in the Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria) Determined by Object-Based Image Analysis. Remote Sensing. 8(1). 67–67. 22 indexed citations
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Nuth, Christopher, Jack Kohler, Maximilian F. Konig, et al.. (2013). Decadal changes from a multi-temporal glacier inventory of Svalbard. ˜The œcryosphere. 7(5). 1603–1621. 204 indexed citations
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Zemp, Michael, Emmanuel Thibert, Matthias Huss, et al.. (2013). Uncertainties and re-analysis of glacier mass balance measurements. 7 indexed citations
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Zemp, Michael, Emmanuel Thibert, Matthias Huss, et al.. (2013). Reanalysing glacier mass balance measurement series. ˜The œcryosphere. 7(4). 1227–1245. 208 indexed citations
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Hagen, Jon Ove, Thorben Dunse, Trond Eiken, et al.. (2012). The mass balance of the Austfonna Ice Cap, Svalbard, 2004-2010. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6085. 1 indexed citations
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Köhler, Andreas, et al.. (2012). Autonomous detection of calving-related seismicity at Kronebreen, Svalbard. ˜The œcryosphere. 6(2). 393–406. 24 indexed citations
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Nuth, Christopher & Andreas Kääb. (2011). Co-registration and bias corrections of satellite elevation data sets for quantifying glacier thickness change. ˜The œcryosphere. 5(1). 271–290. 740 indexed citations breakdown →

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