Christopher Spence

4.7k total citations
107 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Christopher Spence is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Spence has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Atmospheric Science, 60 papers in Water Science and Technology and 52 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Christopher Spence's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (58 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (39 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (37 papers). Christopher Spence is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (58 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (39 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (37 papers). Christopher Spence collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Christopher Spence's co-authors include Ming‐ko Woo, Peter D. Blanken, N. Hedstrom, John W. Pomeroy, Wayne R. Rouse, John D. Lenters, S. G. Mengistu, Claire Oswald, William M. Schertzer and Eghbal Ehsanzadeh and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Resources Research and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Spence

99 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Spence Canada 35 1.9k 1.6k 1.4k 771 493 107 3.4k
Deborah Lawrence Norway 26 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 665 0.5× 633 0.8× 319 0.6× 52 2.9k
A. A. Harpold United States 36 1.7k 0.9× 1.8k 1.2× 2.0k 1.4× 435 0.6× 363 0.7× 97 3.7k
Chunqiao Song China 30 1.4k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 894 0.6× 474 0.6× 247 0.5× 98 2.9k
Christian Birkel Costa Rica 33 2.6k 1.3× 1.9k 1.2× 1.0k 0.7× 631 0.8× 719 1.5× 135 3.8k
Sarah E. Godsey United States 25 1.6k 0.8× 744 0.5× 890 0.6× 558 0.7× 849 1.7× 56 2.9k
Jiahu Jiang China 23 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 403 0.3× 877 1.1× 440 0.9× 93 2.5k
R. Edward Beighley United States 29 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 497 0.3× 915 1.2× 297 0.6× 95 2.9k
Thomas Grabs Sweden 25 1.3k 0.7× 772 0.5× 479 0.3× 697 0.9× 890 1.8× 52 2.4k
Chantal Donnelly Sweden 27 1.6k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 754 0.5× 474 0.6× 259 0.5× 59 2.8k
Daniel L. Peters Canada 28 1.1k 0.6× 798 0.5× 850 0.6× 762 1.0× 238 0.5× 77 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Spence

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Spence

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher Spence. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher Spence based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christopher Spence. Christopher Spence is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Dibike, Yonas, John Spoelstra, Wendy A. Monk, et al.. (2024). Toward a Canadian national river water quality modeling system: state of science and future prospects. Environmental Reviews. 33. 1–26. 5 indexed citations
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Shook, Kevin, Paul H. Whitfield, Christopher Spence, & John W. Pomeroy. (2024). Estimating response times, flow velocities, and roughness coefficients of Canadian Prairie basins. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 28(23). 5173–5192. 1 indexed citations
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He, Zhihua, Kevin Shook, Christopher Spence, John W. Pomeroy, & Colin J. Whitfield. (2023). Modelling the regional sensitivity of snowmelt, soil moisture, and streamflow generation to climate over the Canadian Prairies using a basin classification approach. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 27(19). 3525–3546. 5 indexed citations
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Newton, B & Christopher Spence. (2023). JAMES BUTTLE REVIEW: A resilience framework for physical hydrology. Hydrological Processes. 37(7). 10 indexed citations
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Spence, Christopher, et al.. (2023). Towards a dynamic effective drainage area map for the Canadian Prairie: Sensitivity of contributing area to wetland storage capacity. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques. 49(3). 300–312.
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Spence, Christopher, et al.. (2022). Assessing runoff sensitivity of North American Prairie Pothole Region basins to wetland drainage using a basin classification-based virtual modelling approach. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(21). 5555–5575. 7 indexed citations
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Huang, Chang, et al.. (2022). Tracking transient boreal wetland inundation with Sentinel-1 SAR: Peace-Athabasca Delta, Alberta and Yukon Flats, Alaska. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 59(1). 1767–1792. 7 indexed citations
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Spence, Christopher, et al.. (2022). Assessing hydrological sensitivity of grassland basins in the Canadian Prairies to climate using a basin classification-based virtual modelling approach. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(7). 1801–1819. 8 indexed citations
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McKenzie, Jeffrey M., Barret L. Kurylyk, Michelle A. Walvoord, et al.. (2021). Invited perspective: What lies beneath a changing Arctic?. ˜The œcryosphere. 15(1). 479–484. 37 indexed citations
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McDonnell, Jeffrey J., Christopher Spence, Daniel J. Karran, Ilja van Meerveld, & C. J. Harman. (2021). Fill‐and‐Spill: A Process Description of Runoff Generation at the Scale of the Beholder. Water Resources Research. 57(5). 74 indexed citations
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Charusombat, Umarporn, Ayumi Fujisaki‐Manome, Andrew D. Gronewold, et al.. (2018). Evaluating and improving modeled turbulent heat fluxes across the North American Great Lakes. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(10). 5559–5578. 23 indexed citations
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Tank, Suzanne E., et al.. (2018). Seasonal shifts in export of DOC and nutrients from burned and unburned peatland-rich catchments, Northwest Territories, Canada. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(8). 4455–4472. 55 indexed citations
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Spence, Christopher & N. Hedstrom. (2018). Hydrometeorological data from Baker Creek Research Watershed, Northwest Territories, Canada. Earth system science data. 10(4). 1753–1767. 11 indexed citations
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Spence, Christopher & S. G. Mengistu. (2017). On the Relationship Between Flood and Contributing Area. 1 indexed citations
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Spence, Christopher & N. Hedstrom. (2015). Attributes of Lake Okanagan evaporation and development of a mass transfer model for water management purposes. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques. 40(3). 250–261. 4 indexed citations
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Spence, Christopher, et al.. (2010). Shallow soil moisture – ground thaw interactions and controls – Part 2: Influences of water and energy fluxes. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(7). 1387–1400. 28 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Cherie J., et al.. (2010). Shallow soil moisture – ground thaw interactions and controls – Part 1: Spatiotemporal patterns and correlations over a subarctic landscape. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(7). 1375–1386. 22 indexed citations
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Spence, Christopher, et al.. (2009). Evaporation From Lake Superior. AGUSM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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