David Shean

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

David Shean is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, David Shean has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Atmospheric Science, 23 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 23 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in David Shean's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (67 papers), Climate change and permafrost (24 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (23 papers). David Shean is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (67 papers), Climate change and permafrost (24 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (23 papers). David Shean collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. David Shean's co-authors include Ian Joughin, David R. Rounce, B. E. Smith, Oleg Alexandrov, Shashank Bhushan, D. R. Marchant, Regine Hock, J. W. Head, Z. M. Moratto and Claire Porter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David Shean

93 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

An automated, open-source pipeline for mass production of digital elevation models (DEMs) from very-high-resolution commercial stereo satellite imagery

2016 485 citations David Shean, Oleg Alexandrov et al. profile →
A Systematic, Regional Assessment of High Mountain Asia Glacier Mass Balance

2020 373 citations David Shean, Shashank Bhushan et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sentinel‐1 SAR Estimates of Snowmelt Onset Coincide With SNOTEL Soil Moisture Pulses Across the Western United States 2025 ·Hydrological Processes ·(unknown), Daniel McGrath, (unknown), (unknown), Ryan Webb, Hans‐Peter Marshall, David Shean	0
2	Review article: using spaceborne lidar for snow depth retrievals: recent findings and utility for hydrologic applications 2025 ·The cryosphere ·(unknown), Carrie Vuyovich, T. Neumann, Justin M. Pflug, David Shean, Ellyn M. Enderlin, (unknown), (unknown), Jessica D. Lundquist, César Deschamps‐Berger, Désirée Treichler	0
3	Global detection of glacier surges from surface velocities, elevation change and SAR backscatter data between 2000 and 2024: a test of surge mechanism theories 2025 ·Journal of Glaciology ·(unknown), (unknown), Owen King, David Shean, (unknown), Romain Hugonnet	1
4	Deriving seasonal and annual surface mass balance for debris-covered glaciers from flow-corrected satellite stereo DEM time series 2024 ·Journal of Glaciology ·Shashank Bhushan, David Shean, (unknown), (unknown), David R. Rounce	0
5	GLAcier Feature Tracking testkit (GLAFT): a statistically and physically based framework for evaluating glacier velocity products derived from optical satellite image feature tracking 2023 ·The cryosphere ·(unknown), Shashank Bhushan, Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries, William Kochtitzky, David Shean, Luke Copland, Christine F. Dow, (unknown), Fernando Pérez	5
6	Evaluation of snow depth retrievals from ICESat-2 using airborne laser-scanning data 2023 ·The cryosphere ·César Deschamps‐Berger, Simon Gascoin, David Shean, (unknown), (unknown), Juan Ignacio López‐Moreno	20
7	Six Consecutive Seasons of High‐Resolution Mountain Snow Depth Maps From Satellite Stereo Imagery 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), David Shean, Shashank Bhushan	7
8	Historical Structure from Motion (HSfM): Automated processing of historical aerial photographs for long-term topographic change analysis 2022 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·(unknown), David Shean, Shashank Bhushan, (unknown), Oleg Alexandrov, Christopher McNeil, Amaury Dehecq, Caitlyn Florentine, S. O’Neel	26
9	Distributed Global Debris Thickness Estimates Reveal Debris Significantly Impacts Glacier Mass Balance 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·David R. Rounce, Regine Hock, Robert McNabb, Romain Millan, Christian Sommer, Matthias Braun, Philipp Malz, Fabien Maussion, J. Mouginot, Thorsten Seehaus, David Shean	94
10	Automated tools to derive short-term glacier velocity from high-resolution commercial satellite imagery 2020 ·Shashank Bhushan, David Shean, Oleg Alexandrov, Scott Henderson	1
11	Automated production of high-resolution DEMs from historical imagery for quantitative analysis of glacier and geomorphological change 2020 ·(unknown), David Shean, Oleg Alexandrov, Shashank Bhushan	1
12	Spatially Extensive Ground‐Penetrating Radar Snow Depth Observations During NASA's 2017 SnowEx Campaign: Comparison With In Situ, Airborne, and Satellite Observations 2019 ·Water Resources Research ·Daniel McGrath, Ryan Webb, David Shean, (unknown), Hans‐Peter Marshall, T. H. Painter, N. P. Molotch, Kelly Elder, C. A. Hiemstra, Ludovic Brucker	49
13	Ice shelf basal melt rates from a high-resolution digital elevation model (DEM) record for Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica 2019 ·The cryosphere ·David Shean, Ian Joughin, Pierre Dutrieux, B. E. Smith, Étienne Berthier	61
14	Ice shelf basal melt rates from a high-resolution DEM record for Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica 2018 ·Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union) ·David Shean, Ian Joughin, Pierre Dutrieux, B. E. Smith, Étienne Berthier	7
15	Evolution and Controls of Large Glacial Lakes in the Nepal Himalaya 2018 ·Remote Sensing ·Umesh K. Haritashya, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Dan H. Shugar, G. J. Leonard, Katherine Strattman, C. Scott Watson, David Shean, Stephan Harrison, Kyle T. Mandli, Dhananjay Regmi	102
16	Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence ice flow 2018 ·Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University) ·Robert G. Bingham, David G. Vaughan, Edward C. King, (unknown), Stephen Cornford, Andrew M. Smith, Robert J. Arthern, Alex Brisbourne, Jan De Rydt, Alastair G C Graham, Matteo Spagnolo, Oliver J. Marsh, David Shean	1
17	Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence ice flow 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Robert G. Bingham, David G. Vaughan, Edward C. King, (unknown), Stephen Cornford, Andrew M. Smith, Robert J. Arthern, Alex Brisbourne, Jan De Rydt, Alastair G C Graham, Matteo Spagnolo, Oliver J. Marsh, David Shean	56
18	Estimating supraglacial lake depth in West Greenland using Landsat 8 and comparison with other multispectral methods 2016 ·The cryosphere ·Allen Pope, T. A. Scambos, M. S. Moussavi, Marco Tedesco, M. J. Willis, David Shean, S. Grigsby	83
19	Processing Earth Observing images with Ames Stereo Pipeline 2013 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·R. A. Beyer, Z. M. Moratto, Oleg Alexandrov, Terry Fong, David Shean, B. E. Smith	1
20	When Were Glaciers Present in Tharsis? Constraining Age Estimates for the Tharsis Montes Fan-shaped Deposits 2006 ·LPI ·David Shean, J. W. Head, M. A. Kreslavsky, G. Neukum, (unknown)	10

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