Frank Paul

13.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
102 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Frank Paul is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Paul has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Atmospheric Science, 25 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Frank Paul's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (93 papers), Climate change and permafrost (81 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (35 papers). Frank Paul is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (93 papers), Climate change and permafrost (81 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (35 papers). Frank Paul collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Norway and Germany. Frank Paul's co-authors include Andreas Kääb, Wilfried Haeberli, Christian Huggel, Tobias Bolch, Max Maisch, Martin Hoelzle, Holger Frey, Tobias Kellenberger, Bruce Raup and Michael Zemp and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Remote Sensing of Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Frank Paul

96 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

A Reconciled Estimate of Glacier Contributions to Sea Level Rise: 2003 to 2009

2013 980 citations Alex Gardner, Bert Wouters et al. profile →
The Randolph Glacier Inventory: a globally complete inventory of glaciers

2014 912 citations Tobias Bolch, Alex Gardner et al. Journal of Glaciology profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Constraining sub-seasonal glacier mass balance in the Swiss Alps using Sentinel-2-derived snow-cover observations 2025 ·Journal of Glaciology ·(unknown), Matthias Huss, Johannes Landmann, Gabriele Schwaizer, Frank Paul, Daniel Farinotti	0
2	Assessment of methods for reconstructing Little Ice Age glacier surfaces on the examples of Novaya Zemlya and the Swiss Alps 2024 ·Geomorphology ·(unknown), Frank Paul	2
3	Measuring glacier mass changes from space—a review 2023 ·Reports on Progress in Physics ·Étienne Berthier, (unknown), Alex Gardner, Noël Gourmelen, Livia Jakob, Frank Paul, Désirée Treichler, Bert Wouters, Joaquín M. C. Belart, Amaury Dehecq, Inés Dussaillant, Romain Hugonnet, Andreas Kääb, Lukas Krieger, Finnur Pálsson, Michael Zemp	32
4	Which glaciers are the largest in the world? 2022 ·Journal of Glaciology ·(unknown), Regine Hock, Fabien Maussion, Frank Paul, Philipp Rastner, Bruce Raup, Michael Zemp	5
5	Three different glacier surges at a spot: what satellites observe and what not 2022 ·The cryosphere ·Frank Paul, Livia Piermattei, Désirée Treichler, Lin Gilbert, Luc Girod, Andreas Kääb, (unknown), Thomas Nägler, Tazio Strozzi, Jan Wuite	13
6	Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought? 2021 ·The cryosphere ·Andreas Kääb, Mylène Jacquemart, Adrien Gilbert, Silvan Leinss, Luc Girod, Christian Huggel, Daniel Falaschi, Felipe Ugalde, Dmitry Petrakov, Sergey Chernomorets, М.Д. Докукин, Frank Paul, Simon Gascoin, Étienne Berthier, Jeffrey S. Kargel	101
7	Brief communication: Ad hoc estimation of glacier contributions to sea-level rise from the latest glaciological observations 2020 ·The cryosphere ·Michael Zemp, Matthias Huss, Nicolas Eckert, Emmanuel Thibert, Frank Paul, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Isabelle Gärtner‐Roer	17
8	Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers –more frequent than thought 2020 ·Andreas Kääb, Mylène Jacquemart, Adrien Gilbert, Silvan Leinss, Luc Girod, Christian Huggel, Daniel Falaschi, Felipe Ugalde, Dmitry Petrakov, Sergey Chernomorets, М.Д. Докукин, Frank Paul, Simon Gascoin, Étienne Berthier, J. S. Kargel	6
9	On the Automated Mapping of Snow Cover on Glaciers and Calculation of Snow Line Altitudes from Multi-Temporal Landsat Data 2019 ·Remote Sensing ·Philipp Rastner, Rainer Prinz, Claudia Notarnicola, Lindsey Nicholson, Rudolf Sailer, Gabriele Schwaizer, Frank Paul	42
10	Surging glaciers everywhere? An updated inventory of surging glaciers for the Pamir Mountains derived from the analysis of multi-temporal optical satellite data 2019 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·(unknown), Frank Paul	1
11	A consistent glacier inventory for Karakoram and Pamir derived from Landsat data: distribution of debris cover and mapping challenges 2018 ·Earth system science data ·Nico Mölg, Tobias Bolch, Philipp Rastner, Tazio Strozzi, Frank Paul	116
12	Brief communication: 4 Mm ³ collapse of a cirque glacier in the Central Andes of Argentina 2018 ·Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union) ·Daniel Falaschi, Andreas Kääb, Frank Paul, Takeo Tadono, Juan Antonio Rivera, Luis Lenzano	1
13	The 2015 Surge of Hispar Glacier in the Karakoram 2017 ·Remote Sensing ·Frank Paul, Tazio Strozzi, Thomas Schellenberger, Andreas Kääb	44
14	Circum-Arctic Changes in the Flow of Glaciers and Ice Caps from Satellite SAR Data between the 1990s and 2017 2017 ·Remote Sensing ·Tazio Strozzi, Frank Paul, Andreas Wiesmann, Thomas Schellenberger, Andreas Kääb	52
15	Fusion of Multi-Source Satellite Data and DEMs to Create a New Glacier Inventory for Novaya Zemlya 2017 ·Remote Sensing ·Philipp Rastner, Tazio Strozzi, Frank Paul	16
16	Estimation of basal shear stresses from now ice-free LIA glacier forefields in the Swiss Alps 2013 ·EGUGA ·Mauro Fischer, Wilfried Haeberli, Matthias Huss, Frank Paul, Andreas Linsbauer, Martin Hoelzle	1
17	Glacier-specific elevation changes in western Alaska 2013 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Frank Paul, Raymond Le Bris	3
18	Glacier Mapping with ALOS PALSAR Data within the ESA GlobGlacier Project 2010 ·Tazio Strozzi, Frank Paul, Andreas Kääb	4
19	Challenges and recommendations in mapping of glacier parameters from space: results of the 2008 Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA 2009 ·Annals of Glaciology ·Adina Racoviteanu, Frank Paul, Bruce Raup, S. S. Khalsa, R. L. Armstrong	258
20	Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS): Remote Sensing and GIS Investigations of the Earth's Cryosphere 2004 ·Geocarto International ·Michael P. Bishop, (unknown), John F. Shroder, Roger G. Barry, Bruce Raup, Andrew B. G. Bush, Luke Copland, John L. Dwyer, Andrew G. Fountain, Wilfried Haeberli, Andreas Kääb, Frank Paul, Dorothy K. Hall, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Bruce F. Molnia, Dennis C. Trabant, R. Wessels	97

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