K. M. Walter

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

K. M. Walter is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, K. M. Walter has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atmospheric Science, 8 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in K. M. Walter's work include Climate change and permafrost (9 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (8 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). K. M. Walter is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (9 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (8 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). K. M. Walter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. K. M. Walter's co-authors include F. Stuart Chapin, S. A. Zimov, Jeffrey P. Chanton, David L. Verbyla, L. C. Smith, Guido Grosse, Mary E. Edwards, Edward A. G. Schuur, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze and Olaf Kolle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

K. M. Walter

10 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Methane bubbling from Siberian thaw lakes as a positive feedback to climate warming

2006 792 citations K. M. Walter, S. A. Zimov et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. M. Walter United States	8	1.3k	747	666	401	144	10	1.7k
Thomas Schneider von Deimling Germany	15	1.3k 0.9×	391 0.5×	453 0.7×	176 0.4×	46 0.3×	29	1.5k
Robert Rember United States	21	1.2k 0.9×	546 0.7×	448 0.7×	234 0.6×	806 5.6×	33	1.8k
A. Britta K. Sannel Sweden	19	2.1k 1.5×	317 0.4×	290 0.4×	698 1.7×	48 0.3×	27	2.3k
Jens Hölemann Germany	29	1.4k 1.1×	836 1.1×	253 0.4×	122 0.3×	609 4.2×	61	1.7k
Agata Zaborska Poland	25	473 0.4×	289 0.4×	299 0.4×	527 1.3×	465 3.2×	46	1.4k
Benedicte Ferré Norway	18	396 0.3×	660 0.9×	544 0.8×	274 0.7×	359 2.5×	45	1.2k
Jens K. Ehn Canada	29	1.7k 1.3×	528 0.7×	362 0.5×	411 1.0×	1.1k 7.7×	84	2.2k
Thomas Opel Germany	25	1.6k 1.2×	656 0.9×	190 0.3×	218 0.5×	87 0.6×	72	1.8k
Sebastian Zubrzycki Germany	9	1.4k 1.0×	302 0.4×	229 0.3×	469 1.2×	63 0.4×	19	1.5k
John Mortensen Greenland	29	2.0k 1.5×	476 0.6×	447 0.7×	525 1.3×	858 6.0×	52	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. M. Walter

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Edwards, Mary E., K. M. Walter, Guido Grosse, et al.. (2009). Arctic thermokarst lakes and the carbon cycle. PAGES news. 17(1). 16–18. 2 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Qianlai, John M. Mélack, S. A. Zimov, et al.. (2009). Global Methan Emissions From Wetlands, Rice Paddies, and Lakes. Eos. 90(5). 37–38. 38 indexed citations

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Walter, K. M., Melanie Engram, Claude Duguay, Martin O. Jeffries, & F. Stuart Chapin. (2008). The Potential Use of Synthetic Aperture Radar for Estimating Methane Ebullition From Arctic Lakes¹. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 44(2). 305–315. 28 indexed citations

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Walter, K. M., Jeffrey P. Chanton, F. Stuart Chapin, Edward A. G. Schuur, & S. A. Zimov. (2008). Methane production and bubble emissions from arctic lakes: Isotopic implications for source pathways and ages. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(G3). 184 indexed citations

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Grosse, Guido, V. Romanovsky, K. M. Walter, et al.. (2008). Distribution of Thermokarst Lakes and Ponds at Three Yedoma Sites in Siberia. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 33 indexed citations

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Walter, K. M., Mary E. Edwards, Guido Grosse, S. A. Zimov, & F. Stuart Chapin. (2007). Thermokarst Lakes as a Source of Atmospheric CH ₄ During the Last Deglaciation. Science. 318(5850). 633–636. 236 indexed citations

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Walter, K. M., L. C. Smith, & F. Stuart Chapin. (2007). Methane bubbling from northern lakes: present and future contributions to the global methane budget. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 365(1856). 1657–1676. 299 indexed citations

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Walter, K. M., et al.. (2006). Bottom-up estimates of CH4 emissions from northern thaw lakes: modern and paleo- perspectives. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Walter, K. M., S. A. Zimov, Jeffrey P. Chanton, David L. Verbyla, & F. Stuart Chapin. (2006). Methane bubbling from Siberian thaw lakes as a positive feedback to climate warming. Nature. 443(7107). 71–75. 792 indexed citations breakdown →

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Corradi, C., Olaf Kolle, K. M. Walter, S. A. Zimov, & Ernst‐Detlef Schulze. (2005). Carbon dioxide and methane exchange of a north‐east Siberian tussock tundra. Global Change Biology. 11(11). 1910–1925. 117 indexed citations

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