Katharine Giles

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Katharine Giles is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Katharine Giles has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Atmospheric Science, 3 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 2 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Katharine Giles's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (15 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (11 papers). Katharine Giles is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (15 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (11 papers). Katharine Giles collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Katharine Giles's co-authors include Seymour W. Laxon, A. Ridout, Duncan J. Wingham, Rosemary Willatt, R. Cullen, Christian Haas, Sheldon Bacon, S. L. Farrell, Stefan Hendricks and Jinlun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Geophysical Research Letters and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Katharine Giles

14 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. CryoSat‐2 estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume
    2013 589 citations Seymour W. Laxon, Katharine Giles et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katharine Giles United Kingdom 10 1.5k 264 244 204 52 15 1.6k
Thomas Armitage United States 18 1.1k 0.7× 409 1.5× 281 1.2× 297 1.5× 80 1.5× 29 1.2k
Sascha Willmes Germany 25 1.3k 0.9× 199 0.8× 274 1.1× 156 0.8× 26 0.5× 59 1.3k
David Docquier Belgium 15 760 0.5× 128 0.5× 501 2.1× 82 0.4× 50 1.0× 37 859
Tom Carrières Canada 16 695 0.5× 124 0.5× 166 0.7× 69 0.3× 12 0.2× 37 733
Jinro Ukita Japan 26 1.8k 1.2× 358 1.4× 1.4k 5.7× 51 0.3× 44 0.8× 54 1.9k
M. A. Tschudi United States 12 956 0.6× 54 0.2× 349 1.4× 58 0.3× 14 0.3× 15 995
Małgorzata Błaszczyk Poland 14 628 0.4× 80 0.3× 40 0.2× 106 0.5× 117 2.3× 29 717
Paul A. Dodd Norway 13 567 0.4× 325 1.2× 140 0.6× 244 1.2× 25 0.5× 30 760
Jiechen Zhao China 13 440 0.3× 89 0.3× 189 0.8× 48 0.2× 7 0.1× 36 515
John Prytherch United Kingdom 18 582 0.4× 256 1.0× 539 2.2× 134 0.7× 5 0.1× 34 808

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katharine Giles

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katharine Giles

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Wingham, Duncan J., Katharine Giles, N. Galin, et al.. (2018). A Semianalytical Model of the Synthetic Aperture, Interferometric Radar Altimeter Mean Echo, and Echo Cross-Product and Its Statistical Fluctuations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 56(5). 2539–2553. 9 indexed citations
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Laxon, Seymour W., Katharine Giles, A. Ridout, et al.. (2013). CryoSat‐2 estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume. Geophysical Research Letters. 40(4). 732–737. 589 indexed citations breakdown →
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Giles, Katharine, Ann Keen, Helene T. Hewitt, et al.. (2013). Impacts of climate change on Arctic sea-ice. 1 indexed citations
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Giles, Katharine, Seymour W. Laxon, A. Ridout, Duncan J. Wingham, & Sheldon Bacon. (2012). Western Arctic Ocean freshwater storage increased by wind-driven spin-up of the Beaufort Gyre. Nature Geoscience. 5(3). 194–197. 256 indexed citations
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Ridout, A., Katharine Giles, Rosemary Willatt, et al.. (2011). Sea ice thickness from CryoSat2. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011.
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Willatt, Rosemary, Seymour W. Laxon, Katharine Giles, et al.. (2011). Ku-band radar penetration into snow cover on Arctic sea ice using airborne data. Annals of Glaciology. 52(57). 197–205. 89 indexed citations
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Farrell, S. L., D. C. McAdoo, Seymour W. Laxon, et al.. (2011). Mean dynamic topography of the Arctic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(1). 42 indexed citations
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Shepherd, Andrew, Duncan J. Wingham, David Wallis, et al.. (2010). Recent loss of floating ice and the consequent sea level contribution. Geophysical Research Letters. 37(13). 79 indexed citations
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Willatt, Rosemary, et al.. (2009). Field Investigations of Ku-Band Radar Penetration Into Snow Cover on Antarctic Sea Ice. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 48(1). 365–372. 87 indexed citations
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Giles, Katharine, Seymour W. Laxon, & A. P. Worby. (2008). Antarctic sea ice elevation from satellite radar altimetry. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(3). 65 indexed citations
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Hutchings, Jennifer, Cathleen A. Geiger, Andrew Roberts, et al.. (2008). Role of Ice Dynamics in the Sea Ice Mass Balance. Eos. 89(50). 515–516. 8 indexed citations
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Giles, Katharine, Seymour W. Laxon, & A. Ridout. (2008). Circumpolar thinning of Arctic sea ice following the 2007 record ice extent minimum. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(22). 198 indexed citations
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Giles, Katharine, Seymour W. Laxon, Duncan J. Wingham, et al.. (2007). Combined airborne laser and radar altimeter measurements over the Fram Strait in May 2002. Remote Sensing of Environment. 111(2-3). 182–194. 137 indexed citations
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Giles, Katharine, et al.. (2006). Validating Satellite Radar Altimetry Estimates of Antarctic sea ice Thickness Using the ASPeCt Data set. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations
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Giles, Katharine & Sine Munk Hvidegaard. (2006). Comparison of space borne radar altimetry and airborne laser altimetry over sea ice in the Fram Strait. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 27(15). 3105–3113. 22 indexed citations

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