Lonnie G. Thompson

25.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
237 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Lonnie G. Thompson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lonnie G. Thompson has authored 237 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Atmospheric Science, 58 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 55 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Lonnie G. Thompson's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (153 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (136 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (53 papers). Lonnie G. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (153 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (136 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (53 papers). Lonnie G. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. Lonnie G. Thompson's co-authors include Ellen Mosley‐Thompson, Tandong Yao, M. E. Davis, Ping‐Nan Lin, Keith Henderson, John F. Bolzan, Jihong Cole‐Dai, Baiqing Xu, Xiaoxin Yang and Wei Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lonnie G. Thompson

234 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Different glacier status with atmospheric circulations in Tibetan Plateau and surroundings

2012 2.2k citations Tandong Yao, Lonnie G. Thompson et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Tropical Climate Instability: The Last Glacial Cycle from a Qinghai-Tibetan Ice Core

1997 931 citations Lonnie G. Thompson, Tandong Yao et al. Science profile →
Third Pole Environment (TPE)

2012 751 citations Tandong Yao, Lonnie G. Thompson et al. profile →
A High-Resolution Millennial Record of the South Asian Monsoon from Himalayan Ice Cores

2000 740 citations Lonnie G. Thompson, Tandong Yao et al. Science profile →
The imbalance of the Asian water tower

2022 696 citations Tandong Yao, Deliang Chen et al. profile →
Late Glacial Stage and Holocene Tropical Ice Core Records from Huascarán, Peru

1995 682 citations Lonnie G. Thompson, Ellen Mosley‐Thompson et al. Science profile →
Kilimanjaro Ice Core Records: Evidence of Holocene Climate Change in Tropical Africa

2002 553 citations Lonnie G. Thompson, Ellen Mosley‐Thompson et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lonnie G. Thompson United States	62	14.4k	5.5k	3.5k	1.8k	1.5k	237	17.9k
Mathias Vuille United States	63	11.0k 0.8×	5.7k 1.0×	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	156	14.8k
Valérie Masson‐Delmotte France	70	14.9k 1.0×	6.9k 1.2×	3.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	244	19.5k
James W. C. White United States	68	14.9k 1.0×	9.2k 1.7×	4.4k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	176	20.3k
Raymond S. Bradley United States	73	21.2k 1.5×	13.2k 2.4×	3.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.4×	227	26.5k
Jean Jouzel France	56	12.6k 0.9×	4.1k 0.7×	3.9k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	148	15.3k
Jonathan T. Overpeck United States	66	12.8k 0.9×	5.5k 1.0×	4.6k 1.3×	3.0k 1.7×	2.4k 1.6×	162	18.5k
Glen M. MacDonald United States	62	9.4k 0.7×	4.0k 0.7×	4.4k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	964 0.6×	207	13.6k
Ellen Mosley‐Thompson United States	54	9.6k 0.7×	2.9k 0.5×	2.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	155	11.6k
Paul A. Mayewski United States	73	19.8k 1.4×	5.0k 0.9×	5.8k 1.7×	3.0k 1.7×	3.1k 2.1×	375	23.9k
M. E. Davis United States	35	8.6k 0.6×	2.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	71	10.6k

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Liu, Zhengyu, Lonnie G. Thompson, Ellen Mosley‐Thompson, et al.. (2023). Tropical mountain ice core δ ¹⁸ O: A Goldilocks indicator for global temperature change. Science Advances. 9(45). eadi6725–eadi6725. 8 indexed citations

Li, Xiuping, Lei Wang, Deliang Chen, et al.. (2023). Large-scale circulation dominated precipitation variation and its effect on potential water availability across the Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research Letters. 18(7). 74018–74018. 6 indexed citations

Barker, Joel, S. Kaspari, Paolo Gabrielli, et al.. (2021). Drought-induced biomass burning as a source of black carbon to the central Himalaya since 1781 CE as reconstructed from the Dasuopu ice core. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(7). 5615–5633. 17 indexed citations

Sierra‐Hernández, M. Roxana, Émilie Beaudon, Paolo Gabrielli, & Lonnie G. Thompson. (2019). 21st-century Asian air pollution impacts glacier in northwestern Tibet. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(24). 15533–15544. 9 indexed citations

Florea, Lee J., Broxton W. Bird, Jamie K. Lau, et al.. (2017). Stable isotopes of river water and groundwater along altitudinal gradients in the High Himalayas and the Eastern Nyainqentanghla Mountains. Publisher. 1 indexed citations

Chadwell, C. D., Douglas R. Hardy, Carsten Braun, Henry H. Brecher, & Lonnie G. Thompson. (2016). Thinning of the Quelccaya Ice Cap over the last thirty years. 4 indexed citations

Urrego, Dunia H., H. Hooghiemstra, Belén Martrat, et al.. (2016). Millennial-scale vegetation changes in the tropical Andes using ecological grouping and ordination methods. Climate of the past. 12(3). 697–711. 13 indexed citations

Urrego, Dunia H., et al.. (2015). Rapid millennial-scale vegetation changes in the tropical Andes. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 5 indexed citations

Yao, Tandong, Lonnie G. Thompson, Wei Yang, et al.. (2012). Different glacier status with atmospheric circulations in Tibetan Plateau and surroundings. Nature Climate Change. 2(9). 663–667. 2225 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gabrielli, Paolo, Carlo Barbante, Luca Carturan, et al.. (2012). DISCOVERY OF COLD ICE IN A NEW DRILLING SITE IN THE EASTERN EUROPEAN ALPS. ARCA (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia). 35. 101–105. 9 indexed citations

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Gabrieli, Jacopo, Luca Carturan, Paolo Gabrielli, et al.. (2011). Seasonal impact of natural and anthropogenic emissions on the highest glacier of the Eastern European Alps. ARCA (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia). 1 indexed citations

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Gabrieli, Jacopo, Luca Carturan, Paolo Gabrielli, et al.. (2011). Impact of Po Valley emissions on the highest glacier of the Eastern European Alps. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(15). 8087–8102. 31 indexed citations

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Heikkilä, U., J. Beer, J. Feichter, et al.. (2009). ³⁶ Cl bomb peak: comparison of modeled and measured data. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(12). 4145–4156. 23 indexed citations

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Thompson, Lonnie G., Tandong Yao, M. E. Davis, Natalie Kehrwald, & Ellen Mosley‐Thompson. (2008). Tibetan Glaciers as Integrators and Sentinels of Climate Change. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Cecil, L. DeWayne, Lonnie G. Thompson, & Jaromy R. Green. (2004). Earth Paleoenvironments: Records Preserved in Mid- and Low-Latitude Glaciers. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 40 indexed citations

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Stahle, David W., Malcolm K. Cleaveland, Matthew D. Therrell, et al.. (1998). Experimental Dendroclimatic Reconstruction of the Southern Oscillation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 79(10). 2137–2152. 295 indexed citations

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Thompson, Lonnie G., Tandong Yao, M. E. Davis, et al.. (1997). Tropical Climate Instability: The Last Glacial Cycle from a Qinghai-Tibetan Ice Core. Science. 276(5320). 1821–1825. 931 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brecher, Henry H. & Lonnie G. Thompson. (1993). Measurement of the retreat of Qori Kalis glacier in the tropical Andes of Peru by terrestrial photogrammetry. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 59(6). 1017–1022. 49 indexed citations

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Mosley‐Thompson, Ellen, et al.. (1991). Glaciological studies at Siple Station (Antarctica): potential ice-core paleoclimatic record. Journal of Glaciology. 37(125). 11–22. 48 indexed citations

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Thompson, Lonnie G., Ellen Mosley‐Thompson, M. E. Davis, et al.. (1990). Glacial Stage Ice-Core Records from the Subtropical Dunde Ice Cap, China. Annals of Glaciology. 14. 288–297. 89 indexed citations

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