Michael Kärcher

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Kärcher is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Kärcher has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Atmospheric Science, 46 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 31 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Kärcher's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (83 papers), Climate change and permafrost (38 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (31 papers). Michael Kärcher is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (83 papers), Climate change and permafrost (38 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (31 papers). Michael Kärcher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Norway. Michael Kärcher's co-authors include Frank Kauker, Rüdiger Gerdes, David L. DuBois, I. Harms, Cornelia Köberle, Bert Rudels, Rolf Gleiter, Ursula Schauer, Laura de Steur and Rebecca Woodgate and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Kärcher

115 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Arctic freshwater export:... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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. Arctic freshwater export: Status, mechanisms, and prospects
    2014 347 citations Rüdiger Gerdes, Michael Kärcher et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Kärcher 3.0k 1.3k 1.3k 1.2k 232 120 4.1k
Earl E. Davis 991 0.3× 395 0.3× 352 0.3× 1.3k 1.2× 112 0.5× 166 6.0k
Alison M. Macdonald 789 0.3× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 163 0.1× 93 0.4× 89 3.4k
Scott Elliott 1.6k 0.5× 765 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 282 0.2× 31 0.1× 104 2.7k
David Chapman 2.7k 0.9× 3.6k 2.7× 1.1k 0.9× 458 0.4× 13 0.1× 157 5.2k
Francis A. Richards 869 0.3× 4.2k 3.1× 1.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.4× 44 0.2× 42 6.5k
Thomas A. Douglas 2.6k 0.9× 186 0.1× 964 0.8× 505 0.4× 6 0.0× 160 4.5k
Maya P. Bhatia 1.2k 0.4× 406 0.3× 120 0.1× 250 0.2× 29 0.1× 26 2.1k
Daqing Yang 5.3k 1.7× 380 0.3× 2.2k 1.7× 343 0.3× 7 0.0× 184 7.6k
Wolfgang Seifert 247 0.1× 56 0.0× 1.0k 0.8× 329 0.3× 143 0.6× 91 5.3k
Andrew T. Roach 844 0.3× 608 0.5× 271 0.2× 381 0.3× 147 0.6× 85 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Kärcher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Kärcher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Kärcher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Kärcher based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Kärcher. Michael Kärcher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Steur, Laura de, et al.. (2024). Three Forcing Mechanisms of Freshwater Transport in Fram Strait. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(8). 1 indexed citations
2.
Zhang, Luyuan, Xiaolin Hou, Justin P. Gwynn, et al.. (2023). Spatial variation and species transformation of 129I and 127I in the Central Arctic Ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 612. 118165–118165. 3 indexed citations
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Flores, Hauke, Giulia Castellani, Jeremy Wilkinson, et al.. (2023). Sea-ice decline could keep zooplankton deeper for longer. Nature Climate Change. 13(10). 1122–1130. 17 indexed citations
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Castellani, Giulia, Michael Kärcher, Julienne Strœve, et al.. (2021). Shine a light: Under-ice light and its ecological implications in a changing Arctic Ocean. AMBIO. 51(2). 307–317. 35 indexed citations
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Smith, J. N., et al.. (2021). A Changing Arctic Ocean: How Measured and Modeled 129I Distributions Indicate Fundamental Shifts in Circulation Between 1994 and 2015. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(3). 22 indexed citations
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Ulfsbo, Adam, Elizabeth M. Jones, Núria Casacuberta, et al.. (2018). Rapid Changes in Anthropogenic Carbon Storage and Ocean Acidification in the Intermediate Layers of the Eurasian Arctic Ocean: 1996–2015. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 32(9). 1254–1275. 16 indexed citations
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Kaminski, T., Frank Kauker, Leif Toudal Pedersen, et al.. (2018). Arctic Mission Benefit Analysis: impact of sea ice thickness, freeboard, and snow depth products on sea ice forecast performance. ˜The œcryosphere. 12(8). 2569–2594. 12 indexed citations
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Loeff, Michiel M Rutgers van der, Lauren Kipp, Matthew A. Charette, et al.. (2018). Radium Isotopes Across the Arctic Ocean Show Time Scales of Water Mass Ventilation and Increasing Shelf Inputs. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(7). 4853–4873. 46 indexed citations
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Morison, J., Jeremy Wilkinson, Matthew B. Alkire, et al.. (2018). The North Pole Region as an Indicator of the Changing Arctic Ocean: The Need for Sustaining Observations. ARCTIC. 71(5). 4 indexed citations
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Sumata, Hiroshi, Frank Kauker, Michael Kärcher, et al.. (2018). Decorrelation scales for Arctic Ocean hydrography – Part I: Amerasian Basin. Ocean science. 14(1). 161–185. 8 indexed citations
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Dodd, Paul A., et al.. (2017). Pacific Water in the Arctic Ocean and Fram Strait. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 16829. 1 indexed citations
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Kaminski, Thomas, Frank Kauker, Hajo Eicken, & Michael Kärcher. (2015). Exploring the utility of quantitative network design in evaluating Arctic sea ice thickness sampling strategies. ˜The œcryosphere. 9(4). 1721–1733. 10 indexed citations
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Sumata, Hiroshi, Frank Kauker, Rüdiger Gerdes, Cornelia Köberle, & Michael Kärcher. (2013). A comparison between gradient descent and stochastic approaches for parameter optimization of a sea ice model. Ocean science. 9(4). 609–630. 16 indexed citations
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Rabe, Benjamin, Michael Kärcher, Frank Kauker, et al.. (2013). Arctic Ocean liquid freshwater storage trend 1992 - 2012. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2 indexed citations
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Rabe, Benjamin, Michael Kärcher, Ursula Schauer, et al.. (2011). An assessment of Arctic Ocean freshwater content changes from the 1990s to the 2006-2008 period and beyond. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 13(2). 177–8. 1 indexed citations
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DuBois, David L. & Michael Kärcher. (2005). Handbook of Youth Mentoring. 121 indexed citations
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Kärcher, Michael, Rüdiger Gerdes, Frank Kauker, Cornelia Köberle, & Ursula Schauer. (2003). Transformation of Atlantic Water in the Barents Sea between 1948 and 2002. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 2 indexed citations
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Kauker, Frank, et al.. (2002). Variability of the North Atlantic Current and Predictability of variability in the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations
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Kärcher, Michael, et al.. (2002). Atlantic Water flow in the Arctic Ocean - comparing models and observations. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations
20.
Gerdes, R., et al.. (2002). Modelled Long-Term Variability of the Arctic Fresh Water Budget. AGUSM. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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