Robert J. Arthern

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

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Robert J. Arthern is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Arthern has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Atmospheric Science, 24 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 17 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Arthern's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (48 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (24 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (23 papers). Robert J. Arthern is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (48 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (24 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (23 papers). Robert J. Arthern collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Robert J. Arthern's co-authors include David G. Vaughan, Hamish D. Pritchard, Laura Edwards, Dale P. Winebrenner, Duncan J. Wingham, C. Rosie Williams, C. K. Shum, Remko Scharroo, Richard C. A. Hindmarsh and G. Hilmar Gudmundsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Arthern

46 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Extensive dynamic thinning on the margins of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets

2009 735 citations Hamish D. Pritchard, Robert J. Arthern et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Arthern United Kingdom	24	2.6k	1.1k	737	278	181	49	2.7k
Matthew R. Siegfried United States	28	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	635 0.9×	202 0.7×	406 2.2×	79	2.5k
J. A. Bohlander United States	13	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	660 0.9×	217 0.8×	264 1.5×	18	2.5k
Heinz Blatter Switzerland	30	2.9k 1.1×	806 0.8×	858 1.2×	216 0.8×	142 0.8×	77	3.1k
Veit Helm Germany	25	2.3k 0.9×	712 0.7×	452 0.6×	224 0.8×	109 0.6×	93	2.5k
Daniel Steinhage Germany	25	1.9k 0.7×	609 0.6×	569 0.8×	146 0.5×	213 1.2×	100	2.0k
Ben Smith United States	22	3.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	703 1.0×	357 1.3×	169 0.9×	32	3.5k
Malcolm McMillan United Kingdom	21	1.6k 0.6×	775 0.7×	354 0.5×	168 0.6×	111 0.6×	56	1.8k
Craig S. Lingle United States	26	2.1k 0.8×	490 0.5×	593 0.8×	222 0.8×	146 0.8×	57	2.3k
Christian Schoof Canada	33	4.2k 1.6×	1.9k 1.8×	1.5k 2.0×	167 0.6×	153 0.8×	70	4.3k
Christina Hulbe United States	25	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	699 0.9×	112 0.4×	253 1.4×	78	2.4k

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Williams, C. Rosie, Robert J. Arthern, James Byrne, et al.. (2025). Calculations of extreme sea level rise scenarios are strongly dependent on ice sheet model resolution. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Arthern, Robert J., et al.. (2024). WAVI.jl: Ice Sheet Modelling in Julia. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(95). 5584–5584.

Williams, C. Rosie, et al.. (2024). Coupled ice–ocean interactions during future retreat of West Antarctic ice streams in the Amundsen Sea sector. The cryosphere. 18(6). 2653–2675. 10 indexed citations

Holland, Paul R., et al.. (2024). A framework for estimating the anthropogenic part of Antarctica’s sea level contribution in a synthetic setting. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

Hudson, Thomas, Sofia‐Katerina Kufner, Alex Brisbourne, et al.. (2023). Highly variable friction and slip observed at Antarctic ice stream bed. Nature Geoscience. 16(7). 612–618. 10 indexed citations

Hudson, Thomas, Alex Brisbourne, R. S. White, et al.. (2020). Breaking the Ice: Identifying Hydraulically Forced Crevassing. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(21). 7 indexed citations

Hogan, Kelly, Robert D Larter, Alastair G C Graham, et al.. (2020). Revealing the former bed of Thwaites Glacier using sea-floor bathymetry: implications for warm-water routing and bed controls on ice flow and buttressing. The cryosphere. 14(9). 2883–2908. 34 indexed citations

Hogan, Kelly, Robert D Larter, Alastair G C Graham, et al.. (2020). Revealing the former bed of Thwaites Glacier using sea-floor bathymetry. 1 indexed citations

Slater, Thomas, Andrew Shepherd, Malcolm McMillan, et al.. (2019). Compensating Changes in the Penetration Depth of Pulse-Limited Radar Altimetry Over the Greenland Ice Sheet. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 57(12). 9633–9642. 23 indexed citations

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Bingham, Robert G., David G. Vaughan, Edward C. King, et al.. (2018). Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence ice flow. Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University). 12518. 1 indexed citations

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Morris, Ε. M., Robert Mulvaney, Robert J. Arthern, et al.. (2017). Snow Densification and Recent Accumulation Along the iSTAR Traverse, Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 122(12). 2284–2301. 14 indexed citations

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Arthern, Robert J., et al.. (2017). The sensitivity of West Antarctica to the submarine melting feedback.. EGUGA. 8044.

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Stevens, C. Max, Robert J. Arthern, Christo Buizert, et al.. (2017). Firn Model Intercomparison Experiment (FirnMICE). Journal of Glaciology. 63(239). 401–422. 59 indexed citations

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Bingham, Robert G., David G. Vaughan, Edward C. King, et al.. (2017). Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence ice flow. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1618–1618. 56 indexed citations

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Snow, Kate, Daniel Goldberg, Paul R. Holland, et al.. (2017). The Response of Ice Sheets to Climate Variability. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(23). 20 indexed citations

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Kingslake, Jonathan, Carlos Martín, Robert J. Arthern, Hugh F. J. Corr, & Edward C. King. (2016). Ice‐flow reorganization in West Antarctica 2.5 kyr ago dated using radar‐derived englacial flow velocities. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(17). 9103–9112. 41 indexed citations

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Barrand, Nicholas E., Richard C. A. Hindmarsh, Robert J. Arthern, et al.. (2013). Computing the volume response of the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet to warming scenarios to 2200. Journal of Glaciology. 59(215). 397–409. 31 indexed citations

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Pritchard, Hamish D., Robert J. Arthern, David G. Vaughan, & Laura Edwards. (2009). Extensive dynamic thinning on the margins of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Nature. 461(7266). 971–975. 735 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arthern, Robert J., et al.. (2003). Accumulation-Driven and Long-Term Elevation Change on the Southern Greenland Ice Sheet. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Arthern, Robert J. & Richard C. A. Hindmarsh. (2003). Optimal estimation of changes in the mass of ice sheets. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(F1). 17 indexed citations

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