Seymour W. Laxon

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Seymour W. Laxon is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Seymour W. Laxon has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Atmospheric Science, 14 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 9 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Seymour W. Laxon's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (41 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (33 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (25 papers). Seymour W. Laxon is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (41 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (33 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (25 papers). Seymour W. Laxon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Seymour W. Laxon's co-authors include Katharine Giles, A. Ridout, D. C. McAdoo, Duncan J. Wingham, Doug Smith, Sheldon Bacon, R. Cullen, S. L. Farrell, Rosemary Willatt and N. T. Kurtz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Seymour W. Laxon

52 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

CryoSat‐2 estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400 500
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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
Seymour W. Laxon United Kingdom 29 3.7k 1.0k 828 575 250 53 4.3k
Κay I. Ohshima Japan 40 4.4k 1.2× 2.4k 2.4× 1.0k 1.2× 767 1.3× 64 0.3× 178 5.1k
Rüdiger Gerdes Germany 40 4.2k 1.1× 1.8k 1.7× 2.0k 2.4× 925 1.6× 159 0.6× 133 4.8k
Thomas Martin Germany 24 1.2k 0.3× 792 0.8× 689 0.8× 147 0.3× 48 0.2× 46 1.8k
A. P. Worby Australia 30 2.5k 0.7× 663 0.7× 666 0.8× 191 0.3× 49 0.2× 68 3.0k
Fiammetta Straneo United States 43 5.1k 1.4× 1.6k 1.6× 1.1k 1.4× 573 1.0× 88 0.4× 129 5.7k
Karin Andreassen Norway 36 2.8k 0.8× 231 0.2× 494 0.6× 2.3k 4.1× 710 2.8× 97 4.1k
Anna Wåhlin Sweden 26 1.7k 0.5× 562 0.6× 248 0.3× 248 0.4× 209 0.8× 61 2.2k
Shfaqat Abbas Khan Denmark 32 2.6k 0.7× 858 0.9× 415 0.5× 173 0.3× 38 0.2× 99 3.4k
Jean‐Claude Gascard France 28 2.0k 0.5× 1.5k 1.4× 835 1.0× 598 1.0× 116 0.5× 56 2.6k
S. L. Farrell United States 29 2.6k 0.7× 346 0.3× 474 0.6× 183 0.3× 76 0.3× 59 3.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seymour W. Laxon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tsamados, Michel, D. L. Feltham, David Schröeder, et al.. (2013). Impact of atmospheric and oceanic form drag parameterization on simulations of Arctic sea ice. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 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, Katherine A., Seymour W. Laxon, A. Ridout, et al.. (2012). CryoSat2: Observing the Arctic. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 13411. 1 indexed citations
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Polyakov, Igor V., Leonid Timokhov, V. A. Alexeev, et al.. (2010). Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 40(12). 2743–2756. 265 indexed citations
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Farrell, S. L., Seymour W. Laxon, D. C. McAdoo, Donghui Yi, & H. Jay Zwally. (2009). Five years of Arctic sea ice freeboard measurements from the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(C4). 62 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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Connor, L. N., Seymour W. Laxon, A. Ridout, William Krabill, & D. C. McAdoo. (2008). Comparison of Envisat radar and airborne laser altimeter measurements over Arctic sea ice. Remote Sensing of Environment. 113(3). 563–570. 88 indexed citations
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Forsberg, R., Henriette Skourup, Ole Andersen, et al.. (2007). Combination of Spaceborne, Airborne and In-Situ Gravity Measurements in Support of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Mapping. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 6 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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McLaren, A. J., Helene T. Banks, Jonathan M. Gregory, et al.. (2006). Evaluation of the sea ice simulation in a new coupled atmosphere‐ocean climate model (HadGEM1). Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(C12). 64 indexed citations
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Miller, Paul, et al.. (2006). Optimization of a Sea Ice Model Using Basinwide Observations of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness, Extent, and Velocity. Journal of Climate. 19(7). 1089–1108. 47 indexed citations
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Miller, Paul, Seymour W. Laxon, & D. L. Feltham. (2005). Improving the spatial distribution of modeled Arctic sea ice thickness. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(18). 22 indexed citations
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Wingham, Duncan J., C. R. Francis, Steven G. Baker, et al.. (2005). CryoSat: A mission to determine the fluctuations in Earth’s land and marine ice fields. Advances in Space Research. 37(4). 841–871. 488 indexed citations
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Laxon, Seymour W. & D. C. McAdoo. (1998). Satellites provide new insights into polar geophysics. Eos. 79(6). 69–73. 28 indexed citations
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Laxon, Seymour W., et al.. (1998). Geophysical signatures from precise altimetric height measurements in the Arctic Ocean. 3. 1964–1966 vol.4. 4 indexed citations
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Laxon, Seymour W.. (1994). Sea Ice extent mapping using the ERS-1 radar altimeter. UCL Discovery (University College London). 12 indexed citations
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Laxon, Seymour W.. (1994). Sea ice altimeter processing scheme at the EODC. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 15(4). 915–924. 117 indexed citations
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Ridley, Jeff, W. Cudlip, & Seymour W. Laxon. (1993). Identification of subglacial lakes using ERS-1 radar altimeter. Journal of Glaciology. 39(133). 625–634. 71 indexed citations
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Laxon, Seymour W.. (1990). Seasonal and inter‐annual variations in Antarctic sea ice extent as mapped by radar altimetry. Geophysical Research Letters. 17(10). 1553–1556. 13 indexed citations

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