Summer Rupper

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Summer Rupper is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Summer Rupper has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Atmospheric Science, 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Summer Rupper's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (33 papers), Climate change and permafrost (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers). Summer Rupper is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (33 papers), Climate change and permafrost (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers). Summer Rupper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Chile. Summer Rupper's co-authors include Joerg M. Schaefer, Gerard H. Roe, Matthew H. Olson, Alan R. Gillespie, Thomas V. Lowell, Esteban A. Sagredo, Eric S. Johnson, Joshua A. Maurer, Aaron E. Putnam and Eric J. Steig and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Summer Rupper

42 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Acceleration of ice loss across the Himalayas over the past 40 years

2019 366 citations Joerg M. Schaefer, Summer Rupper et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Summer Rupper United States	21	1.3k	344	168	138	134	44	1.5k
F. S. Anslow Canada	19	1.3k 1.0×	521 1.5×	141 0.8×	102 0.7×	153 1.1×	27	1.6k
Samuel U. Nussbaumer Switzerland	18	1.5k 1.2×	330 1.0×	256 1.5×	275 2.0×	103 0.8×	39	1.8k
Wilfred H. Theakstone United Kingdom	22	1.4k 1.1×	529 1.5×	156 0.9×	132 1.0×	198 1.5×	104	1.7k
Bernard Pouyaud France	18	1.1k 0.9×	371 1.1×	84 0.5×	73 0.5×	293 2.2×	48	1.4k
E. Aizen United States	22	1.7k 1.4×	563 1.6×	175 1.0×	73 0.5×	347 2.6×	37	2.0k
Vladimir Aizen United States	29	2.2k 1.8×	652 1.9×	230 1.4×	146 1.1×	383 2.9×	62	2.6k
Guðfinna Ađalgeirsdóttir Iceland	25	1.7k 1.3×	279 0.8×	374 2.2×	325 2.4×	101 0.8×	62	1.8k
Oddur Sigurðsson Iceland	21	1.4k 1.1×	176 0.5×	261 1.6×	174 1.3×	83 0.6×	58	1.5k
Hongxi Pang China	23	1.2k 1.0×	539 1.6×	37 0.2×	50 0.4×	132 1.0×	86	1.6k
Jianchen Pu China	26	2.1k 1.7×	818 2.4×	75 0.4×	112 0.8×	325 2.4×	55	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Summer Rupper

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Fields of papers citing papers by Summer Rupper

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Summer Rupper

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cosentino, Nicolás J., et al.. (2025). Patagonian Ice Sheet shaped regional climate during the Last Glacial Maximum. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Strong, Courtenay, et al.. (2024). Climatology of Orographic Precipitation Gradients Over High Mountain Asia Derived From Dynamical Downscaling. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(20).

Lund, Jewell, R. R. Forster, Yusuf Jameel, et al.. (2023). Constraining Mountain Streamflow Constituents by Integrating Citizen Scientist Acquired Geochemical Samples and Sentinel‐1 SAR Wet Snow Time‐Series for the Shimshal Catchment in the Karakoram Mountains of Pakistan. Water Resources Research. 59(3). 2 indexed citations

Heaton, Matthew J., et al.. (2022). Distributional Validation of Precipitation Data Products with Spatially Varying Mixture Models. Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics. 28(1). 99–116. 2 indexed citations

Rupper, Summer, et al.. (2021). Characteristics of Historical Precipitation in High Mountain Asia Based on a 15-Year High Resolution Dynamical Downscaling. Atmosphere. 12(3). 355–355. 5 indexed citations

Schaefer, Joerg M., Jostein Bakke, Summer Rupper, et al.. (2020). Late Glacial mountain glacier culmination in Arctic Norway prior to the Younger Dryas. Quaternary Science Reviews. 245. 106461–106461. 21 indexed citations

Schaefer, Joerg M., et al.. (2020). Seismic observations, numerical modeling, and geomorphic analysis of a glacier lake outburst flood in the Himalayas. Science Advances. 6(38). 49 indexed citations

Rupper, Summer, et al.. (2020). A first-order flexible ELA model based on geomorphic constraints. MethodsX. 8. 101173–101173. 3 indexed citations

Watson, C. Scott, et al.. (2019). Shrinkage of Nepal’s Second Largest Lake (Phewa Tal) Due to Watershed Degradation and Increased Sediment Influx. Remote Sensing. 11(4). 444–444. 21 indexed citations

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Yoon, Yeosang, Sujay V. Kumar, Barton A. Forman, et al.. (2019). Evaluating the Uncertainty of Terrestrial Water Budget Components Over High Mountain Asia. Frontiers in Earth Science. 7. 51 indexed citations

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Olson, Matthew H. & Summer Rupper. (2019). Impacts of topographic shading on direct solar radiation for valley glaciers in complex topography. The cryosphere. 13(1). 29–40. 60 indexed citations

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Olson, Matthew H., Summer Rupper, & David Shean. (2019). Terrain Induced Biases in Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation Due to Digital Elevation Model Resolution for Glaciers in Complex Terrain. Frontiers in Earth Science. 7. 23 indexed citations

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Arendt, A. A., Paul R. Houser, Sarah Kapnick, et al.. (2017). NASA's High Mountain Asia Team (HiMAT): collaborative research to study changes of the High Asia region. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Putnam, Aaron E., Joerg M. Schaefer, Summer Rupper, et al.. (2016). ¹⁰BE SURFACE-EXPOSURE CHRONOLOGY OF HOLOCENE GLACIER FLUCTUATIONS IN THE BHUTANESE HIMALAYA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Rupper, Summer, et al.. (2016). Quantifying ice loss in the eastern Himalayas since 1974 using declassified spy satellite imagery. The cryosphere. 10(5). 2203–2215. 58 indexed citations

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Rupper, Summer, William F. Christensen, Barry R. Bickmore, et al.. (2015). The effects of dating uncertainties on net accumulation estimates from firn cores. Journal of Glaciology. 61(225). 163–172. 5 indexed citations

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Sagredo, Esteban A., Summer Rupper, & Thomas V. Lowell. (2014). Sensitivities of the equilibrium line altitude to temperature and precipitation changes along the Andes. Quaternary Research. 81(2). 355–366. 70 indexed citations

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Rupper, Summer, Joerg M. Schaefer, Landon Burgener, et al.. (2012). Sensitivity and response of Bhutanese glaciers to atmospheric warming. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(19). 62 indexed citations

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Rupper, Summer & Gerard H. Roe. (2008). Glacier Changes and Regional Climate: A Mass and Energy Balance Approach*. Journal of Climate. 21(20). 5384–5401. 130 indexed citations

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Rupper, Summer. (2007). Glacier sensitivity and regional climate: Past and present. PhDT. 18(1). 3–8. 3 indexed citations

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