Thomas E. Barchyn

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas E. Barchyn is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas E. Barchyn has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 27 papers in Atmospheric Science and 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Thomas E. Barchyn's work include Aeolian processes and effects (33 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (20 papers). Thomas E. Barchyn is often cited by papers focused on Aeolian processes and effects (33 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (20 papers). Thomas E. Barchyn collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Thomas E. Barchyn's co-authors include Chris H. Hugenholtz, Owen W. Brown, T. A. Fox, Ken Whitehead, Brian J. Moorman, Matthew Baddock, Noam Levin, Maja Kucharczyk, Paul R. Nesbit and Raleigh L. Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Thomas E. Barchyn

57 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Geomorphological mapping with a small unmanned aircraft s... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Geomorphological mapping with a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS): Feature detection and accuracy assessment of a photogrammetrically-derived digital terrain model
    2013 258 citations Chris H. Hugenholtz, Thomas E. Barchyn et al. Geomorphology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas E. Barchyn Canada 25 841 641 634 501 410 60 1.9k
Patrice Carbonneau United Kingdom 28 307 0.4× 1.5k 2.3× 450 0.7× 973 1.9× 770 1.9× 63 3.4k
Yuichi S. Hayakawa Japan 25 281 0.3× 459 0.7× 531 0.8× 266 0.5× 477 1.2× 93 1.9k
Simon J. Buckley Norway 29 702 0.8× 723 1.1× 372 0.6× 106 0.2× 104 0.3× 71 2.4k
Francesco Mancini Italy 19 297 0.4× 783 1.2× 262 0.4× 81 0.2× 274 0.7× 71 1.7k
Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos Greece 25 289 0.3× 645 1.0× 315 0.5× 145 0.3× 493 1.2× 188 2.1k
Olivier Maquaire France 26 188 0.2× 346 0.5× 491 0.8× 237 0.5× 679 1.7× 71 2.1k
Paola Passalacqua United States 30 827 1.0× 666 1.0× 718 1.1× 678 1.4× 1.4k 3.3× 104 3.3k
Igor V. Florinsky Russia 21 63 0.1× 975 1.5× 362 0.6× 581 1.2× 310 0.8× 72 1.9k
Victor Klemas United States 32 321 0.4× 539 0.8× 488 0.8× 97 0.2× 1.1k 2.7× 49 2.9k
Anette Eltner Germany 22 241 0.3× 1.3k 2.0× 196 0.3× 659 1.3× 379 0.9× 76 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas E. Barchyn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas E. Barchyn

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xing, Zhenyu, et al.. (2025). A review of methane emissions source types, characteristics, rates, and mitigation effectiveness across U.S. and Canadian cities. Environmental Research Letters. 20(8). 83003–83003.
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Xing, Zhenyu, et al.. (2024). Satellite-Derived Estimate of City-Level Methane Emissions from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Remote Sensing. 16(7). 1149–1149. 3 indexed citations
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Hugenholtz, Chris H., et al.. (2024). Methane emissions from residential natural gas meter set assemblies. The Science of The Total Environment. 931. 172857–172857. 4 indexed citations
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Hugenholtz, Chris H., et al.. (2023). A cooperative model to lower cost and increase the efficiency of methane leak inspections at oil and gas sites. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 11(1).
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Barchyn, Thomas E., et al.. (2023). Low-cost fixed sensor deployments for leak detection in North American upstream oil and gas: Operational analysis and discussion of a prototypical program. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 11(1). 3 indexed citations
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Hugenholtz, Chris H., et al.. (2023). A Comparison of Multiple Odor Source Localization Algorithms. Sensors. 23(10). 4799–4799. 2 indexed citations
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Xing, Zhenyu, et al.. (2023). Global observational coverage of onshore oil and gas methane sources with TROPOMI. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 16759–16759. 12 indexed citations
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Hugenholtz, Chris H., et al.. (2021). Weather constraints on global drone flyability. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 12092–12092. 83 indexed citations
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Hugenholtz, Chris H., et al.. (2020). Eolian megaripple stripes. Geology. 48(11). 1067–1071. 6 indexed citations
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Barchyn, Thomas E.. (2018). Modeling the Mechanisms Behind Yardang Evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 123(4). 618–621. 8 indexed citations
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Fox, T. A., Thomas E. Barchyn, & Chris H. Hugenholtz. (2017). The winter gap effect in methane leak detection and repair with optical gas imaging cameras. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Hugenholtz, Chris H. & Thomas E. Barchyn. (2016). A terrestrial analog for transverse aeolian ridges (TARs): Environment, morphometry, and recent dynamics. Icarus. 289. 239–253. 24 indexed citations
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Hugenholtz, Chris H., et al.. (2015). Formation of periodic bedrock ridges on Earth. Aeolian Research. 18. 135–144. 32 indexed citations
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Barchyn, Thomas E. & Chris H. Hugenholtz. (2015). Yardang evolution from maturity to demise. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(14). 5865–5871. 18 indexed citations
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Barchyn, Thomas E. & Chris H. Hugenholtz. (2012). Predicting vegetation-stabilized dune morphology. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6165. 1 indexed citations
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Barchyn, Thomas E. & Chris H. Hugenholtz. (2012). Aeolian dune field geomorphology modulates the stabilization rate imposed by climate. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 117(F2). 23 indexed citations
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Barchyn, Thomas E. & Chris H. Hugenholtz. (2011). A new tool for modeling dune field evolution based on an accessible, GUI version of the Werner dune model. Geomorphology. 138(1). 415–419. 11 indexed citations

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