U. Heikkilä

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

U. Heikkilä is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, U. Heikkilä has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Atmospheric Science, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 7 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in U. Heikkilä's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (6 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (5 papers). U. Heikkilä is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (6 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (5 papers). U. Heikkilä collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Switzerland and Germany. U. Heikkilä's co-authors include J. Beer, J. Feichter, Asgeir Sorteberg, J. A. Abreu, F. Steinhilber, Anne Dagrun Sandvik, K. G. McCracken, Peter W. Kubik, Irene Brunner and Hubertus Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

U. Heikkilä

23 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

9,400 years of cosmic radiation and solar activity from ice cores and tree rings

2012 557 citations F. Steinhilber, J. A. Abreu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
U. Heikkilä Australia	14	1.1k	529	303	245	165	23	1.4k
Florian Adolphi Sweden	21	1.0k 0.9×	226 0.4×	457 1.5×	280 1.1×	329 2.0×	58	1.5k
J. Schwander Switzerland	13	1.2k 1.0×	346 0.7×	158 0.5×	130 0.5×	123 0.7×	16	1.4k
Kazuho Horiuchi Japan	18	632 0.6×	91 0.2×	145 0.5×	181 0.7×	189 1.1×	48	870
H.-A. Synal Switzerland	22	1.1k 0.9×	838 1.6×	51 0.2×	138 0.6×	225 1.4×	39	1.8k
Udo Gerstmann Germany	15	721 0.6×	250 0.5×	78 0.3×	66 0.3×	70 0.4×	38	1.3k
Olgeir Sigmarsson France	33	1.0k 0.9×	165 0.3×	66 0.2×	71 0.3×	251 1.5×	82	2.9k
Simon Fahrni Switzerland	16	727 0.6×	222 0.4×	84 0.3×	63 0.3×	313 1.9×	34	1.1k
S. Aciego United States	24	894 0.8×	201 0.4×	120 0.4×	29 0.1×	90 0.5×	48	1.4k
Christoph Schnabel United Kingdom	29	1.5k 1.3×	303 0.6×	111 0.4×	20 0.1×	117 0.7×	57	1.9k
Joel B Pedro Australia	17	1.0k 0.9×	246 0.5×	41 0.1×	75 0.3×	100 0.6×	37	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of U. Heikkilä

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20 of 20 papers shown

Stucki, Peter, U. Heikkilä, Ole Rößler, et al.. (2018). Reconstruction and simulation of an extreme flood event in the Lago Maggiore catchment in 1868. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 18(10). 2717–2739. 17 indexed citations

Heikkilä, U. & Friedhelm von Blanckenburg. (2015). The global distribution of Holocene meteoric 10Be fluxes from atmospheric models. Distribution maps for terrestrial Earths surface applications. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 16 indexed citations

Heikkilä, U., X. J. Shi, Steven J. Phipps, & Andrew Smith. (2014). ¹⁰ Be in late deglacial climate simulated by ECHAM5-HAM – Part 2: Isolating the solar signal from ¹⁰ Be deposition. Climate of the past. 10(2). 687–696. 5 indexed citations

Heikkilä, U., Steven J. Phipps, & Andrew Smith. (2013). ¹⁰ Be in late deglacial climate simulated by ECHAM5-HAM – Part 1: Climatological influences on ¹⁰ Be deposition. Climate of the past. 9(6). 2641–2649. 13 indexed citations

Heikkilä, U., Raimund Muscheler, & Andrew Smith. (2013). Phase of solar activity affects response of solar proxy 10Be. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 380. 72–76. 3 indexed citations

Heikkilä, U. & Andrew Smith. (2012). Influence of model resolution on the atmospheric transport of ¹⁰ Be. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(21). 10601–10612. 9 indexed citations

Heikkilä, U. & Asgeir Sorteberg. (2012). Characteristics of autumn-winter extreme precipitation on the Norwegian west coast identified by cluster analysis. Climate Dynamics. 39(3-4). 929–939. 12 indexed citations

Steinhilber, F., J. A. Abreu, Jürg Beer, et al.. (2012). 9,400 years of cosmic radiation and solar activity from ice cores and tree rings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(16). 5967–5971. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

Heikkilä, U., J. Beer, J. A. Abreu, & F. Steinhilber. (2011). On the Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of the Cosmogenic Radionuclides (10Be): A Review. 321–332. 11 indexed citations

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Muscheler, Raimund & U. Heikkilä. (2011). Constraints on long-term changes in solar activity from the range of variability of cosmogenic radionuclide records. The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Institutional Repository (The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation). 7(3). 355–364. 11 indexed citations

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Heikkilä, U., J. Beer, J. A. Abreu, & F. Steinhilber. (2011). On the Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of the Cosmogenic Radionuclides (10Be): A Review. Space Science Reviews. 176(1-4). 321–332. 79 indexed citations

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Pedro, Joel B, U. Heikkilä, Andrew Klekociuk, et al.. (2011). Beryllium-10 transport to Antarctica: Results from seasonally resolved observations and modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116(D23). n/a–n/a. 28 indexed citations

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Pedro, Joel B, U. Heikkilä, T. D. van Ommen, & Andrew Smith. (2010). 10Be in ice at high resolution: Solar activity and climate signals observed and GCM-modeled in Law Dome ice cores. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 11532. 2 indexed citations

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Croft, Betty, Ulrike Lohmann, Randall V. Martin, et al.. (2010). Influences of in-cloud aerosol scavenging parameterizations on aerosol concentrations and wet deposition in ECHAM5-HAM. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(4). 1511–1543. 105 indexed citations

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Heikkilä, U., Anne Dagrun Sandvik, & Asgeir Sorteberg. (2010). Dynamical downscaling of ERA-40 in complex terrain using the WRF regional climate model. Climate Dynamics. 37(7-8). 1551–1564. 188 indexed citations

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Heikkilä, U., J. Beer, J. Feichter, et al.. (2009). ³⁶ Cl bomb peak: comparison of modeled and measured data. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(12). 4145–4156. 23 indexed citations

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Heikkilä, U., J. Beer, & J. Feichter. (2009). Meridional transport and deposition of atmospheric ¹⁰ Be. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(2). 515–527. 121 indexed citations

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Beer, J., K. G. McCracken, J. A. Abreu, U. Heikkilä, & F. Steinhilber. (2008). Long-term changes in cosmic rays derived from cosmogenic radionuclides. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 1. 765–768. 5 indexed citations

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Heikkilä, U., J. Beer, & J. Feichter. (2008). Modeling cosmogenic radionuclides ¹⁰ Be and ⁷ Be during the Maunder Minimum using the ECHAM5-HAM General Circulation Model. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 8(10). 2797–2809. 90 indexed citations

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Heikkilä, U., J. Beer, & Vasily Alfimov. (2008). Beryllium‐10 and beryllium‐7 in precipitation in Dübendorf (440 m) and at Jungfraujoch (3580 m), Switzerland (1998–2005). Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(D11). 64 indexed citations

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