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.
Climate Change Will Affect the Asian Water Towers
20103.0k citationsWalter W. Immerzeel, Rens van Beek et al.Scienceprofile →
Consistent increase in High Asia's runoff due to increasing glacier melt and precipitation
2014883 citationsArthur Lutz, Walter W. Immerzeel et al.profile →
The imbalance of the Asian water tower
2022696 citationsWalter W. Immerzeel et al.profile →
Impact of a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius on Asia’s glaciers
2017573 citationsPhilip Kraaijenbrink, Marc F. P. Bierkens et al.profile →
Large-scale monitoring of snow cover and runoff simulation in Himalayan river basins using remote sensing
2008538 citationsWalter W. Immerzeel, P. Droogers et al.profile →
Rising river flows throughout the twenty-first century in two Himalayan glacierized watersheds
2013383 citationsWalter W. Immerzeel, Francesca Pellicciotti et al.profile →
High-resolution monitoring of Himalayan glacier dynamics using unmanned aerial vehicles
2014375 citationsWalter W. Immerzeel, Philip Kraaijenbrink et al.profile →
Selecting representative climate models for climate change impact studies: an advanced envelope‐based selection approach
2016298 citationsArthur Lutz, Hester Biemans et al.profile →
Climate change decisive for Asia’s snow meltwater supply
2021236 citationsPhilip Kraaijenbrink, Emmy E. Stigter et al.profile →
Manifestations and mechanisms of the Karakoram glacier Anomaly
2020235 citationsWalter W. Immerzeel, Remco de Kok et al.profile →
Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain
2019235 citationsHester Biemans, Christian Siderius et al.profile →
High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability
2022160 citationsJakob Steiner, Walter W. Immerzeel et al.profile →
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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter W. Immerzeel
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter W. Immerzeel
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Kraaijenbrink, Philip, Arthur Lutz, Marc F. P. Bierkens, & Walter W. Immerzeel. (2017). Impact of a 1.5 °C Global Temperature Rise on the Glaciers of High Mountain Asia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017.2 indexed citations
Terink, W., Arthur Lutz, Gijs Simons, Walter W. Immerzeel, & P. Droogers. (2015). SPHY v2.0: Spatial Processes in HYdrology. Geoscientific model development. 8(7). 2009–2034.116 indexed citations
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Petersen, Lene, Simone Schauwecker, Ben Brock, Walter W. Immerzeel, & Francesca Pellicciotti. (2013). Deriving supraglacial debris thickness using satellite data on the Lirung Glacier in the Nepalese Himalayas. The EGU General Assembly. 15.3 indexed citations
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Wilson, Alana, Mark Williams, Adina Racoviteanu, et al.. (2012). Using geochemical and isotopic chemistry to evaluate source water contributions to the hydrology of two high-elevation basins in the Himalayas of Nepal. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012.1 indexed citations
Immerzeel, Walter W., Rens van Beek, & Marc F. P. Bierkens. (2010). Climate Change Will Affect the Asian Water Towers. Science. 328(5984). 1382–1385.2981 indexed citations breakdown →
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Immerzeel, Walter W., et al.. (2010). Climate change and hydrological response in a glaciated catchment in the Himalayas. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 64.1 indexed citations
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Immerzeel, Walter W., et al.. (2009). Hydrological response of climate change in a glaciated catchment in the Himalayas. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 2009.3 indexed citations
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