OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cryosphere is 29. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
A comparison between Envisat and ICESat sea ice thickness in the Southern Ocean	289
Quantifying the uncertainty in the Eurasian ice-sheet geometry at the Penultimate Glacial Maximum (Marine Isotope Stage 6)	93
Comparing elevation and backscatter retrievals from CryoSat-2 and ICESat-2 over Arctic summer sea ice	70
Modelling cold firn evolution at Colle Gnifetti, Swiss/Italian Alps	59
Partial melting in polycrystalline ice: pathways identified in 3D neutron tomographic images	54
Impact of atmospheric forcing uncertainties on Arctic and Antarctic sea ice simulations in CMIP6 OMIP models	49
A model framework for atmosphere–snow water vapor exchange and the associated isotope effects at Dome Argus, Antarctica – Part 1: The diurnal changes	48
Disentangling the drivers of future Antarctic ice loss with a historically calibrated ice-sheet model	42
Mapping Antarctic crevasses and their evolution with deep learning applied to satellite radar imagery	42
Ice-shelf freshwater triggers for the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf melt tipping point in a global ocean–sea-ice model	42
Mechanisms and impacts of anomalous high-salinity shelf water formation in the Ross Sea	38
Modelling surface temperature and radiation budget of snow-covered complex terrain	36
Extensive and anomalous grounding line retreat at Vanderford Glacier, Vincennes Bay, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica	36
Brief communication: Monitoring active layer dynamics using a lightweight nimble ground-penetrating radar system – a laboratory analogue test case	35
Variability in Antarctic surface climatology across regional climate models and reanalysis datasets	34
Improving climate model skill over High Mountain Asia by adapting snow cover parameterization to complex-topography areas	34
Automated mapping of the seasonal evolution of surface meltwater and its links to climate on the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica	34
Benchmarking of snow water equivalent (SWE) products based on outcomes of the SnowPEx+ Intercomparison Project	33
Spectral induced polarization survey for the estimation of hydrogeological parameters in an active rock glacier	33
European heat waves 2022: contribution to extreme glacier melt in Switzerland inferred from automated ablation readings	33
Evaluating Greenland surface-mass-balance and firn-densification data using ICESat-2 altimetry	33
Spatially heterogeneous effect of climate warming on the Arctic land ice	33
Responses of the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers to melt and sliding parameterizations	33
Sea ice reduction in the Barents–Kara Sea enhances June precipitation in the Yangtze River basin	32
Brief communication: Tritium concentration and age of firn accumulation in an ice cave of Mount Olympus (Greece)	32

Observing the evolution of summer melt on multiyear sea ice with ICESat-2 and Sentinel-2	30
Seasonal land-ice-flow variability in the Antarctic Peninsula	30
The role of föhn winds in eastern Antarctic Peninsula rapid ice shelf collapse	30
Suitability of the CICE sea ice model for seasonal prediction and positive impact of CryoSat-2 ice thickness initialization	29