Bert Wouters

14.2k citations

109 papers · 8.5k · 6 hit papers · h-index 46

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Climate change and permafrost
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Oceanography top 0.5%
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 91
- Cryospheric studies and observations 78
- Climate change and permafrost 38
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 31
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 13
Oceanography 39
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements 34

Co-authors: M. R. van den Broeke (34 shared papers)Ernst Schrama (10 shared papers)Jonathan Bamber (19 shared papers)Alex Gardner (11 shared papers)Geir Moholdt (10 shared papers)Willem Jan van de Berg (11 shared papers)Erik van Meijgaard (7 shared papers)Brice Noël (19 shared papers)
Journals: The cryosphere (14 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (14 papers)Nature Communications (5 papers)Climate Dynamics (4 papers)Surveys in Geophysics (3 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands United States United Kingdom

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Bert Wouters

106 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Bert Wouters's Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites 2020 · 187 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Communications Earth & Environment
2019 Environmental Research Letters
2018 The cryosphere
2016 The cryosphere
2013 Science
2009 Science

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1	A Reconciled Estimate of Glacier Contributions to Sea Level Rise: 2003 to 2009 Science ·Alex Gardner, Geir Moholdt, J. Graham Cogley, Bert Wouters, A. A. Arendt, John Wahr, Étienne Berthier, Regine Hock, W. T. Pfeffer, Georg Kaser, Stefan Ligtenberg, Tobias Bolch, Martin Sharp, Jon Ove Hagen, M. R. van den Broeke, Frank Paul Hit paper breakdown →	2013	980
2	Partitioning Recent Greenland Mass Loss Science ·M. R. van den Broeke, Jonathan Bamber, J. Ettema, Eric Rignot, Ernst Schrama, Willem Jan van de Berg, Erik van Meijgaard, I. Velicogna, Bert Wouters Hit paper breakdown →	2009	667
3	Key indicators of Arctic climate change: 1971–2017 Environmental Research Letters ·Jason E. Box, William Colgan, Torben R. Christensen, Niels Martin Schmidt, Magnus Lund, Frans‐Jan W. Parmentier, Ross Brown, Uma S. Bhatt, E. S. Euskirchen, V. E. Romanovsky, John E. Walsh, James E. Overland, Muyin Wang, Robert W. Corell, Walter N. Meier, Bert Wouters, Sebastian H. Mernild, Johanna Mård, Janet Pawlak, M. S. Olsen Hit paper breakdown →	2019	548
4	On the recent contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea level change The cryosphere ·M. R. van den Broeke, Ellyn M. Enderlin, Ian M. Howat, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Brice Noël, Willem Jan van de Berg, Erik van Meijgaard, Bert Wouters Hit paper breakdown →	2016	361
5	Important role for ocean warming and increased ice-shelf melt in Antarctic sea-ice expansion Nature Geoscience ·Richard Bintanja, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Sybren Drijfhout, Bert Wouters, Caroline A. Katsman	2013	337
6	Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016) The cryosphere ·Jan Melchior van Wessem, Willem Jan van de Berg, Brice Noël, Erik van Meijgaard, Charles Amory, Gerit Birnbaum, Constantijn L. Jakobs, Konstantin Krüger, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Stef Lhermitte, Stefan Ligtenberg, Brooke Medley, Carleen H. Reijmer, Kristof Van Tricht, Luke D. Trusel, Lambertus H. van Ulft, Bert Wouters, Jan Wuite, M. R. van den Broeke Hit paper breakdown →	2018	324
7	Sharply increased mass loss from glaciers and ice caps in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Nature ·Alex Gardner, Geir Moholdt, Bert Wouters, G. J. Wolken, David Burgess, Martin Sharp, J. Graham Cogley, Carsten Braun, Claude Labine	2011	251
8	Evidence and analysis of 2012 Greenland records from spaceborne observations, a regional climate model and reanalysis data The cryosphere ·M. Tedesco, Xavier Fettweis, Thomas L. Mote, John Wahr, Patrick Alexander, Jason E. Box, Bert Wouters	2013	230
9	GRACE observes small‐scale mass loss in Greenland Geophysical Research Letters ·Bert Wouters, D. P. Chambers, Ernst Schrama	2008	222
10	Improved representation of East Antarctic surface mass balance in a regional atmospheric climate model Journal of Glaciology ·Jan Melchior van Wessem, Carleen H. Reijmer, Mathieu Morlighem, J. Mouginot, Eric Rignot, Brooke Medley, Ian Joughin, Bert Wouters, Mathieu Depoorter, Jonathan Bamber, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Willem Jan van de Berg, M. R. van den Broeke, Erik van Meijgaard	2014	211
11	Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites Communications Earth & Environment ·Ingo Sasgen, Bert Wouters, Alex Gardner, Michalea D. King, Marco Tedesco, Felix W. Landerer, Christoph Dahle, Himanshu Save, Xavier Fettweis Hit paper breakdown →	2020	187
12	Decadal prediction skill in a multi-model ensemble Climate Dynamics ·Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Francisco J. Doblas‐Reyes, Bert Wouters, Wilco Hazeleger	2012	185
13	The land ice contribution to sea level during the satellite era Environmental Research Letters ·Jonathan Bamber, Richard Westaway, Ben Marzeion, Bert Wouters	2018	183
14	Dynamic ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet driven by sustained glacier retreat Communications Earth & Environment ·Michalea D. King, Ian M. Howat, S. G. Candela, Myoung J. Noh, Seongsu Jeong, Brice Noël, M. R. van den Broeke, Bert Wouters, Adelaide Negrete	2020	183
15	GRACE, time-varying gravity, Earth system dynamics and climate change Reports on Progress in Physics ·Bert Wouters, J. A. Bonin, D. P. Chambers, Riccardo Riva, Ingo Sasgen, John Wahr	2014	172
16	Timing and origin of recent regional ice-mass loss in Greenland Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Ingo Sasgen, M. R. van den Broeke, Jonathan Bamber, Eric Rignot, Louise Sandberg Sørensen, Bert Wouters, Z. Martinec, I. Velicogna, Sebastian B. Simonsen	2012	171
17	Dynamic thinning of glaciers on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula Science ·Bert Wouters, Alba Martín‐Español, Veit Helm, Thomas Flament, Jan Melchior van Wessem, Stefan Ligtenberg, M. R. van den Broeke, Jonathan Bamber	2015	167
18	Global Glacier Mass Loss During the GRACE Satellite Mission (2002-2016) Frontiers in Earth Science ·Bert Wouters, Alex Gardner, Geir Moholdt	2019	149
19	Observing and Modeling Ice Sheet Surface Mass Balance Reviews of Geophysics ·Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Brooke Medley, M. R. van den Broeke, Bert Wouters	2019	132
20	A multi-model comparison of Atlantic multidecadal variability Climate Dynamics ·Jin Ba, Noel Keenlyside, Mojib Latif, Wonsun Park, Hui Ding, Katja Lohmann, Emmanuel Mignot, Matthew Menary, Odd Helge Otterå, Bert Wouters, David Salas y Mélia, Akira Oka, Alessio Bellucci, E. M. Volodin	2014	130

About Bert Wouters

Bert Wouters is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 109 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cryospheric studies and observations (78 papers), Climate change and permafrost (38 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (34 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (31 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (24 papers), Climate variability and models (20 papers), Landslides and related hazards (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (6.8k citations), Oceanography (2.2k citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.2k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (809 citations) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (1.6k citations). Bert Wouters has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include M. R. van den Broeke, Ernst Schrama, Jonathan Bamber, Alex Gardner, Geir Moholdt, Willem Jan van de Berg, Erik van Meijgaard, Brice Noël, Jan T. M. Lenaerts and John Wahr. Their work appears in journals such as The cryosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, Nature Communications, Climate Dynamics and Surveys in Geophysics.

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