C. U. Hammer

16.5k citations

87 papers · 13.4k · 5 hit papers · h-index 44

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.05%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Climate change and permafrost
Earth-Surface Processes top 0.2%
- Geological formations and processes

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 76
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 62
- Cryospheric studies and observations 51
- Climate change and permafrost 8
Ecology 26
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology 16
- Polar Research and Ecology 13

Co-authors: W. Dansgaard (17 shared papers)Henrik Clausen (24 shared papers)S. J. Johnsen (21 shared papers)N. Gundestrup (17 shared papers)J. P. Steffensen (11 shared papers)Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen (11 shared papers)H. B. Clausen (13 shared papers)Gérard C. Bond (2 shared papers)
Journals: Nature (14 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (12 papers)Journal of Glaciology (8 papers)Annals of Glaciology (7 papers)Science (4 papers)
Partner nations: Denmark United States France

In The Last Decade

C. U. Hammer

85 papers receiving 12.1k citations

C. U. Hammer's Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Asynchrony of Antarctic and Greenland climate change during the last glacial period 1998 · 636 citations

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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.

1998 Nature
1996 Science
1993 Nature
1992 Nature
1980 Nature

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1	Evidence for general instability of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core record Nature ·W. Dansgaard, S. J. Johnsen, Henrik Clausen, Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen, N. Gundestrup, C. U. Hammer, Christine S. Hvidberg, J. P. Steffensen, A. E. Sveinbjörnsdottír, J. Jouzel, Gérard C. Bond Hit paper breakdown →	1993	3870
2	Irregular glacial interstadials recorded in a new Greenland ice core Nature ·S. J. Johnsen, Henrik Clausen, W. Dansgaard, Katrin Führer, N. Gundestrup, C. U. Hammer, P. Iversen, J. Jouzel, B. Stauffer, J. P. Steffensen Hit paper breakdown →	1992	1251
3	Asynchrony of Antarctic and Greenland climate change during the last glacial period Nature ·Thomas Blunier, J. Chappellaz, Jakob Schwander, A. Dällenbach, B. Stauffer, Thomas F. Stocker, Dominique Raynaud, J. Jouzel, H. B. Clausen, C. U. Hammer, S. J. Johnsen Hit paper breakdown →	1998	636
4	Greenland ice sheet evidence of post-glacial volcanism and its climatic impact Nature ·C. U. Hammer, H. B. Clausen, W. Dansgaard Hit paper breakdown →	1980	574
5	Synchronized Terrestrial Atmospheric Deglacial Records Around the North Atlantic Science ·Svante Björck, Bernd Kromer, S. J. Johnsen, Ole Bennike, Dan Hammarlund, Geoffrey Lemdahl, Göran Possnert, Tine L. Rasmussen, Barbara Wohlfarth, C. U. Hammer, Marco Spurk Hit paper breakdown →	1996	515
6	A New Greenland Deep Ice Core Science ·W. Dansgaard, H. B. Clausen, N. Gundestrup, C. U. Hammer, S. Johnsen, P. M. Kristinsdottir, Niels Reeh	1982	478
7	Ash layers from Iceland in the Greenland GRIP ice core correlated with oceanic and land sediments Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Karl Grönvold, N. Óskarsson, S. J. Johnsen, Henrik Clausen, C. U. Hammer, Gérard C. Bond, Édouard Bard	1995	470
8	The δ¹⁸O record along the Greenland Ice Core Project deep ice core and the problem of possible Eemian climatic instability Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·S. J. Johnsen, Henrik Clausen, W. Dansgaard, N. Gundestrup, C. U. Hammer, Uffe Brandt Andersen, K. K. Andersen, Christine S. Hvidberg, Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen, J. P. Steffensen, Hitoshi Shoji, Árný E. Sveinbjörnsdóttir, J. W. C. White, Jean Jouzel, David Fisher	1997	403
9	North Atlantic climatic oscillations revealed by deep Greenland ice cores Geophysical monograph ·W. Dansgaard, S. J. Johnsen, Henrik Clausen, Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen, N. Gundestrup, C. U. Hammer, H. Oeschger	1984	304
10	Acidity of Polar Ice Cores in Relation to Absolute Dating, Past Volcanism, and Radio–Echoes Journal of Glaciology ·C. U. Hammer	1980	297
11	Holocene Climate Variability in Antarctica Based on 11 Ice-Core Isotopic Records Quaternary Research ·Valérie Masson‐Delmotte, Françoise Vimeux, Jean Jouzel, Vin Morgan, Marc Delmotte, Philippe Ciais, C. U. Hammer, S. J. Johnsen, V. Lipenkov, Ellen Mosley‐Thompson, Jean‐Robert Petit, Eric J. Steig, M. Stiévenard, Rein Vaikmäe	2000	283
12	Dating of Greenland Ice Cores by Flow Models, Isotopes, Volcanic Debris, and Continental Dust Journal of Glaciology ·C. U. Hammer, H. B. Clausen, W. Dansgaard, N. Gundestrup, S. J. Johnsen, Niels Reeh	1978	251
13	Electrical conductivity measurements from the GISP2 and GRIP Greenland ice cores Nature ·K. C. Taylor, C. U. Hammer, Richard B. Alley, H. B. Clausen, Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen, Anthony J. Gow, N. Gundestrup, J. Kipfstuh, John C. Moore, E. D. Waddington	1993	223
14	Beryllium 10 in the Greenland Ice Core Project ice core at Summit, Greenland Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·F. Yiou, G. M. Raisbeck, S. Baumgartner, J. Beer, C. U. Hammer, S. J. Johnsen, J. Jouzel, Peter W. Kubik, J. Lestringuez, M. Stiévenard, M. Suter, Pascal Yiou	1997	220
15	Climatic changes, Norsemen and modern man Nature ·W. Dansgaard, S. J. Johnsen, Niels Reeh, N. Gundestrup, H. B. Clausen, C. U. Hammer	1975	207
16	Past volcanism revealed by Greenland Ice Sheet impurities Nature ·C. U. Hammer	1977	195
17	Continuous impurity analysis along the Dye 3 deep core Geophysical monograph ·C. U. Hammer, Henrik Clausen, W. Dansgaard, A. Neftel, P. M. Kristinsdottir, E. Johnson	1985	171
18	A comparison of the volcanic records over the past 4000 years from the Greenland Ice Core Project and Dye 3 Greenland ice cores Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Henrik Clausen, C. U. Hammer, Christine S. Hvidberg, Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen, J. P. Steffensen, J. Kipfstuhl, Michel Legrand	1997	152
19	The Laki and Tambora Eruptions as Revealed in Greenland Ice Cores from 11 Locations Annals of Glaciology ·H. B. Clausen, C. U. Hammer	1988	135
20	New ice core evidence for a volcanic cause of the A.D. 536 dust veil Geophysical Research Letters ·L. B. Larsen, Bo Vinther, Keith R. Briffa, Thomas Melvin, Henrik Clausen, P. D. Jones, M.‐L. Siggaard‐Andersen, C. U. Hammer, M. Eronen, Håkan Grudd, Björn E. Gunnarson, Rashit Hantemirov, Mukhtar M. Naurzbaev, Kurt Nicolussi	2008	125

About C. U. Hammer

C. U. Hammer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 87 papers that have together received 13.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (62 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (51 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (16 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (13 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (11 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (10 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (10 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (12.1k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (2.0k citations), Paleontology (1.9k citations), Anthropology (2.4k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (1.9k citations). C. U. Hammer has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include W. Dansgaard, Henrik Clausen, S. J. Johnsen, N. Gundestrup, J. P. Steffensen, Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen, H. B. Clausen, Gérard C. Bond, Christine S. Hvidberg and A. E. Sveinbjörnsdottír. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Glaciology, Annals of Glaciology and Science.

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