Robert Thomas

13.3k citations
158 papers · 9.5k · 5 hit papers · h-index 47

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Robert Thomas

147 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Robert Thomas's Hit Papers

Acceleration of Jakobshavn Isbræ triggered by warm subsurface ocean waters 2008 · 677 citations
6770+15+31Years since publication250500750

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Robert Thomas
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  • Atmospheric Science 7.2k
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1.7k
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2.4k
  • Oceanography 785
  • Global and Planetary Change 1.0k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Robert Thomas, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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ICESat's laser measurements of polar ice, atmosphere, ocean, and land
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2002790
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A Majority consensus approach to concurrency control for multiple copy databases
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1979699
3
Acceleration of Jakobshavn Isbræ triggered by warm subsurface ocean waters
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2008677
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Accelerated ice discharge from the Antarctic Peninsula following the collapse of Larsen B ice shelf
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2004547
5
Observations: Changes in Snow, Ice and Frozen Ground
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2007486
6 2002324
7 2004318
8 2000303
9 2004275
10 1978268
11 1997185
12 1983178
13 1995172
14 2002162
15 1983149
16 1979144
17 1999140
18 2004134
19 2003129
20 2006127

About Robert Thomas

Robert Thomas is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Oceanography and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 158 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cryospheric studies and observations (113 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (60 papers), Landslides and related hazards (45 papers), Climate change and permafrost (43 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (34 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (8 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (7.2k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (1.7k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (2.4k citations), Oceanography (785 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (1.0k citations). Robert Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Frequent co-authors include William Krabill, Eric Rignot, E. Frederick, Charles R. Bentley, S. Manizade, W. Abdalati, Robert N. Swift, H. Jay Zwally, J. G. Sonntag and Douglas R. MacAyeal. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Glaciology, Annals of Glaciology, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Science.

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