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Permafrost Science

Study of permanently frozen ground and its sensitivity to warming

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Researchers in Permafrost Science

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Shilong Piao
King University
802
Papers
113,191
Citations
170
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Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsClimate variability and modelsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
D
Dennis P. Lettenmaier
University of California, Los Angeles
987
Papers
89,842
Citations
146
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Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesClimate variability and modelsCryospheric studies and observations
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Gianpaolo Balsamo
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
392
Papers
84,623
Citations
72
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Climate variability and modelsMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsCryospheric studies and observations
J
John Turner
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
587
Papers
77,483
Citations
100
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Cryospheric studies and observationsClimate variability and modelsArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
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Patricia de Rosnay
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
319
Papers
73,967
Citations
64
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Soil Moisture and Remote SensingClimate change and permafrostPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis
R
Reto Knutti
610
Papers
69,617
Citations
103
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Climate variability and modelsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations
D
David M. Lawrence
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
624
Papers
63,727
Citations
113
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Climate variability and modelsClimate change and permafrostAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
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M. R. van den Broeke
Utrecht University
1,055
Papers
60,477
Citations
125
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Cryospheric studies and observationsClimate change and permafrostWinter Sports Injuries and Performance
F
Filippo Giorgi
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
549
Papers
55,457
Citations
121
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Climate variability and modelsMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Victor Brovkin
Universität Hamburg
643
Papers
54,823
Citations
100
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Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchClimate variability and models
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Günter Blöschl
TU Wien
803
Papers
52,091
Citations
116
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Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementHydrology and Drought Analysis
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Wolfgang Wagner
University of Vienna
903
Papers
51,750
Citations
106
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Soil Moisture and Remote SensingPrecipitation Measurement and AnalysisClimate change and permafrost
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Active NSF Grants

Louise Farquharson
University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
$294KAug 2026
EPSCoR RII: EPSCoR Research Fe
Shideh Dashti
University of Colorado at Boulder
$1.09MAug 2026
Major Research Instrumentation
Henri Drake
University of California-Irvine
$798KAug 2026
ANT Integrated System Science
Kyle Armour
University of Washington
$47KJun 2026
Coupled & Large-Scale Dynamics
Jackie Weissman
SUNY at Stony Brook
$332KJul 2026
Org Interaction & Ecology
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