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Lonnie G. Thompson

Earth and Planetary Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1971
Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchCryospheric studies and observationsClimate change and permafrostClimate variability and modelsTree-ring climate responses

Publications

417

Citations

26,035

Est. group size

~16

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

56

Publishing since 1971

Research summary
AI-generated

Lonnie G. Thompson studies past and present climate using ice cores, glaciers, and stable water isotopes, focusing especially on high-altitude tropical and Asian mountain regions like the Tibetan Plateau and the Andes. His work examines how glaciers are losing mass, how monsoon and El Niño patterns affect precipitation and snow, and what ice and water chemistry reveal about long-term climate change. Prospective students would engage with fieldwork on remote glaciers, ice core analysis, and climate modeling of atmospheric circulation and water cycles.

Glaciology and ice core sciencePaleoclimatology and past climate reconstructionStable water isotopes in precipitationTibetan Plateau and Asian water tower dynamicsTropical glacier response to climate variability (El Niño, monsoons)

Publication output has gradually declined from a peak of 19 papers in 2017 to a steadier pace of around 10-13 papers per year in recent years, suggesting a slowing but still active and consistent research output.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 10.2/year recently
2017: 19 publications19172018: 12 publications182019: 10 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 13 publications222023: 13 publications232024: 13 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres×9
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×9
  • AGUFM×8
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×7
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×5
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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