Christopher Horvat Source Confirmed

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Assistant Professor

John Brown University

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25 h-index 94 pubs 2,218 cited

Research Areas

Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Cryospheric studies and observations Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Climate change and permafrost Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

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Christopher Horvat, an assistant professor at John Brown University, investigates Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics within the broader context of cryospheric studies. His research encompasses oceanographic and atmospheric processes that influence climate change, including permafrost thaw and the behavior of methane hydrates. Horvat's work utilizes satellite data, such as ICESat-2 and Sentinel-2 imagery, to classify sea ice surfaces and estimate lead and floe geometry. He also explores the interactions between ice floes, the marginal ice zone, and wave activity, developing scattering models to understand wave attenuation. Recent work has examined the impact of wildfire aerosol deposition on Arctic phytoplankton blooms. His primary research focus is on the interplay between ice dynamics, climate, and related environmental phenomena in polar regions.

Metrics

  • h-index: 25
  • Publications: 94
  • Citations: 2,218

Selected Publications

  • Langmuir Turbulence in the Arctic Ocean: Insights From a Coupled Sea Ice –Wave Model (2025) DOI
  • Langmuir Turbulence in the Arctic Ocean: Insights From a Coupled Sea Ice –Wave Model (2025) DOI
  • Consistent Antarctic sea ice concentration biases from passive microwave satellites resolved via ICESat-2 altimetry (2025) DOI
  • Fetch-limited wind-wave generation in partial sea ice cover (2024) DOI
  • Scale-dependent air-sea exchange in the polar oceans: floe-floe and floe-flow coupling in the generation of ice-ocean boundary layer turbulence (2023) DOI
  • Phytoplankton Blooms Under Antarctic Sea Ice (2022) DOI
  • Training Data for NN-WIFF (Horvat and Roach, 2021) (2021) DOI
  • Training Data for NN-WIFF (Horvat and Roach, 2021) (2021) DOI
  • Extreme South Pacific Phytoplankton Blooms Induced by Tropical Cyclones (2021) DOI
  • Phytoplankton Blooms Under Antarctic Sea Ice (2021) DOI
  • The Case for Phytoplankton Blooms Under Antarctic Sea Ice (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Aikaterini Tavri John Brown University 2 shared publications Monica M. Wilhelmus John Brown University 2 shared publications Baylor Fox‐Kemper John Brown University 2 shared publications P. S. Hall John Brown University 2 shared publications

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