| Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet (2003–2008) from ICESat data–the impact of interpolation, sampling and firn density LS Sørensen, SB Simonsen, K Nielsen, P Lucas-Picher, G Spada, ... The Cryosphere 5 (1), 173-186, 2011 | 191 | 2011 |
| Monitoring recent lake level variations on the Tibetan Plateau using CryoSat-2 SARIn mode data L Jiang, K Nielsen, OB Andersen, P Bauer-Gottwein Journal of Hydrology 544, 109-124, 2017 | 154 | 2017 |
| Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress S Abdalla, AA Kolahchi, M Ablain, S Adusumilli, SA Bhowmick, ... Advances in Space Research 68 (2), 319-363, 2021 | 139 | 2021 |
| Validation of CryoSat-2 SAR mode based lake levels K Nielsen, L Stenseng, OB Andersen, H Villadsen, P Knudsen Remote Sensing of Environment 171, 162-170, 2015 | 90 | 2015 |
| Improved inland water levels from SAR altimetry using novel empirical and physical retrackers H Villadsen, X Deng, OB Andersen, L Stenseng, K Nielsen, P Knudsen Journal of Hydrology 537, 234-247, 2016 | 81 | 2016 |
| CryoSat-2 altimetry for river level monitoring—Evaluation in the Ganges–Brahmaputra River basin H Villadsen, OB Andersen, L Stenseng, K Nielsen, P Knudsen Remote Sensing of Environment 168, 80-89, 2015 | 79 | 2015 |
| Evaluation of Sentinel-3 SRAL SAR altimetry over Chinese rivers L Jiang, K Nielsen, S Dinardo, OB Andersen, P Bauer-Gottwein Remote Sensing of Environment 237, 111546, 2020 | 75 | 2020 |
| Hydrological applications of satellite altimetryrivers, lakes, man-made reservoirs, inundated areas JF Cretaux, K Nielsen, F Frappart, F Papa, S Calmant, J Benveniste Satellite altimetry over oceans and land surfaces, 459-504, 2017 | 62 | 2017 |
| River discharge estimation from radar altimetry: Assessment of satellite performance, river scales and methods E Zakharova, K Nielsen, G Kamenev, A Kouraev Journal of Hydrology 583, 124561, 2020 | 56 | 2020 |
| CryoSat-2 radar altimetry for monitoring freshwater resources of China L Jiang, K Nielsen, OB Andersen, P Bauer-Gottwein Remote Sensing of Environment 200, 125-139, 2017 | 53 | 2017 |
| Greenland uplift and regional sea level changes from ICESat observations and GIA modelling G Spada, G Ruggieri, LS Sørensen, K Nielsen, D Melini, F Colleoni Geophysical Journal International 189 (3), 1457-1474, 2012 | 53 | 2012 |
| Informing a hydrological model of the Ogooué with multi-mission remote sensing data CMM Kittel, K Nielsen, C Tøttrup, P Bauer-Gottwein Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 22 (2), 1453-1472, 2018 | 49 | 2018 |
| Evaluation of multi-mode CryoSat-2 altimetry data over the Po River against in situ data and a hydrodynamic model R Schneider, A Tarpanelli, K Nielsen, H Madsen, P Bauer-Gottwein Advances in water resources 112, 17-26, 2018 | 48 | 2018 |
| Potentials and limitations of Sentinel-3 for river discharge assessment A Tarpanelli, S Camici, K Nielsen, L Brocca, T Moramarco, J Benveniste Advances in Space Research 68 (2), 593-606, 2021 | 43 | 2021 |
| Vertical and horizontal surface displacements near Jakobshavn Isbræ driven by melt‐induced and dynamic ice loss K Nielsen, SA Khan, G Spada, J Wahr, M Bevis, L Liu, T van Dam Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 118 (4), 1837-1844, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
| Recurring dynamically induced thinning during 1985 to 2010 on Upernavik Isstrøm, West Greenland SA Khan, KH Kjaer, NJ Korsgaard, J Wahr, IR Joughin, LH Timm, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 118 (1), 111-121, 2013 | 36 | 2013 |
| Influence of local geoid variation on water surface elevation estimates derived from multi-mission altimetry for Lake Namco L Jiang, OB Andersen, K Nielsen, G Zhang, P Bauer-Gottwein Remote sensing of environment 221, 65-79, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| The performance and potentials of the CryoSat-2 SAR and SARIn modes for lake level estimation K Nielsen, L Stenseng, OB Andersen, P Knudsen Water 9 (6), 374, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| Improving the coastal mean dynamic topography by geodetic combination of tide gauge and satellite altimetry OB Andersen, K Nielsen, P Knudsen, CW Hughes, R Bingham, ... Marine Geodesy 41 (6), 517-545, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| CryoSat Ice Baseline-D validation and evolutions M Meloni, J Bouffard, T Parrinello, G Dawson, F Garnier, V Helm, ... The Cryosphere 14 (6), 1889-1907, 2020 | 27 | 2020 |
