C. W. Thornthwaite

14.9k citations
21 papers · 2.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 10
Topics
Climate variability and models (3 papers)Online and Blended Learning (2 papers)Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (2 papers)
Partner nations
United States

In The Last Decade

C. W. Thornthwaite

17 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

THE WATER BALANCE1955202619782002195519554008001.2k

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C. W. Thornthwaite
Comparison fields: 5 of 103
  • Global and Planetary Change 1.2k
  • Water Science and Technology 820
  • Environmental Engineering 476
  • Soil Science 474
  • Plant Science 468
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All Works

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Lessons Learned from Incorporating Web 2.0 Technologies into Three Levels of University Coursework
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Native Woody Plants Of The United States
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Technology Empowers a Diverse Population of Students: Results From a Technology Professional Development School
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MEASUREMENT OF VERTICAL WINDS IN TYPICAL TERRAIN
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Instructions and tables for computing potential evapotranspiration and the water balance. Publ. Climatol. Lab. Climatol
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Climatic classification in forestry
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The Water Budget and its Use in Irrigation
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THE WATER BALANCEbreakdown →
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Instructions and tables for computing potential evapotranspiration and the water balancebreakdown →
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About C. W. Thornthwaite

C. W. Thornthwaite is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Computer Science Applications and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 21 papers that have together received 2.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (3 papers), Online and Blended Learning (2 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Water Science and Technology (820 citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.2k citations) and Soil Science (474 citations). C. W. Thornthwaite has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include John R. Mather, F. Kenneth Hare, R. T. Field, Paul E. Waggoner, Bohdan Slavík, C. H. Hendershott, T.V. Crawford, W. R. van Wijk, W. G. Wellington and L. P. Herrington. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

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