David P. Turner

8.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
78 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

David P. Turner is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David P. Turner has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 29 papers in Ecology and 25 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in David P. Turner's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (28 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (28 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (25 papers). David P. Turner is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (28 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (28 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (25 papers). David P. Turner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Africa. David P. Turner's co-authors include Warren B. Cohen, Stith T. Gower, William D. Ritts, S. W. Running, B. E. Law, Robert E. Kennedy, T. Maiersperger, Stith T. Gower, Mark E. Harmon and Greg J. Koerper and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

David P. Turner

76 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Evaluation of MODIS NPP and GPP products across multiple biomes

2006 538 citations David P. Turner, William D. Ritts et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
A Global Terrestrial Monitoring Network Integrating Tower Fluxes, Flask Sampling, Ecosystem Modeling and EOS Satellite Data

1999 525 citations David P. Turner et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Relationships between Leaf Area Index and Landsat TM Spectral Vegetation Indices across Three Temperate Zone Sites

1999 507 citations David P. Turner, Warren B. Cohen et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David P. Turner United States	37	4.5k	3.4k	2.0k	1.3k	923	78	6.4k
Bruce D. Cook United States	40	2.9k 0.6×	2.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	673 0.7×	117	5.5k
Kevin P. Price United States	30	3.4k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	779 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	80	5.4k
B. D. Amiro Canada	41	5.5k 1.2×	2.1k 0.6×	747 0.4×	903 0.7×	1.9k 2.1×	107	6.7k
Jude Kastens United States	18	2.6k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	648 0.3×	867 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	37	4.2k
Bin Zhao China	40	2.7k 0.6×	3.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	481 0.4×	849 0.9×	143	5.9k
Matteo Detto United States	43	3.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	770 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	103	4.7k
Pamela L. Nagler United States	44	4.3k 0.9×	3.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	863 0.7×	695 0.8×	118	6.4k
Alexander Knohl Germany	42	5.7k 1.3×	2.3k 0.7×	759 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.9k 2.1×	142	7.6k
B. H. Braswell United States	44	5.7k 1.3×	4.4k 1.3×	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	2.1k 2.2×	69	9.1k
S. W. Running United States	29	3.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	743 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	51	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David P. Turner

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Lorenz, Sandra, Jan Beyer, Margret Fuchs, et al.. (2018). The Potential of Reflectance and Laser Induced Luminescence Spectroscopy for Near-Field Rare Earth Element Detection in Mineral Exploration. Remote Sensing. 11(1). 21–21. 32 indexed citations

Turner, David P., et al.. (2018). An approach to estimating forest biomass change over a coniferous forest landscape based on tree-level analysis from repeated lidar surveys. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 40(7). 2558–2575. 3 indexed citations

Jaeger, William K., Daniel P. Bigelow, Heejun Chang, et al.. (2017). Finding water scarcity amid abundance using human–natural system models. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(45). 11884–11889. 59 indexed citations

Turner, David P., William D. Ritts, Robert E. Kennedy, Andrew N. Gray, & Zhiqiang Yang. (2015). Effects of harvest, fire, and pest/pathogen disturbances on the West Cascades ecoregion carbon balance. Carbon Balance and Management. 10(1). 12–12. 18 indexed citations

Masek, Jeffrey G., Daniel J. Hayes, M. Joseph Hughes, Sean P. Healey, & David P. Turner. (2015). The role of remote sensing in process-scaling studies of managed forest ecosystems. Forest Ecology and Management. 355. 109–123. 110 indexed citations

Turner, David P., Benoît Rivard, & Lee A. Groat. (2014). Rare earth element ore grade estimation of mineralized drill core from hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy. 4612–4615. 17 indexed citations

Jones, Peter, Daphne Comfort, David P. Turner, & David Hillier. (2013). SUSTAINABILITY AND THE UK PUB INDUSTRY. Research Repository (University of Gloucestershire). 5(3). 76–93. 2 indexed citations

Turner, David P.. (2013). Perspectives on the principles and structure of the soil classification system in South Africa: discussion and practical examples. South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 30(2). 61–68. 6 indexed citations

Hayes, Daniel J., David P. Turner, G. Stinson, et al.. (2011). Reconciling estimates of the contemporary North American carbon balance among an inventory-based approach, terrestrial biosphere models, and atmospheric inversions. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Hudiburg, T. W., et al.. (2009). Carbon dynamics of Oregon and Northern California forests and potential land‐based carbon storage. Ecological Applications. 19(1). 163–180. 200 indexed citations

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Turner, David P., William D. Ritts, Sonia Wharton, et al.. (2009). Assessing FPAR source and parameter optimization scheme in application of a diagnostic carbon flux model. Remote Sensing of Environment. 113(7). 1529–1539. 20 indexed citations

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Turner, David P., William D. Ritts, B. E. Law, et al.. (2007). Scaling net ecosystem production and net biome production over a heterogeneous region in the western United States. Biogeosciences. 4(4). 597–612. 63 indexed citations

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Turner, David P., Scott V. Ollinger, & John S. Kimball. (2004). Integrating Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Process Models for Landscape- to Regional-Scale Analysis of the Carbon Cycle. BioScience. 54(6). 573–573. 141 indexed citations

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Turner, David P. & Michiel C. Laker. (2003). Recognition of natural soil bodies using textural properties of red freely drained soil profiles from KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 20(2). 87–92. 1 indexed citations

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Turner, David P., Warren B. Cohen, Robert E. Kennedy, Karin S. Fassnacht, & John M. Briggs. (1999). Relationships between Leaf Area Index and Landsat TM Spectral Vegetation Indices across Three Temperate Zone Sites. Remote Sensing of Environment. 70(1). 52–68. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Reich, Peter B., David P. Turner, & Paul V. Bolstad. (1999). An Approach to Spatially Distributed Modeling of Net Primary Production (NPP) at the Landscape Scale and Its Application in Validation of EOS NPP Products. Remote Sensing of Environment. 70(1). 69–81. 101 indexed citations

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Turner, David P., Greg J. Koerper, Mark E. Harmon, & Jeffrey J. Lee. (1995). Carbon sequestration by forests of the United States. Current status and projections to the year 2040. Tellus B. 47(1-2). 232–232. 43 indexed citations

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Turner, David P., Greg J. Koerper, Hermann Gucinski, C. G. Peterson, & Robert K. Dixon. (1993). Monitoring global change: Comparison of forest cover estimates using remote sensing and inventory approaches. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 26-26(2-3). 295–305. 29 indexed citations

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Dixon, Robert K. & David P. Turner. (1991). The global carbon cycle and climate change: Responses and feedbacks from below-ground systems. Environmental Pollution. 73(3-4). 245–262. 61 indexed citations

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Turner, David P. & Eldon H. Franz. (1985). Size class structure and tree dispersion patterns in old-growth cedar-hemlock forests of the northern Rocky Mountains (USA). Oecologia. 68(1). 52–56. 15 indexed citations

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