Joel Michaelsen

12.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Joel Michaelsen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel Michaelsen has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 35 papers in Atmospheric Science and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Joel Michaelsen's work include Climate variability and models (21 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (15 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (11 papers). Joel Michaelsen is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (21 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (15 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (11 papers). Joel Michaelsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Sweden. Joel Michaelsen's co-authors include Chris Funk, G. J. Husak, J. P. Verdin, Diego Pedreros, Pete Peterson, M. F. Landsfeld, James Rowland, Andrew Hoell, L. Harrison and Shraddhanand Shukla and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Joel Michaelsen

65 papers receiving 8.7k citations

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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.

The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes

2015 3.9k citations Chris Funk, Pete Peterson et al. Scientific Data profile →
Cross-Validation in Statistical Climate Forecast Models

1987 717 citations Joel Michaelsen Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology profile →
A quasi-global precipitation time series for drought monitoring

2014 594 citations Chris Funk, Pete Peterson et al. profile →

Peers

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David Lister United Kingdom

Govindasamy Bala India

Stanley A. Changnon United States

César Azorín-Molina Spain

Martin Beniston Switzerland

Jakob Zscheischler Germany

J. P. Verdin United States

Roni Avissar United States

Linda O. Mearns United States

Alexis Berg United States

David Lister United Kingdom

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joel Michaelsen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joel Michaelsen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joel Michaelsen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Joel Michaelsen. Joel Michaelsen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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López‐Carr, David, Narcisa G. Pricope, Phaedon Kyriakidis, et al.. (2016). Climate-Related Child Undernutrition in the Lake Victoria Basin: An Integrated Spatial Analysis of Health Surveys, NDVI, and Precipitation Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 9(6). 2830–2835. 12 indexed citations

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Funk, Chris, A. Verdin, Joel Michaelsen, et al.. (2015). A global satellite-assisted precipitation climatology. Earth system science data. 7(2). 275–287. 222 indexed citations

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Funk, Chris, Pete Peterson, M. F. Landsfeld, et al.. (2015). The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes. Scientific Data. 2(1). 150066–150066. 3945 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peterson, Pete, Chris Funk, M. F. Landsfeld, et al.. (2014). The Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) Dataset: Quasi-Global Precipitation Estimates for Drought Monitoring and Trend Analysis. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Pricope, Narcisa G., G. J. Husak, David López‐Carr, Christopher Funk, & Joel Michaelsen. (2013). The climate-population nexus in the East African Horn: Emerging degradation trends in rangeland and pastoral livelihood zones. Global Environmental Change. 23(6). 1525–1541. 107 indexed citations

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Marshall, Michael, Kevin Tu, Christopher Funk, et al.. (2013). Improving operational land surface model canopy evapotranspiration in Africa using a direct remote sensing approach. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 17(3). 1079–1091. 32 indexed citations

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Husak, G. J., Christopher Funk, Joel Michaelsen, Tamuka Magadzire, & Kirk Goldsberry. (2013). Developing seasonal rainfall scenarios for food security early warning. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 114(1-2). 291–302. 23 indexed citations

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Marshall, Michael, Kevin Tu, Christopher Funk, et al.. (2012). Combining surface reanalysis and remote sensing data for monitoring evapotranspiration. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 3 indexed citations

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Funk, Chris, Michael D. Dettinger, Joel Michaelsen, et al.. (2008). Warming of the Indian Ocean threatens eastern and southern African food security but could be mitigated by agricultural development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(32). 11081–11086. 379 indexed citations

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Funk, Chris, et al.. (2007). MODIS NDVI-Based Crop Production Estimates for Zimbabwe in 2006/07. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Funk, Chris & Joel Michaelsen. (2004). A Simplified Diagnostic Model of Orographic Rainfall for Enhancing Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates in Data-Poor Regions. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 43(10). 1366–1378. 24 indexed citations

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Wells, Michael L., et al.. (2004). Variations in a regional fire regime related to vegetation type in San Diego County, California (USA). Landscape Ecology. 19(2). 139–152. 38 indexed citations

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Phinn, Stuart, Douglas A. Stow, Janet Franklin, Leal A. K. Mertes, & Joel Michaelsen. (2003). Remotely Sensed Data for Ecosystem Analyses: Combining Hierarchy Theory and Scene Models. Environmental Management. 31(3). 429–441. 24 indexed citations

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Michaelsen, Joel, José Silvestre, & M.I. Ferreira. (1999). THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOIL WATER BALANCE ON THE WATER FLUXES IN THE SOIL-PLANT-ATMOSPHERE CONTINUUM. FIELD STUDIES IN A VINEYARD AT SANTARÉM, PORTUGAL. Acta Horticulturae. 205–212. 1 indexed citations

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Elder, Kelly, Jeff Dozier, & Joel Michaelsen. (1991). Snow accumulation and distribution in an Alpine Watershed. Water Resources Research. 27(7). 1541–1552. 303 indexed citations

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Elder, Kelly, Jeff Dozier, & Joel Michaelsen. (1989). Spatial and Temporal Variation of Net Snow Accumulation in a Small Alpine Watershed, Emerald Lake Basin, Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A.. Annals of Glaciology. 13. 56–63. 25 indexed citations

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Elder, Kelly, Jeff Dozier, & Joel Michaelsen. (1989). Spatial and Temporal Variation of Net Snow Accumulation in a Small Alpine Watershed, Emerald Lake Basin, Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A.. Annals of Glaciology. 13. 56–63. 6 indexed citations

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Michaelsen, Joel, et al.. (1987). 400 YEARS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY RECONSTRUCTED FROM TREE‐RINGS¹. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 23(5). 809–818. 49 indexed citations

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Michaelsen, Joel. (1987). Cross-Validation in Statistical Climate Forecast Models. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology. 26(11). 1589–1600. 717 indexed citations breakdown →

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Michaelsen, Joel. (1982). A Statistical Study of Large-Scale, Long-Period Variability in North Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 12(7). 694–703. 7 indexed citations

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