John F. Knowles

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

John F. Knowles is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, John F. Knowles has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 26 papers in Atmospheric Science and 18 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in John F. Knowles's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (29 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (19 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (18 papers). John F. Knowles is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (29 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (19 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (18 papers). John F. Knowles collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. John F. Knowles's co-authors include Peter D. Blanken, Mark Williams, N. P. Molotch, Russell L. Scott, Greg A. Barron‐Gafford, A. A. Harpold, Sean P. Burns, Ben Livneh, Theodore B. Barnhart and Dominik Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

John F. Knowles

76 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Remote sensing of dryland ecosystem structure and function: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

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Xuejia Wang China

Yi Song China

Xuezhen Zhang China

Sanath Kumar United States

Zhi‐Yun Jiang China

Mingxu Li China

Martin Šanda Czechia

Huili Chen China

Fangfang Yao China

Junbang Wang China

Xuejia Wang China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John F. Knowles

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Tague, C., Holly Barnard, A. A. Harpold, et al.. (2025). James Buttle Review: Dynamic Water Storage Shapes Critical Zone Function in Snow‐Dominated Mountain Watersheds. Hydrological Processes. 39(11). 1 indexed citations

Pepin, N. C., M. E. Apple, John F. Knowles, et al.. (2025). Elevation-dependent climate change in mountain environments. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 6(12). 772–788.

Webb, Ryan, John F. Knowles, Greg A. Barron‐Gafford, et al.. (2024). Energy‐Water Asynchrony Principally Determines Water Available for Runoff From Snowmelt in Continental Montane Forests. Hydrological Processes. 38(10).

Scott, Russell L., Miriam R. Johnston, John F. Knowles, et al.. (2023). Interannual variability of spring and summer monsoon growing season carbon exchange at a semiarid savanna over nearly two decades. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 339. 109584–109584. 12 indexed citations

Wieder, William R., Sean Swenson, John F. Knowles, et al.. (2023). Topographic Heterogeneity and Aspect Moderate Exposure to Climate Change Across an Alpine Tundra Hillslope. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(11). 3 indexed citations

Dannenberg, Matthew P., Dong Yan, Mallory L. Barnes, et al.. (2022). Exceptional heat and atmospheric dryness amplified losses of primary production during the 2020 U.S. Southwest hot drought. Global Change Biology. 28(16). 4794–4806. 91 indexed citations

Biederman, Joel A., Marcos D. Robles, Russell L. Scott, & John F. Knowles. (2022). Streamflow Response to Wildfire Differs With Season and Elevation in Adjacent Headwaters of the Lower Colorado River Basin. Water Resources Research. 58(3). 19 indexed citations

Dwivedi, Ravindra, Christopher J. Eastoe, John F. Knowles, et al.. (2021). An improved practical approach for estimating catchment‐scale response functions through wavelet analysis. Hydrological Processes. 35(3). 2 indexed citations

Dwivedi, Ravindra, Christopher J. Eastoe, John F. Knowles, et al.. (2021). Tandem use of transit time distribution and fraction of young water reveals the dynamic flow paths supporting streamflow at a mountain headwater catchment. 1 indexed citations

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Knowles, John F., Russell L. Scott, Joel A. Biederman, et al.. (2020). Montane forest productivity across a semiarid climatic gradient. Global Change Biology. 26(12). 6945–6958. 22 indexed citations

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Dwivedi, Ravindra, John F. Knowles, Christopher J. Eastoe, et al.. (2020). Ubiquitous Fractal Scaling and Filtering Behavior of Hydrologic Fluxes and Storages from A Mountain Headwater Catchment. Water. 12(2). 613–613. 2 indexed citations

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Dwivedi, Ravindra, Christopher J. Eastoe, John F. Knowles, et al.. (2019). Vegetation source water identification using isotopic and hydrometric observations from a subhumid mountain catchment. Ecohydrology. 13(1). 10 indexed citations

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Dwivedi, Ravindra, John F. Knowles, Yuanhao Fang, et al.. (2018). Why Do Large‐Scale Land Surface Models Produce a Low Ratio of Transpiration to Evapotranspiration?. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(17). 9109–9130. 52 indexed citations

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Sexstone, G. A., David W. Clow, Steven R. Fassnacht, et al.. (2018). Snow Sublimation in Mountain Environments and Its Sensitivity to Forest Disturbance and Climate Warming. Water Resources Research. 54(2). 1191–1211. 94 indexed citations

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Barnard, David M., John F. Knowles, Holly Barnard, et al.. (2018). Reevaluating growing season length controls on net ecosystem production in evergreen conifer forests. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17973–17973. 17 indexed citations

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Wieder, William R., et al.. (2015). Using Earth system models and long-term observations to generate ecological hypotheses. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Knowles, John F., Peter D. Blanken, & Mark Williams. (2014). Variation in Soil Respiration Across an Alpine Soil Moisture and Vegetation Community Gradient at Niwot Ridge, Colorado. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Knowles, John F.. (1992). The Effect of Chronic Radiation on the Humoral Immune Response of Rainbow Trout (Onchorhynchus MykissWalbaum). International Journal of Radiation Biology. 62(2). 239–248. 13 indexed citations

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Knowles, John F.. (1983). The Radiosensitivity of the Guinea-pig Spinal Cord to X-rays: The Effect of Retreatment at One Year and the Effect of Age at the Time of Irradiation. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine. 44(5). 433–442. 41 indexed citations

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Knowles, John F.. (1981). The Effects of Single Dose X-irradiation on the Guinea-pig Spinal Cord. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine. 40(3). 265–275. 9 indexed citations

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