K. C. McDonald

7.2k citations

45 papers · 2.0k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 21

Co-authors: John S. Kimball Jennifer D. Watts Annett Bartsch E. Podest R. Schroeder Dennis P. Lettenmaier T. J. Bohn Katherine Jensen
Topics: Climate change and permafrost (21 papers)Cryospheric studies and observations (15 papers)Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (11 papers)
Cited by: Atmospheric Science Global and Planetary Change Environmental Engineering
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Remote Sensing of Environment IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Partner nations: United States Germany United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

K. C. McDonald

43 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Surface water inundation in the boreal-Arctic: potential impacts on regional methane emissions

2014 459 citations Jennifer D. Watts, John S. Kimball et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Characterizing Tidal Marsh Inundation with Synthetic Aperture Radar, Radiometric Modeling, and In Situ Water Level Observations 2025 ·Remote Sensing ·Brian T. Lamb,K. C. McDonald,Maria Tzortziou,(unknown)	0
2	Development of the global dataset of Wetland Area and Dynamics for Methane Modeling (WAD2M) 2021 ·Earth system science data ·Zhen Zhang,Etienne Fluet‐Chouinard,Katherine Jensen,K. C. McDonald,Gustaf Hugelius,Thomas Gumbricht,Mark Carroll,Catherine Prigent,Annett Bartsch,Benjamin Poulter	68
3	A Fused Radar–Optical Approach for Mapping Wetlands and Deepwaters of the Mid–Atlantic and Gulf Coast Regions of the United States 2021 ·Remote Sensing ·Brian T. Lamb,Maria Tzortziou,K. C. McDonald	9
4	Mapping of Maximum and Minimum Inundation Extents in the Amazon Basin 2014–2017 with ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 ScanSAR Time-Series Data 2020 ·Remote Sensing ·(unknown),Åke Rosenqvist,Katherine Jensen,K. C. McDonald	17
5	Comparison of Satellite-Based Sea Surface Temperature to In Situ Observations Surrounding Coral Reefs in La Parguera, Puerto Rico 2020 ·Journal of Marine Science and Engineering ·(unknown),K. C. McDonald,(unknown),(unknown),Roy A. Armstrong,(unknown),(unknown)	20
6	Estimating regional-scale methane flux and budgets using CARVE aircraft measurements over Alaska 2018 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown),R. Commane,Jakob Lindaas,Colm Sweeney,John M. Henderson,Marikate Mountain,N. Steiner,K. C. McDonald,S. J. Dinardo,Charles E. Miller,Steven C. Wofsy,Rachel Chang	12
7	A global wetland methane emissions and uncertainty dataset for atmospheric chemical transport models (WetCHARTs version 1.0) 2017 ·Geoscientific model development ·A. Anthony Bloom,K. W. Bowman,Meemong Lee,Alexander J. Turner,R. Schroeder,John R. Worden,Richard Weidner,K. C. McDonald,Daniel J. Jacob	179
8	A multi-scale comparison of modeled and observed seasonal methane emissions in northern wetlands 2016 ·Biogeosciences ·Xiyan Xu,W. J. Riley,Charles D. Koven,D. P. Billesbach,Rachel Chang,R. Commane,E. S. Euskirchen,(unknown),Yoshinobu Harazono,Hiroki Iwata,K. C. McDonald,Charles E. Miller,Walter C. Oechel,Benjamin Poulter,Naama Raz‐Yaseef,Colm Sweeney,Margaret Torn,Steven C. Wofsy,Zhen Zhang,Donatella Zona	22
9	Mapping Regional Inundation with Spaceborne L-Band SAR 2015 ·Remote Sensing ·Bruce Chapman,K. C. McDonald,Masanobu Shimada,Åke Rosenqvist,R. Schroeder,Laura L. Hess	80
10	Development of an early warning system for extreme rainfall, surface inundation, and malaria in East Africa 2013 ·AGUFM ·(unknown),Kim Jensen,K. C. McDonald,Pietro Ceccato	1
11	Bracketing the range of lake and wetland methane emissions rates in West Siberia using models, in situ observations, and remote sensing 2012 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·T. J. Bohn,(unknown),(unknown),М. В. Глаголев,R. Schroeder,K. C. McDonald,E. Podest,(unknown),Ben Livneh,Dennis P. Lettenmaier	0
12	Satellite Microwave remote sensing of contrasting surface water inundation changes within the Arctic–Boreal Region 2012 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Jennifer D. Watts,John S. Kimball,L. A. Jones,R. Schroeder,K. C. McDonald	58
13	An integrated approach for estimation of methane emissions from wetlands and lakes in high latitude regions 2009 ·EGUGA ·(unknown),L. C. Bowling,E. Podest,T. J. Bohn,Dennis P. Lettenmaier,R. Schroeder,K. C. McDonald	1
14	Tracing freshwater anomalies through the air‐land‐ocean system: A case study from the Mackenzie river basin and the Beaufort Gyre 2009 ·ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN ·M. A. Rawlins,Michael Steele,Mark C. Serreze,Charles J Vörösmarty,Wendy Ermold,Richard B. Lammers,K. C. McDonald,Tamlin M. Pavelsky,A. I. Shiklomanov,Jinlun Zhang	11
15	Diagnosis of the record discharge of Arctic-draining Eurasian rivers in 2007 2009 ·Environmental Research Letters ·M. A. Rawlins,Mark C. Serreze,R. Schroeder,Xiangdong Zhang,K. C. McDonald	31
16	An Earth System Data Record for Land Surface Freeze/Thaw State: Quantifying Terrestrial Water Mobility Constraints to Global Ecosystem Processes 2008 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·John S. Kimball,K. C. McDonald	1
17	ASSESSING THE CARBON BALANCE OF CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC TUNDRA USING REMOTE SENSING AND PROCESS MODELING 2007 ·Ecological Applications ·Stephen Sitch,A. David McGuire,John S. Kimball,Nicola Gedney,John A. Gamon,Ryan Engstrom,Annett Wolf,Qianlai Zhuang,J. S. Clein,K. C. McDonald	107
18	Methane emissions from western Siberian wetlands: heterogeneity and sensitivity to climate change 2007 ·Environmental Research Letters ·T. J. Bohn,Dennis P. Lettenmaier,(unknown),L. C. Bowling,E. Podest,K. C. McDonald,Thomas Friborg	94
19	Satellite Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Net Primary Production for the Pan-Arctic Basin and Alaska 2006 ·Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change ·John S. Kimball,Maosheng Zhao,K. C. McDonald,Steven W. Running	33
20	Dielectric and hydraulic response of selected forest canopies at the BOREAS test sites in Canada 2002 ·K. C. McDonald,R. Zimmermann,Ram Oren,J. Way	2

About K. C. McDonald

K. C. McDonald is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering, having authored 45 papers that have together received 2.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change and permafrost (21 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (15 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (952 citations), Global and Planetary Change (993 citations) and Environmental Engineering (487 citations). K. C. McDonald has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include John S. Kimball, Jennifer D. Watts, Annett Bartsch, E. Podest, R. Schroeder, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, T. J. Bohn, Katherine Jensen, Bruce Chapman and M. A. Rawlins. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

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