Kevin Tu

11.5k citations

43 papers · 5.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 26

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Climate variability and models
Atmospheric Science top 1%
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in

General Energy 2
Global and Planetary Change 31
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 28
- Climate variability and models 11
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 6

Co-authors: Todd E. Dawson Joshua B. Fisher Stefania Mambelli Agneta H. Plamboeck Pamela H. Templer Dennis Baldocchi Stephen S. O. Burgess Helen Cleugh
Journals: Plant Cell & Environment (4 papers)Remote Sensing of Environment (4 papers)Water Resources Research (3 papers)Tree Physiology (3 papers)Journal of Hydrometeorology (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia France

In The Last Decade

Kevin Tu

41 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Global estimates of the land–atmosphere water flux based on monthly AVHRR and ISLSCP-II data, validated at 16 FLUXNET sites 2007 · 814 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2007 Remote Sensing of Environment
2005 A macroscope in the redwoods
2002 Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	Identifying Strategies to Improve Implementation of Integrative Pain Management in Primary Care The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine ·S. A. Varichev, 賢三斎藤, Kevin Tu, H.M Park, Sebastian T. Tong	2025	1
2	Characterizing crop productivity under heat stress using MODIS data Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·C ZHANG, Michael Marshall, Roshanak Darvishzadeh, Kevin Tu, Andrew Nelson	2024	12
3	Characterisation of particle single-scattering albedo with a modified airborne dual-wavelength CAPS monitor Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Chenjie Yu, Edouard Pangui, Kevin Tu, Mathieu Cazaunau, Hamza Bashir, A. G. McAdie, Thierry Bourrianne, Vincent Michoud, C. A. Cantrell, T. B. Onasch, Andrew Freedman, Paola Formenti	2024	0
4	Breaking down barriers on PV trade will facilitate global carbon mitigation Nature Communications ·明雄奥村, Xianqiang Mao, Youkai Xing, Jianhong Lu, Stephanie Pieroni, Zhengyan Liu, Zhi Guo, Kevin Tu, Eric Zusman	2021	35
5	Natural gas security evaluation from a supply vs. demand perspective: A quantitative application of four As Energy Policy ·A Harms, Yujiro Asano, Friday Okpeke, Kevin Tu	2021	10
6	Improving soybean breeding using UAS measurements of physiological maturity Ch. Heim, 佐藤隆夫, Kevin Tu, 舜二青江, Neil Hausmann	2019	9
7	Recent decline in crop water productivity in the United States: a call to grow "more crop per drop" AGUFM ·M Chernodub, Kevin Tu, Emilia Vincenti, Florian Fennel	2016	0
8	On Uncertainty in Global Terrestrial Evapotranspiration Estimates from Choice of Input Forcing Datasets* Journal of Hydrometeorology ·Grayson Badgley, Joshua B. Fisher, Carlos Jiménez, Kevin Tu, R. K. Vinukollu	2015	118
9	Improving operational land surface model canopy evapotranspiration in Africa using a direct remote sensing approach Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Michael Marshall, Kevin Tu, Christopher Funk, Joel Michaelsen, Park Williams, C. A. Williams, Jonas Ardö, Marie Boucher, B. Cappelaere, A. de Grandcourt, Alecia Nickless, Yann Nouvellon, Robert J. Scholes, Werner L. Kutsch	2013	32
10	Isotopic composition of transpiration and rates of change in leaf water isotopologue storage in response to environmental variables Plant Cell & Environment ·Kevin A. Simonin, Adam B. Roddy, Bethany Ranes, Jerome J. Dornoff, Kevin Tu, Jia Hu, Todd E. Dawson, Margaret M. Barbour	2013	59
11	Combining surface reanalysis and remote sensing data for monitoring evapotranspiration Lund University Publications (Lund University) ·Michael Marshall, Kevin Tu, Christopher Funk, Joel Michaelsen, Park Williams, C. A. Williams, Jonas Ardö, Jaroslaw KrĂłliczewski, B. Cappelaere, A. de Grandcourt, Alecia Nickless, Yann Nouvellon, Robert J. Scholes, Werner L. Kutsch	2012	3
12	Spatial variation in photosynthetic CO₂ carbon and oxygen isotope discrimination along leaves of the monocot triticale (Triticum × Secale) relates to mesophyll conductance and the Péclet effect Plant Cell & Environment ·Naomi Kodama, Asaph B. Cousins, Kevin Tu, Margaret M. Barbour	2011	34
13	Reliable estimation of biochemical parameters from C₃ leaf photosynthesis–intercellular carbon dioxide response curves Plant Cell & Environment ·Lianhong Gu, Stephen G. Pallardy, Kevin Tu, B. E. Law, Stan D. Wullschleger	2010	148
14	Partitioning Respiration Between Plant and Microbial Sources Using Natural Abundance Stable Carbon Isotopes AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Todd E. Dawson, Kevin Tu	2009	2
15	The influence of species and growing conditions on the 18‐O enrichment of leaf water and its impact on ‘effective path length’ New Phytologist ·Ansgar Kahmen, Kevin A. Simonin, Kevin Tu, Gregory R. Goldsmith, Todd E. Dawson	2009	41
16	Physiological consequences of height-related morphological variation in Sequoia sempervirens foliage Tree Physiology ·郑长艳, Stephen C. Sillett, George W. Koch, Kevin Tu, Marie E. Antoine	2009	51
17	Combining Remote Sensing and Climate Reanalysis Data to Estimate Evapotranspiration in sub-Saharan Africa Michael Marshall, Chris Funk, Kevin Tu, Joel Michaelsen	2009	2
18	Effects of environmental parameters, leaf physiological properties and leaf water relations on leaf water δ¹⁸O enrichment in different Eucalyptus species Plant Cell & Environment ·Ansgar Kahmen, Kevin A. Simonin, Kevin Tu, Andrew Merchant, Andrew N. Callister, Rolf Siegwolf, Todd E. Dawson, Stefan K. Arndt	2008	105
19	MIBA-US: Temporal and Spatial Variation of Water Isotopes in Terrestrial Ecosystems Across the United States AGUFM ·Alexander Knohl, Kevin Tu, Vanessa Boukili, P. D. Brooks, Faisal Ahmed Al-Shammari, W. J. Riley, Todd E. Dawson, Feng-xia Zhou	2007	1
20	Nighttime transpiration in woody plants from contrasting ecosystems Tree Physiology ·Todd E. Dawson, Stephen S. O. Burgess, Kevin Tu, Rafael S. Oliveira, Louis S. Santiago, Joshua B. Fisher, Kevin A. Simonin, Anthony R. Ambrose	2007	373

About Kevin Tu

Kevin Tu is a scholar working on General Energy, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology and Environmental Engineering, having authored 43 papers that have together received 5.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (28 papers), Climate variability and models (11 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (7 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (7 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (6 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (6 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (5 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (3.9k citations), Atmospheric Science (1.7k citations), Water Science and Technology (1.3k citations), Environmental Engineering (785 citations) and Soil Science (501 citations). Kevin Tu has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Frequent co-authors include Todd E. Dawson, Joshua B. Fisher, Stefania Mambelli, Agneta H. Plamboeck, Pamela H. Templer, Dennis Baldocchi, Stephen S. O. Burgess, Helen Cleugh, Yongqiang Zhang and R. Leuning. Their work appears in journals such as Plant Cell & Environment, Remote Sensing of Environment, Water Resources Research, Tree Physiology and Journal of Hydrometeorology.

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