P. J. Sellers

30.6k citations

120 papers · 23.3k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 60

Co-authors: Compton J. Tucker G. J. Collatz David A. Randall J. Shukla F. G. HALL Joseph A. Berry Carlos A. Nobre Forrest G. Hall
Topics: Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (67 papers)Climate variability and models (40 papers)Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (36 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Atmospheric Science Environmental Engineering
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

P. J. Sellers

119 papers receiving 21.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Canopy reflectance, photosynthesis and transpiration

1985 1.8k citations P. J. Sellers International Journal of Remote Sensing profile →
A Simple Biosphere Model (SIB) for Use within General Circulation Models

1986 1.7k citations P. J. Sellers et al. profile →
A Revised Land Surface Parameterization (SiB2) for Atmospheric GCMS. Part I: Model Formulation

1996 1.6k citations P. J. Sellers, David A. Randall et al. Journal of Climate profile →
Modeling the Exchanges of Energy, Water, and Carbon Between Continents and the Atmosphere

1997 1.2k citations P. J. Sellers, Robert E. Dickinson et al. profile →
Satellite remote sensing of primary production

1986 1.1k citations Compton J. Tucker, P. J. Sellers International Journal of Remote Sensing profile →
The interpretation of spectral vegetation indexes

1995 1.0k citations Ranga B. Myneni, Forrest G. Hall et al. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing profile →
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument description and experiment overview

1998 806 citations David J. Diner, T. H. Reilly et al. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing profile →
Canopy reflectance, photosynthesis, and transpiration. III. A reanalysis using improved leaf models and a new canopy integration scheme.

1992 787 citations P. J. Sellers, Joseph A. Berry et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
A Revised Land Surface Parameterization (SiB2) for Atmospheric GCMS. Part II: The Generation of Global Fields of Terrestrial Biophysical Parameters from Satellite Data

1996 770 citations P. J. Sellers, Compton J. Tucker et al. Journal of Climate profile →
Amazon Deforestation and Climate Change

1990 724 citations J. Shukla, Carlos A. Nobre et al. profile →
Amazonian Deforestation and Regional Climate Change

1991 692 citations Carlos A. Nobre, P. J. Sellers et al. Journal of Climate profile →
A Simplified Biosphere Model for Global Climate Studies

1991 602 citations Yongkang Xue, P. J. Sellers et al. Journal of Climate profile →
The interpretation of spectral vegetation indexes

1995 534 citations Ranga B. Myneni, F. G. HALL et al. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Scientific impact of MODIS C5 calibration degradation and C6+ improvements 2014 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Alexei Lyapustin,(unknown),X. Xiong,Gerhard Meister,Steven Platnick,R. C. Levy,Bryan A. Franz,Sergey Korkin,Thomas Hilker,(unknown),F. G. HALL,P. J. Sellers,Aisheng Wu,Amit Angal	196
2	A Vision for the Exploration of Mars: Robotic Precursors Followed by Humans to Mars Orbit in 2033 2012 ·P. J. Sellers,J. B. Garvin,Anne L. Kinney,Michael Amato,N. E. White	2
3	Multi-angle implementation of atmospheric correction for MODIS (MAIAC): 3. Atmospheric correction 2012 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Alexei Lyapustin,Yujie Wang,István László,Thomas Hilker,Forrest G. Hall,P. J. Sellers,Compton J. Tucker,Sergey Korkin	217
4	Nitrogen Controls on Climate Model Evapotranspiration 2002 ·Journal of Climate ·Robert E. Dickinson,Joseph A. Berry,Gordon B. Bonan,G. J. Collatz,Christopher B. Field,Inez Fung,Michael L. Goulden,William A. Hoffmann,Robert B. Jackson,Ranga B. Myneni,P. J. Sellers,Muhammad Shaikh	71
5	Sensitivity of Climate to Changes in NDVI 2000 ·Journal of Climate ·Lahouari Bounoua,G. J. Collatz,S. O. Los,P. J. Sellers,D. A. Dazlich,Compton J. Tucker,David A. Randall	200
6	Interactions between Vegetation and Climate: Radiative and Physiological Effects of Doubled Atmospheric CO₂ 1999 ·Journal of Climate ·Lahouari Bounoua,G. J. Collatz,P. J. Sellers,David A. Randall,D. A. Dazlich,S. O. Los,Joseph A. Berry,Inez Fung,Compton J. Tucker,Christopher B. Field,Tommy G. Jensen	76
7	A three‐dimensional synthesis study of δ¹⁸O in atmospheric CO₂: 2. Simulations with the TM2 transport model 1997 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Philippe Ciais,Pieter P. Tans,Scott Denning,R. J. Francey,M. Trolier,Harro A. J. Meijer,James W. C. White,Joseph A. Berry,David A. Randall,G. J. Collatz,P. J. Sellers,P. Monfray,Martin Heimann	66
8	Simulations of terrestrial carbon metabolism and atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> in a general circulation model: Part 2: Simulated CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations 1996 ·Tellus B ·Scott Denning,David A. Randall,G. J. Collatz,P. J. Sellers	117
9	Impact of vegetation properties on U.S. summer weather prediction 1996 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Yongkang Xue,Michael J. Fennessy,P. J. Sellers	121
10	Mapping the land surface for global atmosphere‐biosphere models: Toward continuous distributions of vegetation's functional properties 1995 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Ruth DeFries,Christopher B. Field,Inez Fung,Christopher O. Justice,S. O. Los,Pamela A. Matson,Elaine Matthews,Harold A. Mooney,Christopher Potter,Katharine C. Prentice,P. J. Sellers,John Townshend,Compton J. Tucker,Susan L. Ustin,Peter M. Vitousek	158
11	The Boreal Ecosystem–Atmosphere Study (BOREAS): An Overview and Early Results from the 1994 Field Year 1995 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·P. J. Sellers,Forrest G. Hall,K.J. Ranson,Hank A. Margolis,Bob Kelly,Dennis Baldocchi,(unknown),J. Cihlar,Michael G. Ryan,B. Goodison,Patrick Crill,Dennis P. Lettenmaier,D. E. Wickland	426
12	First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment (FIFE) in 1995 1995 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·F. G. HALL,P. J. Sellers	26
13	Amazonian Deforestation and Regional Climate Changebreakdown → 1991 ·Journal of Climate ·Carlos A. Nobre,P. J. Sellers,J. Shukla	692
14	A comparison of surface biophysical properties and remotely sensed variables from FIFE 1990 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·P. J. Sellers,Mark D. Heiser,(unknown),Fred Huemmrich,D. E. STREBEL,F. G. HALL	6
15	Experiment design and operations 1990 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·P. J. Sellers,Forrest G. Hall,Brian L. Markham,James R. Wang,D. E. STREBEL,E. T. Kanemasu,Robert D. Kelly,Blaine L. Blad	6
16	A Review of Satellite Data Algorithms for Studies of the Land Surface 1990 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·P. J. Sellers,S. I. Rasool,(unknown)	59
17	MISR: A multiangle imaging spectroradiometer for geophysical and climatological research from Eos 1989 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·David J. Diner,Carol J. Bruegge,John V. Martonchik,Thomas P. Ackerman,Roger Davies,S.A.W. Gerstl,Howard R. Gordon,P. J. Sellers,(unknown),(unknown),E.D. Danielson,Valérie Duval,K. P. Klaasen,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),T. H. Reilly	131
18	Integration errors in a three-dimensional model for canopy albedos 1987 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Robert E. Dickinson,P. J. Sellers,D. S. Kimes	5
19	Satellite remote sensing of primary productionbreakdown → 1986 ·International Journal of Remote Sensing ·Compton J. Tucker,P. J. Sellers	1078
20	Evaporation from a partially wet forest canopy 1983 ·Annales Geophysicae ·N.H. Hancock,P. J. Sellers,John Crowther	14

About P. J. Sellers

P. J. Sellers is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering, having authored 120 papers that have together received 23.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (67 papers), Climate variability and models (40 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (36 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (17.8k citations), Atmospheric Science (8.5k citations) and Environmental Engineering (5.7k citations). P. J. Sellers has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Compton J. Tucker, G. J. Collatz, David A. Randall, J. Shukla, F. G. HALL, Joseph A. Berry, Carlos A. Nobre, Forrest G. Hall, Christopher B. Field and D. A. Dazlich. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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