Patrick J. Starks

12.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
156 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Patrick J. Starks is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick J. Starks has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Environmental Engineering, 59 papers in Water Science and Technology and 53 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Patrick J. Starks's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (59 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (50 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (35 papers). Patrick J. Starks is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (59 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (50 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (35 papers). Patrick J. Starks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Patrick J. Starks's co-authors include Thomas J. Jackson, Michael H. Cosh, David D. Bosch, John H. Prueger, Daniel N. Moriasi, William P. Kustas, John M. Norman, Jean L. Steiner, Paul R. Houser and M. L. Wesely and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Ecology and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Patrick J. Starks

150 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Correcting eddy-covariance flux underestimates over a grassland

2000 1.5k citations John H. Prueger, Patrick J. Starks et al. profile →
Soil moisture mapping at regional scales using microwave radiometry: the Southern Great Plains Hydrology Experiment

1999 538 citations Thomas J. Jackson, Patrick J. Starks et al. profile →
Ecosystem resilience despite large-scale altered hydroclimatic conditions

2013 481 citations Alfredo Huete, David D. Bosch et al. profile →
Validation of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Soil Moisture Products

2010 478 citations Thomas J. Jackson, Michael H. Cosh et al. profile →
Estimating leaf area index and aboveground biomass of grazing pastures using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Landsat images

2019 249 citations Patrick J. Starks, Jean L. Steiner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick J. Starks United States	39	4.0k	3.4k	3.1k	1.9k	1.5k	156	7.8k
Yongjiu Dai China	48	2.7k 0.7×	6.1k 1.8×	4.3k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	177	9.9k
J. D. Albertson United States	43	2.1k 0.5×	3.4k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	925 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	127	5.8k
Abdelghani Chehbouni Morocco	44	3.8k 0.9×	5.1k 1.5×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	3.5k 2.4×	287	9.5k
Alexandra G. Konings United States	42	2.5k 0.6×	3.9k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	938 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	116	6.4k
Christopher Hain United States	50	2.7k 0.7×	6.8k 2.0×	2.3k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	159	9.2k
Thomas Foken Germany	48	2.6k 0.7×	8.6k 2.5×	5.0k 1.6×	1.2k 0.6×	854 0.6×	216	10.3k
Enrique R. Vivoni United States	52	2.6k 0.7×	5.4k 1.6×	2.6k 0.8×	3.9k 2.1×	2.1k 1.4×	217	9.1k
Édouard L. Davin Switzerland	34	2.8k 0.7×	5.8k 1.7×	3.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	767 0.5×	87	8.2k
Aaron Berg Canada	40	3.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	3.5k 1.1×	934 0.5×	651 0.4×	182	6.2k
Clément Albergel France	39	4.1k 1.0×	3.8k 1.1×	4.9k 1.5×	1.6k 0.8×	806 0.6×	118	8.1k

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Moriasi, Daniel N., et al.. (2025). SWAT-IRR: A new irrigation algorithm for soil and water Assessment tool to facilitate water management and Conservation in irrigated regions. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 232. 110142–110142.

Fortuna, Ann‐Marie, Brian K. Northup, Patrick J. Starks, et al.. (2024). The LTAR Integrated Common Experiment at Southern Plains. Journal of Environmental Quality. 53(6). 930–938. 1 indexed citations

Talebizadeh, Mansour, et al.. (2024). Spatio-Temporal Sensitivity Analysis for Flow and Sediment Load Modeling Using SWAT in a Heterogeneous Agricultural Watershed. Water Resources Management. 39(5). 2281–2298.

Starks, Patrick J., Daniel N. Moriasi, & Ann‐Marie Fortuna. (2023). GIS-Based RUSLE Reservoir Sedimentation Estimates: Temporally Variable C-Factors, Sediment Delivery Ratio, and Adjustment for Stream Channel and Bank Sediment Sources. Land. 12(10). 1913–1913. 2 indexed citations

Fortuna, Ann‐Marie, Patrick J. Starks, Daniel N. Moriasi, & Jean L. Steiner. (2023). Use of archived data to derive soil health and water quality indicators for monitoring shifts in natural resources. Journal of Environmental Quality. 52(3). 523–536. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Pang‐Wei, Rajat Bindlish, Peggy O’Neill, et al.. (2022). Thermal Hydraulic Disaggregation of SMAP Soil Moisture Over the Continental United States. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 15. 4072–4092. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Pang‐Wei, Rajat Bindlish, Bin Fang, et al.. (2021). Assessing Disaggregated SMAP Soil Moisture Products in the United States. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 14. 2577–2592. 20 indexed citations

Starks, Patrick J., et al.. (2021). Seasonal greenhouse gases fluxes from monoculture and mixed native grasslands in the Southern Plains, USA. Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment. 4(4). 4 indexed citations

Reichle, Rolf H., Qing Liu, Randal D. Koster, et al.. (2019). Version 4 of the SMAP Level‐4 Soil Moisture Algorithm and Data Product. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 11(10). 3106–3130. 140 indexed citations

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Fortuna, Ann‐Marie, et al.. (2019). Prediction of Soil Carbon Fractions Using a Field Spectroradiometer Equipped with an Illuminating Contact Probe. Soil Systems. 3(4). 71–71. 4 indexed citations

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Zwieback, Simon, Andreas Colliander, Michael H. Cosh, et al.. (2018). Estimating time-dependent vegetation biases in the SMAP soil moisture product. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(8). 4473–4489. 38 indexed citations

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Nearing, Grey, Soni Yatheendradas, Wade T. Crow, et al.. (2017). Nonparametric triple collocation. Water Resources Research. 53(7). 5516–5530. 10 indexed citations

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Starks, Patrick J., et al.. (2014). Measurements of canopy interception and transpiration of openly-grown eastern redcedar in central Okalhoma. Environment and Natural Resources Research. 4(3). 10 indexed citations

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Gúzman, Jorge A., et al.. (2014). Upper Washita River Experimental Watersheds: Data Screening Procedure for Data Quality Assurance. Journal of Environmental Quality. 43(4). 1250–1261. 11 indexed citations

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Cosh, Michael H., Patrick J. Starks, Jorge A. Gúzman, & Daniel N. Moriasi. (2014). Upper Washita River Experimental Watersheds: Multiyear Stability of Soil Water Content Profiles. Journal of Environmental Quality. 43(4). 1328–1333. 23 indexed citations

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Moran, Seán, M. A. Nearing, Alfredo Huete, et al.. (2012). Extreme precipitation patterns reduced terrestrial ecosystem production across biomes. AGUFM. 2012. 3 indexed citations

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Starks, Patrick J., Duli Zhao, & Michael A. Brown. (2008). Estimation of nitrogen concentration and in vitro dry matter digestibility of herbage of warm‐season grass pastures from canopy hyperspectral reflectance measurements. Grass and Forage Science. 63(2). 168–178. 20 indexed citations

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Cosh, Michael H., Thomas J. Jackson, Patrick J. Starks, Gary C. Heathman, & Rajat Bindlish. (2003). Satellite soil moisture validation using in situ point sources in the Southern Great Plains during SMEX03. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 5 indexed citations

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Starks, Patrick J. & Thomas J. Jackson. (2001). Remote sensing and estimation of root zone water content. IAHS-AISH publication. 409–411. 3 indexed citations

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Starks, Patrick J., Frank R. Schiebe, & John F. Schalles. (1995). Characterization of the accuracy and precision of spectral measurements by a portable, silicon diode array spectrometer. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 61(10). 1239–1246. 8 indexed citations

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