Paul Montesano

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Paul Montesano is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Montesano has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Environmental Engineering, 26 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Paul Montesano's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (34 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (20 papers) and Forest ecology and management (13 papers). Paul Montesano is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (34 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (20 papers) and Forest ecology and management (13 papers). Paul Montesano collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. Paul Montesano's co-authors include K.J. Ranson, Guoqing Sun, Bruce D. Cook, R. Nelson, David Shean, A. A. Arendt, Shashank Bhushan, David R. Rounce, Ross Nelson and Batuhan Osmanoğlu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Remote Sensing of Environment and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Paul Montesano

46 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. A Systematic, Regional Assessment of High Mountain Asia Glacier Mass Balance
    2020 373 citations David Shean, Paul Montesano et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Montesano United States 24 1.3k 1.2k 823 700 694 49 2.5k
Amy Neuenschwander United States 27 2.2k 1.7× 1.4k 1.2× 595 0.7× 734 1.0× 996 1.4× 63 3.0k
Mark Cutler United Kingdom 21 995 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 598 0.7× 657 0.9× 869 1.3× 54 2.6k
Wenge Ni‐Meister United States 27 1.8k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 607 0.7× 920 1.3× 1.1k 1.6× 67 2.7k
Chris Hopkinson Canada 34 2.5k 1.9× 1.6k 1.3× 899 1.1× 1.3k 1.9× 1.2k 1.8× 134 3.9k
L. Chasmer Canada 35 2.0k 1.5× 1.9k 1.5× 1.3k 1.6× 1.2k 1.7× 1.4k 2.0× 103 4.0k
Mark Chopping United States 21 940 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 492 0.6× 279 0.4× 1.1k 1.6× 51 2.0k
Michael Alonzo United States 18 1.1k 0.8× 854 0.7× 209 0.3× 214 0.3× 710 1.0× 27 1.7k
R. Latifovic Canada 33 860 0.7× 1.8k 1.5× 814 1.0× 205 0.3× 1.3k 1.9× 69 2.8k
Daniel N.M. Donoghue United Kingdom 23 840 0.6× 606 0.5× 153 0.2× 497 0.7× 355 0.5× 56 1.7k
Ian Olthof Canada 31 549 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 173 0.2× 988 1.4× 62 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Montesano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Montesano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Montesano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Montesano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Montesano based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Paul Montesano. Paul Montesano is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Montesano, Paul, Mark Carroll, C. S. R. Neigh, et al.. (2024). A shift in transitional forests of the North American boreal will persist through 2100. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 290–290. 2 indexed citations
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Wagner, William C., et al.. (2024). Vegetation Height Stereo Reconstruction With BlackSky Commercial Frame Camera Imagery. 116. 2446–2450. 1 indexed citations
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Montesano, Paul, C. S. R. Neigh, Matthew J. Macander, et al.. (2023). Patterns of regional site index across a North American boreal forest gradient. Environmental Research Letters. 18(7). 75006–75006. 4 indexed citations
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Yin, Tiangang, Paul Montesano, Bruce D. Cook, et al.. (2023). Modeling forest canopy surface retrievals using very high-resolution spaceborne stereogrammetry: (I) methods and comparisons with actual data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 298. 113825–113825. 8 indexed citations
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Neigh, C. S. R., et al.. (2021). Estimating Bare Earth in Sparse Boreal Forests With WorldView Stereo Imagery. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 19. 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Montesano, Paul, C. S. R. Neigh, Matthew J. Macander, Min Feng, & Praveen Noojipady. (2020). The bioclimatic extent and pattern of the cold edge of the boreal forest: the circumpolar taiga-tundra ecotone. Environmental Research Letters. 15(10). 105019–105019. 16 indexed citations
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Neigh, C. S. R., Compton J. Tucker, Mark Carroll, et al.. (2019). An API for Spaceborne Sub-Meter Resolution Products for Earth Science. 5397–5400. 5 indexed citations
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Montesano, Paul, C. S. R. Neigh, Guoqing Sun, et al.. (2017). The use of sun elevation angle for stereogrammetric boreal forest height in open canopies. Remote Sensing of Environment. 196. 76–88. 28 indexed citations
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Montesano, Paul, Guoqing Sun, Ralph Dubayah, & K.J. Ranson. (2016). Spaceborne potential for examining taiga–tundra ecotone form andvulnerability. Biogeosciences. 13(13). 3847–3861. 16 indexed citations
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Nelson, Ross, Hank A. Margolis, Paul Montesano, et al.. (2016). Lidar-based estimates of aboveground biomass in the continental US and Mexico using ground, airborne, and satellite observations. Remote Sensing of Environment. 188. 127–140. 92 indexed citations
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Ranson, K.J., et al.. (2014). Tree Canopy Cover for the Circumpolar Taiga-Tundra Ecotone: 2000-2005. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center for Biogeochemical Dynamics. 3 indexed citations
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Montesano, Paul, Guoqing Sun, Ralph Dubayah, & K.J. Ranson. (2014). The Uncertainty of Plot-Scale Forest Height Estimates from Complementary Spaceborne Observations in the Taiga-Tundra Ecotone. Remote Sensing. 6(10). 10070–10088. 15 indexed citations
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Cook, Bruce D., Ross Nelson, Elizabeth M. Middleton, et al.. (2013). NASA Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral and Thermal (G-LiHT) Airborne Imager. Remote Sensing. 5(8). 4045–4066. 291 indexed citations
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Huang, Wenli, Guoqing Sun, Ralph Dubayah, et al.. (2013). Mapping biomass change after forest disturbance: Applying LiDAR footprint-derived models at key map scales. Remote Sensing of Environment. 134. 319–332. 66 indexed citations
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Tilton, James C., et al.. (2012). Best Merge Region-Growing Segmentation With Integrated Nonadjacent Region Object Aggregation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 50(11). 4454–4467. 101 indexed citations
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Foster, James L., Dorothy K. Hall, John Eylander, et al.. (2011). A blended global snow product using visible, passive microwave and scatterometer satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 32(5). 1371–1395. 108 indexed citations
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Hall, Dorothy K., James L. Foster, George A. Riggs, et al.. (2009). Preliminary Evaluation of the AFWA-NASA (ANSA) Blended Snow-Cover Product over the Lower Great Lakes Region. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 4 indexed citations
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Lathrop, Richard G., et al.. (2005). Statewide mapping and assessment of vernal pools: A New Jersey case study. Journal of Environmental Management. 76(3). 230–238. 37 indexed citations
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Montesano, Paul, et al.. (2002). Examining the Relationship Between Snowfall and Wildfire Patterns in the Western United States. Physical Geography. 23(4). 335–342. 11 indexed citations

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