Randall J. Donohue

6.4k citations

50 papers · 4.9k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 26

Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 21
- Climate variability and models 16
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 7
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis 5
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management 5
Water Science and Technology top 0.5%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies 16
Atmospheric Science top 2%
Environmental Engineering top 1%
Ecology top 2%
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture 13
Ecological Modeling
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 6

Co-authors: Tim R. McVicar Michael L. Roderick Yuting Yang Thomas G. Van Niel Graham D. Farquhar Deepak Jhajharia Yagob Dinpashoh Axel Thomas
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Water Science and Technology Atmospheric Science
Partner nations: Australia United States China

In The Last Decade

Randall J. Donohue

49 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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2018 Hydrologic implications of vegetation response to elevated CO2 in climate projections
2013 Impact of CO₂ fertilization on maximum foliage cover across the globe's warm, arid environments
2012 Roots, storms and soil pores: Incorporating key ecohydrological processes into Budyko’s hydrological model
2011 Global review and synthesis of trends in observed terrestrial near-surface wind speeds: Implications for evaporation

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1	An assessment of the accuracy of satellite-derived woody and grass foliage cover estimates for Australia Randall J. Donohue,Luigi J. Renzullo	2025	4
2	Using sub-diurnal surface-air temperature difference anomaly derived from Himawari-8 geostationary satellite and meteorological grids for early detection of vegetation drought stress: Application to Australia's 2017–2019 Tinderbox Drought Dejun Cai,Tim R. McVicar,Thomas G. Van Niel,Randall J. Donohue,Yuhei YAMAMOTO,Stephen B. Stewart,Kazuhito Ichii,M Stenson	2025	1
3	A Framework for Dynamic Assessment of Terrestrial Ecosystem Condition Jinyan Yang,Yiqing Guo,Christopher J. Owers,Katherine M. Giljohann,Roozbeh Valavi,Randall J. Donohue,Kristen J. Williams,Simon Ferrier,Karel Mokany	2025	0
4	Graincast™: monitoring crop production across the Australian grainbelt Roger Lawes,Zvi Hochman,Emma Jakku,Roger Butler,J. Chai,Y. Chen,François Waldner,G. Mata,Randall J. Donohue	2022	7
5	Productivity and Biomass of Australia’s Rangelands: Towards a National Database Luciana L. Porfirio,Diógenes L. Antille,Ian Watson,Brett N. Abbott,David M. J. S. Bowman,Peter Briggs,Josep G. Canadell,Amber C. Churchill,Randall J. Donohue,Juan Pablo Guerschman,Vanessa Haverd,Michael J. Hill,Jürgen Knauer,Brett P. Murphy,Matt Paget,Lynda D. Prior,Stephen H. Roxburgh,Grant J. Williamson	2020	1
6	Seasonal, interannual and decadal drivers of tree and grass productivity in an Australian tropical savanna Caitlin E. Moore,Jason Beringer,Randall J. Donohue,Bradley Evans,Jean‐François Exbrayat,Lindsay B. Hutley,Nigel Tapper	2018	30
7	Lags in hydrologic recovery following an extreme drought: Assessing the roles of climate and catchment characteristics Yuting Yang,Tim R. McVicar,Randall J. Donohue,Yongqiang Zhang,Michael L. Roderick,Francis H. S. Chiew,Lu Zhang,Junlong Zhang	2017	132
8	Long‐term CO₂ fertilization increases vegetation productivity and has little effect on hydrological partitioning in tropical rainforests Yuting Yang,Randall J. Donohue,Tim R. McVicar,Michael L. Roderick,Hylke E. Beck	2016	73
9	Habitat Condition Assessment System: a new way to assess the condition of natural habitats for terrestrial biodiversity across whole regions using remote sensing data Tom Harwood,Randall J. Donohue,Kristen J. Williams,Simon Ferrier,Tim R. McVicar,Graeme Newell,Matt White	2016	41
10	Global estimation of effective plant rooting depth: Implications for hydrological modeling Yuting Yang,Randall J. Donohue,Tim R. McVicar	2016	200
11	The GEOGLAM Rangelands and Pasture Productivity Activity: Recent Progress and Future Directions Juan Pablo Guerschman,A. Held,Randall J. Donohue,L. J. Renzullo,Neil Sims,F. Kerblat,Mike Grundy	2015	4
12	RiM-FIM floodplain inundation modelling for the Edward-Wakool, Lower Murrumbidgee and Lower Darling River systems Susan Cuddy,Chang Huang,Yun Chen,Dave Penton,Malcolm Hodgen,Tim R. McVicar,Randall J. Donohue,Linda Merrin,Darran King,John Gallant,Jenet Austin,Ian Overton,Garth Warren,Neil Sims	2014	5
13	Impact of CO₂ fertilization on maximum foliage cover across the globe's warm, arid environmentsbreakdown → Randall J. Donohue,Michael L. Roderick,Tim R. McVicar,Graham D. Farquhar	2013	443
14	Reprint of: ``Climate change effects on water-dependent ecosystems in south-western Australia'' [J. Hydrol. 434--435 (2012) 95--109] Olga Barron,Richard Silberstein,Riasat Ali,Randall J. Donohue,Don McFarlane,Phil Davies,Geoff Hodgson,N. Smart,Michael J. Donn	2012	12
15	Roots, storms and soil pores: Incorporating key ecohydrological processes into Budyko’s hydrological modelbreakdown → Randall J. Donohue,Michael L. Roderick,Tim R. McVicar	2012	418
16	Climate change effects on water-dependent ecosystems in south-western Australia Olga Barron,Richard Silberstein,Riasat Ali,Randall J. Donohue,Don McFarlane,Phil Davies,Geoff Hodgson,N. Smart,Michael J. Donn	2012	74
17	Climate‐related trends in Australian vegetation cover as inferred from satellite observations, 1981–2006 Randall J. Donohue,Tim R. McVicar,Michael L. Roderick	2009	274
18	Wind speed climatology and trends for Australia, 1975–2006: Capturing the stilling phenomenon and comparison with near‐surface reanalysis output Tim R. McVicar,Thomas G. Van Niel,Ling Tao Li,Michael L. Roderick,David Rayner,Lucrezia Ricciardulli,Randall J. Donohue	2008	341
19	Correcting Long-Term AVHRR Reflectance Data Using the Vegetation Cover Triangle Randall J. Donohue	2007	5
20	Multi-Criteria Assessment of Tensions in Resource Use at Continental Scale: A Proof of Concept with Australian Rangelands Michael J. Hill,Robert Lesslie,Randall J. Donohue,Paul Houlder,Jane Holloway,Jodie Smith,Kim Ritman	2006	12

About Randall J. Donohue

Randall J. Donohue is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Water Science and Technology, having authored 50 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (21 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (16 papers), Climate variability and models (16 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (13 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (6 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (5 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (3.9k citations), Water Science and Technology (2.0k citations) and Atmospheric Science (1.2k citations). Randall J. Donohue has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Tim R. McVicar, Michael L. Roderick, Yuting Yang, Thomas G. Van Niel, Graham D. Farquhar, Deepak Jhajharia, Yagob Dinpashoh, Axel Thomas, Youcef Himri and N. M. Mahowald.

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