Roger C. Bales

15.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
251 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Roger C. Bales is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger C. Bales has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Atmospheric Science, 123 papers in Water Science and Technology and 111 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Roger C. Bales's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (117 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (101 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (40 papers). Roger C. Bales is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (117 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (101 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (40 papers). Roger C. Bales collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Roger C. Bales's co-authors include N. P. Molotch, Michael L. Goulden, M. H. Conklin, Joseph R. McConnell, Jeff Dozier, Charles P. Gerba, R. Rice, T. H. Painter, M. A. Hutterli and Soroosh Sorooshian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Roger C. Bales

245 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Mountain hydrology of the western United States 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2009 2019 100 200 300 400 500

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roger C. Bales United States 61 6.5k 4.4k 4.2k 2.1k 1.2k 251 11.3k
Gregory J. McCabe United States 44 4.4k 0.7× 5.4k 1.2× 7.4k 1.8× 2.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 132 12.0k
P. A. Troch United States 57 2.3k 0.4× 6.0k 1.4× 5.6k 1.3× 2.8k 1.3× 1.4k 1.2× 175 9.7k
Zhongbo Yu China 57 2.7k 0.4× 4.6k 1.1× 5.3k 1.3× 2.5k 1.2× 1.8k 1.6× 406 10.8k
Qi Feng China 51 2.4k 0.4× 2.9k 0.7× 4.2k 1.0× 2.5k 1.2× 1.6k 1.3× 406 9.7k
P. C. D. Milly United States 47 4.3k 0.7× 7.3k 1.7× 10.9k 2.6× 2.7k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 101 16.4k
Shinjiro Kanae Japan 53 4.1k 0.6× 9.3k 2.1× 10.5k 2.5× 2.8k 1.3× 1.8k 1.6× 230 17.2k
Richard B. Lammers United States 33 3.8k 0.6× 3.7k 0.9× 3.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.9× 91 9.4k
David R. Legates United States 34 4.0k 0.6× 3.2k 0.7× 6.2k 1.5× 2.8k 1.3× 1.5k 1.3× 77 11.1k
Nick van de Giesen Netherlands 52 2.2k 0.3× 3.5k 0.8× 3.9k 0.9× 3.4k 1.6× 1.2k 1.0× 304 10.2k
Ming Pan United States 65 5.3k 0.8× 5.5k 1.3× 8.4k 2.0× 3.3k 1.6× 1.1k 1.0× 219 13.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roger C. Bales

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ma, Qin, Yanjun Su, Qin Ma, et al.. (2023). Tree mortality during long-term droughts is lower in structurally complex forest stands. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7467–7467. 53 indexed citations
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Guo, Weichao, Mohammad Safeeq, Hongyan Liu, et al.. (2022). Mechanisms Controlling Carbon Sinks in Semi‐Arid Mountain Ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36(3). 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Morgan Barnes, et al.. (2022). Climate Warming Alters Nutrient Storage in Seasonally Dry Forests: Insights From a 2,300 m Elevation Gradient. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36(11). 6 indexed citations
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Bart, R. R., Ram L. Ray, M. H. Conklin, et al.. (2021). Assessing the effects of forest biomass reductions on forest health and streamflow. Hydrological Processes. 35(3). 10 indexed citations
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Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw, Karis J. McFarlane, Peter Hartsough, et al.. (2021). Deep in the Sierra Nevada critical zone: saprock represents a large terrestrial organic carbon stock. Environmental Research Letters. 16(12). 124059–124059. 21 indexed citations
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Zheng, Z., Qin Ma, Shichao Jin, et al.. (2019). Canopy and Terrain Interactions Affecting Snowpack Spatial Patterns in the Sierra Nevada of California. Water Resources Research. 55(11). 8721–8739. 22 indexed citations
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Hart, Stephen C., A. E. Kelly, M. Goulden, et al.. (2019). Belowground carbon varied with aboveground carbon along an elevation gradient at Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory in California. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Qin, et al.. (2018). Vegetation water use responses to forest fires in the Sierra Nevada, California using remote sensing. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Conklin, M. H., et al.. (2017). Forest thinning impacts on the water balance of Sierra Nevada mixed‐conifer headwater basins. Water Resources Research. 53(7). 5364–5381. 53 indexed citations
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Bales, Roger C., et al.. (2017). Evapotranspiration response to multi-year dry periods in the semi-arid western United States. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Goulden, M. & Roger C. Bales. (2016). Widespread tree mortality with the ongoing California drought: the roll of water balance and temperature. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Hunsaker, Carolyn T., et al.. (2009). Controls of Stream Water Chemistry in Small Catchments Across Snow/Rain Transition in the Southern Sierra, California. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Kerkez, Branko, M. W. Meadows, Steven D. Glaser, & Roger C. Bales. (2009). The Science of Wireless Sensor Networks: Improving engineered systems through scientific analysis. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Kirchner, P. B., et al.. (2008). Snowmelt infiltration and evapotranspiration in Red Fir forest ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Rice, R., N. P. Molotch, & Roger C. Bales. (2007). Embedded sensor network design for spatial snowcover. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations
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Conklin, M. H., et al.. (2001). Use of Cooperative K-12 Water Quality Data by Scientists. AGUSM. 2001. 1 indexed citations
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Peters, Christopher & Roger C. Bales. (2001). Hydrologic resource assessment of upper Sabino Creek basin, Pima county, Arizona. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 1 indexed citations
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Morrill, J. C., Roger C. Bales, & M. H. Conklin. (2001). The Relationship Between Air Temperature and Stream Temperature. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 3 indexed citations
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Pagano, Thomas C., Holly C. Hartmann, Soroosh Sorooshian, & Roger C. Bales. (1999). Advances in seasonal forecasting for water management in Arizona: a case study of the 1997-98 El Niño. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 9 indexed citations

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