S. W. Running

14.8k citations

51 papers · 4.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 29

Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
Ecology top 0.5%
Environmental Engineering top 0.5%
Atmospheric Science top 2%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 2%

Co-authors: Stith T. Gower Ramakrishna Nemani David P. Turner Maosheng Zhao Warren B. Cohen Lars L. Pierce William D. Ritts Peter S. Bakwin
Topics: Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (21 papers)Remote Sensing in Agriculture (20 papers)Climate variability and models (9 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Ecology Environmental Engineering
Journals: Nature Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres PLoS ONE
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Mexico

In The Last Decade

S. W. Running

48 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Evaluation of MODIS NPP and GPP products across multiple biomes

2006 538 citations S. W. Running, Maosheng Zhao et al. profile →
A Global Terrestrial Monitoring Network Integrating Tower Fluxes, Flask Sampling, Ecosystem Modeling and EOS Satellite Data

1999 525 citations S. W. Running, Stith T. Gower et al. profile →
FOREST-BGC, A general model of forest ecosystem processes for regional applications. II. Dynamic carbon allocation and nitrogen budgets

1991 494 citations S. W. Running, Stith T. Gower Tree Physiology profile →

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. W. Running

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. W. Running

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. W. Running. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. W. Running 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 S. W. Running. S. W. Running is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impacts of the 2017 flash drought in the US Northern plains informed by satellite-based evapotranspiration and solar-induced fluorescence 2019 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Mingzhu He,John S. Kimball,Yonghong Yi,S. W. Running,Kaiyu Guan,(unknown),Bruce D. Maxwell,Marco Maneta	58
2	Evaluating the role of land cover and climate uncertainties in computing gross primary production in Hawaiian Island ecosystems 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Heather Kimball,Paul C. Selmants,Álvaro Moreno‐Martínez,S. W. Running,Christian P. Giardina	15
3	A Global System for Monitoring Ecosystem Service Change 2012 ·BioScience ·Heather Tallis,Harold A. Mooney,Sandy Andelman,Patricia Balvanera,Wolfgang Crämer,Daniel S. Karp,Stephen Polasky,Belinda Reyers,Taylor Ricketts,S. W. Running,Kirsten Thonicke,Britta Tietjen,Ariane Walz	124
4	Detection of Terrestrial Ecosystem Disturbances Using Aqua/MODIS Land Surface Temperature and Enhanced Vegetation Index 2011 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·David J. Mildrexler,Meng Zhao,S. W. Running	1
5	Description of the Improvements on MODIS Global Terrestrial Evapotranspiration 2010 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown),Maosheng Zhao,S. W. Running	1
6	Ecohydrologic Process Modeling of Mountain Block Groundwater Recharge 2009 ·Ground Water ·(unknown),William Woessner,S. W. Running	20
7	Trends and constraints in global terrestrial primary productivity 2006 ·AGUSM ·S. W. Running	1
8	Preliminary Results from the CCSM Carbon-Land Model Intercomparison Project (C- LAMP) 2006 ·AGUFM ·Forrest M. Hoffman,Inez Fung,(unknown),Peter Thornton,Reto Stöckli,Faith Ann Heinsch,S. W. Running,Kathy Hibbard,Jasmin G. John,C. Covey,J. A. Foley,W. M. Post,William W. Hargrove,Darin J. Erickson,N. M. Mahowald	2
9	Evaluation of satellite-based evapotranspiration using fluxnet data 2006 ·AGUSM ·(unknown),Faith Ann Heinsch,S. W. Running,Helen Cleugh,R. Leuning	1
10	Monitoring Rainforest Dynamics in the Amazon with MODIS Land Products 2006 ·Alfredo Huete,S. W. Running,Ranga B. Myneni	5
11	Pan-Arctic Freeze/Thaw Algorithm Development Using AMSR-E Data and Satellite Remote Sensing Technique 2005 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown),John S. Kimball,S. W. Running,K. C. McDonald,Walter C. Oechel,E. G. Njoku	1
12	Sensitivity Of MODIS Global Terrestrial Primary Production To The Accuracy Of Meteorological Data Sets 2004 ·AGUFM ·Maosheng Zhao,(unknown),S. W. Running	1
13	Evaluation of MODIS-driven estimates of vegetation productivity at European FLUXNET sites 2003 ·EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly ·Markus Reichstein,S. W. Running,John Tenhunen,(unknown)	2
14	Development of an evapotranspiration index from aqua/MODIS for monitoring surface moisture status 2003 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·(unknown),Ramakrishna Nemani,Joseph Glassy,S. W. Running	130
15	Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): The importance of water availability to primary productivity 1999 ·Global Change Biology ·Galina Churkina,S. W. Running,Annette L. Schloss	3
16	Radar remote sensing proposed for monitoring freeze‐thaw transitions in boreal regions 1999 ·Eos ·S. W. Running,J. Way,K. C. McDonald,John S. Kimball,S. Frolking,A. Keyser,(unknown)	40
17	Simulating forest productivity and surface-atmosphere carbon exchange in the BOREAS study region 1997 ·Tree Physiology ·John S. Kimball,Peter Thornton,Michael A. White,S. W. Running	155
18	Simulating effects of fire on northern Rocky Mountain landscapes with the ecological process model FIRE-BGC 1996 ·Tree Physiology ·Robert E. Keane,Kevin C. Ryan,S. W. Running	79
19	Simulating the effects of climatic variation on stem carbon accumulation of a ponderosa pine stand: comparison with annual growth increment data 1991 ·Tree Physiology ·Emily R. Hunt,(unknown),S. W. Running	41
20	FOREST-BGC, A general model of forest ecosystem processes for regional applications. II. Dynamic carbon allocation and nitrogen budgetsbreakdown → 1991 ·Tree Physiology ·S. W. Running,Stith T. Gower	494

About S. W. Running

S. W. Running is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, having authored 51 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (21 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (20 papers) and Climate variability and models (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (3.8k citations), Ecology (2.2k citations) and Environmental Engineering (1.2k citations). S. W. Running has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include Stith T. Gower, Ramakrishna Nemani, David P. Turner, Maosheng Zhao, Warren B. Cohen, Lars L. Pierce, William D. Ritts, Peter S. Bakwin, Dennis Baldocchi and Kathy Hibbard. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

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