Steven W. Running

79.3k total citations · 25 hit papers
286 papers, 53.9k citations indexed

About

Steven W. Running is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven W. Running has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 53.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 218 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 122 papers in Ecology and 85 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Steven W. Running's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (150 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (99 papers) and Climate variability and models (61 papers). Steven W. Running is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (150 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (99 papers) and Climate variability and models (61 papers). Steven W. Running collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Steven W. Running's co-authors include Ramakrishna Nemani, Maosheng Zhao, Qiaozhen Mu, Peter Thornton, Michael A. White, Faith Ann Heinsch, Ranga B. Myneni, John S. Kimball, Hirofumi Hashimoto and Joseph C. Coughlan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steven W. Running

278 papers receiving 50.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

2009 5.7k citations Steven W. Running et al. profile →
Climate-Driven Increases in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 1982 to 1999

2003 2.9k citations Ramakrishna Nemani, Hirofumi Hashimoto et al. Science profile →
Drought-Induced Reduction in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 2000 Through 2009

2010 2.2k citations Maosheng Zhao, Steven W. Running Science profile →
Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm

2011 2.1k citations Maosheng Zhao, Steven W. Running et al. profile →
A Continuous Satellite-Derived Measure of Global Terrestrial Primary Production

2004 1.8k citations Steven W. Running, Ramakrishna Nemani et al. profile →
Global products of vegetation leaf area and fraction absorbed PAR from year one of MODIS data

2002 1.6k citations Ramakrishna Nemani, Steven W. Running et al. profile →
Development of a global evapotranspiration algorithm based on MODIS and global meteorology data

2007 1.4k citations Faith Ann Heinsch, Maosheng Zhao et al. profile →
Improvements of the MODIS terrestrial gross and net primary production global data set

2005 1.3k citations Maosheng Zhao, Faith Ann Heinsch et al. profile →
Generating surfaces of daily meteorological variables over large regions of complex terrain

1997 1.2k citations Steven W. Running et al. profile →
A general model of forest ecosystem processes for regional applications I. Hydrologic balance, canopy gas exchange and primary production processes

1988 1.2k citations Steven W. Running et al. profile →
Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the global carbon cycle

2014 1.1k citations Benjamin Poulter, Philippe Ciais et al. profile →
A continental phenology model for monitoring vegetation responses to interannual climatic variability

1997 1.0k citations Steven W. Running et al. profile →
Estimation of global leaf area index and absorbed par using radiative transfer models

1997 823 citations Ramakrishna Nemani, Steven W. Running et al. profile →
WATER IN A CHANGING WORLD

2001 810 citations Steven W. Running et al. profile →
Synergistic algorithm for estimating vegetation canopy leaf area index and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation from MODIS and MISR data

1998 773 citations Steven W. Running et al. profile →
Impacts of climate change on natural forest productivity – evidence since the middle of the 20th century

2006 716 citations Céline Boisvenue, Steven W. Running profile →
Parameterization and Sensitivity Analysis of the BIOME–BGC Terrestrial Ecosystem Model: Net Primary Production Controls

2000 687 citations Steven W. Running, Ramakrishna Nemani et al. profile →
Regional evaporation estimates from flux tower and MODIS satellite data

2006 638 citations Steven W. Running et al. profile →
An improved algorithm for estimating incident daily solar radiation from measurements of temperature, humidity, and precipitation

1999 637 citations Steven W. Running et al. profile →
The influence of land-use change and landscape dynamics on the climate system: relevance to climate-change policy beyond the radiative effect of greenhouse gases

2002 622 citations Steven W. Running et al. profile →
A continuous satellite‐derived global record of land surface evapotranspiration from 1983 to 2006

2010 498 citations Ke Zhang, John S. Kimball et al. Water Resources Research profile →
Extrapolation of synoptic meteorological data in mountainous terrain and its use for simulating forest evapotranspiration and photosynthesis

1987 482 citations Steven W. Running, Ramakrishna Nemani et al. profile →
A review of remote sensing based actual evapotranspiration estimation

2016 463 citations Ke Zhang, John S. Kimball et al. profile →
A unified vegetation index for quantifying the terrestrial biosphere

2021 450 citations Gustau Camps‐Valls, Manuel Campos‐Taberner et al. Science Advances profile →
Vegetation Greening and Climate Change Promote Multidecadal Rises of Global Land Evapotranspiration

2015 359 citations Ke Zhang, John S. Kimball et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A unified vegetation index for quantifying the terrestrial biosphere breakdown → 2021 ·Science Advances ·Gustau Camps‐Valls, Manuel Campos‐Taberner, Álvaro Moreno‐Martínez, Sophia Walther, Grégory Duveiller, Alessandro Cescatti, Miguel D. Mahecha, Jordi Muñoz-Marı́, Francisco Javier Garcı́a-Haro, Luis Guanter, Martin Jung, John A. Gamon, Markus Reichstein, Steven W. Running	450
2	Generalization of Vegetation Indices for Monitoring the Terrestrial Biosphere 2021 ·Gustau Camps‐Valls, Manuel Campos‐Taberner, Álvaro Moreno‐Martínez, Sophia Walther, Grégory Duveiller, Alessandro Cescatti, Miguel D. Mahecha, Jordi Muñoz-Marı́, Francisco Javier Garcı́a-Haro, Luis Guanter, John A. Gamon, Martin Jung, Markus Reichstein, Steven W. Running	2
3	Seasonality of biological and physical systems as indicators of climatic variation and change 2020 ·Climatic Change ·Jake F. Weltzin, Julio L. Betancourt, Benjamin I. Cook, Theresa M. Crimmins, Carolyn A. F. Enquist, Michael D. Gerst, John Gross, Geoffrey M. Henebry, (unknown), Melissa A. Kenney, John S. Kimball, Bradley C. Reed, Steven W. Running	13
4	Evaluation of global terrestrial evapotranspiration using state-of-the-art approaches in remote sensing, machine learning and land surface modeling 2020 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Shufen Pan, Naiqing Pan, Hanqin Tian, Pierre Friedlingstein, Stephen Sitch, Hao Shi, Vivek K. Arora, Vanessa Haverd, Atul K. Jain, Etsushi Kato, Sebastian Lienert, Danica Lombardozzi, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, Catherine Ottlé, Benjamin Poulter, Sönke Zaehle, Steven W. Running	203
5	Accelerating net terrestrial carbon uptake during the warming hiatus due to reduced respiration 2017 ·Nature Climate Change ·Ashley P. Ballantyne, William K. Smith, William R. L. Anderegg, Pekka E. Kauppi, Jorge L. Sarmiento, Pieter P. Tans, Elena Shevliakova, Yude Pan, Benjamin Poulter, Alessandro Anav, Pierre Friedlingstein, R. A. Houghton, Steven W. Running	158
6	Decreasing net primary production due to drought and slight decreases in solar radiation in China from 2000 to 2012 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Junbang Wang, Jinwei Dong, Yonghong Yi, Guihua Lu, Jared W. Oyler, William K. Smith, Maosheng Zhao, Jiangui Liu, Steven W. Running	93
7	Decrease in winter respiration explains 25% of the annual northern forest carbon sink enhancement over the last 30 years 2016 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Zhen Yu, Jingxin Wang, Shirong Liu, Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais, Steven W. Running, Benjamin Poulter, James S. Rentch, Pengsen Sun	15
8	Comparison of Gross Primary Productivity Derived from GIMMS NDVI3g, GIMMS, and MODIS in Southeast Asia 2014 ·Remote Sensing ·Junbang Wang, Jinwei Dong, Jiyuan Liu, Mei Huang, Guicai Li, Steven W. Running, William K. Smith, W. Harris, Nobuko Saigusa, Hiroaki Kondo, Yunfen Liu, Takashi Hirano, Xiangming Xiao	63
9	Camouflage mismatch in seasonal coat color due to decreased snow duration 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·L. Scott Mills, Markéta Zímová, Jared W. Oyler, Steven W. Running, John T. Abatzoglou, Paul M. Lukacs	158
10	Drought-Induced Reduction in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 2000 Through 2009 breakdown → 2010 ·Science ·Maosheng Zhao, Steven W. Running	2156
11	A continuous satellite‐derived global record of land surface evapotranspiration from 1983 to 2006 breakdown → 2010 ·Water Resources Research ·Ke Zhang, John S. Kimball, Ramakrishna Nemani, Steven W. Running	498
12	Assessing forest productivity: satellite versus terrestrial data-driven estimates in Austria. 2009 ·(unknown), Céline Boisvenue, Steven W. Running, Hubert Hasenauer, Dennis P. Dykstra, (unknown)	1
13	Satellite Remote Sensing of Pan-arctic Vegetation Productivity, Soil Respiration and net CO2 Exchange Using MODIS and AMSR-E Data 2005 ·AGUSM ·(unknown), Faith Ann Heinsch, John S. Kimball, (unknown), Steven W. Running, Walter C. Oechel, K. C. McDonald, E. G. Njoku	1
14	VPD Estimation from Land Surface Temperature (MOD11) for global map of evapotranspiration and NPP. 2003 ·AGUFM ·Hirofumi Hashimoto, Ramakrishna Nemani, Fan Yang, R. J. Granger, Steven W. Running	1
15	Mapping Weekly Rangeland Vegetation Productivity Using MODIS Algorithms 2001 ·The Mathematics Enthusiast ·(unknown), (unknown), Steven W. Running	57
16	Testing a Mechanistic Model for Predicting Stand and Tree Growth 1996 ·Forest Science ·(unknown), Kelsey S. Milner, Steven W. Running	32
17	MODIS Land Cover Product: Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document 1994 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), Alison Moody, Éric F. Lambin, Alfredo Huete, (unknown), Jan‐Peter Müller, Steven W. Running, (unknown), Z. Wan	34
18	A vegetation classification logic-based on remote-sensing for use in global biogeochemical models 1994 ·AMBIO ·Steven W. Running, Thomas R. Loveland, (unknown)	130
19	Remote detection of canopy water stress in coniferous forests using the NS001 Thematic Mapper Simulator and the Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner. 1990 ·Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing ·Lars L. Pierce, Steven W. Running, George A. Riggs	46
20	Water Stress Response After Thinning Pinus contorta Stands in Montana 1986 ·Forest Science ·(unknown), Steven W. Running	54

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