Tom Milliman

3.2k citations

25 papers · 2.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 16

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Global and Planetary Change top 1%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Papers in ⓘ

Global and Planetary Change 17
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 8
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services 7
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 4
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health 3
Ecology 14
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture 14

Co-authors: Andrew D. Richardson (12 shared papers)Koen Hufkens (9 shared papers)M. A. Friedl (10 shared papers)Steve Frolking (17 shared papers)B. H. Braswell (4 shared papers)Oliver Sonnentag (3 shared papers)Adam M. Young (3 shared papers)E. K. Melaas (2 shared papers)
Journals: Scientific Data (4 papers)Remote Sensing of Environment (3 papers)Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (2 papers)Scientific Reports (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Canada France

In The Last Decade

Tom Milliman

25 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up 2024 · 46 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Nature Cities
2018 Nature
2018 Scientific Data
2011 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

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1	Digital repeat photography for phenological research in forest ecosystems Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Oliver Sonnentag, Koen Hufkens, Cory Teshera-Sterne, Adam M. Young, M. A. Friedl, B. H. Braswell, Tom Milliman, John O’Keefe, Andrew D. Richardson Hit paper breakdown →	2011	479
2	Tracking vegetation phenology across diverse North American biomes using PhenoCam imagery Scientific Data ·Andrew D. Richardson, Koen Hufkens, Tom Milliman, Donald M. Aubrecht, Min Chen, Josh Gray, Miriam R. Johnston, Trevor F. Keenan, Stephen Klosterman, Margaret Kosmala, E. K. Melaas, M. A. Friedl, Steve Frolking Hit paper breakdown →	2018	356
3	Ecosystem warming extends vegetation activity but heightens vulnerability to cold temperatures Nature ·Andrew D. Richardson, Koen Hufkens, Tom Milliman, Donald M. Aubrecht, Morgan E. Furze, Bijan Seyednasrollah, Misha Krassovski, John M. Latimer, W. R. Nettles, Ryan R. Heiderman, J. M. Warren, Paul J. Hanson Hit paper breakdown →	2018	280
4	Linking near-surface and satellite remote sensing measurements of deciduous broadleaf forest phenology Remote Sensing of Environment ·Koen Hufkens, M. A. Friedl, Oliver Sonnentag, B. H. Braswell, Tom Milliman, Andrew D. Richardson	2011	234
5	An integrated phenology modelling framework in r Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Koen Hufkens, David Basler, Tom Milliman, E. K. Melaas, Andrew D. Richardson	2018	164
6	Tracking vegetation phenology across diverse biomes using Version 2.0 of the PhenoCam Dataset Scientific Data ·Bijan Seyednasrollah, Adam M. Young, Koen Hufkens, Tom Milliman, M. A. Friedl, Steve Frolking, Andrew D. Richardson	2019	144
7	A global fingerprint of macro-scale changes in urban structure from 1999 to 2009 Environmental Research Letters ·Steve Frolking, Tom Milliman, Karen C. Seto, M. A. Friedl	2013	137
8	Intercomparison of phenological transition dates derived from the PhenoCam Dataset V1.0 and MODIS satellite remote sensing Scientific Reports ·Andrew D. Richardson, Koen Hufkens, Tom Milliman, Steve Frolking	2018	113
9	Tropical forest backscatter anomaly evident in SeaWinds scatterometer morning overpass data during 2005 drought in Amazonia Remote Sensing of Environment ·Steve Frolking, Tom Milliman, Michael Palace, Dominik Wisser, Richard B. Lammers, M. A. Fahnestock	2011	75
10	Evaluation of the SeaWinds scatterometer for regional monitoring of vegetation phenology Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Steve Frolking, Tom Milliman, Kyle C. McDonald, John S. Kimball, Maosheng Zhao, M. A. Fahnestock	2006	53
11	Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up Nature Cities ·Steve Frolking, Richa Mahtta, Tom Milliman, Thomas Esch, Karen C. Seto Hit paper breakdown →	2024	46
12	Interannual variability in North American grassland biomass/productivity detected by SeaWinds scatterometer backscatter Geophysical Research Letters ·Steve Frolking, M. A. Fahnestock, Tom Milliman, K. C. McDonald, John S. Kimball	2005	31
13	A high spatial resolution land surface phenology dataset for AmeriFlux and NEON sites Scientific Data ·Minkyu Moon, Andrew D. Richardson, Tom Milliman, M. A. Friedl	2022	26
14	Sensitivity of Deciduous Forest Phenology to Environmental Drivers: Implications for Climate Change Impacts Across North America Geophysical Research Letters ·Bijan Seyednasrollah, Adam M. Young, Xiaolu Li, Tom Milliman, Toby R. Ault, Steve Frolking, M. A. Friedl, Andrew D. Richardson	2020	25
15	Data extraction from digital repeat photography using xROI: An interactive framework to facilitate the process ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·Bijan Seyednasrollah, Tom Milliman, Andrew D. Richardson	2019	18
16	Detection of Large-Scale Forest Canopy Change in Pan-Tropical Humid Forests 2000–2009 With the SeaWinds Ku-Band Scatterometer IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Steve Frolking, Stephen Hagen, Tom Milliman, Michael Palace, Julia Z. Shimbo, M. A. Fahnestock	2012	18
17	Three decades of global trends in urban microwave backscatter, building volume and city GDP Remote Sensing of Environment ·Steve Frolking, Richa Mahtta, Tom Milliman, Karen C. Seto	2022	12
18	A global urban microwave backscatter time series data set for 1993–2020 using ERS, QuikSCAT, and ASCAT data Scientific Data ·Steve Frolking, Tom Milliman, Richa Mahtta, A. C. Paget, David G. Long, Karen C. Seto	2022	10
19	Evaluating multiple causes of persistent low microwave backscatter from Amazon forests after the 2005 drought PLoS ONE ·Steve Frolking, Stephen Hagen, B. H. Braswell, Tom Milliman, C Herrick, S. Peterson, Dar A. Roberts, Michael Keller, Michael Palace	2017	10
20	The role of surface energy fluxes in determining mixing layer heights Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Eric Beamesderfer, Sébastien Biraud, N. A. Brunsell, M. A. Friedl, Manuel Helbig, David Y. Hollinger, Tom Milliman, David A. Rahn, Russell L. Scott, Paul C. Stoy, Jen L. Diehl, Andrew D. Richardson	2023	4

About Tom Milliman

Tom Milliman is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 25 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (14 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (10 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (8 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (4 papers), Impact of Light on Environment and Health (3 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (760 citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.3k citations), Ecology (1.5k citations), Environmental Engineering (733 citations) and Atmospheric Science (364 citations). Tom Milliman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Frequent co-authors include Andrew D. Richardson, Koen Hufkens, M. A. Friedl, Steve Frolking, B. H. Braswell, Oliver Sonnentag, Adam M. Young, E. K. Melaas, John O’Keefe and Bijan Seyednasrollah. Their work appears in journals such as Scientific Data, Remote Sensing of Environment, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Geophysical Research Letters and Scientific Reports.

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