William D. Ritts

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

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William D. Ritts is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Ritts has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in William D. Ritts's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (14 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (13 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (8 papers). William D. Ritts is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (14 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (13 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (8 papers). William D. Ritts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Canada. William D. Ritts's co-authors include David P. Turner, Warren B. Cohen, Maosheng Zhao, S. W. Running, B. E. Law, Stith T. Gower, Marcos Heil Costa, Stith T. Gower, Allison L. Dunn and Steven C. Wofsy and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Remote Sensing of Environment and Global Change Biology.

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William D. Ritts

21 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Evaluation of MODIS NPP and GPP products across multiple biomes

2006 538 citations David P. Turner, William D. Ritts et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Regional carbon cycle responses to 25 years of variation in climate and disturbance in the US Pacific Northwest 2016 ·Regional Environmental Change ·David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Robert E. Kennedy, Andrew N. Gray, Zhiqiang Yang	12
2	Effects of harvest, fire, and pest/pathogen disturbances on the West Cascades ecoregion carbon balance 2015 ·Carbon Balance and Management ·David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Robert E. Kennedy, Andrew N. Gray, Zhiqiang Yang	18
3	BIGFOOT Meteorological Data for North and South American Sites, 1991-2004 2013 ·Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center for Biogeochemical Dynamics ·(unknown), (unknown), William D. Ritts	2
4	Landscape-Scale Simulation of Heterogeneous Fire Effects on Pyrogenic Carbon Emissions, Tree Mortality, and Net Ecosystem Production 2011 ·Ecosystems ·Garrett W. Meigs, David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Zhiqiang Yang, B. E. Law	26
5	Parameterization of a diagnostic carbon cycle model for continental scale application 2011 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·David A. King, David P. Turner, William D. Ritts	60
6	Multiple constraint analysis of regional land-surface carbon flux 2011 ·Tellus B ·David P. Turner, Mathias Göckede, B. E. Law, William D. Ritts, Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, T. W. Hudiburg, Robert E. Kennedy, Maureen V. Duane	15
7	Decadal trends in net ecosystem production and net ecosystem carbon balance for a regional socioecological system 2011 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Zhiqiang Yang, Robert E. Kennedy, Warren B. Cohen, Maureen V. Duane, Peter Thornton, B. E. Law	42
8	Assessing FPAR source and parameter optimization scheme in application of a diagnostic carbon flux model 2009 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Sonia Wharton, Christoph Thomas, Russell K. Monson, T. Andrew Black, M. Falk	20
9	Scaling net ecosystem production and net biome production over a heterogeneous region in the western United States 2007 ·Biogeosciences ·David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, B. E. Law, Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, T. W. Hudiburg, John L. Campbell, Maureen V. Duane	63
10	Assessing interannual variation in MODIS-based estimates of gross primary production 2006 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Maosheng Zhao, S. A. Kurc, Allison L. Dunn, Steven C. Wofsy, Eric E. Small, Steven W. Running	83
11	A diagnostic carbon flux model to monitor the effects of disturbance and interannual variation in climate on regional NEP 2006 ·Tellus B ·David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Julie M. Styles, Zhiqiang Yang, Warren B. Cohen, B. E. Law, Peter Thornton	75
12	Evaluation of MODIS NPP and GPP products across multiple biomes breakdown → 2006 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Warren B. Cohen, Stith T. Gower, S. W. Running, Maosheng Zhao, Marcos Heil Costa, (unknown), Jay M. Ham, S. R. Saleska, Douglas E. Ahl	538
13	MODIS land cover and LAI collection 4 product quality across nine sites in the western hemisphere 2006 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Warren B. Cohen, (unknown), David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Dirk Pflugmacher, Robert E. Kennedy, (unknown), Steven W. Running, Marcos Heil Costa, Stith T. Gower	120
14	Site‐level evaluation of satellite‐based global terrestrial gross primary production and net primary production monitoring 2005 ·Global Change Biology ·David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Warren B. Cohen, (unknown), Stith T. Gower, (unknown), S. W. Running, Maosheng Zhao, Steven C. Wofsy, Allison L. Dunn, B. E. Law, John L. Campbell, Walter C. Oechel, (unknown), Tilden P. Meyers, Eric E. Small, S. A. Kurc, John A. Gamon	278
15	Monitoring Forest Carbon Sequestration with Remote Sensing and Carbon Cycle Modeling 2004 ·Environmental Management ·David P. Turner, Michael Guzy, M. A. Lefsky, William D. Ritts, Steve Van Tuyl, B. E. Law	55
16	Disturbance and climate effects on carbon stocks and fluxes across Western Oregon USA 2004 ·Global Change Biology ·B. E. Law, David P. Turner, John L. Campbell, Osbert Jianxin Sun, Steve Van Tuyl, William D. Ritts, Warren B. Cohen	169
17	Scaling Gross Primary Production (GPP) over boreal and deciduous forest landscapes in support of MODIS GPP product validation 2003 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Warren B. Cohen, Stith T. Gower, Maosheng Zhao, S. W. Running, Steven C. Wofsy, S. P. Urbanski, Allison L. Dunn, J. William Munger	283
18	Comparisons of land cover and LAI estimates derived from ETM+ and MODIS for four sites in North America: a quality assessment of 2000/2001 provisional MODIS products 2003 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Warren B. Cohen, T. Maiersperger, Zhiqiang Yang, Stith T. Gower, David P. Turner, William D. Ritts, Mercedes Berterretche, Steven W. Running	208
19	SPREAD OF AN INVASIVE PATHOGEN OVER A VARIABLE LANDSCAPE: A NONNATIVE ROOT ROT ON PORT ORFORD CEDAR 2002 ·Ecology ·Erik S. Jules, Matthew J. Kauffman, William D. Ritts, Allyson L. Carroll	143
20	Spread of an Invasive Pathogen over a Variable Landscape: A Nonnative Root Rot on Port Orford Cedar 2002 ·Ecology ·Erik S. Jules, Matthew J. Kauffman, William D. Ritts, Allyson L. Carroll	5

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