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Chris Funk publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Funk sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 320 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Chris Funk D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Funk sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Chris Funk is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. Other subfields include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Water Science and Technology, and Environmental Engineering.

Funk's work covers various topics, including climate variability and models, hydrology and drought analysis, climate change impacts on agriculture, meteorological phenomena and simulations, precipitation measurement and analysis, hydrology and watershed management studies, and flood risk assessment and management.

Several frequent coauthors have collaborated with Funk on research projects:

  • Shraddhanand Shukla
  • G. J. Husak
  • L. Harrison
  • Frank Davenport
  • Pete Peterson

They have published extensively in a range of venues. Notable recurring publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Climate
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Earth's Future
  • Scientific Data
  • Earth System Science Data

Chris Funk's recent papers illustrate their research focus and collaboration trends:

  • "A pan-African high-resolution drought index dataset" (2020) in Earth System Science Data
  • "Development and validation of the CHIRTS-daily quasi-global high-resolution daily temperature data set" (2020) in Scientific Data
  • "Impact of precipitation and increasing temperatures on drought trends in eastern Africa" (2021) in Earth System Dynamics
  • "Warming accelerates global drought severity" (2025) in Nature
  • "Global high-resolution drought indices for 1981-2022" (2023) in Earth System Science Data

In addition to journal articles, Funk has published a book titled Drought, Flood, Fire in 2021 with Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations--a new environmental record for monitoring extremes.

    Chris Funk;Pete Peterson;Martin Landsfeld;Diego Pedreros

  • Food Security Under Climate Change

    Molly E. Brown;Christopher C. Funk

  • A quasi-global precipitation time series for drought monitoring

    Chris C. Funk;Pete J. Peterson;Martin F. Landsfeld;Diego H. Pedreros

  • Validation of the CHIRPS satellite rainfall estimates over eastern Africa

    Tufa Dinku;Chris Funk;Chris Funk;Pete Peterson;Ross Maidment

  • Warming of the Indian Ocean threatens eastern and southern African food security but could be mitigated by agricultural development

    Chris C. Funk;Michael D. Dettinger;Joel C. Michaelsen;James P. Verdin

  • A westward extension of the warm pool leads to a westward extension of the Walker circulation, drying eastern Africa

    A. Park Williams;Christopher C. Funk

  • A land data assimilation system for sub-Saharan Africa food and water security applications

    Amy McNally;Amy McNally;Kristi Arsenault;Kristi Arsenault;Sujay Kumar;Shraddhanand Shukla

  • Global urban population exposure to extreme heat.

    Cascade Tuholske;Kelly Caylor;Chris Funk;Andrew Verdin

  • Use of the gamma distribution to represent monthly rainfall in Africa for drought monitoring applications

    Gregory J. Husak;Joel C. Michaelsen;Christopher C. Funk

  • Globally Gridded Satellite Observations for Climate Studies

    Kenneth R. Knapp;Steve Ansari;Caroline L. Bain;Mark A. Bourassa

  • Evaluation of Satellite Rainfall Estimates for Drought and Flood Monitoring in Mozambique

    Carolien Tote;Domingos Patricio;Hendrik Boogaard;Raymond van der Wijngaart

  • Climate science and famine early warning.

    James Verdin;Chris Funk;Gabriel Senay;Richard Choularton

  • Declining global per capita agricultural production and warming oceans threaten food security

    Christopher C. Funk;Molly E. Brown

  • A global satellite-assisted precipitation climatology

    C. Funk;C. Funk;A. Verdin;J. Michaelsen;P. Peterson

  • Rainfall over the African continent from the 19th through the 21st century

    Sharon E. Nicholson;Chris Funk;Chris Funk;Andreas H. Fink

  • Phenologically-tuned MODIS NDVI-based production anomaly estimates for Zimbabwe

    Chris Funk;Michael E. Budde

  • Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective

    T.C. Peterson;L.V. Alexander;M.R. Allen;J.A. Anel;J.A. Anel

  • Understanding Recent Eastern Horn of Africa Rainfall Variability and Change

    Brant Liebmann;Martin P. Hoerling;Chris Funk;Ileana Bladé

  • Climate Change, Global Food Security and the U.S. Food System

    Molly Brown;John Antle;Peter Backlund;Edward Carr

  • Seasonality of African Precipitation from 1996 to 2009

    Brant Liebmann;Ileana Bladé;George N. Kiladis;Leila M. V. Carvalho

  • Clustering to improve matched filter detection of weak gas plumes in hyperspectral thermal imagery

    C.C. Funk;J. Theiler;D.A. Roberts;C.C. Borel

  • Data Descriptor: A Land Data Assimilation System for Sub-Saharan Africa Food and Water Security Applications

    Amy McNally;Krist Arsenault;Sujay Kumar;Shraddhanand Shukla

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Michaelsen
Joel Michaelsen University of California, Santa Barbara
James P. Verdin
James P. Verdin United States Agency for International Development
Christa D. Peters-Lidard
Christa D. Peters-Lidard Goddard Space Flight Center
Molly E. Brown
Molly E. Brown University of Maryland, College Park
Dar A. Roberts
Dar A. Roberts University of California, Santa Barbara
Mathew Barlow
Mathew Barlow University of Massachusetts Lowell
Gabriel B. Senay
Gabriel B. Senay United States Geological Survey
Brant Liebmann
Brant Liebmann Earth System Research Laboratory
Philip E. Dennison
Philip E. Dennison University of Utah
Sujay V. Kumar
Sujay V. Kumar Goddard Space Flight Center

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