2026 David G. Tarboton: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	56	2757	2637	838	762	409	18008
Earth Science	60	1847	1662	808	709	329	19192

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

David G. Tarboton is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. Their research activity focuses predominantly in the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions to several subfields including Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, Information Systems and Management, Atmospheric Science, and Geology.

The scientist's work covers multiple interrelated topics, among which Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies stands out prominently. Other main topics include Scientific Computing and Data Management, Environmental Monitoring and Data Management, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, as well as Research Data Management Practices.

David G. Tarboton has authored and co-authored papers published in a variety of journals, with repeated contributions to a core set of venues. Frequent publication venues include HydroShare Resources, Environmental Modelling & Software, Water Resources Research, Water, and Hydrological Processes.

HydroShare Resources
Environmental Modelling & Software
Water Resources Research
Water
Hydrological Processes

Recent published papers demonstrate a focus on hydrological modeling, data services, and environmental modeling. Key recent papers include:

"Forests and Water Yield: A Synthesis of Disturbance Effects on Streamflow and Snowpack in Western Coniferous Forests" (2020), Journal of Forestry
"Integrating hydrologic modeling web services with online data sharing to prepare, store, and execute hydrologic models" (2020), Environmental Modelling & Software
"Toward open and reproducible environmental modeling by integrating online data repositories, computational environments, and model Application Programming Interfaces" (2020), Environmental Modelling & Software
"A taxonomy for reproducible and replicable research in environmental modelling" (2020), Environmental Modelling & Software
"HydroDS: Data services in support of physically based, distributed hydrological models" (2020), Environmental Modelling & Software

Collaboration is a notable aspect of this researcher's academic activity. Frequent co-authors include Irene Garousi-Nejad, Jonathan L. Goodall, Homa Salehabadi, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, and Shaowen Wang.

Irene Garousi-Nejad
Jonathan L. Goodall
Homa Salehabadi
Jeffery S. Horsburgh
Shaowen Wang

David G. Tarboton was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2018, an award reflecting standing within the broader geoscience research community.

Best Publications

A new method for the determination of flow directions and upslope areas in grid digital elevation models

David G. Tarboton

3281
Citations
On the extraction of channel networks from digital elevation data

David G. Tarboton;Rafael L. Bras;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

1687
Citations
Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

1009
Citations
River restoration: OPINION

Ellen Wohl;Paul L. Angermeier;Brian Bledsoe;G. Mathias Kondolf

729
Citations
An overview of current applications, challenges, and future trends in distributed process-based models in hydrology

Simone Fatichi;Enrique R. Vivoni;Fred L. Ogden;Valeriy Y. Ivanov

680
Citations
The fractal nature of river networks

David G. Tarboton;Rafael L. Bras;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

676
Citations
The SINMAP Approach to Terrain Stability Mapping

Robert T. Pack;David G. Tarboton;C. N. Goodwin

480
Citations
A Physical Basis for Drainage Density

David G. Tarboton;Rafael L. Bras;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

364
Citations
Streamflow simulation: A nonparametric approach

Ashish Sharma;David G. Tarboton;Upmanu L. Lall

355
Citations
Analyzing High Resolution Topography for Advancing the Understanding of Mass and Energy Transfer Through Landscapes: A Review

Paola Passalacqua;Patrick Belmont;Dennis M. Staley;Jeffrey D. Simley

349
Citations
Utah Energy Balance Snow Accumulation and Melt Model (UEB)

David G. Tarboton;Charles H. Luce

343
Citations
On Hack's Law

Riccardo Rigon;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe;Amos Maritan;Achille Giacometti

329
Citations
Scaling and Elevation in River Networks

David G. Tarboton;Rafael L. Bras;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

303
Citations
Power law distributions of discharge mass and energy in river basins

I. Rodriguez-Iturbe;E. J. Ijjasz-Vasquez;R. L. Bras;David G. Tarboton

296
Citations
The Influence of the Spatial Distribution of Snow on Basin-Averaged Snowmelt

Charles H. Luce;David G. Tarboton;Keith R. Cooley

293
Citations
Advances in the mapping of flow networks from digital elevation data

David G. Tarboton;Daniel P. Ames

266
Citations
A relational model for environmental and water resources data

Jeffery S. Horsburgh;David G. Tarboton;David R. Maidment;Ilya Zaslavsky

265
Citations
A unified approach for process-based hydrologic modeling: 2. Model implementation and case studies

Martyn P. Clark;Bart Nijssen;Jessica D. Lundquist;Dmitri Kavetski

245
Citations
Modeling soil depth from topographic and land cover attributes

Teklu K. Tesfa;David G. Tarboton;David G. Chandler;James P. McNamara

237
Citations
Disaggregation Procedures for Stochastic Hydrology Based on Nonparametric Density Estimation

David G. Tarboton;Ashish Sharma;Upmanu L. Lall

215
Citations
Terrain Analysis Using Digital Elevation Models in Hydrology

David G. Tarboton

75
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Maidment The University of Texas at Austin

Charles H. Luce US Forest Service

Upmanu Lall Columbia University

Shaowen Wang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Venkatesh Merwade Purdue University West Lafayette

Christopher M. U. Neale University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Erkan Istanbulluoglu University of Washington

Rafael L. Bras Georgia Institute of Technology

Balaji Rajagopalan University of Colorado Boulder

Emad Habib University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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