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Gabriel G. Katul

Gabriel G. Katul

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Environmental Sciences
USA
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
113
Citations
53396
World Ranking
172
National Ranking
81

Gabriel G. Katul publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 691 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Gabriel G. Katul 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 Gabriel G. Katul sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2002 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Gabriel G. Katul is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on Environmental Science, with a notable focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology.

Their work addresses several main topics including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Climate Variability and Models, and Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport.

Frequent publication venues for Gabriel G. Katul include arXiv (Cornell University), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Research Letters, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

Gabriel G. Katul's notable recent papers are:

  • Intensity and frequency of extreme novel epidemics, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Plant hydraulics accentuates the effect of atmospheric moisture stress on transpiration, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Flow dynamics and sediment transport in vegetated rivers: A review, 2021, Journal of Hydrodynamics
  • Detecting forest response to droughts with global observations of vegetation water content, 2021, Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors of Gabriel G. Katul include Elie Bou-Zeid, Heping Liu, Jean-Christophe Domec, Davide Poggi, and Mazen Nakad, indicating collaborations across multiple research areas.

Awards received by Gabriel G. Katul are the Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2002 and the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) also in 2002.

Best Publications

  • FLUXNET: A New Tool to Study the Temporal and Spatial Variability of Ecosystem-Scale Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, and Energy Flux Densities

    Dennis Baldocchi;Eva Falge;Lianhong Gu;Richard Olson

  • Gap filling strategies for defensible annual sums of net ecosystem exchange

    E. Falge;D. Baldocchi;R. Olson;P. Anthoni

  • Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation

    B.E Law;E Falge;L Gu;D.D Baldocchi

  • Soil fertility limits carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems in a CO 2 -enriched atmosphere

    Ram Oren;David S Ellsworth;David S Ellsworth;Kurt H Johnsen;Nathan C. Phillips

  • Survey and synthesis of intra- and interspecific variation in stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit

    R. Oren;J. S. Sperry;G. G. Katul;D. E. Pataki

  • Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population

    Gabriele Manoli;Gabriele Manoli;Simone Fatichi;Markus Schläpfer;Kailiang Yu

  • Seasonality of ecosystem respiration and gross primary production as derived from FLUXNET measurements

    Eva Falge;Dennis Baldocchi;John Tenhunen;Marc Aubinet

  • The effect of vegetation density on canopy sub-layer turbulence

    D. Poggi;A. Porporato;L. Ridolfi;J. D. Albertson

  • Mechanisms of long-distance dispersal of seeds by wind

    Ran Nathan;Gabriel G. Katul;Henry S. Horn;Suvi M. Thomas

  • Gap filling strategies for long term energy flux data sets

    Eva Falge;Dennis D. Baldocchi;Richard Olson;Peter Anthoni

  • Observed increase in local cooling effect of deforestation at higher latitudes

    Xuhui Lee;Michael L. Goulden;David Y. Hollinger;Alan Barr

  • An approximate analytical model for footprint estimation of scalar fluxes in thermally stratified atmospheric flows

    Cheng-I Hsieh;Gabriel Katul;Tze-wen Chi

  • Intensity and frequency of extreme novel epidemics.

    Marco Marani;Marco Marani;Gabriel G Katul;William K Pan;Anthony J Parolari

  • Evapotranspiration: A process driving mass transport and energy exchange in the soil‐plant‐atmosphere‐climate system

    Gabriel G. Katul;Gabriel G. Katul;Ram Oren;Ram Oren;Stefano Manzoni;Chad Higgins

  • A multi-site analysis of random error in tower-based measurements of carbon and energy fluxes

    Andrew D. Richardson;Andrew D. Richardson;David Y. Hollinger;George G. Burba;Kenneth J. Davis

  • One- and two-equation models for canopy turbulence

    Gabriel G. Katul;Larry Mahrt;Davide Poggi;Davide Poggi;Christophe Sanz

  • Canopy nitrogen, carbon assimilation, and albedo in temperate and boreal forests: Functional relations and potential climate feedbacks

    S. V. Ollinger;A. D. Richardson;M. E. Martin;D. Y. Hollinger

  • A stomatal optimization theory to describe the effects of atmospheric CO2 on leaf photosynthesis and transpiration

    Gabriel Katul;Stefano Manzoni;Sari Palmroth;Ram Oren

  • DETERMINANTS OF LONG-DISTANCE SEED DISPERSAL BY WIND IN GRASSLANDS

    Merel B. Soons;Gerrit W. Heil;Ran Nathan;Gabriel G. Katul

  • Estimation of Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange for the Conterminous United States by Combining MODIS and AmeriFlux Data

    Jingfeng Xiao;Qianlai Zhuang;Dennis D. Baldocchi;Beverly E. Law

Frequent Co-Authors

Ram Oren
Ram Oren Duke University
Amilcare Porporato
Amilcare Porporato Princeton University
Mario B. S. Siqueira
Mario B. S. Siqueira Duke University
Paul C. Stoy
Paul C. Stoy University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marc B. Parlange
Marc B. Parlange University of Rhode Island
John D. Albertson
John D. Albertson Cornell University
Stefano Manzoni
Stefano Manzoni Stockholm University
Sally E. Thompson
Sally E. Thompson University of Western Australia
Sari Palmroth
Sari Palmroth Duke University
Elie Bou-Zeid
Elie Bou-Zeid Princeton University

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