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43
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James P. Verdin 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 James P. Verdin sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 110 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James P. Verdin 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 James P. Verdin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James P. Verdin is affiliated with the United States Agency for International Development in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with an emphasis on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Soil Science, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

James P. Verdin has published in the following venues:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Earth system science data
  • Global Food Security
  • Weather and Climate Extremes

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Shraddhanand Shukla
  • Amy McNally
  • G. J. Husak
  • James Rowland
  • Michael Budde

Recent papers by James P. Verdin include:

  • The NASA Hydrological Forecast System for Food and Water Security Applications (2020), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • A Central Asia hydrologic monitoring dataset for food and water security applications in Afghanistan (2022), published in Earth system science data
  • Maize yield forecasts for Sub-Saharan Africa using Earth Observation data and machine learning (2022), published in Global Food Security
  • ENSO-based outlook of droughts and agricultural outcomes in Afghanistan (2024), published in Weather and Climate Extremes
  • Contrasting performance of panel and time-series data models for subnational crop forecasting in Sub-Saharan Africa (2024), published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Best Publications

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

    Chris Funk;Pete Peterson;Martin Landsfeld;Diego Pedreros

  • A quasi-global precipitation time series for drought monitoring

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

  • A five‐year analysis of MODIS NDVI and NDWI for grassland drought assessment over the central Great Plains of the United States

    Yingxin Gu;Jesslyn F. Brown;James P. Verdin;Brian Wardlow

  • Operational Evapotranspiration Mapping Using Remote Sensing and Weather Datasets: A New Parameterization for the SSEB Approach

    Gabriel B. Senay;Stefanie Bohms;Ramesh K. Singh;Prasanna H. Gowda

  • 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 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

  • A comprehensive evaluation of two MODIS evapotranspiration products over the conterminous United States: Using point and gridded FLUXNET and water balance ET

    Naga M. Velpuri;Gabriel B. Senay;Ramesh K. Singh;Stefanie Bohms

  • A topological system for delineation and codification of the Earth's river basins

    K.L Verdin;J.P Verdin

  • Climate science and famine early warning.

    James Verdin;Chris Funk;Gabriel Senay;Richard Choularton

  • A Coupled Remote Sensing and Simplified Surface Energy Balance Approach to Estimate Actual Evapotranspiration from Irrigated Fields

    Gabriel B. Senay;Michael Budde;James P. Verdin;Assefa M. Melesse

  • Evaluation of MODIS NDVI and NDWI for vegetation drought monitoring using Oklahoma Mesonet soil moisture data

    Yingxin Gu;Eric Hunt;Brian Wardlow;Jeffrey B. Basara

  • A comparison of global agricultural monitoring systems and current gaps

    Steffen Fritz;Linda See;Juan Carlos Laso Bayas;François Waldner;François Waldner

  • Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective

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

  • Adequacy of satellite derived rainfall data for stream flow modeling

    Guleid Artan;Hussein Gadain;Jodie L. Smith;Kwabena Asante

  • Enhancing the Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) Approach for Estimating Landscape ET: Validation with the METRIC model

    Gabriel B. Senay;Michael E. Budde;James P. Verdin

  • Grid‐cell‐based crop water accounting for the famine early warning system

    James Verdin;Robert Klaver

  • Recognizing the Famine Early Warning Systems Network: Over 30 Years of Drought Early Warning Science Advances and Partnerships Promoting Global Food Security

    Chris Funk;Shraddhanand Shukla;Wassila Mamadou Thiaw;James Rowland

  • Remote sensing of drought : innovative monitoring approaches

    Brian D. Wardlow;Martha C. Anderson;James P. Verdin

  • Characterization of yield reduction in Ethiopia using a GIS-based crop water balance model

    Gabriel B Senay;James Verdin

  • Evaluating ESA CCI soil moisture in East Africa

    Amy McNally;Shraddhanand Shukla;Kristi R. Arsenault;Shugong Wang

  • 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

Chris Funk
Chris Funk University of California, Santa Barbara
Gabriel B. Senay
Gabriel B. Senay United States Geological Survey
Christa D. Peters-Lidard
Christa D. Peters-Lidard Goddard Space Flight Center
Joel Michaelsen
Joel Michaelsen University of California, Santa Barbara
Martha C. Anderson
Martha C. Anderson Agricultural Research Service
Molly E. Brown
Molly E. Brown University of Maryland, College Park
Brian D. Wardlow
Brian D. Wardlow University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sujay V. Kumar
Sujay V. Kumar Goddard Space Flight Center
Prasad S. Thenkabail
Prasad S. Thenkabail United States Geological Survey
Michael D. Dettinger
Michael D. Dettinger Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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