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D-Index
40
Citations
14639
World Ranking
7891
National Ranking
2799

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Joel Michaelsen is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their academic career is linked primarily to this institution.

Although specific details on recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, fields of study, subfields, main topics of work, and awards are not available, the existing data situates Michaelsen within the academic environment of a major research university.

This affiliation suggests engagement in research and teaching activities consistent with a higher education setting.

Best Publications

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

    Chris Funk;Pete Peterson;Martin Landsfeld;Diego Pedreros

  • Cross-Validation in Statistical Climate Forecast Models

    Joel Michaelsen

  • A quasi-global precipitation time series for drought monitoring

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

  • 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

  • Forest responses to increasing aridity and warmth in the southwestern United States

    A. Park Williams;Craig D. Allen;Constance I. Millar;Thomas W. Swetnam

  • Snow accumulation and distribution in an Alpine Watershed

    Kelly Elder;Jeff Dozier;Joel Michaelsen

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

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

  • Interactions of Factors Affecting Seedling Recruitment of Blue Oak (Quercus Douglasii) in California

    Mark I. Borchert;Frank W. Davis;Joel Michaelsen;Lyn Dee Oyler

  • A global satellite-assisted precipitation climatology

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

  • Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective

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

  • Regression Tree Analysis of satellite and terrain data to guide vegetation sampling and surveys

    Joel Michaelsen;David S. Schimel;Mark A. Friedl;Frank W. Davis

  • Estimating grassland biomass and leaf area index using ground and satellite data

    M. A. Friedl;J. Michaelsen;F. W. Davis;H. Walker

  • Recent summer precipitation trends in the Greater Horn of Africa and the emerging role of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature

    A. Park Williams;A. Park Williams;Christopher C. Funk;Christopher C. Funk;Joel Michaelsen;Sara A. Rauscher

  • Scaling and uncertainty in the relationship between the NDVI and land surface biophysical variables: An analysis using a scene simulation model and data from FIFE

    M.A. Friedl;F.W. Davis;J. Michaelsen;M.A. Moritz

  • An investigation of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation cycle With statistical models: 1. Predictor field characteristics

    Nicholas E. Graham;Joel Michaelsen;Tim P. Barnett

  • The climate-population nexus in the East African Horn: Emerging degradation trends in rangeland and pastoral livelihood zones

    Narcisa G. Pricope;Gregory Husak;David Lopez-Carr;Christopher Funk

  • dendrohydrology and long‐term hydrologic phenomena

    Hugo A. Loaiciga;Laura Haston;Joel Michaelsen

  • Variability of pigment biomass in the California Current System as determined by satellite imagery: 2. Temporal variability

    Joel Michaelsen;Xueyun Zhang;Raymond C. Smith

  • A High-Resolution 1983–2016 Tmax Climate Data Record Based on Infrared Temperatures and Stations by the Climate Hazard Center

    Chris Funk;Chris Funk;Pete Peterson;Seth Peterson;Shraddhanand Shukla

  • A 560-Year Record of Santa Ana Fires Reconstructed from Charcoal Deposited in the Santa Barbara Basin, California

    Scott A. Mensing;Joel Michaelsen;Roger Byrne

  • The collaborative historical African rainfall model: description and evaluation

    Christopher C. Funk;Joel C. Michaelsen;James P. Verdin;Guleid A. Artan

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Funk
Chris Funk University of California, Santa Barbara
Frank W. Davis
Frank W. Davis University of California, Santa Barbara
Christopher J. Still
Christopher J. Still Oregon State University
James P. Verdin
James P. Verdin United States Agency for International Development
A. Park Williams
A. Park Williams Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Mark A. Friedl
Mark A. Friedl Boston University
Hugo A. Loáiciga
Hugo A. Loáiciga University of California, Santa Barbara
Janet Franklin
Janet Franklin San Diego State University
Steven W. Leavitt
Steven W. Leavitt University of Arizona
Alexander Gershunov
Alexander Gershunov University of California, San Diego

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