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John H. C. Gash is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Global and Planetary Change. Additional areas of study include Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Physiology, Ecology, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics, most notably:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

John H. C. Gash has published papers in several peer-reviewed journals, including:

  • Water Resources Research
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Some recent publications are:

  • "On the Use of the Term 'Evapotranspiration'" (2020), published in Water Resources Research
  • "Enhancing global rainfall interception loss estimation through vegetation structure modeling" (2024), published in Journal of Hydrology
  • "Eddy covariance fluxes of greenhouse gasses observed in a renewed pasture in the southeast of Brazil" (2024), published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Eddy Covariance Fluxes of Greenhouse Gases Observed in a Renewed Pasture in the Southeast of Brazil" (2024), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

The researcher collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Osvaldo Cabral
  • Helber C. Freitas
  • Santiago Vianna Cuadra
  • S. F. Nogueira
  • Luciano Vieira Koenigkan

Best Publications

  • Global land-surface evaporation estimated from satellite-based observations

    D.G. Miralles;T.R.H. Holmes;T.R.H. Holmes;R.A.M. de Jeu;J.H.C. Gash

  • An analytical model of rainfall interception by forests

    J. H. C. Gash

  • Estimating sparse forest rainfall interception with an analytical model

    J.H.C. Gash;C.R. Lloyd;G. Lachaud

  • Carbon Dioxide Uptake by an Undisturbed Tropical Rain Forest in Southwest Amazonia, 1992 to 1993

    John Grace;Jon Lloyd;John McIntyre;Antonio C. Miranda

  • Magnitude and variability of land evaporation and its components at the global scale

    D.G. Miralles;R.A.M. de Jeu;J.H.C. Gash;T.R.H. Holmes;T.R.H. Holmes

  • Modelling interception loss for two sparse eucalypt and pine forests in central Portugal using reformulated Rutter and Gash analytical models

    F. Valente;J.S. David;J.H.C. Gash

  • Comparative measurements and seasonal variations in energy and carbon exchange over forest and pasture in South West Amazonia

    C. von Randow;A.O. Manzi;B. Kruijt;P.J. de Oliveira

  • A review of rainfall interception modelling

    A. Muzylo;P. Llorens;F. Valente;J.J. Keizer

  • Comparative measurements of carbon dioxide fluxes from two nearby towers in a central Amazonian rainforest: the Manaus LBA site

    A. C. Araújo;A. D. Nobre;B. Kruijt;J. A. Elbers

  • Importance of methane and nitrous oxide for Europe's terrestrial greenhouse-gas balance

    E. D. Schulze;S. Luyssaert;S. Luyssaert;P. Ciais;A. Freibauer

  • Amazonian deforestation and climate

    J.H.C. Gash;C.A. Nobre;J.M. Roberts;R.L. Victoria

  • HAPEX-Sahel: A large-scale study of land-atmosphere interactions in the semi-arid tropics

    J.P. Goutorbe;Thierry Lebel;A. Tinga;P. Bessemoulin

  • Biogeochemical cycling of carbon, water, energy, trace gases, and aerosols in Amazonia: The LBA‐EUSTACH experiments

    M. O. Andreae;P. Artaxo;C. Brandão;F. E. Carswell;F. E. Carswell

  • Eddy correlation measurements of energy partition for Amazonian forest

    W. James Shuttleworth;John H. C. Gash;Colin R. Lloyd;Christopher J. Moore

  • El Niño-La Niña cycle and recent trends in continental evaporation

    Diego G. Miralles;Martinus J. van den Berg;John H. Gash;Robert M. Parinussa

  • An application of the Rutter model to the estimation of the interception loss from Thetford Forest

    J.H.C. Gash;A.J. Morton

  • Global canopy interception from satellite observations

    Diego G. Miralles;John H. Gash;John H. Gash;Thomas R. H. Holmes;Thomas R. H. Holmes;Richard A. M. de Jeu

  • Vegetation, water, humans and the climate; a new perspective on an interactive system

    P. Kabat;M. Claussen;P.A. Dirmeyer;J.H.C. Gash

  • The measurement and modelling of rainfall interception by Amazonian rain forest

    C.R. Lloyd;J.H.C. Gash;W.J. Shuttleworth

  • Comparative estimates of interception loss from three coniferous forests in Great Britain

    J.H.C. Gash;I.R. Wright;C.R. Lloyd

  • Biogeochemical cycling of carbon, water, energy, trace gases, and aerosols in Amazonia: The LBA-EUSTACH experiments : Large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia (LBA)

    M. O. Andreae;P. Artaxo;C. Brandao;F. E. Carswell

Frequent Co-Authors

A. J. Dolman
A. J. Dolman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pavel Kabat
Pavel Kabat Wageningen University & Research
Chris Huntingford
Chris Huntingford Natural Environment Research Council
Carlos A. Nobre
Carlos A. Nobre Universidade de São Paulo
John Grace
John Grace University of Edinburgh
Antonio D. Nobre
Antonio D. Nobre National Institute for Space Research
Thomas R. H. Holmes
Thomas R. H. Holmes Goddard Space Flight Center
Peter M. Cox
Peter M. Cox University of Exeter
Martin Claussen
Martin Claussen Universität Hamburg
Antonio O. Manzi
Antonio O. Manzi National Institute for Space Research

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