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Kyle C. McDonald is affiliated with the City College of New York in the United States. Their research contributions focus primarily on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work covers several interconnected topics within these fields, including:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Kyle C. McDonald has contributed to multiple research publications, many addressing hydrology, methane emissions, and glacier melt. Some recent papers include:

  • Comparative Study of Hydrology and Icemelt in Three Nepal River Basins Using the Glacio-Hydrological Degree-Day Model (GDM) and Observations From the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT), 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Mapping seasonal glacier melt across the Hindu Kush Himalaya with time series synthetic aperture radar (SAR), 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Ensemble estimates of global wetland methane emissions over 2000-2020, 2025, Biogeosciences
  • Development of a global dataset of Wetland Area and Dynamics for Methane Modeling (WAD2M), 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Development of a global dataset of Wetland Area and Dynamics for Methane Modeling (WAD2M), 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • N. Steiner
  • Zhen Zhang
  • Benjamin Poulter
  • Etienne Fluet-Chouinard
  • Katherine Jensen

Kyle C. McDonald publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Earth Science, The Cryosphere, Biogeosciences, and the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.

Best Publications

  • The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission

    Dara Entekhabi;Eni G Njoku;Peggy E O'Neill;Kent H Kellogg

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • The global methane budget 2000–2012

    Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

  • Surface water inundation in the boreal-Arctic: potential impacts on regional methane emissions

    Jennifer D Watts;John S Kimball;Annett Bartsch;Kyle C McDonald

  • Satellite passive microwave remote sensing for monitoring global land surface phenology

    Matthew O. Jones;Lucas A. Jones;John S. Kimball;Kyle C. McDonald

  • Satellite detection of increasing Northern Hemisphere non-frozen seasons from 1979 to 2008: Implications for regional vegetation growth

    Youngwook Kim;John S Kimball;K. Zhang;Kyle C. McDonald;Kyle C. McDonald

  • A global wetland methane emissions and uncertainty dataset for atmospheric chemical transport models (WetCHARTs version 1.0)

    A. Anthony Bloom;Kevin W. Bowman;Meemong Lee;Alexander J. Turner

  • The hydrosphere State (hydros) Satellite mission: an Earth system pathfinder for global mapping of soil moisture and land freeze/thaw

    D. Entekhabi;E.G. Njoku;P. Houser;M. Spencer

  • Satellite radar remote sensing of seasonal growing seasons for boreal and subalpine evergreen forests.

    John S. Kimball;Kyle C. McDonald;Steven W. Running;Steve E. Frolking

  • On the causes of the shrinking of Lake Chad

    H. Gao;T. J. Bohn;E. Podest;K. C. McDonald;K. C. McDonald

  • Developing a Global Data Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status Using Satellite Passive Microwave Remote Sensing

    Youngwook Kim;J S Kimball;K C McDonald;J Glassy

  • SMAP Handbook–Soil Moisture Active Passive: Mapping Soil Moisture and Freeze/Thaw from Space

    Dara Entekhabi;Simon Yueh;Peggy E O’Neill;Kent H Kellogg

  • Global wetland contribution to 2000–2012 atmospheric methane growth rate dynamics

    Benjamin Poulter;Philippe Bousquet;Josep G. Canadell;Philippe Ciais

  • ASSESSING THE CARBON BALANCE OF CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC TUNDRA USING REMOTE SENSING AND PROCESS MODELING

    Stephen Sitch;A. David McGuire;John S. Kimball;Nicola Gedney

  • Development and Evaluation of a Multi-Year Fractional Surface Water Data Set Derived from Active/Passive Microwave Remote Sensing Data

    Ronny Schroeder;Kyle C. McDonald;Bruce D. Chapman;Katherine Jensen

  • Using Mimics To Model L-band Multiangle and Multitemporal Backscatter From A Walnut Orchard

    K.C. Mcdonald;M.C. Dobson;F.T. Ulaby

  • Monitoring flood extent in the lower Amazon River floodplain using ALOS/PALSAR ScanSAR images

    Allan S. Arnesen;Thiago S.F. Silva;Laura L. Hess;Evlyn M.L.M. Novo

  • Application of the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) for Determining the Daily Frozen and Nonfrozen Landscape of Alaska

    John S Kimball;K. C. McDonald;Alisa Renae Keyser;S. Frolking

  • WETCHIMP-WSL: intercomparison of wetland methane emissions models over West Siberia

    Theodore J. Bohn;Joe R. Melton;Akihiko Ito;Thomas Kleinen

  • Effect of Salinity on the Dielectric Properties of Geological Materials: Implication for Soil Moisture Detection by Means of Radar Remote Sensing

    Y. Lasne;P. Paillou;A. Freeman;T. Farr

  • Variability in Springtime Thaw in the Terrestrial High Latitudes: Monitoring a Major Control on the Biospheric Assimilation of Atmospheric CO2 with Spaceborne Microwave Remote Sensing

    Kyle C. McDonald;John S Kimball;Eni G. Njoku;Reiner Zimmermann

  • Global Methane Budget 2000-2012

    M. Saunois;P. Bousquet;B. Poulter;A. Peregon

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Kimball
John S. Kimball University of Montana
Eni G. Njoku
Eni G. Njoku Jet Propulsion Lab
Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Dennis P. Lettenmaier University of California, Los Angeles
Shamil Maksyutov
Shamil Maksyutov National Institute for Environmental Studies
Ke Zhang
Ke Zhang Hohai University
Mahta Moghaddam
Mahta Moghaddam University of Southern California
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine
Peggy E. O'Neill
Peggy E. O'Neill Goddard Space Flight Center
William J. Riley
William J. Riley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hanqin Tian
Hanqin Tian Auburn University

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