What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Ecology
- Ecosystem
- Climate change
M. Altaf Arain spends much of his time researching Ecosystem, Eddy covariance, Atmospheric sciences, Terrestrial ecosystem and Ecology.
The various areas that M. Altaf Arain examines in his Ecosystem study include Afforestation, Biosphere, Temperate climate and Deciduous.
His Deciduous research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Climate change, Ecosystem respiration and Growing season.
His Eddy covariance study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Climatology.
He has included themes like Hydrology, Primary production and FluxNet in his Atmospheric sciences study.
His research in FluxNet tackles topics such as Sensible heat which are related to areas like Atmosphere.
His most cited work include:
- Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate (1439 citations)
- Global patterns of land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat, and sensible heat derived from eddy covariance, satellite, and meteorological observations (776 citations)
- Terrestrial biosphere models need better representation of vegetation phenology: results from the North American Carbon Program Site Synthesis (429 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His scientific interests lie mostly in Eddy covariance, Atmospheric sciences, Ecosystem, Vegetation and Ecosystem respiration.
His study in Eddy covariance is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Canopy, Hydrology, Evapotranspiration, Forest ecology and Biome.
His Atmospheric sciences study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Canadian Land Surface Scheme, Primary production, FluxNet and Growing season.
M. Altaf Arain has researched Ecosystem in several fields, including Climatology and Biosphere.
His work on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index as part of general Vegetation study is frequently linked to Enhanced vegetation index, bridging the gap between disciplines.
His Ecosystem respiration study also includes fields such as
- Deciduous, which have a strong connection to Evergreen, Phenology and Temperate rainforest,
- Temperate climate that intertwine with fields like Boreal.
He most often published in these fields:
- Eddy covariance (42.24%)
- Atmospheric sciences (38.79%)
- Ecosystem (32.76%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Atmospheric sciences (38.79%)
- Climate change (15.52%)
- Ecosystem (32.76%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
M. Altaf Arain focuses on Atmospheric sciences, Climate change, Ecosystem, Eddy covariance and Vegetation.
His Atmospheric sciences study combines topics in areas such as Photosynthesis, Biomass, Canopy, Carbon cycle and Water cycle.
He interconnects Climatology, Evapotranspiration and Physical geography in the investigation of issues within Climate change.
His Ecosystem study incorporates themes from Productivity, Biosphere and Deciduous.
His research in Vegetation intersects with topics in Land cover, Vapour Pressure Deficit, Transpiration and Statistical model.
His work in Forest ecology covers topics such as Carbon flux which are related to areas like FluxNet.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data (67 citations)
- ECOSTRESS: NASA's Next Generation Mission to Measure Evapotranspiration From the International Space Station (38 citations)
- No trends in spring and autumn phenology during the global warming hiatus (37 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Ecology
- Ecosystem
- Climate change
His main research concerns Atmospheric sciences, Ecosystem, Phenology, Deciduous and Eddy covariance.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Photosynthesis and Vegetation, Gross primary productivity.
M. Altaf Arain combines topics linked to Biosphere with his work on Ecosystem.
Biosphere is a subfield of Ecology that he explores.
His studies in Phenology integrate themes in fields like Climatology, Northern Hemisphere, Global warming hiatus and Evergreen.
His Eddy covariance research includes themes of Latent heat, Meteorology and Biome.
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