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Martha K. Raynolds is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science, which accounts for the majority of their publications. Other subfields include Ecology, General Health Professions, Geology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses various topics within the Arctic environment and climate-related studies. Key areas of research include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Martha K. Raynolds has contributed to research published in multiple venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Arctic Science
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Environmental Research Letters

The scientist has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent coauthors are:

  • Donald A. Walker
  • Howard E. Epstein
  • Gerald V. Frost
  • Uma S. Bhatt
  • Jonathan H. Raberg

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Martha K. Raynolds include:

  • "Recent trends and remaining challenges for optical remote sensing of Arctic tundra vegetation: A review and outlook," 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "The Arctic," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Ancient plant DNA reveals High Arctic greening during the Last Interglacial," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The Arctic," 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Climate drivers of Arctic tundra variability and change using an indicators framework," 2021, Environmental Research Letters

Best Publications

  • The Circumpolar Arctic vegetation map

    Donald A. Walker;Martha K. Raynolds;Fred J. A. Daniëls;Eythor Einarsson

  • Pan-Arctic ice-wedge degradation in warming permafrost and its influence on tundra hydrology

    Anna K. Liljedahl;Julia Boike;Ronald P. Daanen;Alexander N. Fedorov

  • Circumpolar Arctic Tundra Vegetation Change Is Linked to Sea Ice Decline

    Uma S. Bhatt;Donald A. Walker;Martha K. Raynolds;Josefino C. Comiso

  • Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation [Map]

    Cavm Team;Donald A. Walker;Martha K. Raynolds;Maier, Hilmar, A.

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • Relationship between satellite-derived land surface temperatures, arctic vegetation types, and NDVI

    Martha K. Raynolds;Josefino C. Comiso;Donald A. Walker;David Verbyla

  • Dynamics of Aboveground Phytomass of the Circumpolar Arctic Tundra During the Past Three Decades

    Howard E Epstein;Martha K Raynolds;Donald A Walker;Uma S Bhatt

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Arctic patterned-ground ecosystems: A synthesis of field studies and models along a North American Arctic Transect

    D. A. Walker;H. E. Epstein;V. E. Romanovsky;C. L. Ping

  • Recent Declines in Warming and Vegetation Greening Trends over Pan-Arctic Tundra

    Uma S. Bhatt;Donald A. Walker;Martha K. Raynolds;Peter A. Bieniek

  • Cumulative geoecological effects of 62 years of infrastructure and climate change in ice‐rich permafrost landscapes, Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska

    Martha K. Raynolds;Donald A. Walker;Kenneth J. Ambrosius;Jerry Brown

  • Vegetation-Soil-Thaw-Depth Relationships along a Low-Arctic Bioclimate Gradient, Alaska: Synthesis of Information from the ATLAS Studies

    D. A. Walker;G. J. Jia;H. E. Epstein;M. K. Raynolds

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Phytomass, LAI, and NDVI in northern Alaska: Relationships to summer warmth, soil pH, plant functional types, and extrapolation to the circumpolar Arctic

    D. A. Walker;H. E. Epstein;G. J. Jia;A. Balser

  • A raster version of the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM)

    Martha K. Raynolds;Donald A. Walker;Andrew Balser;Christian Bay

  • A new estimate of tundra-biome phytomass from trans-Arctic field data and AVHRR NDVI

    Martha K. Raynolds;Donald A. Walker;Howard E. Epstein;Jorge E. Pinzon

  • Recent trends and remaining challenges for optical remote sensing of Arctic tundra vegetation: A review and outlook

    Alison Beamish;Martha K. Raynolds;Howard Epstein;Gerald V. Frost

  • Environment, vegetation and greenness (NDVI) along the North America and Eurasia Arctic transects

    D A Walker;H E Epstein;M K Raynolds;P Kuss;P Kuss

  • Frost‐boil ecosystems: complex interactions between landforms, soils, vegetation and climate

    Donald A. Walker;Howard E. Epstein;William A. Gould;Alexia M. Kelley

  • The Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map: AVHRR-derived base maps, environmental controls, and integrated mapping procedures

    D. A. Walker;William A. Gould;H.A. Maier;M. K. Raynolds

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald A. Walker
Donald A. Walker University of Alaska Fairbanks
Howard E. Epstein
Howard E. Epstein University of Virginia
Uma S. Bhatt
Uma S. Bhatt University of Alaska Fairbanks
Vladimir E. Romanovsky
Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Josefino C. Comiso
Josefino C. Comiso Goddard Space Flight Center
Compton J. Tucker
Compton J. Tucker Goddard Space Flight Center
Bruce C. Forbes
Bruce C. Forbes University of Lapland
Gensuo Jia
Gensuo Jia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Larry D. Hinzman
Larry D. Hinzman University of Alaska Fairbanks
Donatella Zona
Donatella Zona San Diego State University

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