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2023

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69
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Michael L. Roderick publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael L. Roderick sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 161 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Michael L. Roderick D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael L. Roderick sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Michael L. Roderick is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

The main topics of Roderick's work include Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Icing and De-icing Technologies, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Hydrology and Drought Analysis.

Roderick has published research in several frequent venues, including Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Water Resources Research, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, and Geophysical Research Letters.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Roderick include:

  • "Multifaceted characteristics of dryland aridity changes in a warming world," 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Robust Future Changes in Meteorological Drought in CMIP6 Projections Despite Uncertainty in Precipitation," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Evapotranspiration on a greening Earth," 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Identifying areas at risk of drought-induced tree mortality across South-Eastern Australia," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Annual precipitation explains variability in dryland vegetation greenness globally but not locally," 2021, Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Roderick include Callum J. Shakespeare, Yuting Yang, Tim R. McVicar, Chathuranga Jayarathne, and Angus J. Rummery.

Best Publications

  • Little change in global drought over the past 60 years

    Justin Sheffield;Eric F. Wood;Michael L. Roderick

  • Challenging Theophrastus: A common core list of plant traits for functional ecology

    E Weiher;A Van der Werf;Ken Thompson;Michael Roderick

  • Global review and synthesis of trends in observed terrestrial near-surface wind speeds; implications for evaporation

    Tim R. McVicar;Michael L. Roderick;Randall J. Donohue;Ling Tao Li

  • The cause of decreased pan evaporation over the past 50 years.

    Michael L. Roderick;Graham D. Farquhar

  • Moving beyond heterogeneity and process complexity: A new vision for watershed hydrology

    J J McDonnell;J J McDonnell;M Sivapalan;K Vache;S Dunn

  • On the attribution of changing pan evaporation

    Michael L. Roderick;Leon D. Rotstayn;Graham D. Farquhar;Michael T. Hobbins

  • On the importance of including vegetation dynamics in Budyko's hydrological model

    Randall Donohue;Randall Donohue;Michael Roderick;Tim R McVicar

  • On the direct effect of clouds and atmospheric particles on the productivity and structure of vegetation

    Michael L. Roderick;Graham D. Farquhar;Sandra L. Berry;Ian R. Noble

  • Impact of CO2 fertilization on maximum foliage cover across the globe's warm, arid environments

    Randall J. Donohue;Michael L. Roderick;Michael L. Roderick;Tim R. McVicar;Graham D. Farquhar

  • Multifaceted characteristics of dryland aridity changes in a warming world

    Xu Lian;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Anping Chen;Chris Huntingford

  • Roots, storms and soil pores: Incorporating key ecohydrological processes into Budyko’s hydrological model

    Randall J. Donohue;Michael L. Roderick;Tim R. McVicar

  • Assessing the ability of potential evaporation formulations to capture the dynamics in evaporative demand within a changing climate

    Randall J. Donohue;Randall J. Donohue;Tim R. McVicar;Michael L. Roderick

  • Wind speed climatology and trends for Australia, 1975-2006: Capturing the stilling phenomenon and comparison with near-surface reanalysis output

    Tim R. McVicar;Thomas G. Van Niel;Ling Tao Li;Michael L. Roderick

  • A simple framework for relating variations in runoff to variations in climatic conditions and catchment properties

    Michael L. Roderick;Graham D. Farquhar

  • Changes in Australian pan evaporation from 1970 to 2002

    Michael L. Roderick;Graham D. Farquhar

  • Robust Future Changes in Meteorological Drought in CMIP6 Projections Despite Uncertainty in Precipitation

    Anna M. Ukkola;Martin G. De Kauwe;Michael L. Roderick;Gab Abramowitz

  • Hydrologic implications of vegetation response to elevated CO2 in climate projections

    Yuting Yang;Yuting Yang;Yuting Yang;Michael L. Roderick;Michael L. Roderick;Shulei Zhang;Tim R. McVicar;Tim R. McVicar

  • Evapotranspiration on a greening Earth

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  • Climate‐related trends in Australian vegetation cover as inferred from satellite observations, 1981–2006

    Randall J. Donohue;Randall J. Donohue;Tim R. McVICAR;Michael L. Roderick

  • Pan Evaporation Trends and the Terrestrial Water Balance. II. Energy Balance and Interpretation

    Michael L. Roderick;Michael T. Hobbins;Graham D. Farquhar

  • Soil carbon stocks and bulk density: spatial or cumulative mass coordinates as a basis of expression?

    Roger M. Gifford;Roger M. Gifford;Michael L. Roderick;Michael L. Roderick

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham D. Farquhar
Graham D. Farquhar Australian National University
Tim R. McVicar
Tim R. McVicar Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Yuting Yang
Yuting Yang Tsinghua University
Murugesu Sivapalan
Murugesu Sivapalan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lindsay B. Hutley
Lindsay B. Hutley Charles Darwin University
Ian R. Noble
Ian R. Noble Australian National University
Andrew J. Pitman
Andrew J. Pitman University of New South Wales
Martin G. De Kauwe
Martin G. De Kauwe University of Bristol
Dani Or
Dani Or University of Nevada Reno
Roger M. Gifford
Roger M. Gifford Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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