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D-Index
40
Citations
7557
World Ranking
7988
National Ranking
2852

Michael W. Palace 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 W. Palace sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 165 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael W. Palace 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 W. Palace sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael W. Palace is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work covers various interconnected scientific topics, such as:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Landslides and related hazards

Michael W. Palace has co-authored numerous papers with several frequent collaborators, including Franklin B. Sullivan, C Herrick, R. K. Varner, Jennifer M. Jacobs, and Adam G. Hunsaker.

Their publications have appeared in various scientific venues, with multiple papers in Harvard Dataverse, Remote Sensing, The Cryosphere, Parasites & Vectors, and Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America.

Representative recent research papers by Michael W. Palace include:

  • "Snow depth mapping with unpiloted aerial system lidar observations: a case study in Durham, New Hampshire, United States" (2021) published in The Cryosphere
  • "Permafrost thaw driven changes in hydrology and vegetation cover increase trace gas emissions and climate forcing in Stordalen Mire from 1970 to 2014" (2021) published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Tree Species Traits Determine the Success of LiDAR-Based Crown Mapping in a Mixed Temperate Forest" (2020) published in Remote Sensing
  • "Pantropical variability in tree crown allometry" (2020) published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Maximum entropy modeling to identify physical drivers of shallow snowpack heterogeneity using unpiloted aerial system (UAS) lidar" (2021) published in Journal of Hydrology

Best Publications

  • Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees

    T.R. Feldpausch;L. Banin;O.L. Phillips;T.R. Baker

  • Amazon forests maintain consistent canopy structure and greenness during the dry season

    Douglas C. Morton;Jyoteshwar Nagol;Claudia C. Carabajal;Jacqueline Rosette

  • Forest disturbance and recovery: A general review in the context of spaceborne remote sensing of impacts on aboveground biomass and canopy structure

    Steve Frolking;Michael W Palace;Michael W Palace;D B Clark;Jeffrey Q Chambers

  • Biomass estimation in the Tapajos National Forest, Brazil: Examination of sampling and allometric uncertainties

    Michael M. Keller;Michael M. Keller;Michael W. Palace;George Hurtt

  • CARBON BALANCE AND VEGETATION DYNAMICS IN AN OLD-GROWTH AMAZONIAN FOREST

    Amy H. Rice;Elizabeth Hammond Pyle;Scott R. Saleska;Lucy Hutyra

  • Regional ecosystem structure and function: ecological insights from remote sensing of tropical forests.

    Jeffrey Q. Chambers;Gregory P. Asner;Douglas C. Morton;Liana O. Anderson

  • Forest carbon densities and uncertainties from Lidar, QuickBird, and field measurements in California

    Patrick Gonzalez;Gregory P. Asner;John J. Battles;Michael A. Lefsky

  • Coarse woody debris in undisturbed and logged forests in the eastern Brazilian Amazon

    Michael M. Keller;Michael M. Keller;Michael W. Palace;Gregory P. Asner;Rodrigo Pereira Jr.

  • Toward an integrated monitoring framework to assess the effects of tropical forest degradation and recovery on carbon stocks and biodiversity

    Mercedes M. C. Bustamante;Iris Roitman;T. Mitchell Aide;Ane Alencar

  • Size and frequency of natural forest disturbances and the Amazon forest carbon balance

    Fernando D.B. Espírito-Santo;Fernando D.B. Espírito-Santo;Manuel Gloor;Michael Keller;Michael Keller;Michael Keller;Yadvinder Malhi

  • Estimating Canopy Structure in an Amazon Forest from Laser Range Finder and IKONOS Satellite Observations

    Gregory P. Asner;Michael W. Palace;Michael M. Keller;Rodrigo Pereira Jr.

  • Amazon Forest Structure from IKONOS Satellite Data and the Automated Characterization of Forest Canopy Properties

    Michael Palace;Michael Keller;Michael Keller;Gregory P. Asner;Stephen Hagen

  • Predicting pre-Columbian anthropogenic soils in Amazonia

    Crystal H. McMichael;Michael W. Palace;Mark B. Bush;B. Braswell

  • Necromass in undisturbed and logged forests in the Brazilian Amazon

    Michael W. Palace;Michael M. Keller;Michael M. Keller;Gregory P. Asner;Jose Natalino M. Silva

  • Anthropogenic influence on Amazonian forests in pre-history: An ecological perspective

    Mark B. Bush;Crystal H. McMichael;Dolores R. Piperno;Dolores R. Piperno;Miles R. Silman

  • Estimating forest structure in a tropical forest using field measurements, a synthetic model and discrete return lidar data

    Michael W. Palace;Franklin B. Sullivan;Mark J. Ducey;Robert N. Treuhaft

  • Regional Variations in Biomass Distribution in Brazilian Savanna Woodland

    Sabrina do Couto de Miranda;Sabrina do Couto de Miranda;Mercedes Bustamante;Michael W. Palace;Stephen Hagen

  • Tropical forest backscatter anomaly evident in SeaWinds scatterometer morning overpass data during 2005 drought in Amazonia

    Steve Frolking;Tom Milliman;Michael Palace;Dominik Wisser

  • Tropical-Forest Biomass Estimation at X-Band From the Spaceborne TanDEM-X Interferometer

    Robert N. Treuhaft;Fábio Guimarães Gonçalves;João Roberto dos Santos;Michael Keller

  • Now there is no land: a story of ethnic migration in a protected area landscape in western Uganda

    Joel N. Hartter;Sadie J. Ryan;Catrina A MacKenzie;Catrina A MacKenzie;Abraham Goldman

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Keller
Michael Keller US Forest Service
Joel N. Hartter
Joel N. Hartter University of Colorado Boulder
Patrick M. Crill
Patrick M. Crill Stockholm University
Gregory P. Asner
Gregory P. Asner Arizona State University
Steve Frolking
Steve Frolking University of New Hampshire
Crystal N. H. McMichael
Crystal N. H. McMichael University of Amsterdam
Sadie J. Ryan
Sadie J. Ryan University of Florida
Mark B. Bush
Mark B. Bush Florida Institute of Technology
Lawrence C. Hamilton
Lawrence C. Hamilton University of New Hampshire

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