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Nathaniel A. Brunsell

Nathaniel A. Brunsell

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
7685
World Ranking
7064
National Ranking
2521

Overview

Nathaniel A. Brunsell is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States and focuses their research primarily in the field of Environmental Science, with extensive contributions across several subfields. Their work spans Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Soil Science.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse aspects of environmental processes, including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Climate Variability and Models, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management.

Nathaniel A. Brunsell has published several papers, prominently appearing in reputable venues. Key recent publications include:

  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites (2021), Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions (2021), Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Soil Organic Carbon Across Mexico and the Conterminous United States (1991-2010) (2020), Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Automated Detection Algorithm for SACZ, Oceanic SACZ, and Their Climatological Features (2020), Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • The emergence of a new deforestation hotspot in Amazonia (2021), Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

Their frequent publication venues demonstrate a focus on Atmospheric and Environmental research, with the highest number of publications in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, alongside contributions to OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Global Biogeochemical Cycles, and Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Collaborative research is an integral part of Nathaniel A. Brunsell's work, as indicated by frequent coauthors. Notable collaborators include:

  • Gabriel de Oliveira (7 joint publications)
  • Sébastien Biraud (6 joint publications)
  • Ankur R. Desai (6 joint publications)
  • Manuel Helbig (6 joint publications)
  • Andrew D. Richardson (6 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Warm spring reduced carbon cycle impact of the 2012 US summer drought

    Sebastian Wolf;Sebastian Wolf;Trevor F. Keenan;Trevor F. Keenan;Joshua B. Fisher;Dennis D. Baldocchi

  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites

    Housen Chu;Xiangzhong Luo;Xiangzhong Luo;Zutao Ouyang;W. Stephen Chan

  • WUDAPT: An Urban Weather, Climate, and Environmental Modeling Infrastructure for the Anthropocene

    J. Ching;G. Mills;Benjamin Bechtel;L. See

  • The hydrology of the humid tropics

    Ellen Wohl;Ana Barros;Nathaniel Brunsell;Nick A. Chappell

  • Interactions between urbanization, heat stress, and climate change

    Keith Oleson;Andrew Monaghan;Olga Wilhelmi;Michael Barlage

  • Timing of climate variability and grassland productivity

    Joseph M. Craine;Jesse B. Nippert;Andrew J. Elmore;Adam M. Skibbe

  • ECOSTRESS: NASA's Next Generation Mission to Measure Evapotranspiration From the International Space Station

    Joshua B. Fisher;Brian Lee;Adam J. Purdy;Gregory H. Halverson

  • Surface energy fluxes with the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (ASTER) at the Iowa 2002 SMACEX site (USA)

    A.N. French;F. Jacob;M.C. Anderson;W.P. Kustas

  • Productivity of North American grasslands is increased under future climate scenarios despite rising aridity

    Koen Hufkens;Trevor F. Keenan;Lawrence B. Flanagan;Russell L. Scott

  • The impact of temporal aggregation of land surface temperature data for surface urban heat island (SUHI) monitoring

    Leiqiu Hu;Nathaniel A. Brunsell

  • A multiscale information theory approach to assess spatial-temporal variability of daily precipitation

    N. A. Brunsell

  • Climate-induced changes in continental-scale soil macroporosity may intensify water cycle

    Daniel R. Hirmas;Daniel Giménez;Attila Nemes;Ruth Kerry

  • Assessing spatiotemporal variability of drought in the U.S. central plains

    K.E. Logan;N.A. Brunsell;A.R. Jones;J.J. Feddema

  • Differential effects of extreme drought on production and respiration: synthesis and modeling analysis

    Z. Shi;M. L. Thomey;W. Mowll;Marcy E. Litvak

  • A new perspective to assess the urban heat island through remotely sensed atmospheric profiles

    Leiqiu Hu;Nathaniel A. Brunsell

  • Two methods for estimating limits to large-scale wind power generation

    Lee M. Miller;Nathaniel A. Brunsell;David B. Mechem;Fabian Gans

  • Scale issues in land-atmosphere interactions: implications for remote sensing of the surface energy balance

    Nathaniel A Brunsell;Robert R Gillies

  • The Effects of Great Plains Irrigation on the Surface Energy Balance, Regional Circulation, and Precipitation

    David B. Huber;David B. Mechem;Nathaniel A. Brunsell

  • Length Scale Analysis of Surface Energy Fluxes Derived from Remote Sensing

    Nathaniel A. Brunsell;Robert R. Gillies

  • Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions

    Manuel Helbig;Tobias Gerken;Eric R. Beamesderfer;Dennis D. Baldocchi

  • Characterization of land-surface precipitation feedback regimes with remote sensing

    N.A. Brunsell

  • A thermodynamic approach for assessing agroecosystem sustainability

    Ferdouz V. Cochran;Nathaniel A. Brunsell;Andrew E. Suyker

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. Richardson
Andrew D. Richardson Northern Arizona University
Ankur R. Desai
Ankur R. Desai University of Wisconsin–Madison
Russell L. Scott
Russell L. Scott Agricultural Research Service
Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro
Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro National Institute for Space Research
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão National Institute for Space Research
Rodrigo Vargas
Rodrigo Vargas University of Delaware
Carl J. Bernacchi
Carl J. Bernacchi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kimberly A. Novick
Kimberly A. Novick Indiana University
Martha C. Anderson
Martha C. Anderson Agricultural Research Service
Paul C. Stoy
Paul C. Stoy University of Wisconsin–Madison

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