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Philip E. Dennison

Philip E. Dennison

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
63
Citations
14402
World Ranking
2476
National Ranking
992

Philip E. Dennison 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 Philip E. Dennison sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 176 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Philip E. Dennison 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 Philip E. Dennison sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Philip E. Dennison is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work encompasses multiple main topics, including:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Philip E. Dennison has published frequently in several scientific venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Fire
  • Remote Sensing
  • Science Advances
  • GIScience & Remote Sensing

Some of their recent scientific papers are:

  • "A century of observations reveals increasing likelihood of continental-scale compound dry-hot extremes," 2020, published in Science Advances
  • "NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms," 2021, published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane," 2022, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Intermittency of Large Methane Emitters in the Permian Basin," 2021, published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "Multisatellite Imaging of a Gas Well Blowout Enables Quantification of Total Methane Emissions," 2020, published in Geophysical Research Letters

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, their common co-authors include:

  • Michael J. Campbell
  • Andrew K. Thorpe
  • Daniel Cusworth
  • Riley Duren
  • Charles E. Miller

Philip E. Dennison's research contributions notably address environmental and atmospheric sciences, with a strong emphasis on remote sensing technologies and their applications in ecosystem monitoring and gas dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Large wildfire trends in the western United States, 1984-2011

    Philip E. Dennison;Simon C. Brewer;James D. Arnold;Max A. Moritz

  • Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes

    Tania Schoennagel;Jennifer K. Balch;Hannah Brenkert-Smith;Philip E. Dennison

  • State of the art satellite and airborne marine oil spill remote sensing: Application to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    Ira Leifer;William J. Lehr;Debra Simecek-Beatty;Eliza Bradley

  • Sub-pixel mapping of urban land cover using multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis: Manaus, Brazil

    Rebecca L. Powell;Dar A. Roberts;Philip E. Dennison;Laura L. Hess

  • Endmember selection for multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis using endmember average RMSE

    Philip E. Dennison;Dar A. Roberts

  • Spectrometry for urban area remote sensing—Development and analysis of a spectral library from 350 to 2400 nm

    Martin Herold;Dar A Roberts;Margaret E Gardner;Philip E Dennison

  • A global review of remote sensing of live fuel moisture content for fire danger assessment: Moving towards operational products

    Marta Yebra;Philip E. Dennison;Emilio Chuvieco;David Riaño;David Riaño

  • A comparison of error metrics and constraints for multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis and spectral angle mapper

    Philip E. Dennison;Kerry Q. Halligan;Dar A. Roberts

  • Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane

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  • A Century of Observations Reveals Increasing Likelihood of Continental-Scale Compound Dry-Hot Extremes

    Mohammad Reza Alizadeh;Jan Adamowski;Mohammad Reza Nikoo;Amir AghaKouchak

  • NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

    Kerry Cawse-Nicholson;Philip A. Townsend;David Schimel;Ali M. Assiri

  • Evaluation of the potential of Hyperion for fire danger assessment by comparison to the Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer

    D.A. Roberts;P.E. Dennison;M.E. Gardner;Y. Hetzel

  • Assessment of vegetation regeneration after fire through multitemporal analysis of AVIRIS images in the Santa Monica Mountains

    D Riaño;D Riaño;E Chuvieco;S Ustin;R Zomer

  • Intermittency of Large Methane Emitters in the Permian Basin

    Daniel H. Cusworth;Riley M. Duren;Riley M. Duren;Andrew K. Thorpe;Winston Olson-Duvall

  • The effects of vegetation phenology on endmember selection and species mapping in southern California chaparral

    Philip E. Dennison;Dar A. Roberts

  • Atmospheric correction for global mapping spectroscopy: ATREM advances for the HyspIRI preparatory campaign

    David R. Thompson;Bo Cai Gao;Robert O. Green;Dar A. Roberts

  • Environmental controls of giant-kelp biomass in the Santa Barbara Channel, California

    Kyle C. Cavanaugh;David A. Siegel;Daniel C. Reed;Philip E. Dennison

  • Wildfire temperature and land cover modeling using hyperspectral data

    Philip E. Dennison;Kraivut Charoensiri;Dar A. Roberts;Seth H. Peterson

  • Hyperspectral remote sensing of fire: State-of-the-art and future perspectives

    Sander Veraverbeke;Philip Dennison;Ioannis Gitas;Glynn Hulley

  • Use of Normalized Difference Water Index for monitoring live fuel moisture

    P. E. Dennison;D. A. Roberts;S. H. Peterson;J. Rechel

  • Evaluation of Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) measures of live fuel moisture and fuel condition in a shrubland ecosystem in southern California

    D. A. Roberts;P. E. Dennison;Seth Peterson;S. Sweeney

  • Effects of fire severity and post-fire climate on short-term vegetation recovery of mixed-conifer and red fir forests in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California

    Ran Meng;Philip E. Dennison;Chengquan Huang;Max A. Moritz

Frequent Co-Authors

Dar A. Roberts
Dar A. Roberts University of California, Santa Barbara
David Riaño
David Riaño Spanish National Research Council
Christian Frankenberg
Christian Frankenberg California Institute of Technology
Kevin R. Hultine
Kevin R. Hultine Desert Botanical Garden
Robert O. Green
Robert O. Green California Institute of Technology
Max A. Moritz
Max A. Moritz University of California, Santa Barbara
Susan L. Ustin
Susan L. Ustin University of California, Davis
Glynn C. Hulley
Glynn C. Hulley California Institute of Technology
Chris Funk
Chris Funk University of California, Santa Barbara
Edward P. Glenn
Edward P. Glenn University of Arizona

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