2026 Robert C. Balling: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	49	5281	5060	1939	1793	211	8273

Overview

Robert C. Balling is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research encompasses various aspects of environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on global and planetary change as well as atmospheric science.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader domains, their subfields of study cover:

Global and Planetary Change
Atmospheric Science
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Ocean Engineering
Environmental Engineering

The primary research topics addressed by Robert C. Balling include:

Climate variability and models
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
Hydrology and Drought Analysis
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Aeolian processes and effects
Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Frequent publication venues for the scientist's work are:

Journal of Arid Environments
Journal of Navigation
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Advances in Space Research
International Journal of Climatology

Information on co-authorship shows collaboration with several researchers, including:

Mohammad Sadegh Keikhosravi Kiany
Randall S. Cerveny
Matei Georgescu
Seyed Abolfazl Masoodian
Le Qi

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert C. Balling are:

Are global cities homogenizing? An assessment of urban form and heat island implications, 2022, Cities
Evaluation of the TRMM 3B42 product for extreme precipitation analysis over southwestern Iran, 2020, Advances in Space Research
Evaluation of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for GPM, Climate Hazards Centre InfraRed Precipitation with Station data, and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Reanalysis v5 data in estimating precipitation and capturing meteorological droughts over Iran, 2021, International Journal of Climatology
A cellular automaton-based model of ship traffic flow in busy waterways, 2021, Journal of Navigation
A comparison of the effect of weather and climate on emergency department visitation in Roanoke and Charlottesville, Virginia, 2020, Environmental Research

Best Publications

Trends in extreme daily precipitation indices in India

Shouraseni Sen Roy;Robert C. Balling

387
Citations
Interactions of Desertification and Climate

M. A. J. Williams;Robert C. Balling

274
Citations
High-resolution surface temperature patterns in a complex urban terrain

Robert Balling;Sandra W. Brazel

251
Citations
Weekly cycles of air pollutants, precipitation and tropical cyclones in the coastal NW Atlantic region

Randall S. Cerveny;Robert C. Balling

250
Citations
Response of alluvial systems to fire and climate change in Yellowstone National Park

Grant A. Meyer;Stephen G. Wells;Robert C. Balling;A. J. Timothy Jull

236
Citations
Using Landsat and nighttime lights for supervised pixel-based image classification of urban land cover

Ran Goldblatt;Michelle F. Stuhlmacher;Beth Tellman;Nicholas Clinton

230
Citations
Sensitivity of residential water consumption to variations in climate: An intraurban analysis of Phoenix, Arizona

Robert Balling;Patricia Gober;N. Jones

229
Citations
An intensive two-week study of an urban CO2 dome in Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Craig D Idso;Sherwood B Idso;Robert C Balling

227
Citations
Rising Temperatures, Human Health, and the Role of Adaptation

David M. Hondula;Robert C. Balling;Jennifer K. Vanos;Matei Georgescu

222
Citations
Climate Variability and Residential Water Use in the City of Phoenix, Arizona

Robert C. Balling;Patricia Gober

219
Citations
The heated debate

Robert Balling

188
Citations
Historical Rainfall Patterns and Arroyo Activity within the Zuni River Drainage Basin, New Mexico

Robert C. Balling;Stephen G. Wells

175
Citations
Seasonal and diurnal variations of near-surface atmospheric CO2 concentration within a residential sector of the urban CO2 dome of Phoenix, AZ, USA

Sherwood B. Idso;Craig D. Idso;Robert C. Balling

155
Citations
THE URBAN CO2 DOME OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Craig D. Idso;Sherwood B. Idso;Robert C. Balling

154
Citations
Water Planning Under Climatic Uncertainty in Phoenix: Why We Need a New Paradigm

Patricia Gober;Craig W. Kirkwood;Robert C. Balling;Andrew W. Ellis

152
Citations
Quantifying the ozone “weekend effect” at various locations in Phoenix, Arizona

Carol M. Atkinson-Palombo;James A. Miller;Robert C. Balling

148
Citations
Analysis of trends in maximum and minimum temperature, diurnal temperature range, and cloud cover over India

Shouraseni Sen Roy;Robert C. Balling

143
Citations
CLIMATE CHANGE IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: IS THE DROUGHT-RELATED RISK OF WILDFIRES INCREASING?

Robert C. Balling;Grant A. Meyer;Stephen G. Wells

132
Citations
The climatic impact of a Sonoran vegetation discontinuity

Robert C. Balling

126
Citations
Historical temperature trends in the United States and the effect of urban population growth

Robert Balling;S. B. Idso

121
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sherwood B. Idso Agricultural Research Service

Patricia Gober Arizona State University

Stephen G. Wells New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Martin Williams University of Adelaide

Anthony J. Brazel Arizona State University

Robert E. Davis University of Virginia

Nicholas Clinton Google (United States)

Philip Jones University of East Anglia

Russell S. Vose National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Gail Hanson University of California, Riverside

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