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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
36
Citations
7616
World Ranking
9053
National Ranking
3245

Best Publications

  • A method to make use of thermal infrared temperature and NDVI measurements to infer surface soil water content and fractional vegetation cover

    Toby N. Carlson;Robert R. Gillies;Eileen M. Perry

  • A verification of the 'triangle' method for obtaining surface soil water content and energy fluxes from remote measurements of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and surface e

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  • Thermal remote sensing of surface soil water content with partial vegetation cover for incorporation into climate models

    Robert R. Gillies;Toby N. Carlson

  • An assessment of satellite remotely-sensed land cover parameters in quantitatively describing the climatic effect of urbanization

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  • A new look at the simplified method for remote sensing of daily evapotranspiration.

    Toby N. Carlson;William J. Capehart;Robert R. Gillies

  • An interpretation of methodologies for indirect measurement of soil water content

    Toby N. Carlson;Robert R. Gillies;Thomas J. Schmugge

  • Probable causes of the abnormal ridge accompanying the 2013–2014 California drought: ENSO precursor and anthropogenic warming footprint

    S.‐Y. Simon Wang;Lawrence Hipps;Robert R Gillies;Jin‐Ho Yoon

  • Air temperature retrieval from remote sensing data based on thermodynamics

    Y.-J. Sun;J.-F. Wang;R.-H. Zhang;R. R. Gillies

  • Increasing water cycle extremes in California and in relation to ENSO cycle under global warming

    Jin Ho Yoon;S. Y. Simon Wang;Robert R. Gillies;Benjamin S. Kravitz

  • Effects of urbanization on the aquatic fauna of the Line Creek watershed, Atlanta—a satellite perspective

    Robert R. Gillies;Jayne Brim Box;Jürgen Symanzik;Eli J. Rodemaker

  • Quantitative attribution of climate effects on Hurricane Harvey’s extreme rainfall in Texas

    S. Y. Simon Wang;Lin Zhao;Jin-Ho Yoon;Phil Klotzbach

  • California from drought to deluge

    S.-Y. Simon Wang;Jin-Ho Yoon;Emily Becker;Robert Gillies

  • What Caused the Winter Drought in Western Nepal during Recent Years

    Shih-Yu Wang;Jin-Ho Yoon;Robert R. Gillies;Changrae Cho

  • Pakistan's two-stage monsoon and links with the recent climate change

    Shih Yu Wang;Robert E. Davies;Wan Ru Huang;Robert R. Gillies

  • A verification of the 'triangle' method for obtaining surface water content and energy fluxes from remote measurements of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and surface radiant temperature

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

    Nathaniel A Brunsell;Robert R Gillies

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

    Nathaniel A. Brunsell;Robert R. Gillies

  • Evaluation of precipitation in the Intermountain Region as simulated by the NARCCAP regional climate models

    Shih-Yu Wang;Robert R. Gillies;Eugene S. Takle;William J. Gutowski

  • Consecutive Extreme Flooding and Heat Wave in Japan: Are They Becoming a Norm?

    Shih-Yu Simon Wang;Hyungjun Kim;Dim Coumou;Dim Coumou;Jin-Ho Yoon

  • Extreme Fire Season in California: A Glimpse Into the Future?

    Jin-Ho Yoon;Ben Kravitz;Philip J. Rasch;S.-Y. Simon Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shih-Yu Wang
Shih-Yu Wang Utah State University
Jin-Ho Yoon
Jin-Ho Yoon Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Lawrence E. Hipps
Lawrence E. Hipps Utah State University
Jiming Jin
Jiming Jin Utah State University
Toby N. Carlson
Toby N. Carlson Pennsylvania State University
Nathaniel A. Brunsell
Nathaniel A. Brunsell University of Kansas
William J. Gutowski
William J. Gutowski Iowa State University
Siegfried D. Schubert
Siegfried D. Schubert Goddard Space Flight Center
Huang-Hsiung Hsu
Huang-Hsiung Hsu Academia Sinica
Paul R. Houser
Paul R. Houser George Mason University

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