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Environmental Sciences
Canada
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
101
Citations
33864
World Ranking
361
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

T. A. Black is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. They have contributed to subfields including Signal Processing, Economics and Econometrics, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their scholarly output includes studies on topics such as Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, and Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis. Additional areas of investigation encompass Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Tree-ring climate responses.

Their recent papers include:

  • Network of networks: Time series clustering of AmeriFlux sites (2025), Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Hydrometeorological observations at three boreal forest sites (aspen, jack pine, and black spruce) located in central Saskatchewan, Canada (2020), Federated Research Data Repository
  • The carbon balance and water use efficiency of an intensively managed forage crop in the Lower Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada (2024), Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • The net greenhouse gas balance of an intensively managed forage crop in the Lower Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada (2025), SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent coauthors collaborating with T. A. Black include:

  • Rachhpal S. Jassal
  • Mark S. Johnson
  • Zoran Nesic
  • Patrick K.C. Pow
  • Sean Smukler

Their publications are most often found in the following venues:

  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Federated Research Data Repository
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Defining leaf area index for non‐flat leaves

    J. M. Chen;T. A. Black

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • Advantages of diffuse radiation for terrestrial ecosystem productivity

    Lianhong Gu;Dennis Baldocchi;Shashi B. Verma;T. A. Black

  • Ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes after disturbance in forests of North America

    B. D. Amiro;A. G. Barr;J. G. Barr;T. A. Black

  • Observed increase in local cooling effect of deforestation at higher latitudes

    Xuhui Lee;Michael L. Goulden;David Y. Hollinger;Alan Barr

  • Inter-annual variability in the leaf area index of a boreal aspen-hazelnut forest in relation to net ecosystem production

    A.G. Barr;T.A. Black;E.H. Hogg;Natascha Kljun

  • The Prediction of Evaporation, Drainage, and Soil Water Storage for a Bare Soil

    T. A. Black;W. R. Gardner;G. W. Thurtell

  • Annual cycles of water vapour and carbon dioxide fluxes in and above a boreal aspen forest

    T. A. Black;G. Hartog;H. H. Neumann;P.D. Blanken

  • A model-data comparison of gross primary productivity: Results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis

    Kevin Schaefer;Christopher R. Schwalm;Chris Williams;M. Altaf Arain

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

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

  • Sediment production from forest roads in western Oregon

    Charles H. Luce;Thomas A. Black

  • Evaluation of hemispherical photography for determining plant area index and geometry of a forest stand

    J.M. Chen;T.A. Black;R.S. Adams

  • Energy balance and canopy conductance of a boreal aspen forest: Partitioning overstory and understory components

    P. D. Blanken;T. A. Black;P. C. Yang;H. H. Neumann

  • Carbon, energy and water fluxes at mature and disturbed forest sites, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Amiro Bd;Barr Ag;Black Ta;Iwashita H

  • Increased carbon sequestration by a boreal deciduous forest in years with a warm spring

    T. A. Black;W. J. Chen;A. G. Barr;M. A. Arain

  • Climate and vegetation controls on boreal zone energy exchange

    Dennis Baldocchi;Francis M. Kelliher;T. A. Black;Paul Jarvis

  • Measuring leaf area index of plant canopies with branch architecture

    J.M. Chen;T.A. Black

  • Interpreting the dependence of soil respiration on soil temperature and water content in a boreal aspen stand

    David Gaumont-Guay;T. Andrew Black;Tim J. Griffis;Alan G. Barr

  • Responses of net ecosystem exchanges of carbon dioxide to changes in cloudiness: Results from two North American deciduous forests

    Lianhong Gu;Jose D. Fuentes;Herman H. Shugart;Ralf M. Staebler

  • Comparison of ecosystem water‐use efficiency among Douglas‐fir forest, aspen forest and grassland using eddy covariance and carbon isotope techniques

    Stéphane Ponton;Lawrence B. Flanagan;Karrin P. Alstad;Bruce G. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan G. Barr
Alan G. Barr University of Saskatchewan
Zoran Nesic
Zoran Nesic University of British Columbia
J.H. McCaughey
J.H. McCaughey Queen's University
Peter D. Blanken
Peter D. Blanken University of Colorado Boulder
Hank A. Margolis
Hank A. Margolis National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Robert F. Grant
Robert F. Grant University of Alberta
Rachhpal S. Jassal
Rachhpal S. Jassal University of British Columbia
Jing M. Chen
Jing M. Chen University of Toronto
J. A. Trofymow
J. A. Trofymow University of Victoria
Natascha Kljun
Natascha Kljun Lund University

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