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Overview

Todd M. Scanlon is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States and has conducted research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several interrelated subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, and Pollution.

The main research topics covered by Scanlon's work include Tree-ring climate responses, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Water Quality and Resources Studies, Plant responses to elevated CO2, Smart Materials for Construction, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Scanlon has published multiple papers in several scientific journals, among which the most frequent venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Hydrology

Recent notable publications by Scanlon include:

  • Mercury Accumulation in Tree Rings: Observed Trends in Quantity and Isotopic Composition in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (2020) in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Observed changes in chronic and episodic acidification in Virginia mountain streams in response to the Clean Air Act and amendments (2021) in Atmospheric Environment

Other articles where Scanlon's work is connected include research published in 2020 such as "High Heterogeneity in Canopy Temperature Among Co-occurring Tree Species in a Temperate Forest" in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences and studies on forest growth, climate sensitivity, and stream acidification impacts.

Frequent collaborators across the body of work include:

  • Ami L. Riscassi
  • James N. Galloway
  • Daniel L. Druckenbrod
  • Manuel Lerdau
  • K. Yi

Best Publications

  • Positive feedbacks promote power-law clustering of Kalahari vegetation

    Todd M. Scanlon;Kelly K. Caylor;Simon Asher Levin;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • On soil moisture–vegetation feedbacks and their possible effects on the dynamics of dryland ecosystems

    Paolo D'Odorico;Kelly Caylor;Gregory S. Okin;Todd M. Scanlon

  • Determining land surface fractional cover from NDVI and rainfall time series for a savanna ecosystem

    Todd M Scanlon;John D Albertson;Kelly K Caylor;Chris A Williams

  • Plant acclimation to long-term high nitrogen deposition in an N-rich tropical forest.

    Xiankai Lu;Peter M Vitousek;Qinggong Mao;Frank S Gilliam

  • Partitioning carbon dioxide and water vapor fluxes using correlation analysis

    Todd M. Scanlon;William P. Kustas

  • Dynamic response of grass cover to rainfall variability: implications for the function and persistence of savanna ecosystems

    Todd M. Scanlon;Kelly K. Caylor;Salvatore Manfreda;Simon A. Levin

  • Canopy scale measurements of CO2 and water vapor exchange along a precipitation gradient in southern Africa

    Todd M. Scanlon;John D. Albertson

  • δ2H isotopic flux partitioning of evapotranspiration over a grass field following a water pulse and subsequent dry down

    Stephen P. Good;Keir Soderberg;Kaiyu Guan;Kaiyu Guan;Elizabeth G. King

  • On the correlation structure of water vapor and carbon dioxide in the atmospheric surface layer : A basis for flux partitioning

    Todd M. Scanlon;Parameswar Sahu

  • Modelling transport of dissolved silica in a forested headwater catchment: the effect of hydrological and chemical time scales on hysteresis in the concentration-discharge relationship

    George M. Hornberger;Todd M. Scanlon;Jeff P. Raffensperger

  • Modeling transport of dissolved silica in a forested headwater catchment: Implications for defining the hydrochemical response of observed flow pathways

    Todd M. Scanlon;Jeff P. Raffensperger;George M. Hornberger

  • Shallow subsurface storm flow in a forested headwater catchment: Observations and modeling using a modified TOPMODEL

    Todd M. Scanlon;Jeff P. Raffensperger;George M. Hornberger;Roger B. Clapp

  • More trees less loss: Nitrogen leaching losses decrease with increasing biomass in coffee agroforests

    Katherine L. Tully;Deborah Lawrence;Todd M. Scanlon

  • Ecohydrological optimization of pattern and processes in water-limited ecosystems: A trade-off-based hypothesis

    Kelly K. Caylor;Todd M. Scanlon;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Managed grasslands: A greenhouse gas sink or source?

    Paul Leahy;Ger Kiely;Todd M. Scanlon

  • Comparing methods for partitioning a decade of carbon dioxide and water vapor fluxes in a temperate forest

    Benjamin N. Sulman;Benjamin N. Sulman;Daniel Tyler Roman;Daniel Tyler Roman;Todd M. Scanlon;Lixin Wang

  • Partitioning Evapotranspiration Using an Eddy Covariance-Based Technique: Improved Assessment of Soil Moisture and Land–Atmosphere Exchange Dynamics

    Todd M. Scanlon;William P. Kustas

  • Seasonal variability in gaseous mercury fluxes measured in a high-elevation meadow

    A.D. Converse;A.L. Riscassi;T.M. Scanlon

  • Large‐eddy simulation over heterogeneous terrain with remotely sensed land surface conditions

    John D. Albertson;William P. Kustas;Todd M. Scanlon

  • Decreased atmospheric sulfur deposition across the southeastern U.S.: When will watersheds release stored sulfate?

    Karen C. Rice;Karen C. Rice;Todd M. Scanlon;Jason A. Lynch;Bernard J. Cosby

  • Partitioning eddy covariance water flux components using physiological and micrometeorological approaches.

    Oscar Perez-Priego;Gabriel Katul;Markus Reichstein;Tarek S. El-Madany

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Albertson
John D. Albertson Cornell University
Kelly K. Caylor
Kelly K. Caylor University of California, Santa Barbara
Paolo D'Odorico
Paolo D'Odorico University of California, Berkeley
James N. Galloway
James N. Galloway University of Virginia
Lixin Wang
Lixin Wang Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
William P. Kustas
William P. Kustas Agricultural Research Service
Howard E. Epstein
Howard E. Epstein University of Virginia
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Texas A&M University
Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur
Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur University of New Hampshire
James P. Smith
James P. Smith Princeton University

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