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William J. Riley is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on global and planetary change, atmospheric science, and ecology. Their work also addresses specific subfields such as soil science and plant science.

Their research topics cover a broad range of environmental and ecological areas, including:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Among the recent papers, notable publications include:

  • "The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017" (2020, NOAA Institutional Repository)
  • "Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks" (2021, Science Advances)
  • "Arctic tundra shrubification: a review of mechanisms and impacts on ecosystem carbon balance" (2021, Environmental Research Letters)
  • "Five years of whole-soil warming led to loss of subsoil carbon stocks and increased CO 2 efflux" (2021, Science Advances)

William J. Riley frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Qing Zhu
  • Z. A. Mekonnen
  • Jinyun Tang
  • R. F. Grant
  • Robert B. Jackson

Their work has been published frequently in venues such as:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Best Publications

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • The Community Land Model version 5 : description of new features, benchmarking, and impact of forcing uncertainty

    David M. Lawrence;Rosie A. Fisher;Charles D. Koven;Keith W. Oleson

  • The global methane budget 2000–2012

    Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

  • Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon

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  • The DOE E3SM Coupled Model Version 1: Overview and Evaluation at Standard Resolution

    Jean Christophe Golaz;Peter M. Caldwell;Luke P. Van Roekel;Mark R. Petersen

  • Present state of global wetland extent and wetland methane modelling: conclusions from a model inter-comparison project (WETCHIMP)

    J. R. Melton;J. R. Melton;R. Wania;E. L. Hodson;B. Poulter

  • Indoor Particulate Matter of Outdoor Origin: Importance of Size-Dependent Removal Mechanisms

    William J. Riley;Thomas E. McKone;and Alvin C. K. Lai;William W. Nazaroff

  • Analysis of Permafrost Thermal Dynamics and Response to Climate Change in the CMIP5 Earth System Models

    Charles D. Koven;William J. Riley;Alex Stern

  • 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

  • The International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) System: Design, Theory, and Implementation

    Nathan Collier;Forrest M. Hoffman;Forrest M. Hoffman;David M. Lawrence;Gretchen Keppel-Aleks

  • Barriers to predicting changes in global terrestrial methane fluxes: analyses using CLM4Me, a methane biogeochemistry model integrated in CESM

    W. J. Riley;Z. M. Subin;D. M. Lawrence;S. C. Swenson

  • Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change

    E. A. G. Schuur;B. W. Abbott;W. B. Bowden;V. Brovkin

  • An improved lake model for climate simulations: Model structure, evaluation, and sensitivity analyses in CESM1

    Zachary M. Subin;Zachary M. Subin;William J. Riley;Dmitrii Mironov

  • Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks

    Umakant Mishra;Gustaf Hugelius;Eitan Shelef;Yuanhe Yang

  • A framework for benchmarking land models

    Yiqi Luo;J. Randerson;G. Abramowitz;C. Bacour

  • Permafrost carbon-climate feedback is sensitive to deep soil carbon decomposability but not deep soil nitrogen dynamics.

    Charles D. Koven;David M. Lawrence;William J. Riley

  • A model‐data intercomparison of CO2 exchange across North America: Results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis

    Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher A. Williams;Kevin Schaefer;Ryan S. Anderson

  • Arctic tundra shrubification: a review of mechanisms and impacts on ecosystem carbon balance

    Zelalem A Mekonnen;William J Riley;Logan T Berner;Nicholas J Bouskill

  • Methanogenesis in oxygenated soils is a substantial fraction of wetland methane emissions.

    Jordan C. Angle;Timothy H. Morin;Lindsey M. Solden;Adrienne B. Narrowe

  • Permafrost thaw and resulting soil moisture changes regulate projected high-latitude CO2 and CH4 emissions

    D. M. Lawrence;C. D. Koven;S. C. Swenson;W. J. Riley

  • Weaker soil carbon–climate feedbacks resulting from microbial and abiotic interactions

    Jinyun Tang;William J. Riley

  • Global Methane Budget 2000-2012

    M. Saunois;P. Bousquet;B. Poulter;A. Peregon

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret S. Torn
Margaret S. Torn Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Charles D. Koven
Charles D. Koven Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Robert F. Grant
Robert F. Grant University of Alberta
James T. Randerson
James T. Randerson University of California, Irvine
Jeffrey Q. Chambers
Jeffrey Q. Chambers Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Federico Maggi
Federico Maggi University of Sydney
Christopher J. Still
Christopher J. Still Oregon State University
Forrest M. Hoffman
Forrest M. Hoffman Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University
Hanqin Tian
Hanqin Tian Auburn University

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