Howard E. Epstein

University of Virginia — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

61h-index17.7kcitations333works5.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Climate change and permafrost(186), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research(108), Cryospheric studies and observations(102), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology(44), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(36)

Publications330 total

Using phenology to improve invasive plant detection in fine‐scale hyperspectral drone‐based images
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation·2025Open Access
Landscape patterns of shrubification in the Siberian Low Arctic: A machine learning perspective
Journal of Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The Arctic
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Divergent water use efficiency trends among eastern North American temperate tree species
Oecologia·2025Open Access
Author response for "Landscape patterns of shrubification in the Siberian Low Arctic: A machine learning perspective"
2025
The changing face of the Arctic: four decades of greening and implications for tundra ecosystems
Frontiers in Environmental Science·2025· 23 citedOpen Access
Next generation Arctic vegetation maps: Aboveground plant biomass and woody dominance mapped at 30 m resolution across the tundra biome
Remote Sensing of Environment·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Nitrogen Cycling Through Secondary Succession in a Northwestern Virginia Chronosequence
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences·2025Open Access
Author response for "Landscape patterns of shrubification in the Siberian Low Arctic: A machine learning perspective"
2025
Multidisciplinary Reflections on an Active Layer/Permafrost Core in Boreal Alaska
ARCTIC·2025Open Access
Browning events in Arctic ecosystems: Diverse causes with common consequences
PLOS Climate·2025· 9 citedOpen Access
Heterogeneous long-term changes in larch forest and shrubland cover in the Kolyma lowland are not captured by coarser-scale greening trends
Environmental Research Ecology·2025Open Access
The Arctic
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society·2024· 18 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Landscape patterns of shrubification in the Siberian Low Arctic: A machine learning perspective"
2024
Comparing assumptions and applications of dynamic vegetation models used in the Arctic-Boreal zone of Alaska and Canada
Environmental Research Letters·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Ecosystem functional types of the circumpolar Arctic tundra based on the seasonal dynamics of vegetation productivity
Environmental Research Ecology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
The Arctic Plant Aboveground Biomass Synthesis Dataset
Scientific Data·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Permafrost Carbon: Progress on Understanding Stocks and Fluxes Across Northern Terrestrial Ecosystems
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences·2024· 45 citedOpen Access
Global Ecosystem Functional Types
2024· 4 cited
Drivers of heterogeneity in tundra vegetation productivity on the Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia
Environmental Research Ecology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Donald A. Walker(23), Martha K. Raynolds(12), Gensuo Jia(11), Gerald V. Frost(8), Uma S. Bhatt(7), Isla H. Myers‐Smith(6), Bruce C. Forbes(6), F. Stuart Chapin(6), V. E. Romanovsky(6), Jorge Enrique Dí­az Pinzón(5), C. Tucker(5), Daan Blok(4), L. D. Hinzman(4), Josefino C. Comiso(4), Chien‐Lu Ping(4), G. J. Michaelson(4), Ken D. Tape(3), Gabriela Schaepman‐Strub(3), S. J. Goetz(3), J. M. Welker(3)