Walter C. Oechel

San Diego State University — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

97h-index43.0kcitations595works3.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Climate change and permafrost(294), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics(218), Cryospheric studies and observations(156), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology(117), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(101)

Publications589 total

Detecting unvegetated permafrost-thaw features in Arctic tundra using imaging spectroscopy
Environmental Research Ecology·2026Open Access
Short-term elevated CO <sub>₂</sub> enhances primary productivity and CH <sub>₄</sub> emissions in wet sedge arctic soils
Environmental Research Ecology·2026Open Access
Author response for "Short-term elevated CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; enhances primary productivity and CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; emissions in wet sedge Arctic soils"
2025
Influences of the moss layer and environmental drivers on the active layer depth and soil temperature in a wet sedge Arctic tundra ecosystem
Environmental Research Ecology·2025Open Access
Network of networks: Time series clustering of AmeriFlux sites
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
CH4 emissions from wet sedge-dominated Arctic soils are not stimulated by elevated CO2
2025Open Access
Author Correction: Wildfires offset the increasing but spatially heterogeneous Arctic–boreal CO2 uptake
Nature Climate Change·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
<i>Vitis vinifera</i> L. varieties (cv. Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay) vary in leaf water flux in response to elevated CO2 growing conditions and a gradual water deficit
AoB Plants·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Seasonal Effects of Soil Temperature and Soil Water Content on Upscaled Soil Respiration and Its Contribution to Ecosystem Respiration in Chaparral Shrublands
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Wildfires offset the increasing but spatially heterogeneous Arctic–boreal CO2 uptake
Nature Climate Change·2025· 29 citedOpen Access
Thermokarst landscape exhibits large nitrous oxide emissions in Alaska’s coastal polygonal tundra
Communications Earth & Environment·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
An increasing Arctic-boreal CO <sub>2</sub> sink offset by wildfires and source regions
2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Effects of Soil Temperature, Soil Water Content, and Rainfall on Soil Respiration and its Contribution to Ecosystem Respiration in Chaparral Shrublands
2024Open Access
Intensified Positive Arctic–Methane Feedback under IPCC Climate Scenarios in the 21st Century
Ecosystem Health and Sustainability·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Response of CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> emissions from Arctic tundra soils to a multifactorial manipulation of water table, temperature and thaw depth
Environmental Research Ecology·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Drivers of chaparral photosynthetic rate reduction under modern drought conditions"
2023
Upscaling Wetland Methane Emissions From the FLUXNET‐CH4 Eddy Covariance Network (UpCH4 v1.0): Model Development, Network Assessment, and Budget Comparison
AGU Advances·2023· 59 citedOpen Access
Environmental and vegetation control on active layer and soil temperature in an Arctic tundra ecosystem in Alaska
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Supplementary material to "Environmental and vegetation control on active layer and soil temperature in an Arctic tundra ecosystem in Alaska"
2023Open Access
Drivers of chaparral photosynthetic rate reduction under modern drought conditions
Environmental Research Ecology·2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

B. E. Law(14), Dennis Baldocchi(13), David Y. Hollinger(9), Tilden P. Meyers(8), Donatella Zona(8), K. J. Davis(7), Allen H. Goldstein(7), J. William Munger(7), Riccardo Valentini(7), Shashi B. Verma(7), Torben R. Christensen(7), Russell K. Monson(6), Steven C. Wofsy(6), Steven J. Hastings(6), Ankur R. Desai(6), Lianhong Gu(5), Christian Bernhofer(5), Gabriel G. Katul(5), Timo Vesala(5), Kell Wilson(5)