| MERIT Hydro: A high‐resolution global hydrography map based on latest topography dataset D Yamazaki, D Ikeshima, J Sosa, PD Bates, GH Allen, TM Pavelsky Water Resources Research 55 (6), 5053-5073, 2019 | 985 | 2019 |
| Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources JA Rosentreter, AV Borges, BR Deemer, MA Holgerson, S Liu, C Song, ... Nature Geoscience 14 (4), 225-230, 2021 | 955 | 2021 |
| Global extent of rivers and streams GH Allen, TM Pavelsky Science, eaat0636, 2018 | 899 | 2018 |
| Global reconstruction of naturalized river flows at 2.94 million reaches P Lin, M Pan, HE Beck, Y Yang, D Yamazaki, R Frasson, CH David, ... Water resources research 55 (8), 6499-6516, 2019 | 344 | 2019 |
| The past and future of global river ice X Yang, TM Pavelsky, GH Allen Nature 577 (7788), 69-73, 2020 | 247 | 2020 |
| Global methane budget 2000–2020 M Saunois, A Martinez, B Poulter, Z Zhang, PA Raymond, P Regnier, ... Earth System Science Data 17 (5), 1873-1958, 2025 | 242 | 2025 |
| The importance of hydrology in routing terrestrial carbon to the atmosphere via global streams and rivers S Liu, C Kuhn, G Amatulli, K Aho, DE Butman, GH Allen, P Lin, M Pan, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (11), e2106322119, 2022 | 230 | 2022 |
| Assessing the potential global extent of SWOT river discharge observations TM Pavelsky, MT Durand, KM Andreadis, RE Beighley, RCD Paiva, ... Journal of Hydrology 519, 1516-1525, 2014 | 214 | 2014 |
| GeoDAR: Georeferenced global dam and reservoir dataset for bridging attributes and geolocations J Wang, BA Walter, F Yao, C Song, M Ding, AS Maroof, J Zhu, C Fan, ... Earth System Science Data Discussions 2021, 1-52, 2021 | 200 | 2021 |
| Patterns of river width and surface area revealed by the satellite‐derived North American river width data set GH Allen, TM Pavelsky Geophysical Research Letters 42 (2), 395-402, 2015 | 199 | 2015 |
| Near-real-time non-obstructed flood inundation mapping using synthetic aperture radar X Shen, EN Anagnostou, GH Allen, GR Brakenridge, AJ Kettner Remote Sensing of Environment 221, 302-315, 2019 | 193 | 2019 |
| Pervasive changes in stream intermittency across the United States SC Zipper, JC Hammond, M Shanafield, M Zimmer, T Datry, CN Jones, ... Environmental Research Letters 16 (8), 084033, 2021 | 180 | 2021 |
| Global Relationships Between River Width, Slope, Catchment Area, Meander Wavelength, Sinuosity, and Discharge RPM Frasson, TM Pavelsky, MA Fonstad, MT Durand, GH Allen, ... Geophysical Research Letters 46, 3252-3262, 2019 | 180 | 2019 |
| Variations in dissolved greenhouse gases (, , ) in the Congo River network overwhelmingly driven by fluvial-wetland connectivity AV Borges, F Darchambeau, T Lambert, C Morana, GH Allen, E Tambwe, ... Biogeosciences 16 (19), 3801-3834, 2019 | 176 | 2019 |
| Assessing placement bias of the global river gauge network CA Krabbenhoft, GH Allen, P Lin, SE Godsey, DC Allen, RM Burrows, ... Nature Sustainability 5 (7), 586-592, 2022 | 175 | 2022 |
| Regional trends and drivers of the global methane budget AR Stavert, M Saunois, JG Canadell, B Poulter, RB Jackson, P Regnier, ... Global Change Biology 28 (1), 182-200, 2022 | 159 | 2022 |
| RivWidthCloud: An automated Google Earth Engine algorithm for river width extraction from remotely sensed imagery X Yang, TM Pavelsky, GH Allen, G Donchyts IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 17 (2), 217-221, 2019 | 143 | 2019 |
| Lithologic and tectonic controls on bedrock channel form at the northwest Himalayan front GH Allen, JB Barnes, TM Pavelsky, E Kirby Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 118 (3), 1806-1825, 2013 | 133 | 2013 |
| Zero or not? Causes and consequences of zero‐flow stream gage readings MA Zimmer, KE Kaiser, JR Blaszczak, SC Zipper, JC Hammond, KM Fritz, ... Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 7 (3), e1436, 2020 | 126 | 2020 |
| Spatial patterns and drivers of nonperennial flow regimes in the contiguous United States JC Hammond, M Zimmer, M Shanafield, K Kaiser, SE Godsey, MC Mims, ... Geophysical Research Letters 48 (2), e2020GL090794, 2021 | 125 | 2021 |
Tamlin PavelskyKenan Professor of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North CarolinaVerified email at unc.edu
