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Keith A. Cherkauer

Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1970
Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesClimate variability and modelsFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementCryospheric studies and observationsRemote Sensing in Agriculture

Publications

159

Citations

4,445

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

56

Publishing since 1970

Research summary
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Keith A. Cherkauer's research focuses on water resources and hydrology, particularly how climate change and agricultural practices affect watersheds, crops, and water quality in the Midwestern United States. Much of his recent work involves using drones and high-resolution thermal and multispectral imagery to monitor crop water stress, evapotranspiration, and plant health as tools for precision agriculture. He also studies broader questions of flood risk, climate variability, and the impacts of extreme weather events like wildfires on watershed runoff and erosion.

Hydrology and watershed managementClimate change impacts on agriculture and water resourcesRemote sensing and drone-based crop monitoringWater quality and river systemsFlood and extreme weather risk assessment

Publication output was fairly steady and elevated between 2017 and 2022 (averaging around 9-10 papers per year) but has slowed noticeably since 2023, with only a few publications per year recently.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 13 publications13192020: 9 publications202021: 10 publications212022: 10 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 3 publications242025: 4 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×10
  • Remote Sensing×4
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies×3
  • Transactions of the ASABE×3
  • Climatic Change×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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