Kenneth Davis
Research Summary
Research interests include boundary layer meteorology, terrestrial carbon and hydrologic cycles, and flux measurement methods, and application of these tools to better understand the climate system and the urban environment.
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Recent Publications
Evaluation of a Decade of Methane Observations From a Tower Network in Indianapolis, Indiana
Barkley, Z. R., Davis, K. J., Miles, N. M., Richardson, S. J., Marlow, J. R., Fletcher, K. J., Balashov, N. & Deng, A., Jul 28 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 131, 14, e2026JD046734.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Using Tower-Based Observational Networks to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Six North American Cities
Barkley, Z. R., Davis, K. J., Miles, N. L., Baray, S., Vogel, F., Kim, J., Weiss, R. F., Lin, J. C., Gurney, K. R., Turnbull, J. C. & Young, H. A., Sep 16 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 131, 17, e2025JD045115.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Significant Influence of Lateral Carbon Fluxes on Regional U.S. Carbon Budgets
Byrne, B., Liu, J., Domke, G. M., Ogle, S. M., Ferreira, G. D., Bar-On, Y. M., Nesser, H., Bilir, E., Bloom, A. A., Hayes, D. J., Poulter, B., Bowman, K. W. & Davis, K. J., Mar 2026, In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 40, 3, e2025GB009020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Estimating and Evaluating Roughness Length and Displacement Height in Heterogeneous Urban Environments
Horne, J. P., Pan, Y. & Davis, K. J., May 2026, In: Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 192, 5, 25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The INFLUX network-eddy covariance in and around an urban environment
Horne, J. P., Richardson, S. J., Murphy, S. L., Kenion, H. C., Haupt, B. J., Ahlswede, B. J., Miles, N. L. & Davis, K. J., Feb 3 2026, In: Earth System Science Data. 18, 2, p. 823-843 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Improving Air Quality Simulations in California's San Joaquin Valley Using Land Surface Remote Sensing
Jiang, Y., Zhang, L., Wu, F., Kulkarni, S., Cui, Y. Y., Cai, C., Peng, W. & Davis, K. J., Apr 16 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 131, 7, e2025JD045616.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Diel patterns of soil CO2 efflux vary among and within forests
Kopp, M. W., Davis, K. J., Duncan, J. & Kaye, J. P., Mar 1 2026, In: Soil Science Society of America Journal. 90, 2, e70241.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Laboratory and field assessment of mid-infrared absorption (MIRA) instrument performance for methane and ethane dry mole fractions
Liu, Y., Miles, N. L., Richardson, S. J., Barkley, Z. R., Miller, D. O., Kofler, J., Handley, P., DeVogel, S. & Davis, K. J., Feb 10 2026, In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 19, 3, p. 965-981 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluating surface fluxes in WRF using eddy-covariance flux measurements in the Western and Eastern U.S.
Wu, F., Davis, K. J., Zhang, L., Anderson, R. G., Horne, J. P., Goslee, S., Munger, W., Cai, C., Cui, Y. Y., Zhao, Z. & Zhong, M., Mar 15 2026, In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 379, 111029.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
American cities in a time of global environmental change: the case of the Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative
Zaitchik, B. F., Avins, M., Avolio, M., Azari, R., Bader, M. D. M., Band, L., Cameron, M., Carter, D. J., Cross, K., Davis, K. J., DeCarlo, P. F., Mirindi, D., Forest, C., Groffman, P., Hadjimichael, A., Hu, X., Hunter, J., Ling, J., McComas, M. & Miller, S. & 11 others, , Jun 2026, In: Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability. 6, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Impacts of Transport Uncertainty on CO2 Over North America: Insights From Assessments of Two Global Models With Aircraft and Tower Measurements
Zhang, L., Davis, K. J., Schuh, A. E. & Jacobson, A. R., Feb 16 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 131, 3, e2025JD044053.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mid-Atlantic US observations of radiocarbon in CO2: Fossil and biogenic source partitioning and model evaluation
Baier, B. C., Miller, J. B., Sweeney, C., Lehman, S. J., Wolak, C., Digangi, J. P., Choi, Y., Davis, K., Feng, S. & Lauvaux, T., Sep 15 2025, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 25, 18, p. 10479-10497 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Examining Daily Temporal Characteristics of Oil and Gas Methane Emissions in the Delaware Basin Using Continuous Tower Observations
Barkley, Z. R., Davis, K. J., Miles, N. L. & Richardson, S. J., Mar 28 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 130, 6, e2024JD042050.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Application of PRIM for understanding patterns in carbon dioxide model-observation differences
Gerken, T., Davis, K. J., Keller, K. & Feng, S., Oct 22 2025, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 25, 20, p. 13327-13341 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Impact of Turfgrass on Urban Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Horne, J. P., Jin, C., Miles, N. L., Richardson, S. J., Murphy, S. L., Wu, K. & Davis, K. J., Apr 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 130, 4, e2024JG008477.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
