Institution · Science Systems and Applications (United States)
Most cited papers from Science Systems and Applications (United States)
What are the most cited papers from Science Systems and Applications (United States)?
The most cited paper from Science Systems and Applications (United States) is "First‐Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters" (David N. Spergel, Licia Verde, Hiranya V. Peiris et al., 2003), with 11,089 citations. Next come "The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)" (9,616) and "AERONET—A Federated Instrument Network and Data Archive for Aerosol Characterization" (8,604).
Showing 50 of 61 papers. Every paper with more than 769 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First‐Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters David N. Spergel, Licia Verde, Hiranya V. Peiris et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 19 Aug 2003 | 11,089 |
| 2 | The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) Ronald Gelaro et al. · Journal of Climate | May 2017 | 9,616 |
| 3 | AERONET—A Federated Instrument Network and Data Archive for Aerosol Characterization BRENT N. HOLBEN, T. F. Eck, I. Slutsker et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment | Oct 1998 | 8,604 |
| 4 | The TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA): Quasi-Global, Multiyear, Combined-Sensor Precipitation Estimates at Fine Scales George J. Huffman, David T. Bolvin, Eric J. Nelkin et al. · Journal of Hydrometeorology | Feb 2007 | 6,998 |
| 5 | Three‐Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Implications for Cosmology David N. Spergel et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 31 May 2007 | 6,681 |
| 6 | The Version-2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979–Present) Robert F. Adler, George J. Huffman, Alfred T. C. Chang et al. · Journal of Hydrometeorology | Dec 2003 | 5,567 |
| 7 | First‐Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Preliminary Maps and Basic Results C. L. Bennett et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 19 Aug 2003 | 4,868 |
| 8 | The NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 Suranjana Saha, Shrinivas Moorthi, Xingren Wu et al. · Journal of Climate | 25 Sep 2013 | 3,515 |
| 9 | Variability of Absorption and Optical Properties of Key Aerosol Types Observed in Worldwide Locations Оleg Dubovik, BRENT N. HOLBEN, T. F. Eck et al. · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | Feb 2002 | 3,328 |
| 10 | Overview of the CALIPSO Mission and CALIOP Data Processing Algorithms David M. M Winker, Mark A. Vaughan, Ali H Omar et al. · Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology | 9 Apr 2009 | 2,925 |
| 11 | The Collection 6 MODIS aerosol products over land and ocean R. C. Levy, Shana Mattoo, Leigh A. Munchak et al. · Atmospheric measurement techniques | 6 Nov 2013 | 2,463 |
| 12 | Accuracy assessments of aerosol optical properties retrieved from Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Sun and sky radiance measurements Оleg Dubovik, A. Smirnov, BRENT N. HOLBEN et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | Apr 2000 | 2,012 |
| 13 | Interannual variability in global biomass burning emissions from 1997 to 2004 Guido R. van der Werf, James T. Randerson, Louis Giglio et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics | 21 Aug 2006 | 1,973 |
| 14 | Global Precipitation at One-Degree Daily Resolution from Multisatellite Observations George J. Huffman, Robert F. Adler, Mark M. Morrissey et al. · Journal of Hydrometeorology | Feb 2001 | 1,928 |
| 15 | An Enhanced Contextual Fire Detection Algorithm for MODIS Louis Giglio, Jacques Descloitres, Christopher O. Justice et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment | Oct 2003 | 1,855 |
| 16 | Application of spheroid models to account for aerosol particle nonsphericity in remote sensing of desert dust Оleg Dubovik, A. Sinyuk, Tatyana Lapyonok et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 14 Jun 2006 | 1,830 |
| 17 | The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Combined Precipitation Dataset George J. Huffman, Robert F. Adler, Philip Arkin et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | 1997 | 1,762 |
| 18 | The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS): land remote sensing for global change research Chris Justice et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing | Jul 1998 | 1,661 |
| 19 | Initial performance assessment of CALIOP David M. M Winker, William H. Hunt, Matthew J. McGill · Geophysical Research Letters | Oct 2007 | 1,574 |
| 20 | The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data Assimilation Evaluation Cynthia A. Randles, Arlindo da Silva, Virginie Buchard et al. · Journal of Climate | 12 Apr 2017 | 1,569 |
| 21 | Cloud-Screening and Quality Control Algorithms for the AERONET Database A. Smirnov, BRENT N. HOLBEN, T. F. Eck et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment | Sep 2000 | 1,517 |
| 22 | MODIS snow-cover products Dorothy K. Hall, George A. Riggs, V. V. Salomonson et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment | Nov 2002 | 1,496 |
| 23 | Satellite imaging reveals increased proportion of population exposed to floods Beth Tellman, Jonathan A. Sullivan, C Kuhn et al. · Nature | 4 Aug 2021 | 1,465 |
| 24 | Widespread global increase in intense lake phytoplankton blooms since the 1980s Jeff C. Ho, Anna M. Michalak, Nima Pahlevan · Nature | 14 Oct 2019 | 1,443 |
| 25 | Advancements in the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Version 3 database – automated near-real-time quality control algorithm with improved cloud screening for Sun photometer aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements D. M. Giles, A. Sinyuk, Mikhail G. Sorokin et al. · Atmospheric measurement techniques | 11 Jan 2019 | 1,427 |
| 26 | Reduction of Tropical Cloudiness by Soot Andrew S. Ackerman, Owen Brian Toon, David E. Stevens et al. · Science | 12 May 2000 | 1,419 |
| 27 | Second‐generation operational algorithm: Retrieval of aerosol properties over land from inversion of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer spectral reflectance R. C. Levy, Lorraine A. Remer, Shana Mattoo et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 12 Jul 2007 | 1,404 |
| 28 | Fast Plasma Investigation for Magnetospheric Multiscale C. J. Pollock et al. · Space Science Reviews | Mar 2016 | 1,349 |
| 29 | The CALIPSO Mission David M. M Winker, J. Pelon, James A. Coakley et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | 23 Mar 2010 | 1,305 |
| 30 | Global evaluation of the Collection 5 MODIS dark-target aerosol products over land R. C. Levy, Lorraine A. Remer, Richard G. Kleidman et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics | 5 Nov 2010 | 1,301 |
| 31 | The MODIS fire products C. O. Justice, Louis Giglio, Stefania Korontzi et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment | Nov 2002 | 1,286 |
| 32 | The CALIPSO Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm Ali H Omar, David M. M Winker, Mark A. Vaughan et al. · Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology | 15 May 2009 | 1,270 |
| 33 | The Status of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) after Two Years in Orbit Christian D. Kummerow et al. · Journal of applied meteorology | Dec 2000 | 1,255 |
| 34 | Enhanced Deep Blue aerosol retrieval algorithm: The second generation Nai-Yung Christina Hsu, Myeong-Jae Jeong, Corey Bettenhausen et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 12 Aug 2013 | 1,239 |
| 35 | A Non-Stationary 1981–2012 AVHRR NDVI3g Time Series Jorge Enrique Díaz Pinzón, Compton Tucker · Remote Sensing | 25 Jul 2014 | 1,225 |
| 36 | Development of the GEOS-5 atmospheric general circulation model: evolution from MERRA to MERRA2 Andrea M. Molod, Lawrence L. Takacs, Max J. Suárez et al. · Geoscientific model development | 12 May 2015 | 1,223 |
| 37 | Current status of Landsat program, science, and applications Michael A. Wulder et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment | 11 Mar 2019 | 1,194 |
| 38 | Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) Edition-4.0 Data Product Norman G. Loeb, David R. Doelling, Hailan Wang et al. · Journal of Climate | 21 Nov 2017 | 1,135 |
| 39 | The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Products: Collection 6 Updates and Examples From Terra and Aqua Steven E. Platnick, Kerry Meyer, Michael D. King et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing | 26 Oct 2016 | 1,116 |
| 40 | Improving the global precipitation record: GPCP Version 2.1 George J. Huffman, Robert F. Adler, David T. Bolvin et al. · Geophysical Research Letters | Sep 2009 | 1,080 |
| 41 | Asian summer monsoon anomalies induced by aerosol direct forcing: the role of the Tibetan Plateau K.-M. Lau, Maeng‐Ki Kim, K. M. Kim · Climate Dynamics | 8 Feb 2006 | 1,057 |
| 42 | Toward Optimal Closure of the Earth's Top-of-Atmosphere Radiation Budget Norman G. Loeb, Bruce A. Wielicki, David R. Doelling et al. · Journal of Climate | 27 Aug 2008 | 1,023 |
| 43 | First‐Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Foreground Emission C. L. Bennett, Robert Sean Hill, Gary F. Hinshaw et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 19 Aug 2003 | 1,001 |
| 44 | Cloud and aerosol properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and water vapor from MODIS Michael D. King, W. Paul Menzel, Yoram J. Kaufman et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing | Feb 2003 | 997 |
| 45 | A multi-sensor approach for the on-orbit validation of ocean color satellite data products Sean W. Bailey, P. Jeremy Werdell · Remote Sensing of Environment | 25 Mar 2006 | 978 |
| 46 | Three‐YearWilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe(WMAP) Observations: Temperature Analysis Gary F. Hinshaw et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 31 May 2007 | 977 |
| 47 | The next Landsat satellite: The Landsat Data Continuity Mission James R. Irons, John L. Dwyer, Julia A. Barsi · Remote Sensing of Environment | 11 Feb 2012 | 968 |
| 48 | The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part II: Evaluation and Case Studies Virginie Buchard, Cynthia A. Randles, Arlindo da Silva et al. · Journal of Climate | 15 Jun 2017 | 961 |
| 49 | MODIS Collection 6 MAIAC algorithm Alexei Lyapustin, Yujie Wang, Sergey V. Korkin et al. · Atmospheric measurement techniques | 18 Oct 2018 | 930 |
| 50 | Aerosols and surface UV products from Ozone Monitoring Instrument observations: An overview Omar Torres, Aapo Tanskanen, Ben Veihelmann et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 27 Dec 2007 | 923 |
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