Alain Royer

7.1k total citations
182 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Alain Royer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Royer has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Atmospheric Science, 54 papers in Environmental Engineering and 53 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alain Royer's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (94 papers), Climate change and permafrost (85 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (41 papers). Alain Royer is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (94 papers), Climate change and permafrost (85 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (41 papers). Alain Royer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and United States. Alain Royer's co-authors include Alexandre Roy, Alexandre Langlois, Kalifa Goı̈ta, Martine Briat, Ghislain Picard, Jean‐Robert Petit, Norman T. O’Neill, P. Bastie, A. Smirnov and Benoît Montpetit and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Alain Royer

173 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Royer Canada 38 3.4k 1.3k 1.3k 550 300 182 4.6k
G. E. Hilley United States 41 2.2k 0.6× 513 0.4× 719 0.6× 538 1.0× 530 1.8× 119 5.5k
Jörg Hacker Australia 30 1.5k 0.4× 1.5k 1.1× 996 0.8× 495 0.9× 228 0.8× 129 2.9k
C. Ruppel United States 47 1.7k 0.5× 2.1k 1.6× 1.1k 0.9× 348 0.6× 503 1.7× 116 7.0k
Nicholas Lancaster United States 51 4.7k 1.4× 515 0.4× 425 0.3× 1.1k 1.9× 82 0.3× 184 7.2k
C. David Whiteman United States 40 4.1k 1.2× 3.3k 2.5× 1.7k 1.3× 182 0.3× 150 0.5× 115 5.0k
T. Corti Switzerland 11 2.8k 0.8× 3.0k 2.2× 1.8k 1.4× 209 0.4× 122 0.4× 14 4.6k
Martin Schneebeli Switzerland 41 4.9k 1.4× 866 0.7× 515 0.4× 206 0.4× 204 0.7× 202 5.8k
Julia Boike Germany 49 5.6k 1.6× 1.0k 0.8× 804 0.6× 816 1.5× 154 0.5× 194 6.3k
M. T. Pareschi Italy 35 1.5k 0.4× 643 0.5× 497 0.4× 260 0.5× 125 0.4× 82 3.3k
Mark E. Reid United States 29 1.1k 0.3× 775 0.6× 370 0.3× 579 1.1× 86 0.3× 73 4.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Royer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alain Royer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alain Royer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alain Royer. Alain Royer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Mialon, Arnaud, Alain Royer, Mike Schwank, et al.. (2025). Retrieving frozen ground surface temperature under the snowpack in the Arctic permafrost area from SMOS observations. ˜The œcryosphere. 19(9). 3571–3598.
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Mialon, Arnaud, Yann H. Kerr, Alain Royer, et al.. (2024). Evaluating soil moisture retrieval in Arctic and sub-Arctic environments using passive microwave satellite data. International Journal of Digital Earth. 17(1). 3 indexed citations
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Langlois, Alexandre, et al.. (2022). Characterizing tundra snow sub-pixel variability to improve brightness temperature estimation in satellite SWE retrievals. ˜The œcryosphere. 16(1). 87–101. 13 indexed citations
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Royer, Alain, Alexandre Roy, Sylvain Jutras, & Alexandre Langlois. (2021). Review article: Performance assessment of radiation-based field sensors for monitoring the water equivalent of snow cover (SWE). ˜The œcryosphere. 15(11). 5079–5098. 12 indexed citations
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Royer, Alain. (2019). Alerte dans les hautes latitudes nord : l’Arctique réagit au réchauffement climatique. Knowledge UdeS (Institutional Deposit of the University of Sherbrooke). 27–30.
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Roy, Alexandre, et al.. (2018). Dielectric characterization of vegetation at L band using an open-ended coaxial probe. Geoscientific instrumentation, methods and data systems. 7(3). 195–208. 27 indexed citations
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Blanchard, Yann, Alain Royer, Norman T. O’Neill, David D. Turner, & E. W. Eloranta. (2017). Thin ice clouds in the Arctic: cloud optical depth and particle size retrieved from ground-based thermal infrared radiometry. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 10(6). 2129–2147. 6 indexed citations
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Lyu, Haobo, Kaighin A. McColl, Xinlu Li, et al.. (2017). Validation of the SMAP freeze/thaw product using categorical triple collocation. Remote Sensing of Environment. 205. 329–337. 34 indexed citations
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Larue, Fanny, Alain Royer, Danielle De Sève, et al.. (2017). Validation of GlobSnow-2 snow water equivalent over Eastern Canada. Remote Sensing of Environment. 194. 264–277. 61 indexed citations
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Picard, Ghislain, Ludovic Brucker, Alexandre Roy, et al.. (2013). Simulation of the microwave emission of multi-layered snowpacks using the Dense Media Radiative transfer theory: the DMRT-ML model. Geoscientific model development. 6(4). 1061–1078. 114 indexed citations
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Royer, Alain, et al.. (2012). Coupling of the snow thermodynamic model SNOWPACK with the Microwave Emission Model for Layered Snowpacks (MEMLS) for subarctic and arctic Snow Water Equivalent retrievals. AGUFM. 2012. 7 indexed citations
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Chokmani, Karem, et al.. (2007). Projet RDC: Développement d'algorithmes pour le suivi par satellite de la couverture de neige au sol à l'échelle du bassin versant.. EspaceINRS (National Institute for Scientific Research (Canada)). 15(10). 100355–100355.
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Royer, Alain, et al.. (2006). Mapping and Classification of Potential Avalanche Sites in the Chic-Chocs Mountains, Quebec, Canada, Using Geographic Information Systems. 411–418. 2 indexed citations
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Royer, Alain, et al.. (1998). On High-Resolution Reciprocal-Space Mapping with a Triple-Crystal Diffractometer for High-Energy X-rays. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 5(2). 82–89. 27 indexed citations
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Goı̈ta, Kalifa & Alain Royer. (1993). Land surface climatology and land cover change monitoring since 1973 over a north‐Sahelian zone (Ansongo ‐ Mali) using landsat data. Geocarto International. 8(2). 15–28. 4 indexed citations
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Morin, Denis, et al.. (1993). Analysis of different methods for monitoring the urbanization process. Geocarto International. 8(1). 17–25. 14 indexed citations
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Royer, Alain, et al.. (1988). Analyse de la Contribution de L'atmosphere a la Reflectance de L'eau dans les Deux Premiers Canaux AVHRR des Satellites NOAA. ESASP. 287. 151. 1 indexed citations
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Briat, Martine, Alain Royer, Jean‐Robert Petit, & C. Lorius. (1982). Late Glacial Input of Eolian Continental Dust in the Dome C Ice Core: Additional Evidence from Individual Microparticle Analysis. Annals of Glaciology. 3. 27–31. 4 indexed citations
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Briat, Martine, Alain Royer, J. R. Petit, & C. Lorius. (1982). Late Glacial Input of Eolian Continental Dust in the Dome C Ice Core: Additional Evidence from Individual Microparticle Analysis. Annals of Glaciology. 3. 27–31. 32 indexed citations

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