Barbara E. Carlson

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Barbara E. Carlson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara E. Carlson has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Atmospheric Science, 56 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Barbara E. Carlson's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (51 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (45 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (41 papers). Barbara E. Carlson is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (51 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (45 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (41 papers). Barbara E. Carlson collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Barbara E. Carlson's co-authors include Andrew A. Lacis, Jing Li, Michael I. Mishchenko, Brian Cairns, William B. Rossow, Anthony D. Del Genio, Junye Chen, Larry D. Travis, Оleg Dubovik and Mikhail D. Alexandrov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Barbara E. Carlson

72 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Scattering and absorbing aerosols in the climate system 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200 250
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Scattering and absorbing aerosols in the climate system
    2022 257 citations Jing Li, Barbara E. Carlson et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barbara E. Carlson United States 27 2.1k 2.1k 272 257 216 74 2.7k
J. F. de Haan Netherlands 28 3.0k 1.4× 3.1k 1.5× 283 1.0× 230 0.9× 302 1.4× 74 3.8k
Joachim H. Joseph Israel 21 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 267 1.0× 132 0.5× 160 0.7× 56 2.3k
A. Jayaraman India 31 2.4k 1.1× 2.6k 1.3× 201 0.7× 553 2.2× 240 1.1× 98 3.0k
P. Ricchiazzi United States 13 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 143 0.5× 109 0.4× 121 0.6× 35 2.0k
Valdar Oinas United States 9 1.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 310 1.1× 166 0.6× 182 0.8× 13 2.7k
R. Boers Australia 25 1.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 186 0.7× 103 0.4× 232 1.1× 61 1.9k
J. Lenoble France 23 2.3k 1.1× 2.2k 1.1× 235 0.9× 77 0.3× 210 1.0× 85 2.7k
Kerstin Stebel Norway 24 1.6k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 287 1.1× 296 1.2× 162 0.8× 88 2.3k
Ming‐Dah Chou United States 28 2.7k 1.3× 2.7k 1.3× 107 0.4× 163 0.6× 233 1.1× 74 3.1k
Carlos Toledano Spain 34 3.5k 1.7× 3.4k 1.6× 126 0.5× 286 1.1× 164 0.8× 128 3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Barbara E. Carlson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara E. Carlson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Barbara E. Carlson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Barbara E. Carlson. The network helps show where Barbara E. Carlson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara E. Carlson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barbara E. Carlson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barbara E. Carlson 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 Barbara E. Carlson. Barbara E. Carlson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McNitt, Scott, Barbara E. Carlson, Sabu Thomas, et al.. (2024). Assessing Patient Satisfaction After Left Ventricular Assist Device. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 43(4). S547–S547.
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Li, Jing, Barbara E. Carlson, Yuk L. Yung, et al.. (2022). Scattering and absorbing aerosols in the climate system. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 3(6). 363–379. 257 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carlson, Barbara E., Andrew A. Lacis, Gary L. Russell, Alexander Marshak, & Wenying Su. (2022). Unique Observational Constraints on the Seasonal and Longitudinal Variability of the Earth’s Planetary Albedo and Cloud Distribution Inferred From EPIC Measurements. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Ralph A. Kahn, Jing Wei, et al.. (2020). Synergy of Satellite‐ and Ground‐Based Aerosol Optical Depth Measurements Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter Approach. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(5). 16 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Xichen Li, Barbara E. Carlson, et al.. (2017). Reducing multisensor monthly mean aerosol optical depth uncertainty: 2. Optimal locations for potential ground observation deployments. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(7). 3920–3928. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Barbara E. Carlson, & Andrew A. Lacis. (2015). Using single‐scattering albedo spectral curvature to characterize East Asian aerosol mixtures. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(5). 2037–2052. 58 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Barbara E. Carlson, Оleg Dubovik, & Andrew A. Lacis. (2014). Recent trends in aerosol optical properties derived from AERONET measurements. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(22). 12271–12289. 141 indexed citations
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Liu, Li, Michael I. Mishchenko, Brian Cairns, Barbara E. Carlson, & Larry D. Travis. (2006). Modeling single-scattering properties of small cirrus particles by use of a size-shape distribution of ice spheroids and cylinders. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 101(3). 488–497. 19 indexed citations
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Raschke, E., A. Ohmura, William B. Rossow, et al.. (2005). Cloud effects on the radiation budget based on ISCCP data (1991 to 1995). International Journal of Climatology. 25(8). 1103–1125. 46 indexed citations
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Cairns, Brian, Andrew A. Lacis, & Barbara E. Carlson. (2000). Absorption within Inhomogeneous Clouds and Its Parameterization in General Circulation Models. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 57(5). 700–714. 66 indexed citations
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Alexandrov, Mikhail D., Andrew A. Lacis, Barbara E. Carlson, & Brian Cairns. (1999). Atmospheric aerosol remote sensing by means of multi-filter rotating shadow-band radiometer. Journal of Aerosol Science. 30. S615–S616. 1 indexed citations
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Mishchenko, Michael I., Larry D. Travis, Andrew A. Lacis, & Barbara E. Carlson. (1995). <title>Satellite remote sensing of nonspherical tropospheric aerosols</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2311. 150–161. 4 indexed citations
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Lacis, Andrew A. & Barbara E. Carlson. (1992). Keeping the Sun in proportion. Nature. 360(6402). 297–297. 7 indexed citations
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Carlson, Barbara E., Andrew A. Lacis, & William B. Rossow. (1992). The abundance and distribution of water vapor in the Jovian troposphere as inferred from Voyager IRIS observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 388. 648–648. 34 indexed citations
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Carlson, Barbara E. & Andrew A. Lacis. (1990). Cloud and Aerosol Structure of the Jovian Atmosphere. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 1065. 1 indexed citations
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Carlson, Barbara E., Andrew A. Lacis, & William B. Rossow. (1988). Effect of Longitudinal Variations in Relative Humidity on the 5μm Spectrum of Jupiter. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 20. 869. 4 indexed citations
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Caldwell, John, R. D. Cess, Barbara E. Carlson, et al.. (1979). Temporal Characteristics of the Jovian Atmosphere.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 11. 587. 2 indexed citations

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