Brian Getzewich

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Brian Getzewich is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Getzewich has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 21 papers in Atmospheric Science and 5 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Brian Getzewich's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (28 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (20 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (19 papers). Brian Getzewich is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (28 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (20 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (19 papers). Brian Getzewich collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Brian Getzewich's co-authors include Mark Vaughan, David M. Winker, Zhaoyan Liu, Jason L. Tackett, Kathleen A. Powell, C. A. Hostetler, Ralph E. Kuehn, Stuart A. Young, Charles R. Trepte and R. R. Rogers and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Optics Express and Atmospheric chemistry and physics.

In The Last Decade

Brian Getzewich

29 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Fully Automated Detection of Cloud and Aerosol Layers in the CALIPSO Lidar Measurements

2009 478 citations Mark Vaughan, Kathleen A. Powell et al. profile →
The global 3-D distribution of tropospheric aerosols as characterized by CALIOP

2013 387 citations David M. Winker, Jason L. Tackett et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Getzewich United States	15	2.0k	1.8k	123	113	111	30	2.1k
Ralph E. Kuehn United States	18	3.0k 1.5×	2.9k 1.6×	171 1.4×	61 0.5×	128 1.2×	32	3.2k
Taneil Uttal United States	27	2.7k 1.3×	2.9k 1.5×	280 2.3×	84 0.7×	97 0.9×	76	3.0k
J. Pelon France	12	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	116 0.9×	49 0.4×	47 0.4×	17	1.6k
T. L. Kubar United States	13	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	106 0.9×	56 0.5×	30 0.3×	21	1.5k
Dennis L. Hlavka United States	26	2.2k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	102 0.8×	25 0.2×	119 1.1×	63	2.4k
Charles Trepte United States	8	982 0.5×	927 0.5×	55 0.4×	61 0.5×	47 0.4×	15	1.1k
Rodanthi‐Elisavet Mamouri Cyprus	28	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	260 2.1×	19 0.2×	131 1.2×	69	1.9k
Janet Intrieri United States	16	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	124 1.0×	65 0.6×	50 0.5×	40	2.0k
Masataka Shiobara Japan	26	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	63 0.5×	37 0.3×	55 0.5×	70	1.9k
Francisco Navas-Guzmán Spain	22	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	59 0.5×	19 0.2×	102 0.9×	61	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Getzewich

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Tackett, Jason L., Anne Garnier, Jayanta Kar, et al.. (2025). Mitigating impacts of low energy laser pulses on CALIOP data products. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 18(21). 6211–6231.

Winker, David M., X. Cai, Mark Vaughan, et al.. (2024). A Level 3 monthly gridded ice cloud dataset derived from 12 years of CALIOP measurements. Earth system science data. 16(6). 2831–2855. 3 indexed citations

Lu, Xiaomei, Yongxiang Hu, Ali Omar, et al.. (2023). Lidar attenuation coefficient in the global oceans: insights from ICESat-2 mission. Optics Express. 31(18). 29107–29107. 12 indexed citations

Lu, Xiaomei, Yongxiang Hu, Ali Omar, et al.. (2022). Nearshore bathymetry and seafloor property studies from Space lidars: CALIPSO and ICESat-2. Optics Express. 30(20). 36509–36509. 12 indexed citations

Lu, Xiaomei, Yongxiang Hu, Ali Omar, et al.. (2021). Global Ocean Studies from CALIOP/CALIPSO by Removing Polarization Crosstalk Effects. Remote Sensing. 13(14). 2769–2769. 13 indexed citations

Lu, Xiaomei, Yongxiang Hu, Yuekui Yang, et al.. (2021). New Ocean Subsurface Optical Properties From Space Lidars: CALIOP/CALIPSO and ATLAS/ICESat‐2. Earth and Space Science. 8(10). 40 indexed citations

Avery, M. A., Brian Getzewich, Mark Vaughan, et al.. (2020). CALIOP V4 cloud thermodynamic phase assignment and the impact of near-nadir viewing angles. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 13(8). 4539–4563. 31 indexed citations

Zeng, Shan, Ali Omar, Mark Vaughan, et al.. (2020). Identifying Aerosol Subtypes from CALIPSO Lidar Profiles Using Deep Machine Learning. Atmosphere. 12(1). 10–10. 11 indexed citations

Vaughan, Mark, Anne Garnier, Damien Josset, et al.. (2019). CALIPSO lidar calibration at 1064 nm: version 4 algorithm. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 12(1). 51–82. 55 indexed citations

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Zeng, Shan, Mark Vaughan, Zhaoyan Liu, et al.. (2019). Application of high-dimensional fuzzy k -means cluster analysis to CALIOP/CALIPSO version 4.1 cloud–aerosol discrimination. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 12(4). 2261–2285. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhaoyan, Jayanta Kar, Shan Zeng, et al.. (2019). Discriminating between clouds and aerosols in the CALIOP version 4.1 data products. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 12(1). 703–734. 96 indexed citations

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Kar, Jayanta, Kam-Pui Lee, Mark Vaughan, et al.. (2019). CALIPSO level 3 stratospheric aerosol profile product: version 1.00 algorithm description and initial assessment. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 12(11). 6173–6191. 39 indexed citations

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Kar, Jayanta, Mark Vaughan, Kam-Pui Lee, et al.. (2018). CALIPSO lidar calibration at 532 nm: version 4 nighttime algorithm. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(3). 1459–1479. 87 indexed citations

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Getzewich, Brian, Mark Vaughan, William H. Hunt, et al.. (2018). CALIPSO lidar calibration at 532 nm: version 4 daytime algorithm. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(11). 6309–6326. 60 indexed citations

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Tackett, Jason L., David M. Winker, Brian Getzewich, et al.. (2018). CALIPSO lidar level 3 aerosol profile product: version 3 algorithm design. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(7). 4129–4152. 133 indexed citations

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Kar, Jayanta, Mark Vaughan, Kam-Pui Lee, et al.. (2017). CALIPSO Lidar Calibration at 532 nm: Version 4 Nighttime Algorithm. 9 indexed citations

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Vaughan, Mark, Zhaoyan Liu, Yongxiang Hu, et al.. (2016). Cloud-Aerosol Interactions: Retrieving Aerosol Ångström Exponents from Calipso Measurements of Opaque Water Clouds. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Getzewich, Brian, et al.. (2016). CALIOP Calibration: Version 4.0 Algorithm Updates. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 119. 4013–4013. 10 indexed citations

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Winker, David M., Jason L. Tackett, Brian Getzewich, et al.. (2013). The global 3-D distribution of tropospheric aerosols as characterized by CALIOP. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(6). 3345–3361. 387 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vaughan, Mark, Charles R. Trepte, David M. Winker, et al.. (2011). Adapting CALIPSO Climate Measurements for Near Real Time Analyses and Forecasting. 3 indexed citations

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