Brian Magill

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 859 citations indexed

About

Brian Magill is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Magill has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 859 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atmospheric Science, 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Brian Magill's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (9 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (7 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (7 papers). Brian Magill is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (9 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (7 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (7 papers). Brian Magill collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Brian Magill's co-authors include David M. Winker, Mark Vaughan, Jason L. Tackett, Ali Omar, Jayanta Kar, Zhaoyan Liu, Charles R. Trepte, Man‐Hae Kim, M. C. Pitts and Yongxiang Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Journal of the Optical Society of America B.

In The Last Decade

Brian Magill

19 papers receiving 833 citations

Hit Papers

The CALIPSO version 4 automated aerosol classification an... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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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. The CALIPSO version 4 automated aerosol classification and lidar ratio selection algorithm
    2018 367 citations Man‐Hae Kim, Ali Omar et al. Atmospheric measurement techniques profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Magill United States 11 716 644 165 48 41 19 859
G. Di Donfrancesco Italy 19 981 1.4× 853 1.3× 129 0.8× 17 0.4× 19 0.5× 44 1.1k
B. Subaşilar United States 4 481 0.7× 539 0.8× 52 0.3× 14 0.3× 10 0.2× 5 615
Thomas Rose Germany 13 590 0.8× 478 0.7× 68 0.4× 23 0.5× 37 0.9× 28 694
V. G. Zubko United States 9 245 0.3× 200 0.3× 458 2.8× 17 0.4× 22 0.5× 17 706
Ronald Eixmann Germany 10 494 0.7× 482 0.7× 71 0.4× 7 0.1× 12 0.3× 16 589
K. Loukachine Italy 11 785 1.1× 825 1.3× 20 0.1× 18 0.4× 19 0.5× 23 913
Sylvain Heilliette Canada 12 713 1.0× 672 1.0× 18 0.1× 33 0.7× 14 0.3× 24 784
Laurence Twigg United States 16 403 0.6× 319 0.5× 240 1.5× 22 0.5× 4 0.1× 38 657
R. M. Mitchell Australia 13 180 0.3× 167 0.3× 138 0.8× 14 0.3× 40 1.0× 27 407
Sergey Khaykin France 20 1.0k 1.4× 939 1.5× 201 1.2× 8 0.2× 11 0.3× 75 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Magill

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Magill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Magill

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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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
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Tackett, Jason L., Jayanta Kar, Mark Vaughan, et al.. (2023). The CALIPSO version 4.5 stratospheric aerosol subtyping algorithm. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 16(3). 745–768. 12 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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Kim, Man‐Hae, Ali Omar, Jason L. Tackett, et al.. (2018). The CALIPSO version 4 automated aerosol classification and lidar ratio selection algorithm. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(11). 6107–6135. 367 indexed citations breakdown →
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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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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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Deaver, Lance E., B. T. Marshall, M. J. McHugh, et al.. (2008). Temperature and Pressure Retrieval From Solar Occultation Measurements of Limb Path Transmittance and Refraction. AGUSM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Gordley, L. L., Mark E. Hervig, Chad Fish, et al.. (2008). The solar occultation for ice experiment. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 71(3-4). 300–315. 119 indexed citations
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Gordley, L. L., Mark E. Hervig, J. M. Russell, et al.. (2007). The Solar Occultation for Ice Experiment (SOFIE): In-Orbit Performance and Initial Results. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Hervig, Mark E., et al.. (2007). On-orbit calibration of HALOE detector linearity. Applied Optics. 46(32). 7811–7811. 3 indexed citations
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Gordley, L. L., Mark E. Hervig, Robert E. Thompson, et al.. (2006). Detector Non-Linearity Effects on the HALOE Data (Preliminary Results). AGUFM. 2006. 2 indexed citations
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Gordley, L. L., M. J. McHugh, Mark E. Hervig, et al.. (2005). Temperature, pressure and high-fidelity pointing knowledge for solar occultation using 2D focal plane arrays. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5883. 588310–588310. 1 indexed citations
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McHugh, M. J., Brian Magill, Kaley A. Walker, et al.. (2005). Comparison of atmospheric retrievals from ACE and HALOE. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(15). 44 indexed citations
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Natarajan, M., et al.. (2005). Impact of twilight gradients on the retrieval of mesospheric ozone from HALOE. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 110(D13). 13 indexed citations
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Magill, Brian, L. L. Gordley, Robert E. Thompson, James M. Russell, & Ellis E. Remsberg. (2003). Long Term Calibration of the HALOE Instrument. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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McHugh, M. J., Mark E. Hervig, Brian Magill, et al.. (2003). Improved mesospheric temperature, water vapor and polar mesospheric cloud extinctions from HALOE. Geophysical Research Letters. 30(8). 37 indexed citations
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Wang, L. J., Brian Magill, & L. Mandeļ. (1989). Propagation of thermal light through a dispersive medium. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 6(5). 964–964. 12 indexed citations
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Ou, Z. Y., et al.. (1989). Fourth-order interference technique for determining the coherence time of a light beam. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 6(1). 100–100. 35 indexed citations
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Ou, Z. Y., Edward C. Gage, Brian Magill, & L. Mandeļ. (1988). Observation of beating between blue and green light. Optics Communications. 69(1). 1–5. 16 indexed citations

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