C. Kittaka

5.3k citations

31 papers · 3.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 17

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Fire effects on ecosystems

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 26
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 26
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 8
Global and Planetary Change 27
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds 22
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 17

Co-authors: David M. Winker Mark Vaughan Ali Omar Zhaoyan Liu Charles R. Trepte C. A. Hostetler Kathleen A. Powell Ralph E. Kuehn
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (10 papers)Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (2 papers)Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2 papers)Atmospheric Environment (1 paper)Atmospheric measurement techniques (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Japan France

In The Last Decade

C. Kittaka

30 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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The CALIPSO Mission 2010 · 825 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2009 Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

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All Works

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1	Intercomparison of column aerosol optical depths from CALIPSO and MODIS-Aqua Atmospheric measurement techniques ·C. Kittaka, David M. Winker, Mark Vaughan, Ali Omar, L. A. Remer	2011	123
2	Extinction-to-Backscatter Ratios of Saharan Dust Layers Derived from In-Situ Measurements and CALIPSO Overflights During NAMMA NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) ·Ali Omar, Zhaoyan Liu, Mark Vaughan, Guillaume Girault, C. Kittaka, Syed Ismail, Gao Chen, Kathleen A. Powell, David M. Winker, Charles R. Trepte, Edward L. Winstead, B. E. Anderson	2010	9
3	The CALIPSO Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·Ali Omar, David M. Winker, Mark Vaughan, Yongxiang Hu, Charles R. Trepte, R. A. Ferrare, Kam-Pui Lee, C. A. Hostetler, C. Kittaka, Raymond R. Rogers, Ralph E. Kuehn, Zhaoyan Liu Hit paper breakdown →	2009	798
4	Lagrangian sampling of 3-D air quality model results for regional transport contributions to sulfate aerosol concentrations at Baltimore, MD, in summer 2004 Atmospheric Environment ·T. D. Fairlie, J. Szykman, Alice Gilliland, R. Bradley Pierce, C. Kittaka, Stephanie Weber, Jill Engel‐Cox, Raymond R. Rogers, Phillips Lai, Sulin K Behera, Fred Dimmick	2009	12
5	Impacts of background ozone production on Houston and Dallas, Texas, air quality during the Second Texas Air Quality Study field mission Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·R. Bradley Pierce, J. A. Al‐Saadi, C. Kittaka, Todd K. Schaack, Allen Lenzen, K. W. Bowman, J. Szykman, A. J. Soja, Tom Ryerson, Anne M. Thompson, P. K. Bhartia, Gary A. Morris	2009	47
6	The CALIPSO Lidar Cloud and Aerosol Discrimination: Version 2 Algorithm and Initial Assessment of Performance Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·Zhaoyan Liu, Mark Vaughan, David M. Winker, C. Kittaka, Brian Getzewich, Ralph E. Kuehn, Ali Omar, Kathleen A. Powell, Charles R. Trepte, C. A. Hostetler	2009	402
7	Applications of the Three-Dimensional Air Quality System to Western U.S. Air Quality: IDEA, Smog Blog, Smog Stories, AirQuest, and the Remote Sensing Information Gateway Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association ·R. M. Hoff, Hai Zhang, Javier Takamura Altuna, A. I. Prados, Jill Engel‐Cox, J McKoy, Stephanie Weber, Erica Zell, Shobha Kondragunta, J. Szykman, Brad E. Johns, Fred Dimmick, Anthony Wimmers, J. Al-Saadi, C. Kittaka	2009	23
8	Plumes cover the northern hemisphere: lidar views of summer 2008 volcanic and pyroconvective injections AGUFM ·M. D. Fromm, C. Kittaka, Mathew Comfort, E. W. Eloranta, Christoph Ritter, A. Hoffmann, K. H. Fricke	2008	2
9	Global Aerosol Distributions Derived From the CALIPSO Observations AGUFM ·C. Kittaka, David M. Winker, Ali Omar, Yoshichika Anami, Mark Vaughan, Charles Trepte	2008	1
10	Airborne dust distributions over the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding areas derived from the first year of CALIPSO lidar observations Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Zhaoyan Liu, Dantong Liu, Jianping Huang, Mark Vaughan, Itsushi Uno, Nobuo Sugimoto, C. Kittaka, Charles R. Trepte, Cyril de Barbarin, C. A. Hostetler, David M. Winker	2008	253
11	Case studies and comparisons of the CALIPSO aerosol optical depth measurements and aerosol type estimates Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Ali Omar, Mark Vaughan, C. Kittaka, D. M. Winker	2008	1
12	CALIPSO lidar observations of the optical properties of Saharan dust: A case study of long‐range transport Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Zhaoyan Liu, Ali Omar, Mark Vaughan, Johnathan W. Hair, C. Kittaka, Yongxiang Hu, Kathleen A. Powell, Charles R. Trepte, David M. Winker, C. A. Hostetler, R. A. Ferrare, R. Bradley Pierce	2008	238
13	Using Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar Data to Evaluate Combined Active Plus Passive Retrievals of Aerosol Extinction Profiles NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) ·S. P. Burton, R. A. Ferrare, C. Kittaka, C. A. Hostetler, Johnathan W. Hair, M. D. Obland, R. R. Rogers, Anthony L. Cook, D. B. Haper	2008	1
14	Integration of Satellite, Modeled, and Ground Based Aerosol Data for use in Air Quality and Public Health Applications AGUSM ·Valerie Garcia, Shobha Kondragunta, David M. Holland, Fred Dimmick, 史继波, J. Szykman, A. Chu, C. Kittaka, J. Al-Saadi, Jill Engel‐Cox, R. M. Hoff, R.A. Wayland, Roichatuzzuhriyah, S GOLUBYKH	2006	1
15	3D-AQS: a three-dimensional air quality system Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·R. M. Hoff, Jill Engel‐Cox, Fred Dimmick, J. Szykman, Brad E. Johns, Shobha Kondragunta, Raymond R. Rogers, Darío Parra S, D. A. Chu, Omar Torres, A. I. Prados, J. A. Al‐Saadi, C. Kittaka, Tian Yang, Steven A. Ackerman, Anthony Wimmers	2006	2
16	Lagrangian Characterization of the Sources and Chemical Transformation of Airmasses Observed by the NASA DC-8 During ICARTT/INTEX-A AGUFM ·J. A. Al‐Saadi, R. Bradley Pierce, T. D. Fairlie, C. Kittaka, Todd K. Schaack, Tom H. Zapotocny, David R. Johnson, M. A. Avery, Anne M. Thompson, R. C. Cohen, Jack E. Dibb, J. H. Crawford, Didier Rault, J. Szykman, R. H. Martin	2005	3
17	Improving National Air Quality Forecasts with Satellite Aerosol Observations Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·J. A. Al‐Saadi, J. Szykman, R. Bradley Pierce, C. Kittaka, D. O. Neil, D. A. Chu, L. A. Remer, Liam E. Gumley, E. M. Prins, Hiroshi Utagawa, Clinton P. MacDonald, R.A. Wayland, Fred Dimmick, Jack Fishman	2005	278
18	A three‐dimensional regional modeling study of the impact of clouds on sulfate distributions during TRACE‐P Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·C. Kittaka, R. Bradley Pierce, J. H. Crawford, Matthew H. Hitchman, Donald R. Johnson, Gregory J. Tripoli, Mian Chin, A. R. Bandy, Rodney J. Weber, R. W. Talbot, B. E. Anderson	2004	7
19	Relationship between Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) and in situ observations of CO based on a large‐scale feature sampled during TRACE‐P Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·J. H. Crawford, Colette L. Heald, Henry E. Fuelberg, R Yoshimura, G. W. Sachse, L. K. Emmons, J. C. Gille, Saliha Sajid, M. N. Deeter, G. Chen, J. R. Olson, V. S. Connors, C. Kittaka, Amy Hamlin	2004	16
20	A modeling study of transport and transformation of sulfur species in a deep convective cloud C. Kittaka	2001	1

About C. Kittaka

C. Kittaka is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Geology, having authored 31 papers that have together received 3.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (26 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (22 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (17 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (8 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (4 papers), Aeolian processes and effects (4 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (2 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (3.3k citations), Global and Planetary Change (3.3k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (200 citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (369 citations) and Environmental Engineering (190 citations). C. Kittaka has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Frequent co-authors include David M. Winker, Mark Vaughan, Ali Omar, Zhaoyan Liu, Charles R. Trepte, C. A. Hostetler, Kathleen A. Powell, Ralph E. Kuehn, Yongxiang Hu and R. A. Ferrare. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Atmospheric Environment and Atmospheric measurement techniques.

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