D. A. Chu

9.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
50 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

D. A. Chu is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, D. A. Chu has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Atmospheric Science, 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in D. A. Chu's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (43 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (41 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (24 papers). D. A. Chu is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (43 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (41 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (24 papers). D. A. Chu collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Taiwan. D. A. Chu's co-authors include Yoram J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, Charles Ichoku, D. Tanré, B. N. Holben, S. Mattoo, R. C. Levy, J. Vanderlei Martins, T. F. Eck and Éric Vermote and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

D. A. Chu

49 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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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.

The MODIS Aerosol Algorithm, Products, and Validation

2005 2.6k citations L. A. Remer, Yoram J. Kaufman et al. profile →
Validation of MODIS aerosol optical depth retrieval over land

2002 687 citations D. A. Chu, Yoram J. Kaufman et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
A spatio‐temporal approach for global validation and analysis of MODIS aerosol products

2002 505 citations Charles Ichoku, D. A. Chu et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
Global monitoring of air pollution over land from the Earth Observing System‐Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

2003 503 citations D. A. Chu, Yoram J. Kaufman et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. A. Chu United States	28	6.3k	6.2k	1.4k	763	230	50	7.1k
Ellsworth J. Welton United States	43	6.1k 1.0×	6.2k 1.0×	767 0.6×	393 0.5×	170 0.7×	144	6.7k
Si‐Chee Tsay United States	44	6.4k 1.0×	6.5k 1.0×	867 0.6×	582 0.8×	316 1.4×	124	7.4k
K. Krishna Moorthy India	53	9.1k 1.4×	8.3k 1.3×	2.5k 1.8×	678 0.9×	80 0.3×	278	9.8k
Dimitris Balis Greece	46	5.4k 0.8×	4.8k 0.8×	729 0.5×	528 0.7×	96 0.4×	198	5.9k
R. A. Ferrare United States	51	9.1k 1.4×	9.2k 1.5×	1.5k 1.1×	861 1.1×	287 1.2×	243	10.5k
Philip B. Russell United States	50	6.9k 1.1×	6.7k 1.1×	863 0.6×	238 0.3×	112 0.5×	127	7.3k
S. Mattoo United States	31	10.3k 1.6×	10.6k 1.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	545 2.4×	59	11.4k
Peter R. Colarco United States	37	5.6k 0.9×	5.6k 0.9×	973 0.7×	432 0.6×	83 0.4×	123	6.4k
Vassilis Amiridis Greece	42	4.5k 0.7×	4.6k 0.7×	540 0.4×	423 0.6×	117 0.5×	187	5.1k
Keith Bower United Kingdom	48	6.7k 1.1×	5.2k 0.8×	3.0k 2.1×	839 1.1×	72 0.3×	170	7.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. A. Chu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chu, D. A., et al.. (2024). Demystifying the Fight Against Complexity: A Comprehensive Study of Live Debugging Activities in Production Cloud Systems. 341–360. 1 indexed citations

Bian, Huisheng, Peter R. Colarco, Mian Chin, et al.. (2013). Source attributions of pollution to the Western Arctic during the NASA ARCTAS field campaign. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(9). 4707–4721. 52 indexed citations

Chen, G., Luke D. Ziemba, D. A. Chu, et al.. (2011). Observations of Saharan dust microphysical and optical properties from the Eastern Atlantic during NAMMA airborne field campaign. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(2). 723–740. 66 indexed citations

Lin, I.‐I., Chuanmin Hu, Tung‐Yuan Ho, et al.. (2011). Fertilization potential of volcanic dust in the low-nutrient low-chlorophyll western North Pacific subtropical gyre: Satellite evidence and laboratory study. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 25(1). n/a–n/a. 83 indexed citations

Wang, Yadong, et al.. (2010). Trans-Pacific transport of Asian dust and CO: accumulation of biomass burning CO in the subtropics and dipole structure of transport. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(7). 3297–3308. 21 indexed citations

Lin, Chuan‐Yao, et al.. (2009). A new transport mechanism of biomass burning from Indochina as identified by modeling studies. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(20). 7901–7911. 81 indexed citations

Tsai, Tzu‐Chin, et al.. (2009). Analysis of the relationship between MODIS aerosol optical depth and particulate matter from 2006 to 2008. Atmospheric Environment. 45(27). 4777–4788. 106 indexed citations

Lin, Chuan‐Yao, C. C. Chang, Chia-Tai Chan, et al.. (2009). Characteristics of springtime profiles and sources of ozone in the low troposphere over northern Taiwan. Atmospheric Environment. 44(2). 182–193. 20 indexed citations

He, Qianshan, Chengcai Li, Jietai Mao, Alexis K.H. Lau, & D. A. Chu. (2008). Analysis of aerosol vertical distribution and variability in Hong Kong. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(D14). 89 indexed citations

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Chu, D. A.. (2006). Analysis of the relationship between MODIS aerosol optical depth and PM 2.5 in the summertime US. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6299. 629903–629903. 25 indexed citations

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Hu, Xuefei, et al.. (2005). Evaluation of WRF/Chem-MADRID with Satellite and Surface Measurements: Chemical and Optical Properties of Aerosols. AGUFM. 2005. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Chengcai, Alexis K.H. Lau, Jietai Mao, & D. A. Chu. (2005). Retrieval, validation, and application of the 1-km aerosol optical depth from MODIS measurements over Hong Kong. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 43(11). 2650–2658. 152 indexed citations

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Anderson, Theodore L., Yonghua Wu, D. A. Chu, et al.. (2005). Testing the MODIS satellite retrieval of aerosol fine‐mode fraction. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 110(D18). 88 indexed citations

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Chu, D. A., Yoram J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, D. Tanré, & Myeong-Jae Jeong. (2004). Multiyear MODIS observation of global aerosols from EOS Terra/Aqua satellites: validation, variability, and application. 2. 863–865. 2 indexed citations

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Matsui, Toshihisa, Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Roger A. Pielke, et al.. (2004). Regional comparison and assimilation of GOCART and MODIS aerosol optical depth across the eastern U.S.. Geophysical Research Letters. 31(21). 26 indexed citations

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Kaufman, Yoram J., Charles Ichoku, Louis Giglio, et al.. (2003). Fire and smoke observed from the Earth Observing System MODIS instrument--products, validation, and operational use. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 24(8). 1765–1781. 102 indexed citations

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Ichoku, Charles, L. A. Remer, Yoram J. Kaufman, et al.. (2003). MODIS observation of aerosols and estimation of aerosol radiative forcing over southern Africa during SAFARI 2000. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(D13). 126 indexed citations

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Remer, L. A., D. Tanré, Yoram J. Kaufman, et al.. (2002). Validation of MODIS aerosol retrieval over ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 29(12). 330 indexed citations

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Chu, D. A., Yoram J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, & B. N. Holben. (1998). Remote sensing of smoke from MODIS airborne simulator during the SCAR‐B experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(D24). 31979–31987. 67 indexed citations

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Chu, D. A. & D. M. Cunnold. (1994). Mesospheric ozone measurements by SAGE II. 895–898. 6 indexed citations

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