D. C. Kayser

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

D. C. Kayser is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, D. C. Kayser has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 31 papers in Atmospheric Science and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in D. C. Kayser's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (30 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (27 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (15 papers). D. C. Kayser is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (30 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (27 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (15 papers). D. C. Kayser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. D. C. Kayser's co-authors include W. E. Potter, A. O. Nier, K. Mauersberger, N. W. Spencer, C. A. Reber, A. E. Hedin, J. V. Evans, J. P. McClure, D. Alcaydé and J. E. Salah and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets.

In The Last Decade

D. C. Kayser

42 papers receiving 707 citations

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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.

A global thermospheric model based on mass spectrometer and incoherent scatter data MSIS, 1. N₂density and temperature

1977 411 citations A. E. Hedin, J. E. Salah et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. C. Kayser United States	18	1.0k	582	150	126	121	43	1.2k
W. E. Potter United States	18	1.1k 1.0×	575 1.0×	161 1.1×	213 1.7×	117 1.0×	33	1.3k
G. P. Newton United States	12	980 0.9×	439 0.8×	177 1.2×	159 1.3×	157 1.3×	29	1.1k
J. C. Ulwick United States	20	993 1.0×	520 0.9×	84 0.6×	228 1.8×	134 1.1×	58	1.1k
John S. Nisbet United States	19	1.0k 1.0×	316 0.5×	181 1.2×	253 2.0×	145 1.2×	62	1.2k
G. Kockarts Belgium	19	875 0.8×	663 1.1×	63 0.4×	70 0.6×	78 0.6×	41	1.1k
P. G. Richards United States	23	1.1k 1.0×	432 0.7×	198 1.3×	316 2.5×	204 1.7×	52	1.2k
W. Swider United States	20	896 0.9×	678 1.2×	89 0.6×	118 0.9×	86 0.7×	62	1.2k
G. G. Sivjee United States	25	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	143 1.0×	166 1.3×	80 0.7×	87	1.6k
J. A. Fennelly United States	9	1.0k 1.0×	407 0.7×	213 1.4×	252 2.0×	193 1.6×	21	1.1k
F. A. Herrero United States	22	1.1k 1.1×	323 0.6×	308 2.1×	230 1.8×	216 1.8×	60	1.2k

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Christensen, A. B., D. C. Kayser, P. R. Straus, et al.. (1992). <title>Instrumentation on the RAIDS experiment II: extreme-ultraviolet spectrometer, photometer, and near-IR spectrometer</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1745. 89–98. 4 indexed citations

Kayser, D. C.. (1988). Measurements of the thermospheric meridional wind from the S85‐1 spacecraft. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 93(A9). 9979–9986. 12 indexed citations

Kayser, D. C., et al.. (1988). Development Of The RAIDS Extreme Ultraviolet Wedge And Strip Detector. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 932. 119–119.

Kayser, D. C.. (1980). Solar flux variation of the thermospheric molecular oxygen density. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 85(A2). 695–702. 13 indexed citations

Kayser, D. C., E. L. Breig, R. A. Power, W. B. Hanson, & A. O. Nier. (1979). Direct in situ measurements of thermospheric temperature. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 84(A8). 4321–4327. 9 indexed citations

Hedin, A. E., C. A. Reber, N. W. Spencer, H. C. Brinton, & D. C. Kayser. (1979). Global model of longitude/UT variations in thermospheric composition and temperature based on mass spectrometer data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 84(A1). 1–9. 81 indexed citations

Kayser, D. C., et al.. (1979). Theory of the fly-through mode for neutral mass spectrometers. 4(4). 339–350. 4 indexed citations

Kayser, D. C. & W. E. Potter. (1978). A technique for mass spectrometer measurements of atomic and molecular oxygen in the lower thermosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 83(A3). 1147–1153. 7 indexed citations

Marcos, F. A., et al.. (1977). Density and composition of the neutral atmosphere at 140 km from Atmosphere Explorer C satellite data.. 321–327. 3 indexed citations

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Hedin, A. E., J. E. Salah, J. V. Evans, et al.. (1977). A global thermospheric model based on mass spectrometer and incoherent scatter data MSIS, 1. N₂density and temperature. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 82(16). 2139–2147. 411 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mauersberger, K., M. J. Engebretson, W. E. Potter, D. C. Kayser, & A. O. Nier. (1977). Atomic nitrogen measurements in the upper thermosphere. 313–319. 4 indexed citations

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Trinks, H., U. von Zahn, C. A. Reber, et al.. (1977). Intercomparison of neutral composition measurements from the satellites Esro 4, Aeros A, Aeros B, and Atmosphere Explorer C. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 82(7). 1261–1265. 10 indexed citations

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Engebretson, M. J., K. Mauersberger, D. C. Kayser, W. E. Potter, & A. O. Nier. (1977). Empirical model of atomic nitrogen in the upper thermosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 82(4). 461–471. 33 indexed citations

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Kayser, D. C. & W. E. Potter. (1976). Molecular oxygen measurements at 200 km from AE‐D near winter solstice, 1975. Geophysical Research Letters. 3(8). 455–458. 21 indexed citations

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Mauersberger, K., M. J. Engebretson, D. C. Kayser, & W. E. Potter. (1976). Diurnal variation of atomic nitrogen. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 81(13). 2413–2416. 19 indexed citations

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Potter, W. E. & D. C. Kayser. (1976). In situ measurements of neon in the thermosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 3(11). 665–668. 3 indexed citations

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Potter, W. E., D. C. Kayser, & K. Mauersberger. (1976). Direct measurements of neutral wave characteristics in the thermosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 81(28). 5002–5012. 50 indexed citations

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Breig, E. L., W. B. Hanson, J. H. Hoffman, & D. C. Kayser. (1976). In situ measurements of hydrogen concentration and flux between 160 and 300 km in the thermosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 81(16). 2677–2686. 44 indexed citations

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Kayser, D. C. & Walter H. Johnson. (1975). New mass measurements of samarium and gadolinium and a mass table for the light rare earths. Physical Review C. 12(3). 1054–1063. 8 indexed citations

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Nier, A. O., et al.. (1974). The measurement of chemically reactive atmospheric constituents by mass spectrometers carried on high‐speed spacecraft. Geophysical Research Letters. 1(5). 197–200. 37 indexed citations

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