D. M. Kass

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

D. M. Kass is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. M. Kass has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 47 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 33 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in D. M. Kass's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (127 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (92 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (44 papers). D. M. Kass is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (127 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (92 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (44 papers). D. M. Kass collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. D. M. Kass's co-authors include A. Kleinböhl, J. T. Schofield, D. J. McCleese, R. A. Wolf, Kenneth A. Farley, Nicholas Heavens, J. H. Shirley, Yuk L. Yung, M. I. Richardson and F. W. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

D. M. Kass

135 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Eight-year climatology of dust optical depth on Mars

2015 329 citations L. Montabone, F. Forget et al. Icarus profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. M. Kass United States	32	3.6k	909	626	567	452	137	4.2k
Aymeric Spiga France	33	3.0k 0.8×	567 0.6×	305 0.5×	729 1.3×	266 0.6×	187	3.4k
D. Banfield United States	30	2.7k 0.7×	407 0.4×	211 0.3×	670 1.2×	172 0.4×	121	2.9k
A. R. Vasavada United States	40	4.5k 1.3×	917 1.0×	245 0.4×	1.2k 2.1×	123 0.3×	167	4.9k
F. P. Seelos United States	25	3.3k 0.9×	550 0.6×	154 0.2×	787 1.4×	178 0.4×	158	3.5k
M. T. Lemmon United States	41	5.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	640 1.0×	922 1.6×	72 0.2×	202	5.6k
M. Pätzold Germany	37	3.6k 1.0×	457 0.5×	171 0.3×	544 1.0×	147 0.3×	175	3.8k
R. T. Clancy United States	42	5.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.4×	644 1.0×	1.5k 2.6×	83 0.2×	132	6.0k
M. I. Richardson United States	44	5.0k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	764 1.2×	1.2k 2.1×	113 0.3×	164	5.6k
Michael K. Shepard United States	29	2.1k 0.6×	364 0.4×	93 0.1×	763 1.3×	238 0.5×	95	2.7k
J. T. Schofield United States	32	4.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	562 0.9×	1.4k 2.4×	114 0.3×	86	5.0k

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Olsen, Kevin, Anna Fedorova, D. M. Kass, et al.. (2024). Relationships Between HCl, H₂O, Aerosols, and Temperature in the Martian Atmosphere: 1. Climatological Outlook. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 129(8). 3 indexed citations

Tamppari, L. K., et al.. (2023). Seasonal vertical water vapor distribution at the Mars Phoenix Lander site. Icarus. 408. 115820–115820. 3 indexed citations

Heavens, Nicholas, A. Pankine, J. Michael Battalio, et al.. (2023). A Multiannual Record of Convective Instability in Mars’s Middle Atmosphere from the Mars Climate Sounder. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(6). 101–101. 1 indexed citations

Holmes, James, S. R. Lewis, Manish Patel, et al.. (2022). Global Variations in Water Vapor and Saturation State Throughout the Mars Year 34 Dusty Season. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 127(10). e2022JE007203–e2022JE007203. 14 indexed citations

Li, Liming, Xun Jiang, M. D. Smith, et al.. (2022). Mars’ emitted energy and seasonal energy imbalance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(21). e2121084119–e2121084119. 4 indexed citations

Heavens, Nicholas, A. Pankine, J. Michael Battalio, et al.. (2022). Mars Climate Sounder Observations of Gravity-wave Activity throughout Mars’s Lower Atmosphere. The Planetary Science Journal. 3(3). 57–57. 13 indexed citations

Kleinböhl, A., et al.. (2021). Water vapor saturation and ice cloud occurrence in the atmosphere of Mars. Planetary and Space Science. 212. 105390–105390. 13 indexed citations

Gilli, Gabriella, F. Forget, Aymeric Spiga, et al.. (2020). Impact of Gravity Waves on the Middle Atmosphere of Mars: A Non‐Orographic Gravity Wave Parameterization Based on Global Climate Modeling and MCS Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 125(3). 29 indexed citations

Golombek, M. P., D. M. Kass, N. R. Williams, et al.. (2020). Assessment of InSight Landing Site Predictions. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 125(8). e2020JE006502–e2020JE006502. 25 indexed citations

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Shirley, J. H., D. M. Kass, & A. Kleinböhl. (2020). Orbit-Spin Coupling Torques and Martian Dust Storm Activity in MY34 and MY 35. 1 indexed citations

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Heavens, Nicholas, D. M. Kass, & J. H. Shirley. (2019). Dusty Deep Convection in the Mars Year 34 Planet‐Encircling Dust Event. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 124(11). 2863–2892. 37 indexed citations

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Kleinböhl, A., Aymeric Spiga, D. M. Kass, et al.. (2019). Diurnal Variations of Dust During the 2018 Global Dust Storm Observed by the Mars Climate Sounder. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 125(1). 54 indexed citations

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Heavens, Nicholas, D. M. Kass, J. H. Shirley, S. Piqueux, & B. A. Cantor. (2019). An Observational Overview of Dusty Deep Convection in Martian Dust Storms. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 76(11). 3299–3326. 24 indexed citations

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Shirley, J. H., A. Kleinböhl, D. M. Kass, et al.. (2019). Rapid Expansion and Evolution of a Regional Dust Storm in the Acidalia Corridor During the Initial Growth Phase of the Martian Global Dust Storm of 2018. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(9). 22 indexed citations

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Haberle, R. M., Manuel de la Torre Juárez, M. A. Kahre, et al.. (2018). Detection of Northern Hemisphere transient eddies at Gale Crater Mars. Icarus. 307. 150–160. 22 indexed citations

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Liu, Guiping, S. England, R. J. Lillis, et al.. (2018). Thermospheric Expansion Associated With Dust Increase in the Lower Atmosphere on Mars Observed by MAVEN/NGIMS. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(7). 2901–2910. 31 indexed citations

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Heavens, Nicholas, A. Kleinböhl, Michael Chaffin, et al.. (2018). Hydrogen escape from Mars enhanced by deep convection in dust storms. Nature Astronomy. 2(2). 126–132. 103 indexed citations

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Piqueux, S., A. Kleinböhl, P. O. Hayne, et al.. (2016). Discovery of a widespread low‐latitude diurnal CO₂ frost cycle on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 121(7). 1174–1189. 54 indexed citations

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Heavens, Nicholas, B. A. Cantor, P. O. Hayne, et al.. (2015). Extreme detached dust layers near Martian volcanoes: Evidence for dust transport by mesoscale circulations forced by high topography. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(10). 3730–3738. 31 indexed citations

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Juárez, Manuel de la Torre, D. M. Kass, R. M. Haberle, et al.. (2014). Pressure oscillations on the surface of Gale Crater and coincident observations of global circulation patterns.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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