D. Vane

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

D. Vane is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Vane has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Atmospheric Science, 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in D. Vane's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (18 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (13 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (8 papers). D. Vane is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (18 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (13 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (8 papers). D. Vane collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. D. Vane's co-authors include Graeme L. Stephens, R. T. Austin, Zhien Wang, Gerald G. Mace, Stephen L. Durden, William B. Rossow, C. Mitrescu, Ewan O’Connor, R. J. Boain and Steven D. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Atmospheric chemistry and physics.

In The Last Decade

D. Vane

24 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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 CLOUDSAT MISSION AND THE A-TRAIN

2002 1.7k citations Graeme L. Stephens, D. Vane et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation

2008 799 citations Graeme L. Stephens, D. Vane 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. Vane United States	14	3.2k	3.1k	180	143	121	26	3.5k
Kentaroh Suzuki Japan	29	3.2k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	330 1.8×	77 0.5×	102 0.8×	99	3.6k
John M. Haynes United States	22	2.4k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	151 0.8×	62 0.4×	182 1.5×	41	2.8k
J. M. Comstock United States	32	2.8k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	290 1.6×	103 0.7×	81 0.7×	84	3.2k
Roger Marchand United States	28	4.0k 1.2×	4.0k 1.3×	339 1.9×	119 0.8×	191 1.6×	79	4.4k
Julien Delanoe͏̈ France	32	3.1k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	229 1.3×	309 2.2×	54 0.4×	116	3.4k
Kathleen A. Powell United States	19	4.9k 1.5×	5.1k 1.7×	327 1.8×	104 0.7×	129 1.1×	33	5.4k
Lazaros Oreopoulos United States	31	2.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	160 0.9×	94 0.7×	220 1.8×	105	2.5k
Peter N. Francis United Kingdom	27	2.6k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	281 1.6×	193 1.3×	75 0.6×	56	2.9k
Philip T. Partain United States	12	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	94 0.5×	78 0.5×	75 0.6×	16	1.6k
Philippe Goloub France	32	2.8k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	130 0.7×	283 2.0×	57 0.5×	141	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by D. Vane

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Vane

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vane, D., et al.. (2018). CloudSat - Life in Daylight Only Operations (DO-Op). 2018 SpaceOps Conference. 10 indexed citations

Stephens, Graeme L., David M. Winker, Jacques Pelon, et al.. (2017). CloudSat and CALIPSO within the A-Train: Ten Years of Actively Observing the Earth System. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 99(3). 569–581. 184 indexed citations

Su, Hui, Jonathan H. Jiang, J. Teixeira, et al.. (2011). Comparison of regime-sorted tropical cloud profiles observed by CloudSat with GEOS5 analyses and two general circulation model simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116(D9). 31 indexed citations

Vane, D., et al.. (2010). The Cloudsat Education Network: Scientifically significant collaborative research between students and scientists. 84–86. 1 indexed citations

Su, Hui, Jonathan H. Jiang, Graeme L. Stephens, D. Vane, & N. J. Livesey. (2009). Radiative effects of upper tropospheric clouds observed by Aura MLS and CloudSat. Geophysical Research Letters. 36(9). 18 indexed citations

Waliser, Duane E., Jui‐Lin F. Li, Christopher P. Woods, et al.. (2009). Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(D8). 320 indexed citations

Kahn, Brian H., M. T. Chahine, Graeme L. Stephens, et al.. (2008). Cloud type comparisons of AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO cloud height and amount. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 8(5). 1231–1248. 97 indexed citations

Su, Hui, Jonathan H. Jiang, D. Vane, & Graeme L. Stephens. (2008). Observed vertical structure of tropical oceanic clouds sorted in large‐scale regimes. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(24). 41 indexed citations

Wang, Zhien, Graeme L. Stephens, Terry Deshler, et al.. (2008). Association of Antarctic polar stratospheric cloud formation on tropospheric cloud systems. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(13). 29 indexed citations

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Stephens, Graeme L., D. Vane, Simone Tanelli, et al.. (2008). CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(D8). 799 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Dong L., Jonathan H. Jiang, W. G. Read, et al.. (2008). Validation of the Aura MLS cloud ice water content measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(D15). 78 indexed citations

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Luo, Zhengzhao, et al.. (2008). On the Use of CloudSat and MODIS Data for Estimating Hurricane Intensity. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 5(1). 13–16. 31 indexed citations

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Woods, Christopher P., Duane E. Waliser, Jui‐Lin F. Li, et al.. (2008). Evaluating CloudSat ice water content retrievals using a cloud‐resolving model: Sensitivities to frozen particle properties. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(D8). 14 indexed citations

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Vane, D.. (2007). Cloud remote sensing from space in the era of the A-Train. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 1(1). 13507–13507. 6 indexed citations

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Vane, D., et al.. (2006). New observations of hurricanes from the CloudSat radar. AGUFM. 2006. 3 indexed citations

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Basilio, Ralph R., E. Im, Mark J. Rokey, & D. Vane. (2006). A spaceborne microwave radar system for looking inside clouds. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6361. 63610D–63610D. 1 indexed citations

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Stephens, Graeme L. & D. Vane. (2006). Cloud remote sensing from space in the era of the A-Train. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6359. 635902–635902. 1 indexed citations

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Stephens, Graeme L. & D. Vane. (2004). The CloudSat Mission. 2. 1326–1328. 7 indexed citations

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Stephens, Graeme L., D. Vane, R. J. Boain, et al.. (2002). THE CLOUDSAT MISSION AND THE A-TRAIN. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(12). 1771–1790. 1729 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vane, D., et al.. (1985). Earth observing system implementation. 1 indexed citations

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