David P. Donovan

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

David P. Donovan is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, David P. Donovan has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 69 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in David P. Donovan's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (68 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (43 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (42 papers). David P. Donovan is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (68 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (43 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (42 papers). David P. Donovan collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Canada and Germany. David P. Donovan's co-authors include J. A. Whiteway, A. I. Carswell, A.C.A.P. van Lammeren, Gerd‐Jan van Zadelhoff, Robin J. Hogan, S. R. Pal, T. J. Duck, Thomas Wagner, William K. M. Lau and Arnoud Apituley and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

David P. Donovan

78 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Global observations of aerosol-cloud-precipitation-climate interactions

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Author						Papers	Cites
David P. Donovan	1.6k	1.6k	129	98	80	86	1.8k
Anne Garnier	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	111 0.9×	57 0.6×	106 1.3×	60	1.6k
Daniel Pérez‐Ramírez	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	84 0.7×	66 0.7×	110 1.4×	58	1.3k
Roland Neuber	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	169 1.3×	40 0.4×	51 0.6×	104	1.7k
M. P. McCormick	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	139 1.1×	45 0.5×	42 0.5×	37	1.8k
Jayanta Kar	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	142 1.1×	90 0.9×	33 0.4×	66	1.7k
D. E. Flittner	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	159 1.2×	51 0.5×	159 2.0×	57	1.4k
Maria Cadeddu	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	42 0.3×	85 0.9×	80 1.0×	60	1.5k
Christoph Kiemle	1.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	69 0.5×	79 0.8×	63 0.8×	86	2.2k
Alexander Haefele	961 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	110 0.9×	14 0.1×	87 1.1×	74	1.2k
Tetsu Sakai	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	20 0.2×	144 1.5×	42 0.5×	73	1.4k

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Berg, Willem Jan van de, et al.. (2025). Exploring new EarthCARE observations for evaluating Greenland clouds in RACMO2.4.

Graaf, Martin de, Maarten Sneep, Mark ter Linden, et al.. (2025). Improvements in aerosol layer height retrievals from TROPOMI oxygen A-band measurements by surface albedo fitting in optimal estimation. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 18(11). 2553–2571.

Mason, Shannon, Howard W. Barker, Jason N. S. Cole, et al.. (2024). An intercomparison of EarthCARE cloud, aerosol, and precipitation retrieval products. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 17(2). 875–898. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Ping, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Aeolus feature mask and particle extinction coefficient profile products using CALIPSO data. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 17(19). 5935–5955. 4 indexed citations

Haarig, Moritz, Anja Hünerbein, Ulla Wandinger, et al.. (2023). Cloud top heights and aerosol columnar properties from combined EarthCARE lidar and imager observations: the AM-CTH and AM-ACD products. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 16(23). 5953–5975. 2 indexed citations

Irbah, Abdanour, Julien Delanoe͏̈, Gerd‐Jan van Zadelhoff, et al.. (2023). The classification of atmospheric hydrometeors and aerosols from the EarthCARE radar and lidar: the A-TC, C-TC and AC-TC products. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 16(11). 2795–2820. 17 indexed citations

Wang, Ping, et al.. (2022). DARCLOS: a cloud shadow detection algorithm for TROPOMI. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 15(10). 3121–3140. 2 indexed citations

Donovan, David P., et al.. (2021). Estimating the optical extinction of liquid water clouds in the cloud base region. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(7). 4959–4970. 3 indexed citations

Jiménez, Cristofer, Albert Ansmann, Ronny Engelmann, et al.. (2020). The dual-field-of-view polarization lidar technique: a new concept in monitoring aerosol effects in liquid-water clouds – case studies. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(23). 15265–15284. 27 indexed citations

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Jiménez, Cristofer, Albert Ansmann, Ronny Engelmann, et al.. (2020). The dual-field-of-view polarization lidar technique: a new concept in monitoring aerosol effects in liquid-water clouds – theoretical framework. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(23). 15247–15263. 28 indexed citations

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Rusli, Stephanie, David P. Donovan, & H.W.J. Russchenberg. (2017). Simultaneous and synergistic profiling of cloud and drizzle properties using ground-based observations. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 10(12). 4777–4803. 7 indexed citations

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Apituley, Arnoud, et al.. (2017). Pathfinder: applying graph theory to consistent tracking of daytime mixed layer height with backscatter lidar. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 10(5). 1893–1909. 36 indexed citations

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Donovan, David P., H. Klein Baltink, Bas Henzing, Stephan R. de Roode, & A. Pier Siebesma. (2015). A depolarisation lidar-based method for the determination of liquid-cloud microphysical properties. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 8(1). 237–266. 48 indexed citations

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Donovan, David P., H. Klein Baltink, Bas Henzing, Stephan R. de Roode, & A. Pier Siebesma. (2014). A depolarisation lidar based method for the determination of liquid-cloud microphysical properties. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Xuejin, et al.. (2014). The performance of Aeolus in heterogeneous atmospheric conditions using high-resolution radiosonde data. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 7(8). 2695–2717. 14 indexed citations

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Zadelhoff, Gerd‐Jan van, et al.. (2011). Overview of the EarthCARE simulator and its applications. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Graaf, Martin de, Piet Stammes, L. G. Tilstra, & David P. Donovan. (2010). Clouds and Aerosol Radiative Interaction and Forcing Initiative. ESASP. 686. 203.

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Graaf, Martin de, et al.. (2010). First estimates of mass concentrations from Eyjafjöll over The Netherlands using PCA on multi-wavelength Raman lidar data. EGUGA. 15770. 1 indexed citations

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Roberts, Greg, L. Gomes, J. L. Brenguier, et al.. (2009). Assessing aerosol-cloud interactions linking multi-platform observations and remote sensing. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009.

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Manney, G. L., David P. Donovan, T. J. Duck, et al.. (1998). Modeling ozone laminae in ground‐based Arctic wintertime observations using trajectory calculations and satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(D5). 5797–5814. 37 indexed citations

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