F.K. Li

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

F.K. Li is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, F.K. Li has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Oceanography, 16 papers in Atmospheric Science and 10 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in F.K. Li's work include Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (19 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (11 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (10 papers). F.K. Li is often cited by papers focused on Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (19 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (11 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (10 papers). F.K. Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Denmark. F.K. Li's co-authors include R. M. Goldstein, S. Hensley, Ernesto Rodríguez, P. A. Rosen, Ian Joughin, S.N. Madsen, W.J. Wilson, Simon Yueh, W.T.K. Johnson and S. V. Nghiem and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems.

In The Last Decade

F.K. Li

26 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Synthetic aperture radar ... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Synthetic aperture radar interferometry
    2000 1.9k citations P. A. Rosen, S. Hensley et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
F.K. Li 2.2k 1.5k 1.3k 751 526 26 3.5k
S.N. Madsen 3.2k 1.5× 1.5k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 286 0.4× 855 1.6× 85 4.3k
Giovanni Nico 1.5k 0.7× 802 0.5× 633 0.5× 510 0.7× 547 1.0× 147 2.4k
Qin Zhang 2.5k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 583 0.4× 615 0.8× 1.5k 2.8× 151 3.4k
S. Hensley 2.2k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 958 0.7× 213 0.3× 656 1.2× 42 3.1k
Bert Kampes 2.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 969 0.7× 220 0.3× 936 1.8× 34 3.0k
Francesco De Zan 2.8k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 231 0.3× 503 1.0× 128 3.3k
Manfred Zink 2.7k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 359 0.5× 381 0.7× 162 3.6k
Pau Prats 5.8k 2.6× 1.4k 0.9× 1.6k 1.2× 441 0.6× 579 1.1× 249 7.1k
Claudio Prati 2.1k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 659 0.5× 151 0.2× 990 1.9× 34 2.5k
M. Manzo 2.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.7× 666 0.5× 263 0.4× 1.1k 2.1× 89 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by F.K. Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by F.K. Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F.K. Li

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nghiem, S. V., F.K. Li, & G. A. Neumann. (2005). K/sub u/-band ocean backscatter functions for surface wind retrieval. 3. 1469–1471. 4 indexed citations
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Wilson, W.J., Simon Yueh, S. Dinardo, & F.K. Li. (2004). High-stability L-band radiometer measurements of saltwater. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 42(9). 1829–1835. 15 indexed citations
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Nghiem, S. V., et al.. (2002). Ocean remote sensing with airborne K/sub u/-band scatterometer. I20–I24. 1 indexed citations
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Njoku, E. G., W.J. Wilson, Simon Yueh, et al.. (2002). Observations of soil moisture using a passive and active low-frequency microwave airborne sensor during SGP99. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 40(12). 2659–2673. 185 indexed citations
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Yueh, Simon, R. Kwok, F.K. Li, et al.. (2002). Polarimetric passive remote sensing of wind-generated sea surfaces and ocean wind vectors. 5. I31–I36. 7 indexed citations
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Li, F.K., W.J. Wilson, Simon Yueh, S. Dinardo, & Stephan Howden. (2002). Passive Active L/S-band microwave aircraft sensor for ocean salinity measurements. 6. 2540–2542. 12 indexed citations
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Yueh, Simon, W.J. Wilson, & F.K. Li. (2002). Modelling of wind direction signals in polarimetric sea surface brightness temperatures. 2. 1132–1134. 85 indexed citations
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Durden, Stephen L., E. Im, F.K. Li, R. Girard, & Kyung Pak. (2001). Surface clutter due to antenna sidelobes for spaceborne atmospheric radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 39(9). 1916–1921. 11 indexed citations
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Yueh, Simon, et al.. (2000). Dual-polarized Ku-band backscatter signatures of hurricane ocean winds. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 38(1). 73–88. 18 indexed citations
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Nghiem, S. V., et al.. (2000). Radar backscatter across the Gulf Stream sea surface temperature front. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 38(2). 926–941. 7 indexed citations
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Rosen, P. A., S. Hensley, Ian Joughin, et al.. (2000). Synthetic aperture radar interferometry. Proceedings of the IEEE. 88(3). 333–382. 1948 indexed citations breakdown →
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Durden, Stephen L., E. Im, Alan Tanner, et al.. (1997). ARMAR observations of the melting layer during TOGA COARE. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 35(6). 1453–1456. 8 indexed citations
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Nghiem, S. V., F.K. Li, & G. A. Neumann. (1997). The dependence of ocean backscatter at K/sub u/-band on oceanic and atmospheric parameters. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 35(3). 581–600. 24 indexed citations
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Yueh, Simon, W.J. Wilson, F.K. Li, S. V. Nghiem, & W.B. Ricketts. (1997). Polarimetric brightness temperatures of sea surfaces measured with aircraft K- and Ka-band radiometers. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 35(5). 1177–1187. 58 indexed citations
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Tanner, Alan, Stephen L. Durden, E. Im, et al.. (1994). Pulse compression with very low sidelobes in an airborne rain mapping radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 32(1). 211–213. 28 indexed citations
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Carswell, J., R.E. McIntosh, F.K. Li, et al.. (1994). Airborne scatterometers: investigating ocean backscatter under low- and high-wind conditions. Proceedings of the IEEE. 82(12). 1835–1860. 55 indexed citations
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Li, F.K. & R. M. Goldstein. (1990). Studies of multibaseline spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radars. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 28(1). 88–97. 390 indexed citations
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Kennett, R. & F.K. Li. (1989). Seasat over-land scatterometer data. I. Global overview of the Ku-band backscatterer coefficients. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 27(5). 592–605. 52 indexed citations
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Chi, Chong‐Yung & F.K. Li. (1988). A comparative study of several wind estimation algorithms for spaceborne scatterometers. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 26(2). 115–121. 79 indexed citations
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Li, F.K. & W.T.K. Johnson. (1983). Ambiguities in Spacebornene Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-19(3). 389–397. 148 indexed citations

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