Fred Prata

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
161 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Fred Prata is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred Prata has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Atmospheric Science, 109 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 26 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Fred Prata's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (64 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (61 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (51 papers). Fred Prata is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (64 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (61 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (51 papers). Fred Prata collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Norway and United States. Fred Prata's co-authors include Simon Carn, Lieven Clarisse, I. F. Grant, A. Stohl, William I. Rose, G. J. Bluth, I. M. Watson, Helen Thomas, Andrew Tupper and Jochen Kerkmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Fred Prata

157 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

The 2010 explosive eruption of Java's Merapi volcano—A ‘100-year’ event

2012 338 citations Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno, Fred Prata et al. profile →
Surface-to-space atmospheric waves from Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai eruption

2022 151 citations Fred Prata, Cathy Clerbaux et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The 2019 Raikoke eruption as a testbed used by the Volcano Response group for rapid assessment of volcanic atmospheric impacts 2024 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Jean‐Paul Vernier, Thomas J. Aubry, Claudia Timmreck, Anja Schmidt, Lieven Clarisse, Fred Prata, Nicolas Theys, Andrew T. Prata, G. W. Mann, Hyun-Deok Choi, Simon Carn, Richard Rigby, Susan Loughlin, John Stevenson	5
2	Online treatment of eruption dynamics improves the volcanic ash and SO ₂ dispersion forecast: case of the 2019 Raikoke eruption 2022 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), Gholam Ali Hoshyaripour, Ákos Horváth, (unknown), Fred Prata, Corinna Hoose, Bernhard Vogel	17
3	Online treatment of eruption dynamics improves the volcanic ash and SO ₂ dispersion forecast: case of the Raikoke 2019 eruption 2021 ·(unknown), Gholam Ali Hoshyaripour, Ákos Horváth, (unknown), Fred Prata, Corinna Hoose, Bernhard Vogel	2
4	Particle Aging and Aerosol–Radiation Interaction Affect Volcanic Plume Dispersion: Evidence from Raikoke Eruption 2019 2020 ·Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) ·(unknown), Gholam Ali Hoshyaripour, (unknown), Ákos Horváth, Elizaveta Malinina, (unknown), Fred Prata, Alexei Rozanov, Christian von Savigny, H. Vogel, Bernhard Vogel	4
5	Particle aging and aerosol–radiation interaction affect volcanic plume dispersion: evidence from the Raikoke 2019 eruption 2020 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), Gholam Ali Hoshyaripour, (unknown), Ákos Horváth, Elizaveta Malinina, (unknown), Fred Prata, Alexei Rozanov, Christian von Savigny, H. Vogel, Bernhard Vogel	51
6	A multi-sensor satellite-based archive of the largest SO ₂ volcanic eruptions since 2006 2020 ·Earth system science data ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lieven Clarisse, Hugues Brenot, Fred Prata, Gottfried Kirchengast, Andrea K. Steiner, Riccardo Biondi	5
7	Remote Sensing of Anak Krakatau's Convective Eruption Clouds 2019 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Fred Prata, Andrew T. Prata, Riccardo Biondi, Hugues Brenot, Stefano Corradini	1
8	GNSS Radio Occultation Advances the Monitoring of Volcanic Clouds: The Case of the 2008 Kasatochi Eruption 2019 ·Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Riccardo Biondi, Fred Prata, Andrea K. Steiner, Gottfried Kirchengast, Hugues Brenot	9
9	Satellite observations reveal complex stratospheric dynamics during the 2019 Raikoke eruption 2019 ·AGUFM ·Fred Prata, Leonardo Mingari, Arnau Folch	1
10	Data assimilation for volcanic ash plumes using a satellite observational operator: a case study on the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption 2017 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Guangliang Fu, Fred Prata, Hai Xiang Lin, Arnold Heemink, Arjo Segers, Sha Lu	22
11	Satellite data assimilation to improve forecasts of volcanic ash concentrations 2016 ·Guangliang Fu, Hai Xiang Lin, Arnold Heemink, Arjo Segers, Fred Prata, Sha Lu	4
12	FUTUREVOLC: A European volcanological supersite in Iceland, a monitoring system and network for the future 2013 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Freysteinn Sigmundsson, K. S. Vogfjörd, Magnús T. Guðmundsson, (unknown), Susan Loughlin, Evgenia Ilyinskaya, Andrew Hooper, Arve Kylling, Claire Witham, Christopher J. Bean, (unknown), Maurizio Ripepe, Fred Prata, Colm Jordan, (unknown)	2
13	A unified approach to infrared aerosol remote sensing and type specification 2013 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Lieven Clarisse, P.-F. Coheur, Fred Prata, J. Hadji-Lazaro, Daniel Hurtmans, C. Clerbaux	85
14	Real-time in situ measurements of volcanic plume physico-chemical properties using Controlled METeorological balloons 2010 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·A. J. Durant, P. B. Voss, Matthew Watson, Tjarda Roberts, Helen Thomas, Fred Prata, (unknown), Tamsin A. Mather, M.L.I. Witt, M. R. Patrick	2
15	Significant Improvements in the AATSR Land Surface Temperature Algorithm 2010 ·ESASP ·(unknown), (unknown), J. J. Remedios, Fred Prata	1
16	Support for Aviation for Volcanic Ash Avoidance: SAVAA 2009 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Sabine Eckhardt, Fred Prata, A. Stohl, Andreas Richter, Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno, Petra Seibert, Claus Zehner	1
17	Tracking and quantifying volcanic SO₂ with IASI, the September 2007 eruption at Jebel at Tair 2008 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Cathy Clerbaux, Juliette Hadji‐Lazaro, (unknown), A. Razavi, Daniel Hurtmans, Fred Prata, Lieven Clarisse, Pierre‐François Coheur	1
18	A-Train satellite observations of the 2008 Chaitén eruption clouds 2008 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Fred Prata, Simon Carn, M. D. Fromm, N. A. Krotkov	1
19	Use of MODIS for volcanic eruption cloud detection, tracking, and measurement: Examples from the 2001 eruption of Cleveland volcano, Alaska 2001 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·D. J. Schneider, Fred Prata, Yingxin Gu, Matthew Watson, William I. Rose	1
20	Computer simulation studies of anisotropic systems. XXII. An equimolar mixture of rods and discs: A biaxial nematic? 1993 ·Liquid Crystals ·Rauzah Hashim, G. R. Luckhurst, Fred Prata, S. Romano	30

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