Geir Kvaran

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 893 citations indexed

About

Geir Kvaran is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Geir Kvaran has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 893 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 6 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 3 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Geir Kvaran's work include Calibration and Measurement Techniques (10 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (6 papers) and Spacecraft Design and Technology (5 papers). Geir Kvaran is often cited by papers focused on Calibration and Measurement Techniques (10 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (6 papers) and Spacecraft Design and Technology (5 papers). Geir Kvaran collaborates with scholars based in United States. Geir Kvaran's co-authors include Brian L. Markham, Julia A. Barsi, J. A. Pedelty, Kenton Lee, M. A. Fahnestock, T. A. Scambos, Robert Bindschadler, Stuart F. Biggar, Nischal Mishra and Dennis Helder and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Remote Sensing and Journal of Glaciology.

In The Last Decade

Geir Kvaran

14 papers receiving 865 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.

The Spectral Response of the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager

2014 301 citations Julia A. Barsi, Kenton Lee et al. Remote Sensing profile →

Peers

Geir Kvaran

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Junichi Takaku Japan

Reet Kamal Tiwari India

Marcus Engdahl Italy

Michael J. Choate United States

Nuno Miranda Italy

Tetsushi Tachikawa Japan

C. Mavrocordatos Netherlands

Lydia Sam United Kingdom

Pierre Féménias Italy

P. Moore United Kingdom

Junichi Takaku Japan

Geir Kvaran

290 ×0.8

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133 ×0.5

ECOLO

214 ×0.9

GPC

393 ×1.6

AE

327 ×1.6

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Citations per year, relative to Geir Kvaran Geir Kvaran (= 1×) peers Junichi Takaku

Countries citing papers authored by Geir Kvaran

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Fields of papers citing papers by Geir Kvaran

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Geir Kvaran

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

All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Markham, Brian L., Del T. Jenstrom, Brian Sauer, et al.. (2020). Landsat 9 Mission update and status. 23–23. 9 indexed citations

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Kvaran, Geir. (2019). Pre-launch Radiometric Characterization of the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI 2). Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University). 2 indexed citations

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Markham, Brian L., Joel McCorkel, Matthew Montanaro, et al.. (2019). Landsat 9: Mission Status and Prelaunch Instrument Performance Characterization and Calibration. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 5788–5791. 10 indexed citations

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Kvaran, Geir, et al.. (2014). Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager Design, Characterization and Performance. Remote Sensing. 6(11). 10286–10305. 206 indexed citations

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Barsi, Julia A., Kenton Lee, Geir Kvaran, Brian L. Markham, & J. A. Pedelty. (2014). The Spectral Response of the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager. Remote Sensing. 6(10). 10232–10251. 301 indexed citations breakdown →

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Markham, Brian L., Julia A. Barsi, Geir Kvaran, et al.. (2014). Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager Radiometric Calibration and Stability. Remote Sensing. 6(12). 12275–12308. 189 indexed citations

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Kvaran, Geir, et al.. (2013). Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) Initial On-Orbit Performance. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 1 indexed citations

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Markham, Brian L., Brent P. Canova, Geir Kvaran, et al.. (2012). The Landsat Data Continuity Mission Operational Land Imager (OLI) sensor. 6995–6998. 8 indexed citations

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Kvaran, Geir, et al.. (2012). Next-generation pushbroom filter radiometers for remote sensing. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8510. 851008–851008. 3 indexed citations

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Markham, Brian L., et al.. (2010). The landsat data continuity mission operational land imager (OLI) radiometric calibration. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 2283–2286. 12 indexed citations

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Markham, Brian L., et al.. (2008). Landsat Data Continuity Mission Calibration and Validation. 13 indexed citations

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Fahnestock, M. A., T. A. Scambos, Robert Bindschadler, & Geir Kvaran. (2000). A millennium of variable ice flow recorded by the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology. 46(155). 652–664. 123 indexed citations

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Scambos, T. A., Geir Kvaran, & M. A. Fahnestock. (1999). Improving AVHRR Resolution Through Data Cumulation for Mapping Polar Ice Sheets. Remote Sensing of Environment. 69(1). 56–66. 15 indexed citations

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Barker, J. L., et al.. (1994). MODIS. Volume 2: MODIS level 1 geolocation, characterization and calibration algorithm theoretical basis document, version 1. STIN. 94. 33289. 1 indexed citations

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