Kirk Knobelspiesse

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Kirk Knobelspiesse is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk Knobelspiesse has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 47 papers in Atmospheric Science and 20 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Kirk Knobelspiesse's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (52 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (37 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (27 papers). Kirk Knobelspiesse is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (52 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (37 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (27 papers). Kirk Knobelspiesse collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and France. Kirk Knobelspiesse's co-authors include Brian Cairns, Charles R. McClain, Menghua Wang, P. Jeremy Werdell, Jacek Chowdhary, Bryan A. Franz, Giulietta S. Fargion, Michael I. Mishchenko, Jens Redemann and Christophe Pietras and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Kirk Knobelspiesse

65 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem Mission: Status, Science, Advances

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kirk Knobelspiesse United States	26	1.5k	1.3k	719	312	190	66	2.1k
Jacek Chowdhary United States	24	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	552 0.8×	241 0.8×	59 0.3×	56	1.8k
R. Santer France	25	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	455 0.6×	411 1.3×	109 0.6×	121	2.1k
Gerhard Meister United States	19	827 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	594 0.8×	296 0.9×	155 0.8×	99	1.8k
Gregory L. Schuster United States	27	2.7k 1.9×	2.7k 2.1×	370 0.5×	157 0.5×	93 0.5×	63	3.3k
J. Fischer Germany	18	648 0.4×	512 0.4×	418 0.6×	196 0.6×	150 0.8×	47	1.2k
Pierre‐Yves Deschamps France	15	1.1k 0.8×	690 0.5×	937 1.3×	912 2.9×	226 1.2×	33	2.3k
Malik Chami France	24	582 0.4×	312 0.2×	1.2k 1.6×	361 1.2×	271 1.4×	61	1.5k
C. Mavrocordatos Netherlands	11	327 0.2×	678 0.5×	610 0.8×	173 0.6×	68 0.4×	28	1.4k
Frederick S. Patt United States	19	460 0.3×	655 0.5×	597 0.8×	220 0.7×	138 0.7×	69	1.3k
René Preusker Germany	20	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	162 0.2×	172 0.6×	40 0.2×	77	1.5k

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Zhai, Peng‐Wang, P. Jeremy Werdell, Meng Gao, et al.. (2023). Optimizing retrieval spaces of bio-optical models for remote sensing of ocean color. Applied Optics. 62(13). 3299–3299. 3 indexed citations

Gao, Meng, Kirk Knobelspiesse, Bryan A. Franz, et al.. (2022). Effective uncertainty quantification for multi-angle polarimetric aerosol remote sensing over ocean. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 15(16). 4859–4879. 14 indexed citations

Gassó, Santiago & Kirk Knobelspiesse. (2022). Circular polarization in atmospheric aerosols. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(20). 13581–13605. 20 indexed citations

Ibrahim, Amir, Bryan A. Franz, A. M. Sayer, et al.. (2022). Optimal estimation framework for ocean color atmospheric correction and pixel-level uncertainty quantification. Applied Optics. 61(22). 6453–6453. 5 indexed citations

Knobelspiesse, Kirk, Amir Ibrahim, Bryan A. Franz, et al.. (2021). Analysis of simultaneous aerosol and ocean glint retrieval using multi-angle observations. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(5). 3233–3252. 10 indexed citations

Fu, Guangliang, Otto Hasekamp, Jeroen Rietjens, et al.. (2020). Aerosol retrievals from different polarimeters during the ACEPOL campaign using a common retrieval algorithm. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 13(2). 553–573. 37 indexed citations

Gao, Meng, Peng‐Wang Zhai, Bryan A. Franz, et al.. (2020). Inversion of multiangular polarimetric measurements from the ACEPOL campaign: an application of improving aerosol property and hyperspectral ocean color retrievals. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 13(7). 3939–3956. 16 indexed citations

Miller, D. J., Michal Segal‐Rozenhaimer, Kirk Knobelspiesse, et al.. (2020). Low-level liquid cloud properties during ORACLES retrieved using airborne polarimetric measurements and a neural network algorithm. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 13(6). 3447–3470. 5 indexed citations

Gao, Meng, Peng‐Wang Zhai, Bryan A. Franz, et al.. (2019). Inversion of multiangular polarimetric measurements over open and coastal ocean waters: a joint retrieval algorithm for aerosol and water-leaving radiance properties. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 12(7). 3921–3941. 25 indexed citations

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Sayer, A. M. & Kirk Knobelspiesse. (2019). How should we aggregate data? Methods accounting for the numerical distributions, with an assessment of aerosol optical depth. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(23). 15023–15048. 35 indexed citations

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Fu, Guangliang, Otto Hasekamp, Jeroen Rietjens, et al.. (2019). Aerosol retrievals from the ACEPOL Campaign. 2 indexed citations

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Miller, D. J., Zhibo Zhang, Steven Platnick, et al.. (2018). Comparisons of bispectral and polarimetric retrievals of marine boundary layer cloud microphysics: case studies using a LES–satellite retrieval simulator. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(6). 3689–3715. 24 indexed citations

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Ibrahim, Amir, Bryan A. Franz, Ziauddin Ahmad, et al.. (2017). Atmospheric correction for hyperspectral ocean color retrieval with application to the Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO). Remote Sensing of Environment. 204. 60–75. 94 indexed citations

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Miller, D. J., Zhibo Zhang, Steven Platnick, et al.. (2017). Comparisons of bispectral and polarimetric cloud microphysicalretrievals using LES-Satellite retrieval simulator. 2 indexed citations

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Burton, S. P., Eduard Chemyakin, Xu Liu, et al.. (2016). Information content and sensitivity of the 3 β + 2 α lidar measurement system for aerosol microphysical retrievals. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(11). 5555–5574. 49 indexed citations

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Russell, Philip B., Meloë Kacenelenbogen, John M. Livingston, et al.. (2013). Classification of Aerosol Retrievals from Spaceborne Polarimetry Using a Multiparameter Algorithm. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Knobelspiesse, Kirk, Brian Cairns, Jens Redemann, R. W. Bergstrom, & A. Stohl. (2011). Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and cloud properties during the MILAGRO field campaign. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(13). 6245–6263. 49 indexed citations

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Knobelspiesse, Kirk, Brian Cairns, Matteo Ottaviani, et al.. (2011). Combined retrievals of boreal forest fire aerosol properties with a polarimeter and lidar. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(14). 7045–7067. 40 indexed citations

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Ottaviani, Matteo, Brian Cairns, Jacek Chowdhary, et al.. (2010). Polarimetric Retrievals of Surface and Aerosol Properties in the Region Affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Werdell, P. Jeremy, Sean W. Bailey, Giulietta S. Fargion, et al.. (2003). Unique data repository facilitates ocean color satellite validation. Eos. 84(38). 377–387. 139 indexed citations

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