Masahiro Nishihama

880 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 719 citations indexed

About

Masahiro Nishihama is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Nishihama has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 719 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 7 papers in Ocean Engineering and 5 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Nishihama's work include Calibration and Measurement Techniques (13 papers), Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry (7 papers) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (6 papers). Masahiro Nishihama is often cited by papers focused on Calibration and Measurement Techniques (13 papers), Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry (7 papers) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (6 papers). Masahiro Nishihama collaborates with scholars based in United States. Masahiro Nishihama's co-authors include Robert E. Wolfe, A. J. Fleig, J. Kuyper, David P. Roy, James C. Storey, Guoqing Lin, James C. Tilton, Coerte V. Voorhies, Kai Yang and Xiaoxiong Xiong and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Nishihama

13 papers receiving 686 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.

Achieving sub-pixel geolocation accuracy in support of MODIS land science

2002 453 citations Robert E. Wolfe, Masahiro Nishihama et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masahiro Nishihama United States	8	349	318	273	216	186	14	719
J. Kuyper United States	5	280 0.8×	245 0.8×	242 0.9×	124 0.6×	160 0.9×	6	544
Kevin Murnaghan Canada	14	283 0.8×	259 0.8×	225 0.8×	378 1.8×	293 1.6×	50	838
Francisco Grings Argentina	14	382 1.1×	209 0.7×	249 0.9×	112 0.5×	299 1.6×	72	717
Michael J. Choate United States	11	273 0.8×	204 0.6×	288 1.1×	176 0.8×	209 1.1×	34	705
A. J. Fleig United States	14	671 1.9×	673 2.1×	274 1.0×	131 0.6×	208 1.1×	50	1.1k
L. Bourg France	10	277 0.8×	211 0.7×	202 0.7×	110 0.5×	99 0.5×	27	534
Ron Morfitt United States	8	192 0.6×	144 0.5×	200 0.7×	149 0.7×	129 0.7×	20	481
Stefan Schlaffer Austria	15	630 1.8×	416 1.3×	198 0.7×	117 0.5×	308 1.7×	30	946
Béatrice Berthelot France	10	578 1.7×	345 1.1×	683 2.5×	209 1.0×	500 2.7×	23	1.2k
Haruhisa Shimoda Japan	13	386 1.1×	479 1.5×	125 0.5×	71 0.3×	205 1.1×	94	762

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Lin, Guoqing, et al.. (2013). SNPP VIIRS spectral bands co-registration and spatial response characterization. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8866. 88661G–88661G. 10 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Robert E., et al.. (2013). Suomi NPP VIIRS prelaunch and on‐orbit geometric calibration and characterization. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 118(20). 157 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Robert E., et al.. (2012). NPP VIIRS early on-orbit geometric performance. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8510. 851013–851013. 23 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Robert E., et al.. (2012). MODIS and VIIRS geometric performance comparison. 5017–5020. 7 indexed citations

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Nishihama, Masahiro & Robert E. Wolfe. (2011). MODIS and VIIRS geolocation error and long-term trend analysis with automated correction techniques using Kalman filtering. 4002–4005. 1 indexed citations

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Lin, Guoqing, Robert E. Wolfe, & Masahiro Nishihama. (2011). NPP VIIRS geometric performance status. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8153. 81531V–81531V. 21 indexed citations

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Sikorski, Richard J., K. Chiang, Masahiro Nishihama, et al.. (2010). An overview of NASA NPP SDS-NICSE activities on VIIRS SDR assessment. 296–299. 5 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Robert E. & Masahiro Nishihama. (2009). Trends in MODIS geolocation error analysis. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7452. 74520L–74520L. 17 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Robert E., Masahiro Nishihama, & J. Kuyper. (2006). Improving Satellite Moderate Resolution Instrument Geolocation Accuracy in Rough Terrain. 1123–1125. 6 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Robert E., Masahiro Nishihama, A. J. Fleig, & David P. Roy. (2003). The MODIS operational geolocation error analysis and reduction methodology. 1. 449–451. 5 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Robert E., Masahiro Nishihama, A. J. Fleig, et al.. (2002). Achieving sub-pixel geolocation accuracy in support of MODIS land science. Remote Sensing of Environment. 83(1-2). 31–49. 453 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Kai, A. J. Fleig, Robert E. Wolfe, & Masahiro Nishihama. (2002). MODIS band-to-band registration. 2. 887–889. 6 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Robert E., et al.. (2002). The MODIS operational geolocation error analysis and reduction early results. 5. 2065–2067.

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Voorhies, Coerte V. & Masahiro Nishihama. (1994). Simultaneous solution for core magnetic field and fluid flow beneath an electrically conducting mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 99(B4). 6685–6693. 8 indexed citations

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