Michael D. King

27.4k total citations · 13 hit papers
133 papers, 19.3k citations indexed

About

Michael D. King is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael D. King has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 19.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 104 papers in Atmospheric Science and 23 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael D. King's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (112 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (80 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (62 papers). Michael D. King is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (112 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (80 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (62 papers). Michael D. King collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. Michael D. King's co-authors include Оleg Dubovik, Yoram J. Kaufman, D. Tanré, Steven Platnick, Teruyuki Nakajima, W. Paul Menzel, B. N. Holben, I. Slutsker, T. F. Eck and A. Smirnov and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Michael D. King

127 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

Variability of Absorption and Optical Prope... 1978 2026 1994 2010 2002 2000 2000 2003 2004 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Variability of Absorption and Optical Properties of Key Aerosol Types Observed in Worldwide Locations
    2002 2.4k citations Оleg Dubovik, B. N. Holben et al. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
  2. A flexible inversion algorithm for retrieval of aerosol optical properties from Sun and sky radiance measurements
    2000 1.9k citations Оleg Dubovik, Michael D. King Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  3. Accuracy assessments of aerosol optical properties retrieved from Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Sun and sky radiance measurements
    2000 1.5k citations Оleg Dubovik, A. Smirnov et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  4. The MODIS cloud products: algorithms and examples from terra
    2003 1.4k citations Steven Platnick, Michael D. King et al. profile →
  5. Aerosol properties over bright-reflecting source regions
    2004 1.0k citations Michael D. King et al. profile →
  6. Determination of the Optical Thickness and Effective Particle Radius of Clouds from Reflected Solar Radiation Measurements. Part I: Theory
    1990 901 citations Michael D. King et al. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
  7. Remote sensing of cloud, aerosol, and water vapor properties from the moderate resolution imaging spectrometer (MODIS)
    1992 816 citations Michael D. King, Yoram J. Kaufman et al. profile →
  8. Cloud and aerosol properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and water vapor from MODIS
    2003 784 citations Michael D. King, W. Paul Menzel et al. profile →
  9. Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosols from Space: Past, Present, and Future
    1999 639 citations Michael D. King, Yoram J. Kaufman et al. profile →
  10. Deep Blue Retrievals of Asian Aerosol Properties During ACE-Asia
    2006 592 citations Michael D. King et al. profile →
  11. The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Products: Collection 6 Updates and Examples From Terra and Aqua
    2016 589 citations Steven Platnick, Kerry Meyer et al. profile →
  12. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Clouds Observed by MODIS Onboard the Terra and Aqua Satellites
    2013 550 citations Michael D. King, Steven Platnick et al. profile →
  13. Aerosol Size Distributions Obtained by Inversions of Spectral Optical Depth Measurements
    1978 399 citations Michael D. King, Dale M. Byrne et al. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael D. King United States 48 17.6k 16.7k 1.4k 1.4k 1.2k 133 19.3k
I. Slutsker United States 42 19.5k 1.1× 18.6k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 893 0.7× 763 0.6× 76 20.7k
Teruyuki Nakajima Japan 56 18.3k 1.0× 17.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 793 0.6× 843 0.7× 271 20.1k
T. F. Eck United States 74 27.9k 1.6× 26.9k 1.6× 2.1k 1.4× 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 183 30.2k
A. Smirnov United States 58 23.1k 1.3× 22.4k 1.3× 1.3k 0.9× 807 0.6× 789 0.6× 160 24.5k
Patrick Minnis United States 71 16.5k 0.9× 15.7k 0.9× 772 0.5× 476 0.4× 1.6k 1.3× 443 18.2k
W. Paul Menzel United States 49 11.0k 0.6× 10.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.2× 200 13.6k
Steven Platnick United States 50 9.7k 0.6× 9.3k 0.6× 693 0.5× 706 0.5× 746 0.6× 187 10.9k
Оleg Dubovik France 79 28.0k 1.6× 27.6k 1.7× 1.4k 0.9× 801 0.6× 690 0.6× 272 29.9k
William B. Rossow United States 76 17.6k 1.0× 16.6k 1.0× 2.0k 1.3× 1.3k 1.0× 997 0.8× 232 21.8k
Yongxiang Hu United States 57 11.8k 0.7× 10.4k 0.6× 958 0.7× 650 0.5× 650 0.5× 324 13.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Hong, K. Sebastian Schmidt, Michael D. King, et al.. (2021). The effect of low-level thin arctic clouds on shortwave irradiance: evaluation of estimates from spaceborne passive imagery with aircraft observations. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(4). 2673–2697. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Hong, K. Sebastian Schmidt, Michael D. King, et al.. (2019). Shortwave Radiative Effect of Arctic Low-Level Clouds: Evaluation of Imagery-Derived Irradiance with Aircraft Observations. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yi, et al.. (2019). Ice Cloud Optical Thickness, Effective Radius, And Ice Water Path Inferred From Fused MISR and MODIS Measurements Based on a Pixel‐Level Optimal Ice Particle Roughness Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(22). 12126–12140. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Yi, et al.. (2018). Inference of an Optimal Ice Particle Model through Latitudinal Analysis of MISR and MODIS Data. Remote Sensing. 10(12). 1981–1981. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Ping, Bryan A. Baum, Steven Platnick, et al.. (2016). Degree of ice particle surface roughness inferred from polarimetric observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(12). 7545–7558. 20 indexed citations
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Schmidt, K. Sebastian, Peter Pilewskie, Michael D. King, et al.. (2016). The spectral signature of cloud spatial structure in shortwave irradiance. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(21). 13791–13806. 9 indexed citations
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Gatebe, Charles K., Оleg Dubovik, Michael D. King, & A. Sinyuk. (2010). Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and surface optical properties from combined airborne- and ground-based direct and diffuse radiometric measurements. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(6). 2777–2794. 13 indexed citations
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Lyapustin, Alexei, Charles K. Gatebe, Ralph A. Kahn, et al.. (2010). Analysis of snow bidirectional reflectance from ARCTAS Spring-2008 Campaign. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(9). 4359–4375. 46 indexed citations
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Platnick, Steven, et al.. (2009). Comparison of the MODIS Collection 5 Multilayer Cloud Detection Product with CALIPSO. AIP conference proceedings. 416–419.
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King, Michael D., Steven Platnick, Ping Yang, et al.. (2004). Remote Sensing of Liquid Water and Ice Cloud Optical Thickness and Effective Radius in the Arctic: Application of Airborne Multispectral MAS Data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 21(6). 857–875. 157 indexed citations
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Moody, Eric G., Michael D. King, Steven Platnick, Crystal Schaaf, & Feng Gao. (2004). Spatially Complete Surface Albedo Data Sets: Value-Added Products Derived from Terra MODIS Land Products. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 2 indexed citations
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Dubovik, Оleg, B. N. Holben, T. F. Eck, et al.. (2002). Variability of Absorption and Optical Properties of Key Aerosol Types Observed in Worldwide Locations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 59(3). 590–608. 2366 indexed citations breakdown →
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King, Michael D.. (2001). Remote Sensing of Cloud, Aerosol, and Water Vapor Properties from MODIS. 4 indexed citations
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Platnick, Steven, Steven A. Ackerman, Michael D. King, et al.. (2000). Early Results from the MODIS Atmosphere Cloud Algorithms. 1 indexed citations
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Baum, Bryan A., Peter F. Soulen, Kathleen I. Strabala, et al.. (2000). Remote sensing of cloud properties using MODIS airborne simulator imagery during SUCCESS: 2. Cloud thermodynamic phase. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(D9). 11781–11792. 206 indexed citations
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Kaufman, Yoram J., D. Tanré, Howard R. Gordon, et al.. (1997). Passive remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol and atmospheric correction for the aerosol effect. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 102(D14). 16815–16830. 430 indexed citations
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Carbone, Gregory J., Sunil Narumalani, & Michael D. King. (1996). Application of remote sensing and GIS technologies with physiological crop models. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 62(2). 171–179. 30 indexed citations
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King, Michael D., et al.. (1994). Earth Science Data for All: EOS and the EOS Data and Information System. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 60(3). 277–285. 7 indexed citations
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King, Michael D., Dale M. Byrne, John A. Reagan, & Benjamin M. Herman. (1980). Spectral Variation of Optical Depth at Tucson, Arizona between August 1975 and December 1977. Journal of applied meteorology. 19(6). 723–732. 35 indexed citations
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King, Michael D.. (1977). DETERMINATION OF THE COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS BY THE DIFFUSE-DIRECT TECHNIQUE: A STATISTICAL PROCEDURE. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 1 indexed citations

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