Michael Spencer

4.9k total citations
40 papers, 706 citations indexed

About

Michael Spencer is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Oceanography and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Spencer has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 706 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Environmental Engineering, 19 papers in Oceanography and 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Spencer's work include Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (27 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (17 papers) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (11 papers). Michael Spencer is often cited by papers focused on Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (27 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (17 papers) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (11 papers). Michael Spencer collaborates with scholars based in United States. Michael Spencer's co-authors include David G. Long, Chialin Wu, Wu-Yang Tsai, E. G. Njoku, Kent Kellogg, Dara Entekhabi, F.T. Ulaby, B. Stiles, Peggy O’Neill and Jared Entin and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Journal of Alloys and Compounds and IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine.

In The Last Decade

Michael Spencer

37 papers receiving 664 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Spencer United States 13 410 331 324 172 106 40 706
Alejandro Egido Netherlands 12 406 1.0× 237 0.7× 572 1.8× 396 2.3× 34 0.3× 33 770
S. Dinardo United States 12 547 1.3× 163 0.5× 537 1.7× 202 1.2× 32 0.3× 26 787
Randall Rose United States 4 287 0.7× 214 0.6× 354 1.1× 195 1.1× 25 0.2× 10 485
Rajeswari Balasubramaniam United States 7 323 0.8× 283 0.9× 435 1.3× 171 1.0× 27 0.3× 20 559
P.W. Gaiser United States 16 864 2.1× 596 1.8× 546 1.7× 194 1.1× 145 1.4× 48 1.2k
Xinzhe Yuan China 16 210 0.5× 362 1.1× 97 0.3× 264 1.5× 163 1.5× 47 674
K.S. Chen United States 4 572 1.4× 157 0.5× 821 2.5× 427 2.5× 81 0.8× 10 1.0k
Rashmi Shah United States 15 534 1.3× 214 0.6× 851 2.6× 452 2.6× 26 0.2× 68 1.0k
Birgit Schättler Germany 14 152 0.4× 163 0.5× 138 0.4× 406 2.4× 55 0.5× 55 598
J. F. Marchan-Hernandez Spain 14 522 1.3× 351 1.1× 868 2.7× 465 2.7× 33 0.3× 40 939

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Spencer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Spencer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Spencer

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fancher, Chris M., Jonathan D. Poplawsky, Matthew G. Boebinger, et al.. (2025). Microstructural features underpinning the mechanical behavior of powder metallurgy Cr-based alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1020. 179172–179172.
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Ouellette, Jeffrey D., Joel T. Johnson, Seung-Bum Kim, et al.. (2014). A Simulation Study of Compact Polarimetry for Radar Retrieval of Soil Moisture. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 52(9). 5966–5973. 19 indexed citations
3.
Kellogg, Kent, S. W. Thurman, W. Edelstein, et al.. (2013). NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory. 1–20. 15 indexed citations
4.
Spencer, Michael, et al.. (2013). RFI Characterization and Mitigation for the SMAP Radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 51(10). 4973–4982. 17 indexed citations
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Belz, Andrea, B. Huneycutt, & Michael Spencer. (2011). A study of radio frequency interference in the space-to-Earth exploration allocation at L-band. 2. 1–10. 5 indexed citations
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Spencer, Michael, et al.. (2009). The Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) mission radar: A novel conically scanning SAR. 1–4. 11 indexed citations
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Freedman, A. P., James Borders, Simon Yueh, et al.. (2009). Architecture and design of the aquarius instrument for RF and thermal stability. 1–4. 3 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Ernesto, Robert W. Gaston, Stephen L. Durden, et al.. (2009). A scatterometer for XOVWM, the Extended Ocean Vector Winds Mission. 1–4. 7 indexed citations
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Long, David G. & Michael Spencer. (2005). Performance analysis for the SeaWinds scatterometer. 3. 1463–1465.
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Long, David G., Michael Spencer, & E. G. Njoku. (2005). Spatial resolution and processing tradeoffs for HYDROS: application of reconstruction and resolution enhancement techniques. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 43(1). 3–12. 11 indexed citations
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Freilich, Michael H., David G. Long, & Michael Spencer. (2005). SeaWinds: a scanning scatterometer for ADEOS-II-science overview. 2. 960–963. 31 indexed citations
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Spencer, Michael, Wu-Yang Tsai, & David G. Long. (2003). High-resolution measurements with a spaceborne pencil-beam scatterometer using combined range/doppler discrimination techniques. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 41(3). 567–581. 35 indexed citations
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Spencer, Michael, et al.. (2002). Advanced design concepts for a SeaWinds scatterometer follow-on mission. 4. 4/1833–4/1839. 2 indexed citations
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Spencer, Michael, Wu-Yang Tsai, & David G. Long. (2002). High resolution scatterometry by simultaneous range/Doppler discrimination. 7. 3166–3168. 2 indexed citations
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Spencer, Michael, Chialin Wu, & David G. Long. (2000). Improved resolution backscatter measurements with the SeaWinds pencil-beam scatterometer. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 38(1). 89–104. 174 indexed citations
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Tsai, Wu-Yang, et al.. (2000). Polarimetric scatterometry: a promising technique for improving ocean surface wind measurements from space. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 38(4). 1903–1921. 49 indexed citations
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Spencer, Michael, et al.. (2000). The QuikSCAT wind scatterometer mission. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Michael, Chialin Wu, & David G. Long. (1997). Tradeoffs in the design of a spaceborne scanning pencil beam scatterometer: application to SeaWinds. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 35(1). 115–126. 88 indexed citations
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Wu, Chi, et al.. (1997). <title>SeaWinds scatterometer instrument using a pulse compression radar</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3221. 340–345. 2 indexed citations
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Long, David G. & Michael Spencer. (1997). Radar backscatter measurement accuracy for a spaceborne pencil-beam wind scatterometer with transmit modulation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 35(1). 102–114. 35 indexed citations

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