M.W. Whitt

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 841 citations indexed

About

M.W. Whitt is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, M.W. Whitt has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 841 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Environmental Engineering, 9 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in M.W. Whitt's work include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (9 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (7 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (3 papers). M.W. Whitt is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (9 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (7 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (3 papers). M.W. Whitt collaborates with scholars based in United States. M.W. Whitt's co-authors include F.T. Ulaby, M.C. Dobson, Kamal Sarabandi, Kyle C. McDonald, Valdis V. Liepa and J.R. East and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and International Journal of Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

M.W. Whitt

11 papers receiving 787 citations

Hit Papers

Michigan microwave canopy scattering model 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Michigan microwave canopy scattering model
    1990 606 citations F.T. Ulaby, Kamal Sarabandi et al. International Journal of Remote Sensing profile →

Peers

M.W. Whitt
M.A. Karam United States
D. Solimini Italy
N.S. Chauhan United States
G. Smith Sweden
Jiancheng Shi United States
P. P. Batlivala United States
Alireza Tabatabaeenejad United States
D. Passoni Italy
Xiaolan Xu United States
M.A. Karam United States
M.W. Whitt
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Countries citing papers authored by M.W. Whitt

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Fields of papers citing papers by M.W. Whitt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M.W. Whitt

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Whitt, M.W. & F.T. Ulaby. (2005). Modelling The Polarimetric Backscatter From Periodic Bare Soil Surfaces. 2. 391–391.
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Ulaby, F.T., M.W. Whitt, & M.C. Dobson. (2005). Radar Polarimetric Observations Of A Tree Canopy. 2. 1005–1008.
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Whitt, M.W. & F.T. Ulaby. (2003). Polarimetric radar detection of point targets in a forest environment. 788–791. 1 indexed citations
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Whitt, M.W. & F.T. Ulaby. (1994). Radar response of periodic vegetation canopies. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 15(9). 1813–1848. 18 indexed citations
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Whitt, M.W.. (1991). Microwave scattering from periodic row-structured vegetation.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 8 indexed citations
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Whitt, M.W., et al.. (1991). A general polarimetric radar calibration technique. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 39(1). 62–67. 107 indexed citations
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Ulaby, F.T., M.W. Whitt, & Kamal Sarabandi. (1990). AVNA-based polarimetric scatterometers. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 32(5). 6–17. 27 indexed citations
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Ulaby, F.T., M.W. Whitt, & M.C. Dobson. (1990). Measuring the propagation properties of a forest canopy using a polarimetric scatterometer. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 38(2). 251–258. 30 indexed citations
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Whitt, M.W. & F.T. Ulaby. (1990). A polarimetric radar calibration technique with insensitivity to target orientation. Radio Science. 25(6). 1137–1143. 10 indexed citations
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Ulaby, F.T., Kamal Sarabandi, Kyle C. McDonald, M.W. Whitt, & M.C. Dobson. (1990). Michigan microwave canopy scattering model. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 11(7). 1223–1253. 606 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whitt, M.W. & F.T. Ulaby. (1989). Bistatic Scattering from a Dielectric Cylinder Embedded in a Layer of Discrete Particles. 524.
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Ulaby, F.T., et al.. (1989). Polarimetric radar calibration techniques. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 1 indexed citations
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Ulaby, F.T., et al.. (1988). A millimeterwave network analyzer based scatterometer. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 26(1). 75–81. 19 indexed citations
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Whitt, M.W. & F.T. Ulaby. (1988). Millimeter-wave polarimetric measurements of artificial and natural targets. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 26(5). 562–573. 14 indexed citations

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