Patrick Minnis

30.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
443 papers, 18.2k citations indexed

About

Patrick Minnis is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Minnis has authored 443 papers receiving a total of 18.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 412 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 376 papers in Atmospheric Science and 78 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Patrick Minnis's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (358 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (248 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (156 papers). Patrick Minnis is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (358 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (248 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (156 papers). Patrick Minnis collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Patrick Minnis's co-authors include Edwin F. Harrison, David F. Young, V. Ramanathan, David R. Doelling, J. Kirk Ayers, R. D. Cess, Bruce R. Barkstrom, Jianping Huang, Rabindra Palikonda and Xiquan Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Minnis

428 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cloud-Radiative Forcing and Climate: Results from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

1989 1.3k citations Edwin F. Harrison, Patrick Minnis et al. profile →
Seasonal variation of cloud radiative forcing derived from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

1990 518 citations Edwin F. Harrison, Patrick Minnis et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Dust and Biological Aerosols from the Sahara and Asia Influence Precipitation in the Western U.S.

2013 466 citations Patrick Minnis, J. M. Comstock et al. profile →
CERES Edition-2 Cloud Property Retrievals Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data—Part I: Algorithms

2011 412 citations Patrick Minnis, David F. Young et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Patrick Minnis	16.5k	15.7k	1.6k	1.0k	947	443	18.2k
Michael D. King	17.6k 1.1×	16.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	853 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	133	19.3k
Teruyuki Nakajima	18.3k 1.1×	17.5k 1.1×	843 0.5×	889 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	271	20.1k
Graeme L. Stephens	19.7k 1.2×	20.0k 1.3×	883 0.5×	801 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	358	22.9k
I. Slutsker	19.5k 1.2×	18.6k 1.2×	763 0.5×	784 0.8×	881 0.9×	76	20.7k
A. Smirnov	23.1k 1.4×	22.4k 1.4×	789 0.5×	849 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	160	24.5k
Steven Platnick	9.7k 0.6×	9.3k 0.6×	746 0.5×	666 0.6×	773 0.8×	187	10.9k
W. Paul Menzel	11.0k 0.7×	10.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	847 0.8×	435 0.5×	200	13.6k
Andrew J. Heymsfield	18.7k 1.1×	20.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.3×	275 0.3×	1.5k 1.6×	390	21.8k
Yongxiang Hu	11.8k 0.7×	10.4k 0.7×	650 0.4×	406 0.4×	785 0.8×	324	13.8k
Norman G. Loeb	11.0k 0.7×	10.0k 0.6×	674 0.4×	692 0.7×	329 0.3×	190	12.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun‐Mack, Sunny, Patrick Minnis, Yan Chen, Gang Hong, & William L. Smith. (2024). Identification of ice-over-water multilayer clouds using multispectral satellite data in an artificial neural network. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 17(10). 3323–3346. 1 indexed citations

Yost, Christopher R., Patrick Minnis, Sunny Sun‐Mack, William L. Smith, & Qing Z. Trepte. (2023). VIIRS Edition 1 Cloud Properties for CERES, Part 2: Evaluation with CALIPSO. Remote Sensing. 15(5). 1349–1349. 2 indexed citations

Duda, David P., William L. Smith, Sarah T. Bedka, et al.. (2023). Impact of COVID‐19‐Related Air Traffic Reductions on the Coverage and Radiative Effects of Linear Persistent Contrails Over Conterminous United States and Surrounding Oceanic Routes. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(6). 8 indexed citations

Reid, Jeffrey S., Derek J. Posselt, Gao Chen, et al.. (2019). Observations and hypotheses related to low to middle free tropospheric aerosol, water vapor and altocumulus cloud layers within convective weather regimes: a SEAC ⁴ RS case study. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(17). 11413–11442. 5 indexed citations

Su, Wenying, Lusheng Liang, David R. Doelling, et al.. (2018). Determining the Shortwave Radiative Flux From Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(20). 25 indexed citations

Yost, Christopher R., Kristopher M. Bedka, Patrick Minnis, et al.. (2018). A prototype method for diagnosing high ice water content probability using satellite imager data. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(3). 1615–1637. 25 indexed citations

Yost, Christopher R., Kristopher M. Bedka, Patrick Minnis, et al.. (2017). A Prototype Method for Diagnosing High Ice Water Content Probability Using Satellite Imager Data. 1 indexed citations

Comstock, J. M., Robert P. d’Entremont, Daniel H. DeSlover, et al.. (2007). An Intercomparison of Microphysical Retrieval Algorithms for Upper-Tropospheric Ice Clouds. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 88(2). 191–204. 70 indexed citations

Trepte, Qing Z., Patrick Minnis, Rabindra Palikonda, D. A. Spangenberg, & Martial Haeffelin. (2006). Improved thin cirrus and terminator cloud detection in CERES cloud mask. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiquan, Baike Xi, & Patrick Minnis. (2006). A Climatology of Midlatitude Continental Clouds from the ARM SGP Central Facility. Journal of Climate. 19(9). 12 indexed citations

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Chepfer, Hélène, et al.. (2005). On the Negative Brightness Temperature Differences Observed by Satellites Above Thick Ice Clouds in the Tropics.. AGUSM. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Politovich, Marcia K., et al.. (2004). Benchmarking In-Flight Icing Detection Products for Future Upgrades. 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace and the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms. 15(3). 362–83. 3 indexed citations

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Sun‐Mack, Sunny, et al.. (2004). Seasonal Surface Spectral Emissivity Derived from Terra MODIS Data. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 9 indexed citations

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Sun‐Mack, Sunny, Yan Chen, Robert F. Arduini, & Patrick Minnis. (2004). Clear-Sky Narrowband Albedo Variations Derived from VIRS and MODIS Data. 5 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiquan, Gerald G. Mace, Patrick Minnis, et al.. (2002). Comparison of Stratus Cloud Properties Deduced from Surface, GOES, and Aircraft Data during the March 2000 ARM Cloud IOP. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 59(23). 3265–3284. 103 indexed citations

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Wielicki, Bruce A., Bruce R. Barkstrom, Kory J. Priestley, et al.. (2002). Clouds and Earth radiant energy system (CERES): An overview. 34. 1360. 4 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Louis, Patrick Minnis, J. Kirk Ayers, & David R. Doelling. (2001). Intercalibration of Meteorological Satellite Imagers Using VIRS, ATSR-2 and MODIS. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 2 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiquan, Patrick Minnis, Thomas P. Ackerman, et al.. (2000). A 25‐month database of stratus cloud properties generated from ground‐based measurements at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Southern Great Plains Site. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(D4). 4529–4537. 54 indexed citations

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Heck, Patrick W., et al.. (1990). A climatology of satellite-derived cloud properties over marine stratocumulus regions. 7 indexed citations

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Minnis, Patrick & Edwin F. Harrison. (1983). Diurnal and seasonal variations of clouds from geostationary satellite data. 217–220. 1 indexed citations

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