Peter North

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
96 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Peter North is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter North has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 56 papers in Ecology and 40 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Peter North's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (56 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (32 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (28 papers). Peter North is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (56 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (32 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (28 papers). Peter North collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Peter North's co-authors include S. O. Los, J. Rosette, Craig V. M. Barton, P. B. Alton, W. Grey, P. Lewis, Juan Carlos Pinilla Suárez, Stephen Plummer, Pablo J. Zarco‐Tejada and A. Hornero and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Peter North

91 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Quantifying Vegetation Biophysical Variables from Imaging Spectroscopy Data: A Review on Retrieval Methods

2018 365 citations Jochem Verrelst, Zbyněk Malenovský et al. Surveys in Geophysics profile →
Amazon forests maintain consistent canopy structure and greenness during the dry season

2014 339 citations J. Rosette, Bruce D. Cook et al. profile →
Previsual symptoms of Xylella fastidiosa infection revealed in spectral plant-trait alterations

2018 271 citations Peter North et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter North United Kingdom	38	3.0k	3.0k	1.9k	1.2k	1.2k	96	5.0k
Stephen Plummer United Kingdom	33	3.1k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	60	5.0k
Troy S. Magney United States	40	3.3k 1.1×	3.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	834 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	106	5.2k
Michele Meroni Italy	43	4.3k 1.4×	3.6k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	904 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	113	6.0k
Micol Rossini Italy	40	3.8k 1.2×	3.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	119	5.5k
Jean‐Philippe Gastellu‐Etchegorry France	43	4.4k 1.5×	3.1k 1.0×	3.9k 2.0×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	218	6.6k
Roberto Colombo Italy	47	4.2k 1.4×	3.9k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	150	6.9k
Nadine Gobron Italy	47	3.9k 1.3×	4.1k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	808 0.7×	133	6.0k
Zbyněk Malenovský Australia	30	3.3k 1.1×	1.9k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	478 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	89	4.7k
Frank Veroustraete Belgium	28	2.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	718 0.6×	765 0.6×	68	3.5k
Christiaan van der Tol Netherlands	44	5.1k 1.7×	5.5k 1.9×	1.8k 0.9×	946 0.8×	2.1k 1.7×	152	7.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter North

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Sogacheva, Larisa, et al.. (2022). Extended validation and evaluation of the OLCI–SLSTR SYNERGY aerosol product (SY_2_AOD) on Sentinel-3. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 15(18). 5289–5322.

Kinne, Stefan, Peter North, K. J. Pearson, & Thomas Popp. (2021). Aerosol radiative effects with dual view AOD retrievals. 2 indexed citations

Sogacheva, Larisa, Thomas Popp, A. M. Sayer, et al.. (2020). Merging regional and global aerosol optical depth records from major available satellite products. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(4). 2031–2056. 98 indexed citations

Sogacheva, Larisa, Thomas Popp, A. M. Sayer, et al.. (2019). Merging regional and global AOD records from 15 available satellite products. Cronfa (Swansea University). 6 indexed citations

Verrelst, Jochem, Zbyněk Malenovský, Christiaan van der Tol, et al.. (2018). Quantifying Vegetation Biophysical Variables from Imaging Spectroscopy Data: A Review on Retrieval Methods. Surveys in Geophysics. 40(3). 589–629. 365 indexed citations breakdown →

Che, Yahui, Linlu Mei, Yong Xue, et al.. (2018). Validation of Aerosol Products from AATSR and MERIS/AATSR Synergy Algorithms—Part 1: Global Evaluation. Remote Sensing. 10(9). 1414–1414. 5 indexed citations

Brühl, Christoph, Klaus Klingmüller, Charles Robert, et al.. (2018). Stratospheric aerosol radiative forcing simulated by the chemistry climate model EMAC using Aerosol CCI satellite data. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(17). 12845–12857. 21 indexed citations

Heckel, A., et al.. (2017). Application of AATSR aerosol retrieval to new data from SLSTR onboard Sentinel-3 satellite. EGUGA. 16568. 1 indexed citations

North, Peter, et al.. (2017). Particulate emissions from large North American wildfires estimated using a new top-down method. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(10). 6423–6438. 22 indexed citations

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North, Peter, et al.. (2015). Smoke aerosol properties and ageing effects for Northern temperate and boreal regions derived from AERONET source and age attribution. 1 indexed citations

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North, Peter, et al.. (2015). Smoke aerosol properties and ageing effects for northern temperate and boreal regions derived from AERONET source and age attribution. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(14). 7929–7943. 23 indexed citations

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Davies, Will & Peter North. (2015). Synergistic angular and spectral estimation of aerosol properties using CHRIS/PROBA-1 and simulated Sentinel-3 data. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 8(4). 1719–1731. 7 indexed citations

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Bevan, Suzanne, S. O. Los, & Peter North. (2014). Response of vegetation to the 2003 European drought was mitigated by height. Biogeosciences. 11(11). 2897–2908. 18 indexed citations

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Mahoney, Craig, Natascha Kljun, S. O. Los, et al.. (2014). Slope Estimation from ICESat/GLAS. Remote Sensing. 6(10). 10051–10069. 26 indexed citations

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Los, S. O., J. Rosette, Natascha Kljun, et al.. (2012). Vegetation height and cover fraction between 60° S and 60° N from ICESat GLAS data. Geoscientific model development. 5(2). 413–432. 88 indexed citations

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Bevan, Suzanne, Peter North, S. O. Los, & W. Grey. (2011). A global dataset of atmospheric aerosol optical depth and surface reflectance from AATSR. Remote Sensing of Environment. 116. 199–210. 49 indexed citations

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Rosette, J., et al.. (2010). Modelling Sensor and Target effects on LiDAR Waveforms. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Cook, Bruce D., et al.. (2010). Effect of Ground Surface Reflectance on LiDAR Waveforms, Height Metrics and Biomass Estimation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Gómez‐Chova, Luis, Jordi Muñoz-Marı́, Emma Izquierdo‐Verdiguier, et al.. (2010). Synergistic Use of MERIS and AATSR Data for Cloud Screening. 686. 154. 1 indexed citations

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North, Peter. (2008). MERIS/AATSR synergy algorithms for cloud screening, aerosol retrieval and atmospheric correction. Cronfa (Swansea University). 25 indexed citations

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