Philip T. Partain

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Philip T. Partain is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip T. Partain has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Atmospheric Science, 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Philip T. Partain's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (11 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (6 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (5 papers). Philip T. Partain is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (11 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (6 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (5 papers). Philip T. Partain collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Czechia. Philip T. Partain's co-authors include John M. Haynes, Graeme L. Stephens, Stephen L. Durden, E. Im, Simone Tanelli, Tristan L’Ecuyer, Kentaroh Suzuki, D. Reinke, R. Marchand and Andrew Gettelman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

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Philip T. Partain

16 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation

2008 799 citations Graeme L. Stephens, D. Vane et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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16 of 16 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	GHOST: A Satellite Mission Concept for Persistent Monitoring of Stratospheric Gravity Waves Induced by Severe Storms 2018 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·David M. Tratt, J. A. Hackwell, B. Valant-Spaight, R. L. Walterscheid, L. J. Gelinas, J. H. Hecht, Charles Swenson, (unknown), M. Joan Alexander, Lars Hoffmann, David S. Nolan, Steven D. Miller, Jeffrey L. Hall, Robert Atlas, Frank D. Marks, Philip T. Partain	8
2	Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) cloud screening algorithms: validation against collocated MODIS and CALIOP data 2016 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Thomas E. Taylor, C. O’Dell, Christian Frankenberg, Philip T. Partain, (unknown), A. Savtchenko, Robert Nelson, (unknown), Albert Y. Chang, B. Fisher, G. B. Osterman, Randy Pollock, David Crisp, A. Eldering, M. R. Gunson	78
3	Cloud-Base Height Estimation from VIIRS. Part II: A Statistical Algorithm Based on A-Train Satellite Data 2016 ·Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·Yoo‐Jeong Noh, J. M. Forsythe, Steven D. Miller, Curtis J. Seaman, Yue Li, Andrew K. Heidinger, Daniel T. Lindsey, Matthew A. Rogers, Philip T. Partain	45
4	Upper atmospheric gravity wave details revealed in nightglow satellite imagery 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Steven D. Miller, William Straka, Jia Yue, S. M. Smith, M. Joan Alexander, Lars Hoffmann, Martin Setvák, Philip T. Partain	88
5	Model-Evaluation Tools for Three-Dimensional Cloud Verification via Spaceborne Active Sensors 2014 ·Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology ·Steven D. Miller, Courtney Weeks, Randy Bullock, J. M. Forsythe, Paul A. Kucera, Barbara G. Brown, Cory Wolff, Philip T. Partain, Andrew S. Jones, David B. Johnson	9
6	Earth-viewing satellite perspectives on the Chelyabinsk meteor event 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Steven D. Miller, William Straka, A. Scott Bachmeier, Timothy J. Schmit, Philip T. Partain, Yoo‐Jeong Noh	21
7	Estimating Three-Dimensional Cloud Structure via Statistically Blended Satellite Observations 2013 ·Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology ·Steven D. Miller, J. M. Forsythe, Philip T. Partain, John M. Haynes, Richard L. Bankert, Manajit Sengupta, C. Mitrescu, Jeffrey D. Hawkins, Thomas H. Vonder Haar	44
8	How Total Precipitable Water Vapor Anomalies Relate to Cloud Vertical Structure 2011 ·Journal of Hydrometeorology ·J. M. Forsythe, (unknown), Philip T. Partain, Stanley Q. Kidder, Thomas H. Vonder Haar	15
9	CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation breakdown → 2008 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Graeme L. Stephens, D. Vane, Simone Tanelli, E. Im, Stephen L. Durden, Mark J. Rokey, D. Reinke, Philip T. Partain, Gerald G. Mace, R. T. Austin, Tristan L’Ecuyer, John M. Haynes, Matthew Lebsock, Kentaroh Suzuki, Duane E. Waliser, Dong L. Wu, Jennifer E. Kay, Andrew Gettelman, Zhien Wang, R. Marchand	799
10	Near-Real-Time Applications of CloudSat Data 2008 ·Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology ·C. Mitrescu, Steven D. Miller, Jeffrey D. Hawkins, Tristan L’Ecuyer, J. Turk, Philip T. Partain, Graeme L. Stephens	24
11	CloudSat's Cloud Profiling Radar After Two Years in Orbit: Performance, Calibration, and Processing 2008 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Simone Tanelli, Stephen L. Durden, E. Im, Kyung Pak, (unknown), Philip T. Partain, John M. Haynes, Roger Marchand	319
12	Integrated cloud-aerosol-radiation product using CERES, MODIS, CALIPSO, and CloudSat data 2007 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Sunny Sun‐Mack, Patrick Minnis, Yan Chen, Sharon Gibson, Yuhong Yi, Qing Z. Trepte, Bruce A. Wielicki, Seiji Kato, D. M. Winker, Graeme L. Stephens, Philip T. Partain	17
13	Parameterization of Atmospheric Radiative Transfer. Part I: Validity of Simple Models 2001 ·Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences ·Graeme L. Stephens, Philip Gabriel, Philip T. Partain	79
14	Parameterization of Atmospheric Radiative Transfer. Part II: Selection Rules 2001 ·Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences ·Philip Gabriel, Philip T. Partain, Graeme L. Stephens	9
15	High spectral resolution atmospheric radiative transfer: Application of the equivalence theorem 2000 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Philip T. Partain, Andrew K. Heidinger, Graeme L. Stephens	19
16	A Multipurpose Scanning Spectral Polarimeter (SSP): Instrument Description and Sample Results 2000 ·Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·Graeme L. Stephens, Robert F. McCoy, Renata McCoy, Philip Gabriel, Philip T. Partain, Steven D. Miller, Steven P. Love	5

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