Randy Pollock

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 995 citations indexed

About

Randy Pollock is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Randy Pollock has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 995 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 19 papers in Atmospheric Science and 14 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Randy Pollock's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (20 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (19 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (9 papers). Randy Pollock is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (20 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (19 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (9 papers). Randy Pollock collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Japan. Randy Pollock's co-authors include Christian Frankenberg, Thomas E. Taylor, Chris O’Dell, Joanna Joiner, Philipp Köhler, Joseph A. Berry, Luis Guanter, David Crisp, C. O’Dell and Robert Rosenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Advances in Space Research.

In The Last Decade

Randy Pollock

33 papers receiving 971 citations

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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.

Prospects for chlorophyll fluorescence remote sensing from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2

2014 387 citations Christian Frankenberg, Chris O’Dell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Randy Pollock United States	14	858	553	266	141	85	37	995
Bing Lin United States	17	549 0.6×	492 0.9×	66 0.2×	124 0.9×	26 0.3×	40	747
R. Lindstrot Germany	9	809 0.9×	491 0.9×	358 1.3×	30 0.2×	65 0.8×	22	960
Aldo Amodeo Italy	21	1.6k 1.9×	1.5k 2.7×	100 0.4×	66 0.5×	79 0.9×	66	1.8k
Luca Fiorani Italy	16	346 0.4×	237 0.4×	40 0.2×	176 1.2×	31 0.4×	75	731
Masakatsu Nakajima Japan	10	897 1.0×	759 1.4×	35 0.1×	242 1.7×	53 0.6×	44	1.1k
L. W. Abreu	4	394 0.5×	360 0.7×	103 0.4×	27 0.2×	144 1.7×	5	637
Johannes Stoffels Germany	15	251 0.3×	89 0.2×	342 1.3×	44 0.3×	26 0.3×	42	685
F. Castagnoli Italy	12	277 0.3×	211 0.4×	68 0.3×	95 0.7×	54 0.6×	28	397
R. N. Halthore United States	19	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	89 0.3×	32 0.2×	179 2.1×	40	1.4k
Huib Visser Netherlands	11	1.4k 1.6×	1.7k 3.1×	29 0.1×	107 0.8×	173 2.0×	52	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Randy Pollock

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

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Parashar, T. N., et al.. (2025). CubeSat Concept for Demonstrating Efficient Directional Magnetic Radiation Protection for Spacecrafts Based on HTS Coils. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 35(5). 1–5.

Mallett, B. P. P., et al.. (2024). Design and initial test results of a space-bound flux pump to energize the Hēki mission’s superconducting magnet. 12. 100129–100129. 4 indexed citations

Strickland, Nick, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Shielding of a Compact HTS Magnet for Deployment in Low-Earth Orbit. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 35(5). 1–7.

Kinefuchi, Kiyoshi, Ryota Nakano, Nicholas J. Long, et al.. (2024). Operation of a plasma thruster featuring a 1.1 T high temperature superconducting magnet. 3(1). 5 indexed citations

Wimbush, Stuart C., et al.. (2024). Performance Evaluation of a Plasma Thruster Using a High-Temperature Superconducting Magnet. TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN. 22(AJCPP-2023). aj1–aj6. 4 indexed citations

Strickland, Nick, et al.. (2024). Hēki: A superconducting magnet for space propulsion on the International space Station – Pathfinder design and experimental thermal testing. 12. 100133–100133.

Mallett, B. P. P., et al.. (2024). Quench Simulations of a Non-Insulated Compact HTS Magnet for Deployment in Low-Earth Orbit. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 35(5). 1–5. 1 indexed citations

Nakano, Ryota, Betina Pavri, Randy Pollock, et al.. (2023). Operational demonstration and experimental characterisation of a central cathode electrostatic thruster equipped with a high temperature superconducting magnet. 2(1). 6 indexed citations

Sen, Amit, John C. Pearson, Pantazis Mouroulis, et al.. (2022). Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) Visible to Short Wavelength Infrared (VSWIR) Wide Swath Instrument Concept. 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO). 1–10. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Kang, Xiong Liu, Caroline R. Nowlan, et al.. (2017). Characterization of the OCO-2 instrument line shape functions using on-orbit solar measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 10(3). 939–953. 26 indexed citations

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Lee, Richard A., C. O’Dell, Debra Wunch, et al.. (2017). Preflight Spectral Calibration of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 55(5). 2499–2508. 24 indexed citations

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Rosenberg, Robert, Stephen Maxwell, Bettye C. Johnson, et al.. (2017). Preflight Radiometric Calibration of Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 55(4). 1994–2006. 22 indexed citations

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Taylor, Thomas E., C. O’Dell, Christian Frankenberg, et al.. (2016). Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) cloud screening algorithms: validation against collocated MODIS and CALIOP data. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(3). 973–989. 78 indexed citations

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Connor, B. J., Hartmut Bösch, James McDuffie, et al.. (2016). Quantification of uncertainties in OCO-2 measurements of XCO ₂ :simulations and linear error analysis. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(10). 5227–5238. 88 indexed citations

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Osterman, G. B., B. Fisher, Debra Wunch, et al.. (2015). OCO-2 Observation and Validation Overview: Observations Data Modes and Target Observations, Taken During the First 15 Months of Operations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Frankenberg, Christian, Randy Pollock, Robert Rosenberg, et al.. (2015). The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2): spectrometer performance evaluation using pre-launch direct sun measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 8(1). 301–313. 117 indexed citations

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Pollock, Randy, Robert E. Haring, James R. Holden, et al.. (2010). The Orbiting Carbon Observatory nstrument: performance of the OCO instrument and plans for the OCO-2 instrument. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7826. 78260W–78260W. 21 indexed citations

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O’Dell, C., Randy Pollock, Carol J. Bruegge, et al.. (2010). Preflight Radiometric Calibration of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 49(6). 2438–2447. 27 indexed citations

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Kuze, Akihiko, Diane M. O’Brien, Thomas E. Taylor, et al.. (2010). Vicarious Calibration of the GOSAT Sensors Using the Railroad Valley Desert Playa. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 49(5). 1781–1795. 44 indexed citations

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Haring, Robert E., Randy Pollock, Brian M. Sutin, & David Crisp. (2005). Current development status of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory instrument optical design. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5883. 58830C–58830C. 7 indexed citations

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