Simon Proud

4.7k citations

33 papers · 3.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 20

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Climate variability and models
Environmental Engineering top 1%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Papers in ⓘ

Global and Planetary Change 20
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds 10
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 6
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 4
Atmospheric Science 16
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 7
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 7
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 3

Co-authors: Rasmus Fensholt (12 shared papers)Henrik Meilby (1 shared paper)Gudina Legese Feyisa (1 shared paper)Inge Sandholt (8 shared papers)Laura Vang Rasmussen (3 shared papers)Mads Olander Rasmussen (6 shared papers)Andrew T. Prata (4 shared papers)Agnieszka Skowron (1 shared paper)
Journals: Atmospheric measurement techniques (5 papers)Remote Sensing of Environment (4 papers)Atmospheric chemistry and physics (3 papers)IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2 papers)International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (2 papers)
Partner nations: Denmark United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Simon Proud

33 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Automated Water Extraction Index: A new technique for surface water mapping using Landsat imagery 2013 · 1.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Remote Sensing of Environment
2012 Remote Sensing of Environment

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1	Automated Water Extraction Index: A new technique for surface water mapping using Landsat imagery Remote Sensing of Environment ·Gudina Legese Feyisa, Henrik Meilby, Rasmus Fensholt, Simon Proud Hit paper breakdown →	2013	1493
2	Evaluation of Earth Observation based global long term vegetation trends — Comparing GIMMS and MODIS global NDVI time series Remote Sensing of Environment ·Rasmus Fensholt, Simon Proud Hit paper breakdown →	2012	693
3	Quantifying aviation’s contribution to global warming Environmental Research Letters ·Milan Klöwer, Myles Allen, David S. Lee, Simon Proud, Leo Gallagher, Agnieszka Skowron	2021	143
4	The January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano reached the mesosphere Science ·Simon Proud, Andrew T. Prata, Simeon Schmauß	2022	85
5	Unveiling aerosol–cloud interactions – Part 1: Cloud contamination in satellite products enhances the aerosol indirect forcing estimate Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Matthew W. Christensen, David Neubauer, Caroline Poulsen, G. E. Thomas, Gregory McGarragh, Adam C. Povey, Simon Proud, R. G. Grainger	2017	68
6	A system dynamics approach to land use changes in agro-pastoral systems on the desert margins of Sahel Agricultural Systems ·Laura Vang Rasmussen, Kjeld Rasmussen, Anette Reenberg, Simon Proud	2012	63
7	Assessment of MODIS sun-sensor geometry variations effect on observed NDVI using MSG SEVIRI geostationary data International Journal of Remote Sensing ·Rasmus Fensholt, Inge Sandholt, Simon Proud, Simon Stisen, Mads Olander Rasmussen	2010	47
8	Analysing the advantages of high temporal resolution geostationary MSG SEVIRI data compared to Polar Operational Environmental Satellite data for land surface monitoring in Africa International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation ·Rasmus Fensholt, Assaf Anyamba, S. Huber, Simon Proud, Compton J. Tucker, J. Small, Edwin Pak, Mads Olander Rasmussen, Inge Sandholt, Chris A. Shisanya	2011	41
9	Rapid response flood detection using the MSG geostationary satellite International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation ·Simon Proud, Rasmus Fensholt, Laura Vang Rasmussen, Inge Sandholt	2011	37
10	Detecting Canopy Water Status Using Shortwave Infrared Reflectance Data From Polar Orbiting and Geostationary Platforms IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing ·Rasmus Fensholt, S. Huber, Simon Proud, Cheikh Mbow	2010	36
11	Relation between Seasonally Detrended Shortwave Infrared Reflectance Data and Land Surface Moisture in Semi‑Arid Sahel Remote Sensing ·Jørgen Olsen, Pietro Ceccato, Simon Proud, Rasmus Fensholt, Manuela Grippa, É. Mougin, Jonas Ardö, Inge Sandholt	2013	35
12	Modeling Angular Dependences in Land Surface Temperatures From the SEVIRI Instrument Onboard the Geostationary Meteosat Second Generation Satellites IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Mads Olander Rasmussen, Ana Pinheiro, Simon Proud, Inge Sandholt	2010	34
13	The Community Cloud retrieval for CLimate (CC4CL) – Part 2: The optimal estimation approach Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Gregory McGarragh, Caroline Poulsen, G. E. Thomas, Adam C. Povey, Oliver Sus, Stefan Stapelberg, Cornelia Schlundt, Simon Proud, Matthew W. Christensen, Martin Stengel, Rainer Hollmann, R. G. Grainger	2018	30
14	The Community Cloud retrieval for CLimate (CC4CL) – Part 1: A framework applied to multiple satellite imaging sensors Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Oliver Sus, Martin Stengel, Stefan Stapelberg, Gregory McGarragh, Caroline Poulsen, Adam C. Povey, Cornelia Schlundt, G. E. Thomas, Matthew W. Christensen, Simon Proud, Matthias Jerg, R. G. Grainger, Rainer Hollmann	2018	29
15	Improving the SMAC atmospheric correction code by analysis of Meteosat Second Generation NDVI and surface reflectance data Remote Sensing of Environment ·Simon Proud, Mads Olander Rasmussen, Rasmus Fensholt, Inge Sandholt, Chris A. Shisanya, Wycliffe Mutero, Cheikh Mbow, Assaf Anyamba	2010	28
16	A comparison of the effectiveness of 6S and SMAC in correcting for atmospheric interference of Meteosat Second Generation images Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Simon Proud, Rasmus Fensholt, Mads Olander Rasmussen, Inge Sandholt	2010	27
17	Hygroscopic and phase separation properties of ammonium sulfate/organics/water ternary solutions Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Maria A. Zawadowicz, Simon Proud, S. S. Seppalainen, Daniel J. Cziczo	2015	24
18	The influence of seasonal rainfall upon Sahel vegetation Remote Sensing Letters ·Simon Proud, Laura Vang Rasmussen	2011	21
19	Analysis of overshooting top detections by Meteosat Second Generation: a 5‐year dataset Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·Simon Proud	2014	19
20	The Normalization of Surface Anisotropy Effects Present in SEVIRI Reflectances by Using the MODIS BRDF Method IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Simon Proud, Qingling Zhang, Crystal Schaaf, Rasmus Fensholt, Mads Olander Rasmussen, Chris A. Shisanya, Wycliffe Mutero, Cheikh Mbow, Assaf Anyamba, Ed Pak, Inge Sandholt	2014	19

About Simon Proud

Simon Proud is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 33 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (13 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (10 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (7 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (7 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (6 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (4 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (4 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (2.2k citations), Environmental Engineering (859 citations), Water Science and Technology (612 citations), Ecology (1.1k citations) and Atmospheric Science (754 citations). Simon Proud has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Rasmus Fensholt, Henrik Meilby, Gudina Legese Feyisa, Inge Sandholt, Laura Vang Rasmussen, Mads Olander Rasmussen, Andrew T. Prata, Agnieszka Skowron, Myles Allen and David S. Lee. Their work appears in journals such as Atmospheric measurement techniques, Remote Sensing of Environment, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.

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