Thomas J. Schmugge

13.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
155 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. Schmugge is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. Schmugge has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Environmental Engineering, 82 papers in Atmospheric Science and 34 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. Schmugge's work include Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (88 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (41 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (36 papers). Thomas J. Schmugge is often cited by papers focused on Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (88 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (41 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (36 papers). Thomas J. Schmugge collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. Thomas J. Schmugge's co-authors include James R. Wang, Thomas J. Jackson, T. Jackson, Bhaskar J. Choudhury, T. J. Jackson, William P. Kustas, T. Mo, Toby N. Carlson, Andrew N. French and Kenta Ogawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. Schmugge

143 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

Vegetation effects on the microwave emission of soils

1991 774 citations Thomas J. Schmugge et al. profile →
An Empirical Model for the Complex Dielectric Permittivity of Soils as a Function of Water Content

1980 772 citations Thomas J. Schmugge et al. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing profile →
A model for microwave emission from vegetation‐covered fields

1982 548 citations T. Mo, Thomas J. Schmugge et al. profile →
Effect of surface roughness on the microwave emission from soils

1979 474 citations Thomas J. Schmugge et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas J. Schmugge United States	53	7.9k	6.0k	2.5k	1.4k	1.3k	155	10.1k
E. G. Njoku United States	47	7.5k 1.0×	6.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	587 0.5×	176	9.3k
Jean‐Pierre Wigneron France	66	13.6k 1.7×	11.5k 1.9×	3.8k 1.5×	2.0k 1.5×	2.1k 1.7×	311	17.2k
Jean‐Christophe Calvet France	48	5.5k 0.7×	5.2k 0.9×	2.8k 1.1×	718 0.5×	826 0.7×	177	7.9k
Michael H. Cosh United States	56	9.2k 1.2×	7.0k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	975 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	283	11.3k
Thomas J. Jackson United States	75	15.7k 2.0×	12.2k 2.0×	3.5k 1.4×	2.3k 1.7×	1.7k 1.4×	350	19.2k
Matthias Drusch Netherlands	45	5.3k 0.7×	5.0k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	545 0.4×	2.4k 1.9×	108	9.1k
V. Lakshmi United States	50	5.1k 0.6×	4.5k 0.7×	3.8k 1.5×	557 0.4×	778 0.6×	254	9.0k
Yann H. Kerr France	75	17.9k 2.3×	14.7k 2.4×	5.3k 2.1×	2.4k 1.8×	4.1k 3.3×	389	23.1k
M. Hallikainen Finland	40	4.9k 0.6×	4.2k 0.7×	412 0.2×	2.0k 1.5×	482 0.4×	312	7.5k
Jordi Font Spain	38	3.6k 0.5×	4.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	633 0.5×	596 0.5×	153	7.3k

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Jacob, Frédéric, Thomas H. G. Vidal, Albert Olioso, et al.. (2021). A Simulation-Based Error Budget of the TES Method for the Design of the Spectral Configuration of the Micro-Bolometer-Based MISTIGRI Thermal Infrared Sensor. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 60. 1–19. 6 indexed citations

Ritchie, Jerry C., Thomas J. Schmugge, A.Y. Hsu, & A. Rango. (2007). Comparison of ASTER, MASTER, and ground-based hyperspectral reflectance measurements.. IAHS-AISH publication. 237–244. 1 indexed citations

Schmugge, Thomas J., et al.. (2004). Validation of emissivity estimates from ASTER data. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 3. 1873–1875. 4 indexed citations

French, Andrew N., Thomas J. Schmugge, & William P. Kustas. (2002). Estimating evapotranspiration over El Reno, Oklahoma with ASTER imagery. Agronomie. 22(1). 105–106. 11 indexed citations

French, Andrew N., Thomas J. Schmugge, & William P. Kustas. (2001). Heat flux distributions over SGP97 sites. IAHS-AISH publication. 187–191. 2 indexed citations

Schmugge, Thomas J., et al.. (2001). Estimation of surface emissivity for arid lands.. IAHS-AISH publication. 168–174. 2 indexed citations

Brutsaert, Wilfried, A.Y. Hsu, & Thomas J. Schmugge. (1993). Parameterization of Surface Heat Fluxes above Forest with Satellite Thermal Sensing and Boundary-Layer Soundings. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 32(5). 909–917. 60 indexed citations

Schmugge, Thomas J. & Thomas J. Jackson. (1992). A dielectric model of the vegetation effects on the microwave emission from soils. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 30(4). 757–760. 51 indexed citations

Carlson, Toby N., Eileen M. Perry, & Thomas J. Schmugge. (1990). Remote estimation of soil moisture availability and fractional vegetation cover for agricultural fields. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 52(1-2). 45–69. 231 indexed citations

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Mo, T., J.R. Wang, & Thomas J. Schmugge. (1988). Estimation of surface roughness parameters from dual-frequency measurements of radar backscattering coefficients. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 26(5). 574–579. 35 indexed citations

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Wang, J., Thomas J. Jackson, Edwin T. Engman, et al.. (1984). Microwave radiometer experiment of soil moisture sensing at BARC test site during summer 1981. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 61(4). 324–32. 10 indexed citations

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Mo, T., B. J. Blanchard, & Thomas J. Schmugge. (1983). Effects of vegetation canopy on the radar backscattering coefficient. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 84. 11359. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, J. R., et al.. (1982). A multi‐frequency radiometric measurement of soil moisture content over bare and vegetated fields. Geophysical Research Letters. 9(4). 416–419. 27 indexed citations

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Jackson, T. J., Andrew C. Chang, & Thomas J. Schmugge. (1981). Aircraft active microwave measurements for estimating soil moisture. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 47(6). 801–805. 34 indexed citations

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Jackson, Thomas J., et al.. (1981). Effects of vegetation on passive microwave estimates of soil moisture. 4 indexed citations

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Schmugge, Thomas J., Thomas J. Jackson, & H. L. Mckim. (1981). Survey of in-situ and remote sensing methods for soil moisture determination. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 42(6). 619–29. 1 indexed citations

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Choudhury, B. J., et al.. (1979). Preliminary results of SAR soil moisture experiment, November 1975. Unknow. 2 indexed citations

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Hall, Dorothy K., A. T. C. Chang, James L. Foster, A. Rango, & Thomas J. Schmugge. (1978). Passive microwave studies of snowpack properties. 11 indexed citations

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Chang, Tzu‐Ching, P. Gloersen, Thomas J. Schmugge, T. T. Wilheit, & H. Jay Zwally. (1976). Microwave Emission From Snow and Glacier Ice. Journal of Glaciology. 16(74). 23–39. 204 indexed citations

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Schmugge, Thomas J.. (1975). Microwave Signature of Snow. NASA Special Publication. 361. 193.

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