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54
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9303
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4089
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142

Alain Protat publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Protat sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 262 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Alain Protat D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Protat sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alain Protat is affiliated with the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia and has an extensive publication record in Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly focused on Atmospheric Science and Environmental Science. Their research primarily addresses meteorological phenomena, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and the analysis of precipitation.

The scientist's work spans several related subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering, and Ecology. Their key research topics include:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Climate variability and models
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Alain Protat has contributed significantly to journals such as the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, where they have published 16 works, and other frequently used venues including:

  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent collaborators in their work include Simon P. Alexander, Valentin Louf, Greg M. McFarquhar, Jordan Brook, and Joshua Soderholm, reflecting a network of co-authors with substantial contributions.

Selected recent publications of Alain Protat include:

  • Observations of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Surface Radiation over the Southern Ocean: An Overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS, MICRE, and SOCRATES (2020), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Airborne bacteria confirm the pristine nature of the Southern Ocean boundary layer (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Southern Ocean Cloud Properties Derived From CAPRICORN and MARCUS Data (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Mixed-Phase Clouds Over the Southern Ocean as Observed From Satellite and Surface Based Lidar and Radar (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Southern Ocean latitudinal gradients of cloud condensation nuclei (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Cloudnet: Continuous Evaluation of Cloud Profiles in Seven Operational Models Using Ground-Based Observations

    A. J. Illingworth;R. J. Hogan;E.J. O'Connor;D. Bouniol

  • SIRTA, a ground-based atmospheric observatory for cloud and aerosol research

    M. Haeffelin;Laurent Barthès;Olivier Bock;C. Boitel

  • Toward understanding of differences in current cloud retrievals of ARM ground-based measurements

    Chuanfeng Zhao;Shaocheng Xie;Stephen A. Klein;Alain Protat

  • Observations of clouds, aerosols, precipitation, and surface radiation over the southern ocean

    Greg Michael McFarquhar;Christopher S. Bretherton;Roger Marchand;Alain Protat

  • Observations of ice nucleating particles over Southern Ocean waters

    C. S. McCluskey;C. S. McCluskey;T. C. J. Hill;R. S. Humphries;A. M. Rauker

  • PARISFOG: Shedding New Light on Fog Physical Processes

    M. Haeffelin;T. Bergot;T. Elias;R. Tardif

  • Statistical properties of the normalized ice particle size distribution

    Julien Delanoë;Alain Protat;Jacques Testud;Dominique Bouniol

  • Testing IWC Retrieval Methods Using Radar and Ancillary Measurements with In Situ Data

    Andrew J. Heymsfield;Alain Protat;Richard T. Austin;Dominique Bouniol

  • Assessment of Cloudsat Reflectivity Measurements and Ice Cloud Properties Using Ground-Based and Airborne Cloud Radar Observations

    Alain Protat;D. Bouniol;Julien Delanoë;P.T. May

  • A study on the low-altitude clouds over the Southern Ocean using the DARDAR-MASK

    Yi Huang;Steven Thomas Siems;Michael John Manton;Alain Protat

  • A Variational Method for Real-Time Retrieval of Three-Dimensional Wind Field from Multiple-Doppler Bistatic Radar Network Data

    Alain Protat;Isztar Zawadzki

  • From CloudSat-CALIPSO to EarthCare: Evolution of the DARDAR cloud classification and its comparison to airborne radar-lidar observations

    Marie Ceccaldi;Julien Delanoë;R. J. Hogan;N. L. Pounder

  • BASTA: A 95-GHz FMCW Doppler Radar for Cloud and Fog Studies

    Julien Delanoë;Alain Protat;Jean-Paul Vinson;Williams Brett

  • A Review of Ice Particle Shapes in Cirrus formed In Situ and in Anvils

    R. P. Lawson;S. Woods;E. Jensen;E. Erfani;E. Erfani

  • Evaluation of Ice Water Content Retrievals from Cloud Radar Reflectivity and Temperature Using a Large Airborne In Situ Microphysical Database

    Alain Protat;Julien Delanoë;Dominique Bouniol;A. Heymsfield

  • A Summary of Convective-Core Vertical Velocity Properties Using ARM UHF Wind Profilers in Oklahoma

    Scott E. Giangrande;Scott Collis;Jerry Straka;Alain Protat

  • Comparison of Airborne In Situ, Airborne Radar–Lidar, and Spaceborne Radar–Lidar Retrievals of Polar Ice Cloud Properties Sampled during the POLARCAT Campaign

    Julien Delanoë;Alain Protat;Olivier Jourdan;Jacques Pelon

  • The Retrieval of Ice-Cloud Properties from Cloud Radar and Lidar Synergy

    Claire Tinel;Jacques Testud;Jacques Pelon;Robin J. Hogan

  • Normalized particle size distribution for remote sensing application

    Julien Delanoë;Andrew J. Heymsfield;Alain Protat;Aaron Bansemer

  • Convective cloud vertical velocity and mass-flux characteristics from radar wind profiler observations during GoAmazon2014/5

    Scott E. Giangrande;Tami Toto;Michael P. Jensen;Mary Jane Bartholomew

  • The characterization of ice cloud properties from doppler radar measurements

    Julien Delanoë;Alain Protat;Dominique Bouniol;A. J. Heymsfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Jakob
Christian Jakob Monash University
Alfons Schwarzenboeck
Alfons Schwarzenboeck University of Clermont Auvergne
Greg M. McFarquhar
Greg M. McFarquhar University of Oklahoma
Peter T. May
Peter T. May Monash University
Julien Delanoë
Julien Delanoë Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Ewan J. O'Connor
Ewan J. O'Connor Finnish Meteorological Institute
Jacques Pelon
Jacques Pelon Université Paris Cité
Christopher R. Williams
Christopher R. Williams University of Colorado Boulder
Gerald G. Mace
Gerald G. Mace University of Utah
Paul J. DeMott
Paul J. DeMott Colorado State University

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