What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Optics
- Remote sensing
- Meteorology
His scientific interests lie mostly in Remote sensing, Snow, Aerosol, Atmospheric sciences and Climatology.
Alain Royer studies Radiometer which is a part of Remote sensing.
Alain Royer studies Snow, focusing on Snowpack in particular.
His Aerosol study introduces a deeper knowledge of Meteorology.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Sea surface temperature, Smoke, Depth hoar and Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer.
His work in Climatology covers topics such as Arctic which are related to areas like Image resolution and Pixel.
His most cited work include:
- Bimodal size distribution influences on the variation of Angstrom derivatives in spectral and optical depth space (188 citations)
- Modelling the Passive Microwave Signature from Land Surfaces: A Review of Recent Results and Application to the L-Band SMOS SMAP Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithms (164 citations)
- Aerosol optical depth over the oceans: Analysis in terms of synoptic air mass types (100 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Alain Royer spends much of his time researching Remote sensing, Snow, Atmospheric sciences, Brightness temperature and Radiometer.
His research in Remote sensing intersects with topics in Radiative transfer and Meteorology, Aerosol.
His work on Optical depth and Air mass is typically connected to Mode as part of general Aerosol study, connecting several disciplines of science.
His Snow study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Brightness, Climatology and Arctic.
His study focuses on the intersection of Atmospheric sciences and fields such as Taiga with connections in the field of Boreal and Canopy.
His work deals with themes such as Soil water, Emissivity, Transect and Water content, which intersect with Brightness temperature.
He most often published in these fields:
- Remote sensing (57.78%)
- Snow (45.00%)
- Atmospheric sciences (27.22%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Snow (45.00%)
- Atmospheric sciences (27.22%)
- Remote sensing (57.78%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Alain Royer focuses on Snow, Atmospheric sciences, Remote sensing, Snowpack and Radiometer.
His Snow research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Radiative transfer and Precipitation.
Alain Royer has included themes like Tundra and L band in his Atmospheric sciences study.
His work investigates the relationship between Remote sensing and topics such as Brightness temperature that intersect with problems in Water content.
His studies in Snowpack integrate themes in fields like Atmospheric radiative transfer codes and Penetration depth.
His research on Radiometer also deals with topics like
- Canopy and related Albedo,
- Lidar most often made with reference to Taiga.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Validation of the SMAP freeze/thaw product using categorical triple collocation (17 citations)
- Simulation and Assimilation of Passive Microwave Data Using a Snowpack Model Coupled to a Calibrated Radiative Transfer Model Over Northeastern Canada (13 citations)
- Assimilation of passive microwave AMSR-2 satellite observations in a snowpack evolution model over northeastern Canada (10 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Optics
- Meteorology
- Remote sensing
His main research concerns Snow, Snowpack, Atmospheric sciences, Permittivity and Diurnal cycle.
The various areas that he examines in his Snow study include Archipelago, Ungulate, Arctic, Precipitation and Brightness temperature.
As a part of the same scientific family, Alain Royer mostly works in the field of Brightness temperature, focusing on Water content and, on occasion, Remote sensing.
His research links Weather and climate with Remote sensing.
His Snowpack study combines topics in areas such as Atmospheric radiative transfer codes and Radiative transfer.
The concepts of his Diurnal cycle study are interwoven with issues in Soil science, Black spruce and L band.
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