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57
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Alexander Marshak 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 Alexander Marshak sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 280 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alexander Marshak 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 Alexander Marshak sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alexander Marshak is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with significant contributions in atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, Marshak's research covers several subfields, such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Ecology

Marshak has published extensively on topics related to atmospheric aerosols, clouds, and climate. Their main topics of work are:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Calibration and Measurement Techniques
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics

The scientist's significant recent papers include:

  • Aerosol Properties in Cloudy Environments from Remote Sensing Observations: A Review of the Current State of Knowledge, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Retrievals of Aerosol Optical Depth and Spectral Absorption From DSCOVR EPIC, 2021, Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Analyzing changes in the complexity of climate in the last four decades using MERRA-2 radiation data, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • The Shortwave Spectral Radiometer for Atmospheric Science: Capabilities and Applications from the ARM User Facility, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Atmospheric Correction of DSCOVR EPIC: Version 2 MAIAC Algorithm, 2021, Frontiers in Remote Sensing

Marshak has collaborated frequently with co-authors including Tamás Várnai, Yuekui Yang, Guoyong Wen, Alexei Lyapustin, and Alfonso Delgado-Bonal. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary efforts within atmospheric and remote sensing research.

The primary publication venues for Marshak's work have been:

  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

In addition to journal articles, Marshak has authored at least one book published by Frontiers Media: "DSCOVR EPIC/NISTAR: 5 years of observing earth from the first lagrangian point," released in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Photon propagation in heterogeneous optical media with spatial correlations: enhanced mean-free-paths and wider-than-exponential free-path distributions

    Anthony B. Davis;Alexander Marshak

  • The interpretation of spectral vegetation indexes

    Ranga B. Myneni;Forrest G. Hall;Piers J. Sellers;Alexander L. Marshak

  • The ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry Mission

    Waleed Abdalati;H Jay Zwally;Robert Bindschadler;Bea Csatho

  • Hyperspectral remote sensing of foliar nitrogen content.

    Yuri Knyazikhin;Mitchell A. Schull;Pauline Stenberg;Matti Mõttus

  • Multifractal characterizations of nonstationarity and intermittency in geophysical fields: Observed, retrieved, or simulated

    Anthony Davis;Alexander Marshak;Warren Wiscombe;Robert Cahalan

  • 3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres

    Alexander Marshak;Anthony Davis

  • Remote Sensing of Droplet Number Concentration in Warm Clouds: A Review of the Current State of Knowledge and Perspectives

    Daniel P. Grosvenor;Odran Sourdeval;Paquita Zuidema;Andrew Ackerman

  • Radiative smoothing in fractal clouds

    Alexander Marshak;Anthony Davis;Warren Wiscombe;Robert Cahalan

  • Impact of three-dimensional radiative effects on satellite retrievals of cloud droplet sizes

    Alexander Marshak;Steven Platnick;Tamás Várnai;Guoyong Wen

  • The Landsat Scale Break in Stratocumulus as a Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer Effect: Implications for Cloud Remote Sensing

    Anthony Davis;Alexander Marshak;Robert Cahalan;Warren Wiscombe

  • Scale Invariance of Liquid Water Distributions in Marine Stratocumulus. Part I: Spectral Properties and Stationarity Issues

    Anthony Davis;Alexander Marshak;Warren Wiscombe;Robert Cahalan

  • Thin Liquid Water Clouds: Their Importance and Our Challenge

    David D. Turner;A. M. Vogelmann;Richard T. Austin;James C. Barnard

  • Bounded cascade models as nonstationary multifractals

    A. Marshak;A. Davis;R. Cahalan;W. Wiscombe

  • The I3RC - Bringing Together the Most Advanced Radiative Transfer Tools for Cloudy Atmospheres

    Robert F. Cahalan;Lazaros Oreopoulos;Lazaros Oreopoulos;Alexander Marshak;Alexander Marshak;K. Franklin Evans

  • MODIS Observations of Enhanced Clear Sky Reflectance Near Clouds

    Tamás Várnai;Alexander Marshak

  • Calculation of canopy bidirectional reflectance using the Monte Carlo method

    J.K Ross;A.L Marshak

  • Earth Observations from DSCOVR/EPIC Instrument.

    Alexander Marshak;Jay Herman;Szabo Adam;Blank Karin

  • 3‐D aerosol‐cloud radiative interaction observed in collocated MODIS and ASTER images of cumulus cloud fields

    Guoyong Wen;Guoyong Wen;Alexander Marshak;Robert F. Cahalan;Lorraine A. Remer

  • A simple model for the cloud adjacency effect and the apparent bluing of aerosols near clouds

    Alexander Marshak;Guoyong Wen;James A. Coakley;Lorraine A. Remer

  • Scale Invariance in Liquid Water Distributions in Marine Stratocumulus. Part II: Multifractal Properties and Intermittency Issues.

    Alexander Marshak;Anthony Davis;Warren Wiscombe;Robert Cahalan

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony B. Davis
Anthony B. Davis California Institute of Technology
Robert F. Cahalan
Robert F. Cahalan Goddard Space Flight Center
Yuri Knyazikhin
Yuri Knyazikhin Boston University
Alexei Lyapustin
Alexei Lyapustin Goddard Space Flight Center
Lazaros Oreopoulos
Lazaros Oreopoulos Goddard Space Flight Center
Kerry Meyer
Kerry Meyer Goddard Space Flight Center
Ranga B. Myneni
Ranga B. Myneni Boston University
Lorraine A. Remer
Lorraine A. Remer University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Brian Cairns
Brian Cairns Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Jay R. Herman
Jay R. Herman University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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