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Alfred J Prata

Alfred J Prata

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
55
Citations
9921
World Ranking
3892
National Ranking
136

Alfred J Prata 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 Alfred J Prata sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 118 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alfred J Prata 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 Alfred J Prata sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alfred J Prata is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia. Their academic career is primarily centered around their work at this institution.

Although specific details about Alfred J Prata's research publications, co-authors, and common publication venues are not provided, their professional profile is linked to Curtin University, which may indicate involvement in the diverse research activities typical of this academic environment.

There is no publicly available record of recent papers authored by Alfred J Prata, nor are there listed frequent co-authors or common publication venues. Information on book publications, main fields of study, subfields, and main research topics are also not provided.

No details regarding awards or recognitions received by Alfred J Prata exist in the current dataset.

They are currently active and not deceased.

Best Publications

  • A new long‐wave formula for estimating downward clear‐sky radiation at the surface

    A. J. Prata

  • Observations of volcanic ash clouds in the 10-12 μm window using AVHRR/2 data

    A. J. Prata

  • Infrared radiative transfer calculations for volcanic ash clouds

    A. J. Prata

  • Determination of time- and height-resolved volcanic ash emissions and their use for quantitative ash dispersion modeling: the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

    Andreas Stohl;Alfredo Prata;Sabine Eckhardt;Lieven Clarisse

  • Thermal remote sensing of land surface temperature from satellites: Current status and future prospects

    A. J. Prata;V. Caselles;C. Coll;J. A. Sobrino

  • Multi-decadal satellite measurements of global volcanic degassing

    Simon Carn;Simon Carn;Lieven Clarisse;Alfred J Prata

  • Land surface temperatures derived from the advanced very high resolution radiometer and the along‐track scanning radiometer: 1. Theory

    A. J. Prata

  • Re‐evaluation of SO2 release of the 15 June 1991 Pinatubo eruption using ultraviolet and infrared satellite sensors

    Song Guo;Song Guo;Gregg J. S. Bluth;William I. Rose;I. Matthew Watson

  • Land surface temperatures derived from the advanced very high resolution radiometer and the along‐track scanning radiometer: 2. Experimental results and validation of AVHRR algorithms

    A. J. Prata

  • Thermal infrared remote sensing of volcanic emissions using the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer

    I.M Watson;V.J Realmuto;W.I Rose;A.J Prata

  • Estimation of the vertical profile of sulfur dioxide injection into the atmosphere by a volcanic eruption using satellite column measurements and inverse transport modeling

    S. Eckhardt;A. J. Prata;P. Seibert;K. Stebel

  • Retrieval of microphysical and morphological properties of volcanic ash plumes from satellite data: Application to Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand

    A. J. Prata;I. F. Grant

  • Development of an ultra-violet digital camera for volcanic SO2 imaging

    G.J.S. Bluth;J.M. Shannon;I.M. Watson;A.J. Prata

  • The Unexpected Awakening of Chaitén Volcano, Chile

    Simon A. Carn;John S. Pallister;Luis Lara;John W. Ewert

  • Tracking and quantifying volcanic SO 2 with IASI, the September 2007 eruption at Jebel at Tair

    Lieven Clarisse;Pierre-François Coheur;Alfred J Prata;Daniel Hurtmans

  • Satellite detection of hazardous volcanic clouds and the risk to global air traffic

    A. J. Prata

  • Atmospheric correction for satellite-based volcanic ash mapping and retrievals using “split window” IR data from GOES and AVHRR

    Tianxu Yu;William I. Rose;A. J. Prata

  • Retrieval of volcanic SO2 column abundance from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder data

    A. J. Prata;C. Bernardo

  • Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash concentrations determined using Spin Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager measurements

    A. J. Prata;A. T. Prata

  • Evidence for a traveling two‐day wave in the middle atmosphere

    C. D. Rodgers;A. J. Prata

  • Detection of volcanic SO2, ash, and H2SO4 using the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI)

    Federico Karagulian;Lieven Clarisse;Cathy Clerbaux;Cathy Clerbaux;Alfred J Prata

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Carn
Simon Carn Michigan Technological University
Lieven Clarisse
Lieven Clarisse Université Libre de Bruxelles
William I. Rose
William I. Rose Michigan Technological University
Daniel Hurtmans
Daniel Hurtmans Université Libre de Bruxelles
Pierre-François Coheur
Pierre-François Coheur Université Libre de Bruxelles
Cathy Clerbaux
Cathy Clerbaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Petra Seibert
Petra Seibert BOKU University
Nickolay A. Krotkov
Nickolay A. Krotkov Goddard Space Flight Center
Andreas Stohl
Andreas Stohl University of Vienna
Sabine Eckhardt
Sabine Eckhardt Norwegian Institute for Air Research

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