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D-Index
47
Citations
19899
World Ranking
5660
National Ranking
2055

Brian L. Markham 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 Brian L. Markham sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 215 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian L. Markham 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 Brian L. Markham sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian L. Markham is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and environmental science, with a significant emphasis on aerospace engineering and global and planetary change.

The scientist's work spans several fields and subfields, including:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science

Brian L. Markham's research topics cover a range of specialized areas such as:

  • Calibration and Measurement Techniques
  • Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation
  • Infrared Target Detection Methodologies
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Statistical and numerical algorithms

They have contributed to various publications, particularly in the domain of remote sensing and environmental monitoring. The key publication venues where this scientist frequently publishes include:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • Remote Sensing of Environment

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian L. Markham include:

  • "Landsat 9: Empowering open science and applications through continuity," 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Observations and Recommendations for Coordinated Calibration Activities of Government and Commercial Optical Satellite Systems," 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "ECCOE Landsat quarterly Calibration and Validation report-Quarter 3, 2021," 2022, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • "Landsat 9 Cross Calibration Under-Fly of Landsat 8: Planning, and Execution," 2022, Remote Sensing
  • "ECCOE Landsat quarterly Calibration and Validation report - Quarter 2, 2021," 2021, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Julia A. Barsi
  • Raviv Levy
  • Cody Anderson
  • Md Obaidul Haque
  • Mark Lubke

Best Publications

  • Summary of Current Radiometric Calibration Coefficients for Landsat MSS, TM, ETM+, and EO-1 ALI Sensors

    Gyanesh Chander;Brian L. Markham;Dennis L. Helder

  • An emerging ground-based aerosol climatology: Aerosol optical depth from AERONET

    B. N. Holben;D. Tanré;A. Smirnov;T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck

  • Revised Landsat-5 TM radiometric calibration procedures and postcalibration dynamic ranges

    G. Chander;B. Markham

  • Landsat MSS and TM post-calibration dynamic ranges, exoatmospheric reflectances and at-satellite temperatures

    B. L. Markham

  • Normalized difference vegetation index measurements from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

    Samuel N. Goward;Brian Markham;Dennis G. Dye;Wayne Dulaney

  • Radiometric cross-calibration of the Landsat-7 ETM+ and Landsat-5 TM sensors based on tandem data sets

    P.M Teillet;J.L Barker;B.L Markham;R.R Irish

  • Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) Vicarious Radiometric Calibration

    Julia A. Barsi;John R. Schott;Simon J. Hook;Nina G. Raqueno

  • Spectral characterization of the LANDSAT Thematic Mapper sensors

    Brian L. Markham;John L. Barker

  • The Spectral Response of the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager

    Julia A. Barsi;Kenton Lee;Geir Kvaran;Brian L. Markham

  • Thematic Mapper bandpass solar exoatmospheric irradiances

    B. L. Markham;J. L. Barker

  • Revised Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper Radiometric Calibration

    G. Chander;B.L. Markham;J.A. Barsi

  • Landsat sensor performance: history and current status

    B.L. Markham;J.C. Storey;D.L. Williams;J.R. Irons

  • Landsat 9: Empowering open science and applications through continuity

    Jeffrey G. Masek;Michael A. Wulder;Brian Markham;Joel McCorkel

  • Forty-year calibrated record of earth-reflected radiance from Landsat: A review

    Brian L. Markham;Dennis L. Helder

  • Radiometric Calibration of Landsat

    K. Thome;K. Thome;B. Markham;J. Barker;P. Slater

  • Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager Radiometric Calibration and Stability

    Brian L. Markham;Julia A. Barsi;Geir Kvaran;Lawrence Ong

  • Sun photometric measurements of atmospheric water vapor column abundance in the 940‐nm band

    Rangasayi N. Halthore;Thomas F. Eck;Brent N. Holben;Brian L. Markham

  • Landsat TM and ETM+ thermal band calibration

    J A Barsi;J R Schott;F D Palluconi;D L Helder

  • Radiometric Cross Calibration of Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM

    Nischal Mishra;Haque;Larry Leigh;David Aaron

  • Land cover classification accuracy as a function of sensor spatial resolution

    B. L. Markham;J. R. G. Townshend

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon J. Hook
Simon J. Hook California Institute of Technology
Kurtis J. Thome
Kurtis J. Thome National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ross Nelson
Ross Nelson Goddard Space Flight Center
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeffrey G. Masek
Jeffrey G. Masek Goddard Space Flight Center
John R. Townshend
John R. Townshend University of Maryland, College Park
Thomas F. Eck
Thomas F. Eck Goddard Space Flight Center
Christopher O. Justice
Christopher O. Justice University of Maryland, College Park
Yoram J. Kaufman
Yoram J. Kaufman Goddard Space Flight Center
Samuel N. Goward
Samuel N. Goward University of Maryland, College Park

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