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D-Index
49
Citations
15051
World Ranking
5133
National Ranking
1885

Charles Ichoku 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 Charles Ichoku sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 153 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Charles Ichoku 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 Charles Ichoku sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Charles Ichoku is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of global and planetary change, atmospheric science, ecology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and sociology and political science.

The research topics covered by Ichoku include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Remote sensing in agriculture
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Climate variability and models

Ichoku has published in several frequent venues such as:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • The Lancet Planetary Health

The following are some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Ichoku:

  • Six global biomass burning emission datasets: intercomparison and application in one global aerosol model, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • The Dark Target Algorithm for Observing the Global Aerosol System: Past, Present, and Future, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Long-term mortality burden trends attributed to black carbon and PM2.5 from wildfire emissions across the continental USA from 2000 to 2020: a deep learning modelling study, 2023, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Measurements from inside a Thunderstorm Driven by Wildfire: The 2019 FIREX-AQ Field Experiment, 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent co-authors with whom Ichoku has collaborated include:

  • Luke Ellison
  • Shobha Kondragunta
  • A. J. Soja
  • Emily Gargulinski
  • Johnathan W. Hair

Best Publications

  • The MODIS Aerosol Algorithm, Products and Validation

    L. A. Remer;Y. J. Kaufman;D. Tanré;S. Mattoo

  • Global evaluation of the Collection 5 MODIS dark-target aerosol products over land

    R. C. Levy;L. A. Remer;R. G. Kleidman;S. Mattoo

  • Validation of MODIS aerosol optical depth retrieval over land

    D. A. Chu;Y. J. Kaufman;C. Ichoku;L. A. Remer

  • A spatio-temporal approach for global validation and analysis of MODIS aerosol products

    Charles Ichoku;D. Allen Chu;Shana Mattoo;Yoram J. Kaufman

  • Projections of rapidly rising surface temperatures over Africa under low mitigation.

    Francois Engelbrecht;Francois Engelbrecht;Jimmy Adegoke;Mary-Jane Bopape;Mogesh Naidoo

  • Validation of MODIS aerosol retrieval over ocean

    L. A. Remer;D. Tanré;Y. J. Kaufman;C. Ichoku

  • A method to derive smoke emission rates from MODIS fire radiative energy measurements

    C. Ichoku;Y.J. Kaufman

  • Six global biomass burning emission datasets: intercomparison and application in one global aerosol model

    Xiaohua Pan;Xiaohua Pan;Charles Ichoku;Mian Chin;Huisheng Bian;Huisheng Bian

  • A review of mixture modeling techniques for sub‐pixel land cover estimation

    Charles Ichoku;Arnon Karnieli

  • Relationships between energy release, fuel mass loss, and trace gas and aerosol emissions during laboratory biomass fires

    Patrick H. Freeborn;Patrick H. Freeborn;Martin J. Wooster;Wei Min Hao;Cecily A. Ryan

  • Analysis of the performance characteristics of the five-channel Microtops II Sun photometer for measuring aerosol optical thickness and precipitable water vapor

    Charles Ichoku;Robert Levy;Yoram J. Kaufman;Lorraine A. Remer

  • Global top-down smoke aerosol emissions estimation using satellite fire radiative power measurements

    C. Ichoku;L. Ellison

  • Evaluation of the Moderate‐Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) retrievals of dust aerosol over the ocean during PRIDE

    Robert C. Levy;Lorraine A. Remer;Didier Tanré;Yoram J. Kaufman

  • Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements

    Martin J. Wooster;Gareth J. Roberts;Louis Giglio;David Roy

  • A critical examination of the residual cloud contamination and diurnal sampling effects on MODIS estimates of aerosol over ocean

    Y.J. Kaufman;L.A. Remer;D. Tanre;Rong-Rong Li

  • Global characterization of biomass-burning patterns using satellite measurements of fire radiative energy

    Charles Ichoku;Charles Ichoku;Louis Giglio;Martin J. Wooster;Lorraine A. Remer

  • MODIS observation of aerosols and estimation of aerosol radiative forcing over southern Africa during SAFARI 2000

    Charles Ichoku;Lorraine A. Remer;Yoram J. Kaufman;Robert Levy

  • Fire and smoke observed from the Earth Observing System MODIS instrument—products, validation, and operational use

    Y. J. Kaufman;C. Ichoku;L. Giglio;S. Korontzi

  • Light scattering by dust and anthropogenic aerosol at a remote site in the Negev desert, Israel

    Tracey W. Andreae;Meinrat O. Andreae;Charles Ichoku;Charles Ichoku;Willy Maenhaut

  • Global aerosol remote sensing from MODIS

    C Ichoku;Y.J Kaufman;L.A Remer;R Levy

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoram J. Kaufman
Yoram J. Kaufman Goddard Space Flight Center
Lorraine A. Remer
Lorraine A. Remer University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Iowa
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Didier Tanré
Didier Tanré University of Lille
Robert C. Levy
Robert C. Levy Goddard Space Flight Center
Arnon Karnieli
Arnon Karnieli Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Thomas F. Eck
Thomas F. Eck Goddard Space Flight Center
Willy Maenhaut
Willy Maenhaut Ghent University
Ilya Slutsker
Ilya Slutsker Goddard Space Flight Center

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