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Chester S. Gardner 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 Chester S. Gardner sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 238 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chester S. Gardner 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 Chester S. Gardner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Chester S. Gardner is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Gardner's research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on specialized subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Spectroscopy.

Their work covers a range of interconnected scientific topics including:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

Gardner has contributed to research published in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Applied Optics
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Gardner cover a variety of topics in atmospheric and geophysical research. Selected works include:

  • "Eliminating photon noise biases in the computation of second-order statistics of lidar temperature, wind, and species measurements," 2020, Applied Optics
  • "Seasonal Variations of Gravity Wave Induced Thermal and Constituent Diffusivities in the Mesopause Region Above Ft. Collins, CO (40.6°N, 105.1°W)," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "First Simultaneous Lidar Observations of Thermosphere-Ionosphere Fe and Na (TIFe and TINa) Layers at McMurdo (77.84°S, 166.67°E), Antarctica With Concurrent Measurements of Aurora Activity, Enhanced Ionization Layers, and Converging Electric Field," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Vertical Transport of Sensible Heat and Meteoric Na by the Complete Temporal Spectrum of Gravity Waves in the MLT Above McMurdo (77.84°S, 166.67°E), Antarctica," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Climatology and Seasonal Variations of Temperatures and Gravity Wave Activities in the Mesopause Region Above Ft. Collins, CO (40.6°N, 105.1°W)," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent collaborators in Gardner's research include:

  • Xinzhao Chu
  • C. Y. She
  • J. M. C. Plane
  • Zhaoai Yan
  • Y. Nishimura

Gardner was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Experiments on laser guide stars at Mauna Kea Observatory for adaptive imaging in astronomy

    Laird A. Thompson;Chester S. Gardner

  • Ranging performance of satellite laser altimeters

    C.S. Gardner

  • Lidar studies of the nighttime sodium layer over Urbana, Illinois: 2. Gravity waves

    C. S. Gardner;D. G. Voelz

  • Diffusive filtering theory of gravity wave spectra in the atmosphere

    Chester S. Gardner

  • Analytical models for the responses of the mesospheric OH* and Na layers to atmospheric gravity waves

    Gary R. Swenson;Chester S. Gardner

  • Thermal Structure of the Mesopause Region (80–105 km) at 40°N Latitude. Part I: Seasonal Variations

    Robert J. States;Chester S. Gardner

  • Seasonal variability of gravity wave activity and spectra in the mesopause region at Urbana

    Daniel C. Senft;Chester S. Gardner

  • Scientific investigations planned for the lidar in-space technology experiment (LITE)

    M. P. McCormick;D. M. Winker;E. V. Browell;J. A. Coakley

  • Sodium resonance fluorescence lidar applications in atmospheric science and astronomy

    C.S. Gardner

  • Lidar studies of the nighttime sodium layer over Urbana, Illinois: 1. Seasonal and nocturnal variations

    C. S. Gardner;D. G. Voelz;C. F. Sechrist;A. C. Segal

  • Two-frequency Lidar technique for mesospheric Na temperature measurements

    C. Y. She;H. Latifi;J. R. Yu;R. J. Alvarez

  • Gravity wave models for the horizontal wave number spectra of atmospheric velocity and density fluctuations

    Chester S. Gardner;Chris A. Hostetler;Steven J. Franke

  • Wave breaking signatures in OH airglow and sodium densities and temperatures: 1. Airglow imaging, Na lidar, and MF radar observations

    J. H. Hecht;R. L. Walterscheid;D. C. Fritts;J. R. Isler

  • Lidar observations of the meteoric deposition of mesospheric metals.

    Timothy Joseph Kane;Chester S. Gardner

  • Mesospheric Na layer at 40°N: Modeling and observations

    John M. C. Plane;Chester S. Gardner;Jirong Yu;C. Y. She

  • Lidar observations of neutral Fe layers and fast gravity waves in the thermosphere (110–155 km) at McMurdo (77.8°S, 166.7°E), Antarctica

    Xinzhao Chu;Zhibin Yu;Chester S. Gardner;Cao Chen

  • Density response of neutral atmospheric layers to gravity wave perturbations

    C. S. Gardner;J. D. Shelton

  • Lidar observations of gravity waves and their spectra near the mesopause and stratopause at Arecibo

    Timothy J. Beatty;Chris A. Hostetler;Chester S. Gardner

  • A review of the mesosphere inversion layer phenomenon

    John W. Meriwether;John W. Meriwether;Chester S. Gardner

  • Lidar observations of the temperature profile between 25 and 103 km: Evidence of strong tidal perturbation

    Phan D. Dao;Robert Farley;Xin Tao;Chester S. Gardner

Frequent Co-Authors

Xinzhao Chu
Xinzhao Chu University of Colorado Boulder
Alan Z. Liu
Alan Z. Liu Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University
Michael C. Kelley
Michael C. Kelley Cornell University
Steven J Franke
Steven J Franke University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John M. C. Plane
John M. C. Plane University of Leeds
Chris A. Hostetler
Chris A. Hostetler Langley Research Center
Richard L. Walterscheid
Richard L. Walterscheid The Aerospace Corporation
Patrick J. Espy
Patrick J. Espy Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Tim Fuller-Rowell
Tim Fuller-Rowell University of Colorado Boulder
Michael J. Taylor
Michael J. Taylor Utah State University

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