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D-Index
49
Citations
17911
World Ranking
5128
National Ranking
1881

Christian Rocken 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 Christian Rocken sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 163 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Christian Rocken 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 Christian Rocken sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

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 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christian Rocken is affiliated with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research contributions span several interconnected disciplines, primarily in physics and astronomy, earth and planetary sciences, and engineering.

The main subfields of Rocken's work include astronomy and astrophysics, aerospace engineering, atmospheric science, and oceanography. Their studies frequently engage with topics related to ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, GNSS positioning and interference, atmospheric ozone and climate, as well as geophysics and gravity measurements.

Rocken has published research in the journal Remote Sensing. Notable recent papers include:

  • The Influence of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio upon Radio Occultation Retrievals (2022, Remote Sensing)
  • Noise Floor and Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Radio Occultation Observations: A Cross-Mission Statistical Comparison (2022, Remote Sensing)

Frequent co-authors of Rocken are:

  • M. E. Gorbunov
  • V. Irisov

Rocken's work is typically published in venues specializing in remote sensing and related atmospheric studies, with the journal Remote Sensing being a primary outlet.

Best Publications

  • GPS Meteorology: Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Water Vapor Using the Global Positioning System

    Michael Bevis;Steven Businger;Thomas A. Herring;Christian Rocken

  • GPS Meteorology: Mapping Zenith Wet Delays onto Precipitable Water

    Michael Bevis;Steven Businger;Steven Chiswell;Thomas A. Herring

  • The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Mission: Early Results

    R. A Anthes;P. A Bernhardt;Y. Chen;L. Cucurull

  • Analysis and validation of GPS/MET data in the neutral atmosphere

    C. Rocken;R. Anthes;M. Exner;D. Hunt

  • GPS Sounding of the Atmosphere from Low Earth Orbit: Preliminary Results

    R. Ware;C. Rocken;F. Solheim;M. Exner

  • GPS Meteorology: Direct Estimation of the Absolute Value of Precipitable Water

    Jingping Duan;Michael Bevis;Peng Fang;Yehuda Bock

  • Sensing atmospheric water vapor with the global positioning system

    Christian Rocken;Randolph Ware;Teresa Van Hove;Fredrick Solheim

  • A Global Morphology of Gravity Wave Activity in the Stratosphere Revealed by the GPS Occultation Data (GPS/MET)

    Toshitaka Tsuda;Masahiro Nishida;Christian Rocken;Randolph H. Ware

  • Inversion and error estimation of GPS radio occultation Data

    Y.-H Kuo;T.-K Wee;S Sokolovskiy;C Rocken

  • Analysis and validation of GPS/MET radio occultation data in the ionosphere

    William S. Schreiner;Sergey V. Sokolovskiy;Christian Rocken;Douglas C. Hunt

  • COSMIC System Description

    Christian Rocken;Ying-Hwa Kuo;Willam S. Scheriner;Doug Hunt

  • GPS/STORM—GPS Sensing of Atmospheric Water Vapor for Meteorology

    Christian Rocken;Teresa Van Hove;James Johnson;Fred Solheim

  • Estimates of the precision of GPS radio occultations from the COSMIC/FORMOSAT‐3 mission

    W. Schreiner;C. Rocken;S. Sokolovskiy;S. Syndergaard

  • The Promise of GPS in Atmospheric Monitoring

    Steven Businger;Steven R. Chiswell;Michael Bevis;Jingping Duan

  • Applications of COSMIC to Meteorology and Climate

    Richard A.Anthes;Christian Rocken;Ying-Hwa Kuo

  • Near real‐time GPS sensing of atmospheric water vapor

    Christian Rocken;Teresa Van Hove;Randolph Ware

  • Propagation delays induced in GPS signals by dry air, water vapor, hydrometeors, and other particulates

    Fredrick S. Solheim;Jothiram Vivekanandan;Randolph H. Ware;Christian Rocken

  • Error analysis of Abel retrieved electron density profiles from radio occultation measurements

    X. Yue;X. Yue;W. S. Schreiner;J. Lei;S. V. Sokolovskiy

  • COSMIC System Description

    Christian Rocken;Ying-Hwa Kuo;William Schreiner;Doug Hunt

  • Four-Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation of Heterogeneous Mesoscale Observations for a Strong Convective Case

    Y.-R. Guo;Y.-H. Kuo;J. Dudhia;D. Parsons

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergey Sokolovskiy
Sergey Sokolovskiy University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ying-Hwa Kuo
Ying-Hwa Kuo University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
William Schreiner
William Schreiner University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Xinan Yue
Xinan Yue Chinese Academy of Sciences
Richard A. Anthes
Richard A. Anthes University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Jiuhou Lei
Jiuhou Lei University of Science and Technology of China
Steven Businger
Steven Businger University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant
Michael Bevis
Michael Bevis The Ohio State University
Weixing Wan
Weixing Wan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Donald H. Lenschow
Donald H. Lenschow National Center for Atmospheric Research

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