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87
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34194
World Ranking
668
National Ranking
296

Overview

David M. Winker is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental and earth sciences, with a particular concentration on atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics. Additional topics covered include atmospheric ozone and climate, meteorological phenomena and simulations, marine and coastal ecosystems, and calibration and measurement techniques.

Their recent publications reflect a strong engagement with atmospheric measurement techniques and climate-related studies. Notable papers include:

  • Aerosol Direct Radiative Effect Sensitivity Analysis, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • New Ocean Subsurface Optical Properties From Space Lidars: CALIOP/CALIPSO and ATLAS/ICESat-2, 2021, Earth and Space Science
  • CALIOP V4 cloud thermodynamic phase assignment and the impact of near-nadir viewing angles, 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • The CALIPSO version 4.5 stratospheric aerosol subtyping algorithm, 2023, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Identifying Aerosol Subtypes from CALIPSO Lidar Profiles Using Deep Machine Learning, 2020, Atmosphere

Winker frequently publishes in several scientific venues, with the most prominent being Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, where they have contributed five papers. Other publication venues include the Journal of Climate, Earth and Space Science, Atmosphere, and Surveys in Geophysics.

Their collaborative work involves multiple coauthors with whom they have frequently worked. These include Mark Vaughan, Brian Getzewich, Anne Garnier, Yongxiang Hu, and Ali Omar, with collaboration counts ranging from five to fourteen joint publications.

David M. Winker's research fields span the core areas of environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Within these fields, subfields of study cover aspects such as global and planetary change, atmospheric science, oceanography, aerospace engineering, and artificial intelligence.

This multidisciplinary expertise informs their work on improving the understanding of aerosol characteristics, lidar remote sensing technologies, and atmospheric phenomena, contributing to the broader study of climate systems and environmental dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Overview of the CALIPSO Mission and CALIOP Data Processing Algorithms

    David M. Winker;Mark A. Vaughan;Ali Omar;Yongxiang Hu

  • Initial performance assessment of CALIOP

    David M. Winker;William H. Hunt;Matthew J. McGill

  • The CALIPSO Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm

    Ali H. Omar;David M. Winker;Mark A. Vaughan;Yongxiang Hu

  • THE CALIPSO MISSION: A Global 3D View of Aerosols and Clouds

    D. M. Winker;Jacques Pelon;J. A. Coakley;S. A. Ackerman

  • Global Estimates of Fine Particulate Matter Using a Combined Geophysical-Statistical Method with Information from Satellites, Models, and Monitors

    Aaron Van Donkelaar;Randall V. Martin;Randall V. Martin;Michael Brauer;N. Christina Hsu

  • Warming trends in Asia amplified by brown cloud solar absorption

    Veerabhadran Ramanathan;Muvva V. Ramana;Gregory Roberts;Dohyeong Kim

  • The CALIPSO mission: spaceborne lidar for observation of aerosols and clouds

    David M. Winker;Jacques R. Pelon;M. Patrick McCormick

  • Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

    Nicolas Bellouin;Johannes Quaas;Edward Gryspeerdt;Stefan Kinne

  • Fully Automated Detection of Cloud and Aerosol Layers in the CALIPSO Lidar Measurements

    Mark A. Vaughan;Kathleen A. Powell;Ralph E. Kuehn;Stuart A. Young

  • Assessment of Global Cloud Datasets from Satellites: Project and Database Initiated by the GEWEX Radiation Panel

    C. J. Stubenrauch;W. B. Rossow;S. Kinne;S. Ackerman

  • CALIPSO Lidar Description and Performance Assessment

    William H. Hunt;David M. Winker;Mark A. Vaughan;Kathleen A. Powell

  • Introduction to special section: Outstanding problems in quantifying the radiative impacts of mineral dust

    I. N. Sokolik;D. M. Winker;G. Bergametti;D. A. Gillette

  • The CALIPSO Lidar Cloud and Aerosol Discrimination: Version 2 Algorithm and Initial Assessment of Performance

    Zhaoyan Liu;Mark Vaughan;David Winker;Chieko Kittaka

  • The CALIPSO Version 4 Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm

    Man-Hae Kim;Ali H. Omar;Jason L. Tackett;Mark A. Vaughan

  • The global 3-D distribution of tropospheric aerosols as characterized by CALIOP

    D. M. Winker;J. L. Tackett;B. J. Getzewich;Z. Liu

  • Fully automated analysis of space-based lidar data: an overview of the CALIPSO retrieval algorithms and data products

    Mark A. Vaughan;Stuart A. Young;David M. Winker;Kathleen A. Powell

  • Development of global aerosol models using cluster analysis of Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) measurements

    Ali H. Omar;Jae-Gwang Won;David M. Winker;Soon-Chang Yoon

  • The GCM‐Oriented CALIPSO Cloud Product (CALIPSO‐GOCCP)

    H. Chepfer;S. Bony;D. Winker;G. Cesana

  • The fertilizing role of African dust in the Amazon rainforest: A first multiyear assessment based on data from Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

    Hongbin Yu;Hongbin Yu;Mian Chin;Tianle Yuan;Tianle Yuan;Huisheng Bian;Huisheng Bian

  • Summer dust aerosols detected from CALIPSO over the Tibetan Plateau

    Jianping Huang;Patrick Minnis;Yuhong Yi;Qiang Tang

  • Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

    Nicolas Bellouin

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Vaughan
Mark A. Vaughan Langley Research Center
Zhaoyan Liu
Zhaoyan Liu Langley Research Center
Yongxiang Hu
Yongxiang Hu Langley Research Center
Ali Omar
Ali Omar Langley Research Center
Charles R. Trepte
Charles R. Trepte Langley Research Center
Chris A. Hostetler
Chris A. Hostetler Langley Research Center
Jacques Pelon
Jacques Pelon Université Paris Cité
Melody A. Avery
Melody A. Avery Langley Research Center
Hongbin Yu
Hongbin Yu Goddard Space Flight Center
Lamont R. Poole
Lamont R. Poole Langley Research Center

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