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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
72
Citations
15683
World Ranking
346
National Ranking
19

Overview

David Thompson is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research primarily addresses subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics including Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Calibration and Measurement Techniques.

David Thompson's recent publications cover various aspects of environmental and atmospheric sciences. Among these are:

  • Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer 3 (AVIRIS-3), 2022, 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO)
  • NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Detecting forest response to droughts with global observations of vegetation water content, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Quantifying the range of the dust direct radiative effect due to source mineralogy uncertainty, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • PIXL: Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry, 2020, Space Science Reviews

The frequent collaborators of David Thompson include Philip G. Brodrick, Charles E. Miller, Nimrod Carmon, Robert O. Green, and Kerry Cawse-Nicholson.

The main venues for their publications feature:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Railway Noise and Vibration: Mechanisms, Modelling and Means of Control

    David Thompson

  • Prediction of ground vibration from trains using the wavenumber finite and boundary element methods

    X. Sheng;C.J.C. Jones;D.J. Thompson

  • A theoretical model for ground vibration from trains generated by vertical track irregularities

    X. Sheng;C.J.C. Jones;D.J. Thompson

  • EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF THE TWINS PREDICTION PROGRAM FOR ROLLING NOISE, PART 1: DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL AND METHOD

    D.J. Thompson;B. Hemsworth;N. Vincent

  • A REVIEW OF THE MODELLING OF WHEEL/RAIL NOISE GENERATION

    D.J. Thompson;C.J.C. Jones

  • A comparison of a theoretical model for quasi-statically and dynamically induced environmental vibration from trains with measurements

    X. Sheng;C.J.C. Jones;D.J. Thompson

  • The quantification of structure-borne transmission paths by inverse methods. Part 1: Improved singular value rejection methods

    A.N. Thite;D.J. Thompson

  • A theoretical study on the influence of the track on train-induced ground vibration

    X. Sheng;C.J.C. Jones;D.J. Thompson

  • Modelling ground vibration from railways using wavenumber finite- and boundary-element methods

    X Sheng;C.J.C Jones;D.J Thompson

  • A hybrid model for the noise generation due to railway wheel flats

    T.X Wu;D.J Thompson

  • Comparison of methods for parameter selection in Tikhonov regularization with application to inverse force determination

    Hyoung Gil Choi;Anand N. Thite;David J. Thompson

  • The Quantification of Structure-Borne Transmission Paths by Inverse Methods - Part 2: Use of Regularization Techniques

    A.N. Thite;D.J. Thompson

  • Response of beams on nonlinear viscoelastic foundations to harmonic moving loads

    M. H. Kargarnovin;D. Younesian;D. J. Thompson;C. J. C. Jones

  • Railway Noise and Vibration

    David Thompson

  • Recent developments in the prediction and control of aerodynamic noise from high-speed trains

    David J. Thompson;Eduardo Latorre Iglesias;Xiaowan Liu;Jianyue Zhu

  • Wheel-rail Noise Generation, Part I: Introduction And Interaction Model

    D.J. Thompson

  • Modelling, simulation and evaluation of ground vibration caused by rail vehicles

    David J. Thompson;Georges Kouroussis;Evangelos Ntotsios

  • Ground-Borne Vibration due to Railway Traffic: A Review of Excitation Mechanisms, Prediction Methods and Mitigation Measures

    G. Lombaert;G. Degrande;S. François;D. J. Thompson

  • Fundamentals of Rail Vehicle Dynamics: Guidance and Stability

    D J Thompson

  • A tuned damping device for reducing noise from railway track

    D.J. Thompson;C.J.C. Jones;T.P. Waters;D. Farrington

  • Responses of infinite periodic structures to moving or stationary harmonic loads

    X. Sheng;C.J.C. Jones;D.J. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

C.J.C. Jones
C.J.C. Jones Aecom (United Kingdom)
William Powrie
William Powrie University of Southampton
Michael J. Brennan
Michael J. Brennan Sao Paulo State University
Paul R. White
Paul R. White University of Southampton
Robert B. Randall
Robert B. Randall University of New South Wales
Davood Younesian
Davood Younesian Iran University of Science and Technology
Jérôme Antoni
Jérôme Antoni Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Simon Iwnicki
Simon Iwnicki University of Huddersfield

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