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52
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10745
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4461
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Frédéric Mélin 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 Frédéric Mélin sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 128 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frédéric Mélin 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 Frédéric Mélin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frédéric Mélin is affiliated with ENVIRON in the United States, contributing extensively to fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their work is concentrated on topics such as Marine and coastal ecosystems, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Coastal and Marine Management, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Frédéric Mélin's publication record includes scientific papers primarily published in venues like Remote Sensing of Environment, Frontiers in Marine Science, Remote Sensing, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. The most recent contributions include:

  • Validation of ocean color remote sensing reflectance data: Analysis of results at European coastal sites (2022, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • From Validation Statistics to Uncertainty Estimates: Application to VIIRS Ocean Color Radiometric Products at European Coastal Locations (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)

Additional significant papers in related research areas associated with Mélin's frequent collaborators include:

  • Assessment of OLCI-A and OLCI-B radiometric data products across European seas (2022, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Spectral variations of the remote sensing reflectance during coccolithophore blooms in the Western Black Sea (2021, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Spectral features of ocean colour radiometric products in the presence of cyanobacteria blooms in the Baltic Sea (2023, Remote Sensing of Environment)

Frequent coauthors working alongside Mélin include Ilaria Cazzaniga, Giuseppe Zibordi, Ewa Kwiatkowska, Marco Talone, and David Dessailly. Their collaborative efforts often focus on remote sensing and ocean color radiometry related to marine ecosystems.

Frédéric Mélin has contributed to the book titled Applying the marine modelling framework to estimate primary production in EU marine waters (2020), published by the Publications Office of the European Union.

Best Publications

  • A comparison of global estimates of marine primary production from ocean color

    Mary-Elena Carr;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Marjorie Schmeltz;Maki Noguchi Aita

  • Global marine primary production constrains fisheries catches

    Emmanuel Chassot;Sylvain Bonhommeau;Nicholas K. Dulvy;Frédéric Mélin

  • An ocean-colour time series for use in climate studies: The experience of the ocean-colour climate change initiative (OC-CCI)

    Shubha Sathyendranath;Robert J.W. Brewin;Carsten Brockmann;Vanda Brotas

  • Generalized ocean color inversion model for retrieving marine inherent optical properties

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Bryan A. Franz;Sean W. Bailey;Gene C. Feldman

  • AERONET-OC: A Network for the Validation of Ocean Color Primary Products

    Giuseppe Zibordi;Frédéric Mélin;Jean-François Berthon;Brent Holben

  • Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

    X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Guieu;R. Sempéré;P. Conan

  • Satellite Ocean Colour: Current Status and Future Perspective

    Steve Groom;Shubha Sathyendranath;Yai Ban;Stewart Bernard

  • Assessing the uncertainties of model estimates of primary productivity in the tropical Pacific Ocean

    Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Mary-Elena Carr;Richard T. Barber;Michele Scardi

  • Global-scale predictions of community and ecosystem properties from simple ecological theory

    Simon Jennings;Frédéric Mélin;Julia L Blanchard;Rodney M Forster

  • An evaluation of ocean color model estimates of marine primary productivity in coastal and pelagic regions across the globe

    V. S. Saba;V. S. Saba;M. A. M. Friedrichs;D. Antoine;R. A. Armstrong

  • The Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative: III. A round-robin comparison on in-water bio-optical algorithms

    Robert J.W. Brewin;Shubha Sathyendranath;Dagmar Muller;Carsten Brockmann

  • Validation of satellite ocean color primary products at optically complex coastal sites: Northern Adriatic Sea, Northern Baltic Proper and Gulf of Finland

    Giuseppe Zibordi;Jean-François Berthon;Frédéric Mélin;Davide D'Alimonte

  • Challenges of modeling depth-integrated marine primary productivity over multiple decades: A case study at BATS and HOT

    Vincent S. Saba;Vincent S. Saba;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Mary-Elena Carr;David Antoine

  • Modelling Habitat Preferences for Fin Whales and Striped Dolphins in the Pelagos Sanctuary (Western Mediterranean Sea) with Physiographic and Remote Sensing Variables

    Simone Panigada;Simone Panigada;Margherita Zanardelli;Monique MacKenzie;Carl Donovan

  • Evaluation of fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation products for different canopy radiation transfer regimes: methodology and results using Joint Research Center products derived from SeaWiFS against ground-based estimations.

    Nadine Gobron;Bernard Pinty;Ophélie Aussedat;Jing M. Chen

  • How optically diverse is the coastal ocean

    F. Mélin;Vincent Vantrepotte

  • Assessment of satellite ocean color products at a coastal site

    Frédéric Mélin;Giuseppe Zibordi;Jean-François Berthon

  • An assessment of phytoplankton primary productivity in the Arctic Ocean from satellite ocean color/in situ chlorophyll‐a based models

    Younjoo J. Lee;Patricia A. Matrai;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Vincent S. Saba

  • An autonomous above-water system for the validation of ocean color radiance data

    G. Zibordi;F. Melin;S.B. Hooker;D. D'Alimonte

  • An improved optical classification scheme for the Ocean Colour Essential Climate Variable and its applications

    Thomas Jackson;Shubha Sathyendranath;Frédéric Mélin

  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

  • Comparison of SeaWiFS, MODIS and MERIS Radiometric Products at a Coastal Site

    G. Zibordi;F. Mélin;J.-F. Berthon

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Zibordi
Giuseppe Zibordi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Shubha Sathyendranath
Shubha Sathyendranath Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Bryan A. Franz
Bryan A. Franz Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert J. W. Brewin
Robert J. W. Brewin University of Exeter
Steve Groom
Steve Groom Plymouth Marine Laboratory
David Antoine
David Antoine Curtin University
Timothy J Smyth
Timothy J Smyth Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Trevor Platt
Trevor Platt Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Vincent S. Saba
Vincent S. Saba National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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