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Gelsomina Pappalardo

Gelsomina Pappalardo

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
8514
World Ranking
5549
National Ranking
101

Gelsomina Pappalardo 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 Gelsomina Pappalardo sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 245 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Gelsomina Pappalardo 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 Gelsomina Pappalardo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gelsomina Pappalardo is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with an emphasis on atmospheric science and global planetary change. The scientific output includes topics such as atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, aeolian processes and effects, meteorological phenomena and simulations, fire effects on ecosystems, and climate variability and models.

Their recent publications demonstrate involvement in multidisciplinary atmospheric research. Notable papers include:

  • Atmospheric boundary layer height estimation from aerosol lidar: a new approach based on morphological image processing techniques, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • An EARLINET early warning system for atmospheric aerosol aviation hazards, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS): The European Research Infrastructure Supporting Atmospheric Science, 2024, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Sensitivity of trends to estimation methods and quantification of subsampling effects in global radiosounding temperature and humidity time series, 2020, International Journal of Climatology
  • Observing Mineral Dust in Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe: Current Capabilities and Challenges ahead for the Development of Dust Services, 2023, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Pappalardo frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Remote Sensing
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • EPJ Web of Conferences
  • International Journal of Climatology

Their work intersects with several subfields, notably:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Frequent coauthors in Pappalardo's collaborative network include:

  • Lucia Mona
  • Nikolaos Papagiannopoulos
  • Aldo Amodeo
  • Fabio Madonna
  • Marco Rosoldi

Pappalardo's research contributes to understanding atmospheric aerosols and related processes through both observational methods and infrastructure development, linking atmospheric chemistry with environmental and climate-related phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for reporting "black carbon" measurements

    Andreas Petzold;John A. Ogren;Markus Fiebig;Pablo Laj

  • EARLINET: towards an advanced sustainable European aerosol lidar network

    G. Pappalardo;A. Amodeo;A. Apituley;A. Comeron

  • Systematic lidar observations of Saharan dust over Europe in the frame of EARLINET (2000-2002)

    A. Papayannis;V. Amiridis;L. Mona;G. Tsaknakis

  • Aerosol lidar intercomparison in the framework of the EARLINET project. 3. Raman lidar algorithm for aerosol extinction, backscatter, and lidar ratio

    G. Pappalardo;A. Amodeo;M. Pandolfi;U. Wandinger

  • Aerosol lidar intercomparison in the framework of the EARLINET project. 2.Aerosol backscatter algorithms

    Ch. Böckmann;U. Wandinger;A. Ansmann;J. Bösenberg

  • EARLINET correlative measurements for CALIPSO: First intercomparison results

    Gelsomina Pappalardo;Ulla Wandinger;Lucia Mona;Anja Hiebsch

  • Saharan dust intrusions in the Mediterranean area: Three years of Raman lidar measurements

    Lucia Mona;Aldo Amodeo;Marco Pandolfi;Gelsomina Pappalardo

  • Vertical aerosol distribution over Europe: Statistical analysis of Raman lidar data from 10 European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) stations

    Volker Matthias;D. Balis;J. Bösenberg;R. Eixmann

  • What is the benefit of ceilometers for aerosol remote sensing? An answer from EARLINET

    M. Wiegner;F. Madonna;I. Binietoglou;R. Forkel

  • Measuring atmospheric composition change

    Paolo Laj;J. Klausen;M. Bilde;C. Plaß-Duelmer

  • Lidar-Radiometer Inversion Code (LIRIC) for the retrieval of vertical aerosol properties from combined lidar/radiometer data: development and distribution in EARLINET

    Anatoli Chaikovsky;Oleg Dubovik;Brent Holben;Andrey Bril

  • Lidar Measurements for Desert Dust Characterization: An Overview

    L. Mona;Z. Liu;D. Müller;A. Omar

  • Raman lidar observations of aerosol emitted during the 2002 Etna eruption

    Gelsomina Pappalardo;Aldo Amodeo;Lucia Mona;Marco Pandolfi

  • LIVAS: a 3-D multi-wavelength aerosol/cloud database based on CALIPSO and EARLINET

    V. Amiridis;E. Marinou;A. Tsekeri;U. Wandinger

  • The unprecedented 2017–2018 stratospheric smoke event: decay phase and aerosol properties observed with the EARLINET

    Holger Baars;Albert Ansmann;Kevin Ohneiser;Moritz Haarig

  • EARLINET Single Calculus Chain - overview on methodology and strategy

    G. D'Amico;Aldo Amodeo;H. Baars;I. Binietoglou

  • EARLINET Single Calculus Chain – technical – Part 1: Pre-processing of raw lidar data

    Giuseppe D'Amico;Aldo Amodeo;Ina Mattis;Ina Mattis;Volker Freudenthaler

  • Four-dimensional distribution of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic cloud over Europe observed by EARLINET

    G. Pappalardo;L. Mona;G. D'Amico;U. Wandinger

  • Stratospheric AOD after the 2011 eruption of Nabro volcano measured by lidars over the Northern Hemisphere

    Patricia Sawamura;Jean-Paul Vernier;J.-E. Barnes;Timothy A. Berkoff

  • Multi-wavelength Raman lidar observations of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic cloud over Potenza, southern Italy

    L. Mona;A. Amodeo;G. D'Amico;A. Giunta

  • A methodology for investigating dust model performance using synergistic EARLINET/AERONET dust concentration retrievals

    I. Binietoglou;S. Basart;L. Alados-Arboledas;V. Amiridis

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucia Mona
Lucia Mona National Research Council (CNR)
Ina Mattis
Ina Mattis German Meteorological Service
Ulla Wandinger
Ulla Wandinger Leibniz Association
Michaël Sicard
Michaël Sicard Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Volker Freudenthaler
Volker Freudenthaler Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Dimitris Balis
Dimitris Balis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Lucas Alados-Arboledas
Lucas Alados-Arboledas University of Granada
Albert Ansmann
Albert Ansmann Leibniz Association
Vassilis Amiridis
Vassilis Amiridis National Observatory of Athens
Alexandros Papayannis
Alexandros Papayannis National Technical University of Athens

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