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D-Index
35
Citations
5895
World Ranking
9266
National Ranking
559

Johannes Schmetz publications per year

1978: 1 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 1 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 1 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 1 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 1 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 0 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 0 publications 2017: 1 publications 2018: 0 publications 2019: 0 publications 2020: 1 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 1 publications 2024: 1 publications 2025: 1 publications
1978 2025

103 publications in total across all disciplines

Johannes Schmetz 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 Johannes Schmetz sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 99 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johannes Schmetz 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 Johannes Schmetz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Johannes Schmetz is affiliated with the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering, and Geophysics.

Their work covers main topics such as:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Climate variability and models
  • Calibration and Measurement Techniques
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies

Johannes Schmetz has published research in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent appearances in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, the Journal of the European Meteorological Society, Remote Sensing, and Geophysical Research Letters.

Recent papers include:

  • Good Things Need Time: Progress With the First Hyperspectral Sounder in Geostationary Orbit (2021), Geophysical Research Letters
  • Inaugural Editorial for the Journal of the European Meteorological Society (2024), Journal of the European Meteorological Society.

Additional prominent publications associated with their research field but authored by others include:

  • Meteosat Third Generation (MTG): Continuation and Innovation of Observations from Geostationary Orbit (2021), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Applications of Geostationary Hyperspectral Infrared Sounder Observations: Progress, Challenges, and Future Perspectives (2022), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Development of the Chinese Space-Based Radiometric Benchmark Mission LIBRA (2020), Remote Sensing

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Johannes Schmetz include:

  • W. Paul Menzel
  • Jun Li
  • Timothy J. Schmit
  • Kenneth Holmlund
  • J. Grandell

Best Publications

  • AN INTRODUCTION TO METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION (MSG)

    Johannes Schmetz;Paolo Pili;Stephen Tjemkes;Dieter Just

  • Supplement to An Introduction to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG): SEVIRI CALIBRATION

    Johannes Schmetz;Paolo Pili;Stephen Tjemkes;Dieter Just

  • Operational Cloud-Motion Winds from Meteosat Infrared Images

    Johannes Schmetz;Kenneth Holmlund;Joel Hoffman;Bernard Strauss

  • Monitoring deep convection and convective overshooting with METEOSAT

    J. Schmetz;S.A. Tjemkes;M. Gube;L. van de Berg

  • Towards a surface radiation climatology: retrieval of downward irradiances from satellites

    Johannes Schmetz

  • An Introduction to the EUMETSAT Polar system

    K. Dieter Klaes;Marc Cohen;Yves Buhler;Peter Schlüssel

  • The Global Space-Based Inter-Calibration System

    M. Goldberg;G. Ohring;J. Butler;C. Cao

  • A Comparison of Several Techniques to Assign Heights to Cloud Tracers

    Steven J. Nieman;Johannes Schmetz;W. Paul Menzel

  • Meteosat Third Generation (MTG): Continuation and Innovation of Observations from Geostationary Orbit

    K. Holmlund;J. Grandell;J. Schmetz;R. Stuhlmann

  • Aircraft observations of marine stratocumulus during JASIN

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  • Precipitation estimations from geostationary orbit and prospects for METEOSAT Second Generation

    V Levizzani;J Schmetz;H J Lutz;J Kerkmann

  • Observational evidences of Walker circulation change over the last 30 years contrasting with GCM results

    B. J. Sohn;Sang Wook Yeh;Johannes Schmetz;Hwan Jin Song

  • On the parameterization of the radiative properties of broken clouds

    Johannes Schmetz

  • Estimation of the Upper Tropospheric Relative Humidity Field from METFOSAT Water Vapor Image Data

    Johannes Schmetz;Olli M. Turpeinen

  • Estimation of daytime downward longwave radiation at the surface from satellite and grid point data

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  • Warm water vapour pixels over high clouds as observed by METEOSAT

    S. A. Tjemkes;L. Van De Berg;J. Schmetz

  • Outgoing longwave radiation and its diurnal variation at regional scales derived from Meteosat

    Johannes Schmetz;Quanhua Liu

  • Comparison of a split-window and a multi-spectral cloud classification for MODIS observations

    Hans-Joachim Lutz;Toshiro Inoue;Johannes Schmetz

  • Technical note: Quantitative monitoring of a Saharan dust event with SEVIRI on Meteosat-8

    J. Li;P. Zhang;T. J. Schmit;J. Schmetz

  • Operational vicarious calibration of the MSG/SEVIRI solar channels

    Y.M. Govaerts;A. Arriaga;J. Schmetz

  • On the calibration of the Meteosat water vapor channel

    L. C. J. van de Berg;J. Schmetz;J. Whitlock

  • Supplement to An Introduction to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)

    Johannes Schmetz;Paolo Pili;Stephen Tjemkes;Dieter Just

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Beniston
Martin Beniston University of Geneva
W. Paul Menzel
W. Paul Menzel University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brian J. Soden
Brian J. Soden University of Miami
Eric A. Smith
Eric A. Smith Florida State University
Masaki Satoh
Masaki Satoh University of Tokyo
Vincenzo Levizzani
Vincenzo Levizzani Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
William B. Rossow
William B. Rossow City College of New York
Sandrine Bony
Sandrine Bony Université Paris Cité
Daniel Rosenfeld
Daniel Rosenfeld Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Frank S. Marzano
Frank S. Marzano Sapienza University of Rome

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