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D-Index
64
Citations
19133
World Ranking
2287
National Ranking
921

Knut Stamnes 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 Knut Stamnes sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 327 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Knut Stamnes 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 Knut Stamnes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 77th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - OSA Fellows For contributions to the field of radiative transfer in the atmosphere and the ocean and its application to climate studies.

Overview

Knut Stamnes is affiliated with Stevens Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans several areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields of study include Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering.

Stamnes's work addresses various topics in atmospheric and environmental sciences. Their main areas of study comprise:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

They have published extensively in journals such as Frontiers in Remote Sensing, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Algorithms, Preprints.org, and Remote Sensing of Environment.

Selected recent publications include:

  • OC-SMART: A machine learning based data analysis platform for satellite ocean color sensors, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Effects of Snow Grain Shape and Mixing State of Snow Impurity on Retrieval of Snow Physical Parameters From Ground-Based Optical Instrument, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Deriving Snow Depth From ICESat-2 Lidar Multiple Scattering Measurements, 2022, Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Deriving Snow Depth From ICESat-2 Lidar Multiple Scattering Measurements: Uncertainty Analyses, 2022, Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Machine learning algorithms for retrievals of aerosol and ocean color products from FY-3D MERSI-II instrument, 2020, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Frequent collaborators include Yongzhen Fan, Tomonori Tanikawa, Yongxiang Hu, Snorre Stamnes, and Yu-Ping Huang, reflecting ongoing teamwork in atmospheric and remote sensing research.

Among recognitions, they were named OSA Fellow in 2003 for contributions to radiative transfer in the atmosphere and ocean and its application to climate studies.

Best Publications

  • Numerically stable algorithm for discrete-ordinate-method radiative transfer in multiple scattering and emitting layered media.

    Knut Stamnes;S-Chee Tsay;Warren Wiscombe;Kolf Jayaweera

  • Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean

    Gary E. Thomas;Knut Stamnes

  • Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean

    Taneil Uttal;Judith A. Curry;Miles G. McPhee;Donald K. Perovich

  • Comparison of numerical models for computing underwater light fields

    Curtis D. Mobley;Bernard Gentili;Howard R. Gordon;Zhonghai Jin

  • An Accurate Parameterization of the Radiative Properties of Water Clouds Suitable for Use in Climate Models

    Y. X. Hu;K. Stamnes

  • A new spherical model for computing the radiation field available for photolysis and heating at twilight

    Arne Dahlback;Knut Stamnes

  • CALIPSO/CALIOP Cloud Phase Discrimination Algorithm

    Yongxiang Hu;David Winker;Mark Vaughan;Bing Lin

  • Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean: List of Illustrations

    Gary E. Thomas;Knut Stamnes

  • Radiative transfer in nonuniformly refracting layered media: atmosphere–ocean system

    Zhonghai Jin;Knut Stamnes

  • A New Look at the Discrete Ordinate Method for Radiative Transfer Calculations in Anisotropically Scattering Atmospheres

    Knut Stamnes;Roy A. Swanson

  • Effects of Climate on the Active Layer and Permafrost on the North Slope of Alaska, U.S.A.

    T. Zhang;T. E. Osterkamp;K. Stamnes

  • A reliable and efficient two-stream algorithm for spherical radiative transfer: Documentation of accuracy in realistic layered media

    A. Kylling;K. Stamnes;S. C. Tsay

  • Derivation of total ozone abundance and cloud effects from spectral irradiance measurements.

    Knut Stamnes;James Slusser;Melissa Bowen

  • Influence of the depth hoar layer of the seasonal snow cover on the ground thermal regime

    T. Zhang;T. E. Osterkamp;K. Stamnes

  • Analytical solution of radiative transfer in the coupled atmosphere-ocean system with a rough surface.

    Zhonghai Jin;Thomas P. Charlock;Ken Rutledge;Knut Stamnes

  • Spectral Signatures of Coral Reefs: Features from Space

    Dan Lubin;Wei Li;Phillip Dustan;Charles H. Mazel

  • Impact of Clouds on Surface Radiative Fluxes and Snowmelt in the Arctic and Subarctic

    T. Zhang;K. Stamnes;S. A. Bowling

  • VDISORT: AN IMPROVED AND GENERALIZED DISCRETE ORDINATE METHOD FOR POLARIZED (VECTOR) RADIATIVE TRANSFER

    F.M. Schulz;K. Stamnes;F. Weng

  • A global survey of cloud overlap based on CALIPSO and CloudSat measurements

    J. Li;J. Huang;K. Stamnes;T. Wang

  • Radiative Energy Budget in the Cloudy and Hazy Arctic

    Si-Chee Tsay;Knut Stamnes;Kolf Jayaweera

  • Sea surface wind speed estimation from space-based lidar measurements

    Y. Hu;K. Stamnes;M. Vaughan;Jacques Pelon

  • Some characteristics of the climate in northern Alaska, U.S.A.

    T. Zhang;T.E. Osterkamp;K. Stamnes

Frequent Co-Authors

Teruo Aoki
Teruo Aoki Okayama University
Gary E. Thomas
Gary E. Thomas University of Colorado Boulder
Si-Chee Tsay
Si-Chee Tsay Goddard Space Flight Center
Johan Emelian Moan
Johan Emelian Moan University of Oslo
Robert Spurr
Robert Spurr Harvard University
Yongxiang Hu
Yongxiang Hu Langley Research Center
Tingjun Zhang
Tingjun Zhang University of Colorado Boulder
Jianping Huang
Jianping Huang Lanzhou University
Istvan Laszlo
Istvan Laszlo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Chris A. Hostetler
Chris A. Hostetler Langley Research Center

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