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Kurtis J. Thome 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 Kurtis J. Thome sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 283 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kurtis J. Thome 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 Kurtis J. Thome sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Kurtis J. Thome is affiliated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Engineering, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific contributions to Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

Their main topics of work cover Calibration and Measurement Techniques, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Infrared Target Detection Methodologies, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Frequent publication venues for Kurtis J. Thome include Remote Sensing, Applied Optics, Urban Science, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kurtis J. Thome include:

  • Development of a compact imaging spectrometer form for the solarreflective spectral region, 2020, Applied Optics
  • The Shortwave Spectral Radiometer for Atmospheric Science: Capabilities and Applications from the ARM User Facility, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Radiometric Degradation Curves for the ASTER VNIR Processing Using Vicarious and Lunar Calibrations, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Cross-Calibration of Terra and Aqua MODIS Using RadCalNet, 2020, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
  • Look-up table approach for uncertainty determination for operational vicarious calibration of Earth imaging sensors, 2022, Applied Optics

Kurtis J. Thome has collaborated with multiple researchers, with frequent co-authors including Brian N. Wenny, Jeffrey S. Czapla-Myers, Norvik Voskanian, Mohammad H. Tahersima, and Mehran Yarahmadi.

In recognition of their work, Kurtis J. Thome was named an SPIE Fellow in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Absolute radiometric calibration of Landsat 7 ETM+ using the reflectance-based method

    K.J Thome

  • The MODIS/ASTER airborne simulator (MASTER) - a new instrument for earth science studies

    Simon J Hook;Jeffrey J Myers;Kurtis J Thome;Michael Fitzgerald

  • Achieving Climate Change Absolute Accuracy in Orbit

    Bruce A. Wielicki;D. F. Young;M. G. Mlynczak;K. J. Thome

  • RadCalNet: A Radiometric Calibration Network for Earth Observing Imagers Operating in the Visible to Shortwave Infrared Spectral Range

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  • Radiometric Calibration of Landsat

    K. Thome;K. Thome;B. Markham;J. Barker;P. Slater

  • Vicarious Radiometric Calibrations of EOS Sensors

    Philip N. Slater;Stuart F. Biggar;Kurtis J. Thome;David I. Gellman

  • A refined empirical line approach for reflectance factor retrieval from Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+

    M.S Moran;R Bryant;K Thome;W Ni

  • The Ground-Based Absolute Radiometric Calibration of Landsat 8 OLI

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  • Impact of urbanization on US surface climate

    Lahouari Bounoua;Ping Zhang;Ping Zhang;Georgy Mostovoy;Georgy Mostovoy;Kurtis Thome

  • Atmospheric correction of ASTER

    K. Thome;F. Palluconi;T. Takashima;K. Masuda

  • A generalized approach to the vicarious calibration of multiple Earth observation sensors using hyperspectral data

    P.M Teillet;G Fedosejevs;R.P Gauthier;N.T O'Neill

  • The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) on Landsat 8: Design Overview and Pre-Launch Characterization

    Dennis C. Reuter;Cathleen M. Richardson;Fernando A. Pellerano;James R. Irons

  • Absolute Radiometric Calibration of Landsat Using a Pseudo Invariant Calibration Site

    D. Helder;K. J. Thome;N. Mishra;G. Chander

  • Cross comparison of EO-1 sensors and other Earth resources sensors to Landsat-7 ETM+ using Railroad Valley Playa

    K.J. Thome;S.F. Biggar;W. Wisniewski

  • Linking Climate to Incidence of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (L. major) in Pre-Saharan North Africa

    Lahouari Bounoua;Kholoud Kahime;Leila Houti;Tara Blakey

  • Landsat-5 TM reflective-band absolute radiometric calibration

    G. Chander;D.L. Helder;B.L. Markham;J.D. Dewald

  • Early validation of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) radiometric scale

    C.J. Bruegge;N.L. Chrien;R.R. Ando;D.J. Diner

  • Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+ absolute radiometric calibration using the reflectance-based method

    K.J. Thome;D.L. Helder;D. Aaron;J.D. Dewald

  • Vicarious radiometric calibration of EO-1 sensors by reference to high-reflectance ground targets

    S.F. Biggar;K.J. Thome;W. Wisniewski

  • Accurate radiometry from space: an essential tool for climate studies.

    Nigel Fox;Andrea Kaiser-Weiss;Werner Schmutz;Kurtis Thome

  • Determination of Precipitable Water from Solar Transmission

    K. J. Thome;B. M. Herman;J. A. Reagan

  • Landsat-7 ETM+ on-orbit reflective-band radiometric stability and absolute calibration

    B.L. Markham;K.J. Thome;J.A. Barsi;E. Kaita

  • Evaluation of Railroad Valley playa for use in vicarious calibration

    Karen P. Scott;Kurtis J. Thome;Michelle R. Brownlee

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian L. Markham
Brian L. Markham Goddard Space Flight Center
Benjamin M. Herman
Benjamin M. Herman University of Arizona
Carol J. Bruegge
Carol J. Bruegge Jet Propulsion Lab
Simon J. Hook
Simon J. Hook California Institute of Technology
M.S. Moran
M.S. Moran Agricultural Research Service
Michael E. Schaepman
Michael E. Schaepman University of Zurich
Jiaguo Qi
Jiaguo Qi Michigan State University
Hugh H. Kieffer
Hugh H. Kieffer Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Yasushi Yamaguchi
Yasushi Yamaguchi Nagoya University
Yann Nouvellon
Yann Nouvellon University of Montpellier

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