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Lars Isaksen 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 Lars Isaksen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 81 publications — 5th percentile

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

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

Lars Isaksen 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 Lars Isaksen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lars Isaksen is affiliated with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering, with significant contributions focusing on atmospheric and planetary phenomena.

Their work covers a range of subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Oceanography. Main topics of research include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Climate variability and models.

Lars Isaksen has published extensively in several journals and conference venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • EPJ Web of Conferences
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Selected recent papers from their work reflect a focus on satellite wind observations and atmospheric measurements. These include:

  • "The impact of Aeolus wind retrievals on ECMWF global weather forecasts," 2021, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • "Wind Profile Satellite Observation Requirements and Capabilities," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Initial Assessment of the Performance of the First Wind Lidar in Space on Aeolus," 2020, EPJ Web of Conferences
  • "ESA's Space-Based Doppler Wind Lidar Mission Aeolus - First Wind and Aerosol Product Assessment Results," 2020, EPJ Web of Conferences
  • "Correction of wind bias for the lidar on board Aeolus using telescope temperatures," 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Collaborative research is a component of their scientific output. Frequent coauthors include Michael Rennie, Oliver Reitebuch, Ad Stoffelen, Alain Dabas, and Nedjeljka Žagar. These collaborations indicate active involvement in interdisciplinary teams addressing atmospheric science and remote sensing challenges.

Best Publications

  • The ERA-Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system

    D. P. Dee;S. M. Uppala;A. J. Simmons;Paul Berrisford

  • The ERA‐40 re‐analysis

    S. M. Uppala;P. W. Kållberg;Adrian J. Simmons;U. Andrae

  • ERA-20C: An Atmospheric Reanalysis of the Twentieth Century

    Paul Poli;Hans Hersbach;Dick P. Dee;Paul Berrisford

  • Evaluation of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture products using global ground-based in situ observations

    Clement Albergel;Patricia de Rosnay;Claire Gruhier;Joaquin Muñoz-Sabater

  • THE ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS MISSION FOR GLOBAL WIND FIELD MEASUREMENT

    Ad Stoffelen;Jean Pailleux;Erland Källén;J. Michael Vaughan

  • A simplified Extended Kalman Filter for the global operational soil moisture analysis at ECMWF

    Patricia de Rosnay;Matthias Drusch;Drasko Vasiljevic;Gianpaolo Balsamo

  • Skill and Global Trend Analysis of Soil Moisture from Reanalyses and Microwave Remote Sensing

    C. Albergel;W. Dorigo;R. H. Reichle;G. Balsamo

  • The 2019/20 Australian wildfires generated a persistent smoke-charged vortex rising up to 35 km altitude

    Sergey Khaykin;Bernard Legras;Silvia Bucci;Pasquale Sellitto

  • Characteristics of occasional poor medium-range weather forecasts for Europe

    Mark J Rodwell;Linus Magnusson;Peter Bauer;Peter Bechtold

  • Initialisation of Land Surface Variables for Numerical Weather Prediction

    Patricia de Rosnay;Gianpaolo Balsamo;Clément Albergel;Joaquín Muñoz-Sabater

  • Potential use of an ensemble of analyses in the ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System

    Roberto Buizza;Martin Leutbecher;Lars Isaksen

  • On the use of EDA background error variances in the ECMWF 4D‐Var

    Massimo Bonavita;Lars Isaksen;Elías Hólm

  • The evolution of the ECMWF hybrid data assimilation system

    Massimo Bonavita;Elias Hólm;Lars Isaksen;Mike Fisher

  • The impact of Aeolus wind retrievals on ECMWF global weather forecasts

    Michael P. Rennie;Lars Isaksen;Fabian Weiler;Jos de Kloe

  • Soil Moisture Analyses at ECMWF: Evaluation Using Global Ground-Based In Situ Observations

    C. Albergel;P. de Rosnay;G. Balsamo;L. Isaksen

  • ERS scatterometer wind data impact on ECMWF's tropical cyclone forecasts

    L. Isaksen;A. Stoffelen

  • Use and impact of automated aircraft data in a global 4DVAR data assimilation system

    Carla Cardinali;Lars Isaksen;Erik Andersson

  • Wind Profile Satellite Observation Requirements and Capabilities

    Ad Stoffelen;Angela Benedetti;Régis Borde;Alain Dabas

  • Monitoring multi-decadal satellite earth observation of soil moisture products through land surface reanalyses

    C. Albergel;W. Dorigo;G. Balsamo;J. Muñoz-Sabater

  • ESA's Space-Based Doppler Wind Lidar Mission Aeolus - First Wind and Aerosol Product Assessment Results

    A.G. Straume;M. Rennie;L. Isaksen;J. de Kloe

  • Initial Assessment of the Performance of the First Wind Lidar in Space on Aeolus

    Oliver Reitebuch;Christian Lemmerz;Oliver Lux;Uwe Marksteiner

  • The 2019/20 Australian wildfires generated a persistent smoke-charged vortex rising up to 35 km altitude

    Sergey Khaykin;Bernard Legras;Silvia Bucci;Pasquale Sellitto

  • Evaluation of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture products using global ground-based in situ observations

    C. Albergel;P. de Rosnay;C. Gruhier;J. Munoz-Sabater

Frequent Co-Authors

Clément Albergel
Clément Albergel Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Joaquin Munoz-Sabater
Joaquin Munoz-Sabater European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Ad Stoffelen
Ad Stoffelen Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
P. de Rosnay
P. de Rosnay European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Gianpaolo Balsamo
Gianpaolo Balsamo European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Matthias Drusch
Matthias Drusch European Space Agency
Slimane Bekki
Slimane Bekki Sorbonne University
Adam Bourassa
Adam Bourassa University of Saskatchewan
Peter A. E. M. Janssen
Peter A. E. M. Janssen European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

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