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84
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41384
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771
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332

Louis Giglio 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 Louis Giglio sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 183 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Louis Giglio 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 Louis Giglio sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Louis Giglio is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, notably Fire effects on ecosystems, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Fire dynamics and safety research, Fire Detection and Safety Systems, and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications.

Louis Giglio has published extensively in multiple journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth system science data
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • International Journal of Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing of Environment

Recent papers by Louis Giglio include:

  • Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements (2021), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • State of Wildfires 2023-2024 (2024), published in Earth system science data
  • Multi-decadal trends and variability in burned area from the fifth version of the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED5) (2023), published in Earth system science data
  • Global biomass burning fuel consumption and emissions at 500 m spatial resolution based on the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED) (2022), published in Geoscientific model development
  • Continuity between NASA MODIS Collection 6.1 and VIIRS Collection 2 land products (2024), published in Remote Sensing of Environment

Louis Giglio frequently collaborates with several coauthors including:

  • Joanne Hall
  • Maria Zubkova
  • Yang Chen
  • David P. Roy
  • Guido R. van der Werf

Best Publications

  • Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires (1997-2009)

    G. R. van der Werf;J. T. Randerson;L. Giglio;L. Giglio;G. J. Collatz

  • Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016

    Guido R. van der Werf;James T. Randerson;Louis Giglio;Thijs T. van Leeuwen

  • An Enhanced Contextual Fire Detection Algorithm for MODIS

    Louis Giglio;Jacques Descloitres;Christopher O. Justice;Yoram J. Kaufman

  • The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS): land remote sensing for global change research

    C.O. Justice;E. Vermote;J.R.G. Townshend;R. Defries

  • Interannual variability in global biomass burning emissions from 1997 to 2004

    G. R. van der Werf;J. T. Randerson;L. Giglio;G. J. Collatz

  • Analysis of daily, monthly, and annual burned area using the fourth‐generation global fire emissions database (GFED4)

    Louis Giglio;James T. Randerson;Guido R. van der Werf

  • The MODIS fire products

    C.O Justice;L Giglio;S Korontzi;J Owens

  • The collection 6 MODIS active fire detection algorithm and fire products.

    Louis Giglio;Wilfrid Schroeder;Christopher O. Justice

  • A human-driven decline in global burned area

    N. Andela;N. Andela;D. C. Morton;L. Giglio;Y Chen

  • The Collection 6 MODIS burned area mapping algorithm and product

    Louis Giglio;Luigi Boschetti;David P. Roy;Michael L. Humber

  • The New VIIRS 375 m active fire detection data product: Algorithm description and initial assessment

    Wilfrid Schroeder;Patricia Oliva;Louis Giglio;Ivan A. Csiszar

  • Potential global fire monitoring from EOS‐MODIS

    Yoram J. Kaufman;Christopher O. Justice;Luke P. Flynn;Jackie D. Kendall

  • Global distribution and seasonality of active fires as observed with the Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors

    Louis Giglio;Ivan Csiszar;Christopher O. Justice

  • An active-fire based burned area mapping algorithm for the MODIS sensor

    Louis Giglio;Tatiana Loboda;David P. Roy;Brad Quayle

  • Continental-scale partitioning of fire emissions during the 1997 to 2001 El Niño/La Niña period.

    Guido R. van der Werf;James T. Randerson;G. James Collatz;Louis Giglio

  • Global estimation of burned area using MODIS active fire observations

    L. Giglio;G.R. van der Werf;J.T Randerson;G.J. Collatz

  • A simplified scheme for obtaining precipitation and vertical hydrometeor profiles from passive microwave sensors

    C. Kummerow;W.S. Olson;L. Giglio

  • Assessing variability and long-term trends in burned area by merging multiple satellite fire products

    L. Giglio;L. Giglio;J. T. Randerson;G. R. van der Werf;P. S. Kasibhatla

  • Historical background and current developments for mapping burned area from satellite Earth observation

    Emilio Chuvieco;Florent Mouillot;Guido R. van der Werf;Jesús San Miguel

  • Carbon emissions from fires in tropical and subtropical ecosystems

    Guido R. Van Der Werf;James T. Randerson;G. James Collatz;Louis Giglio

  • A simplified scheme for obtaining precipitation and vertical hydrometeor profiles from passive microwave sensors

    C. Kummerov;W. S. Olson;L. Giglio

Frequent Co-Authors

James T. Randerson
James T. Randerson University of California, Irvine
Prasad S. Kasibhatla
Prasad S. Kasibhatla Duke University
Christopher O. Justice
Christopher O. Justice University of Maryland, College Park
Douglas C. Morton
Douglas C. Morton Goddard Space Flight Center
Ruth S. DeFries
Ruth S. DeFries Columbia University
Ivan Csiszar
Ivan Csiszar National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Guido R. van der Werf
Guido R. van der Werf Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
David P. Roy
David P. Roy Michigan State University
Luigi Boschetti
Luigi Boschetti University of Idaho
Avelino F. Arellano
Avelino F. Arellano University of Arizona

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