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Lucien Wald

Lucien Wald

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
54
Citations
19265
World Ranking
3946
National Ranking
155

Overview

Lucien Wald is affiliated with Mines ParisTech in France and specializes in Environmental Science, Computer Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to solar radiation, atmospheric conditions, and environmental impacts.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization

Wald's subfields of study are Global and Planetary Change, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Building and Construction.

The scientist has published research in various journals, with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • Atmosphere
  • Advances in science and research
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Meteorologische Zeitschrift
  • Remote Sensing

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Performance of CAMS Radiation Service and HelioClim-3 databases of solar radiation at surface: evaluating the spatial variation in Germany (2020) - Advances in science and research
  • Further validation of the estimates of the downwelling solar radiation at ground level in cloud-free conditions provided by the McClear service: the case of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Maldives Archipelago (2023) - Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Using Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) Products to Assess Illuminances at Ground Level under Cloudless Conditions (2021) - Atmosphere
  • Evidence of linear relationships between clear-sky indices in photosynthetically active radiation and broadband ranges (2023) - Meteorologische Zeitschrift
  • On the Relationships between Clear-Sky Indices in Photosynthetically Active Radiation and Broadband Ranges in Overcast and Broken-Cloud Conditions (2024) - Remote Sensing

Their collaborations involve several frequent co-authors:

  • Yves-Marie Saint-Drenan
  • William Wandji Nyamsi
  • Antti Arola
  • John Augustine
  • Mathilde Marchand

Best Publications

  • Fusion of satellite images of different spatial resolutions: Assessing the quality of resulting images

    Lucien Wald;Thierry Ranchin;Marc Mangolini

  • A Critical Comparison Among Pansharpening Algorithms

    Gemine Vivone;Luciano Alparone;Jocelyn Chanussot;Mauro Dalla Mura

  • Fusion of high spatial and spectral resolution images : The ARSIS concept and its implementation

    Thierry Ranchin;Lucien Wald

  • Comparison of Pansharpening Algorithms: Outcome of the 2006 GRS-S Data-Fusion Contest

    L.. Alparone;L.. Wald;J.. Chanussot;C.. Thomas

  • Some terms of reference in data fusion

    L. Wald

  • A method for the determination of the global solar radiation from meteorological satellite data

    Daniel Cano;Jean-Marie Monget;Michel Albuisson;Hervé Guillard

  • Synthesis of Multispectral Images to High Spatial Resolution: A Critical Review of Fusion Methods Based on Remote Sensing Physics

    C. Thomas;T. Ranchin;L. Wald;J. Chanussot

  • Data Fusion. Definitions and Architectures - Fusion of Images of Different Spatial Resolutions

    Lucien Wald

  • On the clear sky model of the ESRA — European Solar Radiation Atlas — with respect to the heliosat method

    Christelle Rigollier;Olivier Bauer;Lucien Wald

  • The method Heliosat-2 for deriving shortwave solar radiation from satellite images

    Christelle Rigollier;Mireille Lefèvre;Lucien Wald

  • Quality of high resolution synthesised images: Is there a simple criterion ?

    Lucien Wald

  • Image fusion—the ARSIS concept and some successful implementation schemes

    Thierry Ranchin;Bruno Aiazzi;Luciano Alparone;Stefano Baronti

  • McClear: a new model estimating downwelling solar radiation at ground level in clear-sky conditions

    Mireille Lefèvre;Armel Oumbe;Armel Oumbe;Philippe Blanc;Bella Espinar

  • Rethinking satellite-based solar irradiance modelling: The SOLIS clear-sky module

    R.W. Mueller;K.F. Dagestad;P. Ineichen;M. Schroedter-Homscheidt

  • Direct normal irradiance related definitions and applications: The circumsolar issue

    Philippe Blanc;Bella Espinar;Norbert Geuder;Christian Gueymard

  • Fast radiative transfer parameterisation for assessing the surface solar irradiance: The Heliosat-4 method

    Zhipeng Qu;Armel Oumbe;Philippe Blanc;Bella Espinar

  • Worldwide Linke turbidity information

    Jan Remund;Lucien Wald;Mireille Lefèvre;Thierry Ranchin

  • The HelioClim Project: Surface Solar Irradiance Data for Climate Applications

    Philippe Blanc;Benoît Gschwind;Mireille Lefèvre;Lucien Wald

  • The wavelet transform for the analysis of remotely sensed images

    Thierry Ranchin;Lucien Wald

  • Comparison between meteorological re-analyses from ERA-Interim and MERRA and measurements of daily solar irradiation at surface

    Alexandre Boilley;Lucien Wald

  • McClear: a new model estimating downwelling solar

    M. Lefèvre;A. Oumbe;P. Blanc;B. Espinar

Frequent Co-Authors

Antti Arola
Antti Arola Finnish Meteorological Institute
Thomas Huld
Thomas Huld Technical University of Denmark
Jocelyn Chanussot
Jocelyn Chanussot Grenoble Alpes University
Luciano Alparone
Luciano Alparone University of Florence
Claude Millot
Claude Millot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Philip Jones
Philip Jones University of East Anglia
Clare M. Goodess
Clare M. Goodess University of East Anglia
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault University of Paris-Saclay
Paul W. Stackhouse
Paul W. Stackhouse Langley Research Center
Françoise Clavel-Chapelon
Françoise Clavel-Chapelon Institut Gustave Roussy

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